Reviews for Dairy Queen

The average rating for Dairy Queen based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-07 00:00:00 Thomas Rusciano *Kat picks up book* "What the hell is wrong with the cover? What were they THINKING? *Twenty pages in* "I'm reading a book about a dumb hick milking cows? Great! What the hell was Tatiana thinking, recommending me this book!" *Fifty pages in* "Hmmm, it's kind of interesting I suppose. D.J. is funny and cute... Brian is alright." *One hundred pages in* "Oh! I wonder what will happen next! This is really sweet! I didn't realize American football is so interesting and exhilarating!" *Two hundred pages in* "No way! No bloody way! Oh my goodness, what was he thinking? D.J. what were you thinking? GAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!! Curtis is sweet! I like them all! I wonder if there are any dairy farms around here..." *Two hundred and seventy-eight pages in* *Kat wipes away a tear* "OH MY GOODNESS ARE THERE MORE?!" *Goes online to check* "YES! MWHAHAHAHAHA! There's more!" *Orders from library* *Waits around a little* *Checks clock* "GARBLEFRIGSCHMARSH! I want to read them now!" So, this was my version of an interpretive review. Like an interpretive dance, only better because I really feel that this is more gripping to its audience. And mostly I find positive reviews really hard to write and I'm just lazy.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-27 00:00:00 Tony Jimmerson After being burned MANY times by crap YA books, I made a decision to only read those that at some point earned critical recognition (if I judged books by GR reviewer's ratings, I suspect I would have to work my way through nonsense like Hush, Hush, Evermore, and The Luxe and I am not sure I am up for it any more). Dairy Queen made it to ALA's list of best YA books in 2007, so I decided to give it a try in spite of the awful cover and title. I was not disappointed. 15-year-old D.J. is forced to take over the lion's share of work on her family's small dairy farm after her father is injured. She is overwhelmed by milking, cleaning out the barn, mowing and haying, with almost no help but her younger brother's. In fact she is so overwhelmed, that she doesn't realize that her life at the moment has no direction or point. This is pointed to her by a lazy and arrogant Brian, the rival high school's quarterback, who is sent to D.J.'s farm to help her out, learn work ethics, and get some football training. Strangely enough, Brian has something to teach D.J. too - to look at her life style closer, to do some soul-searching, to become a better communicator. I can't say that Dairy Queen is a mind-blowing kind of book. It's not really edgy or a dark "issue book." And that's a good thing. This is a novel about balancing family responsibilities and personal desires, about what it is to be a good person, and about importance of open communication in a family. D.J. is a very likable narrator, self-deprecating, hard-working, honest. She, along with the rest of the characters, feels very real and relatable. The teen romance is very well done too. It is realistic, doesn't overwhelm the story and never becomes cheesy or sappy, which is very important to me. I will undoubtedly read the next book in this 3-part series.