Reviews for Cupcake

The average rating for Cupcake based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-10 00:00:00 Andrew Ibell The thick red cupcake letter frosting on the cover slightly grossed me out. Cyd has just never grown on me. I admire Rachel Cohn's ability to channel the thought processes she goes through while making the decisions not to go to college and whether or not to chase after her on-again/off-again maybe-true-love Shrimp, and her changing, more mature dynamic with her mom and dad and half-sister, but I think what rubs me the wrong way is actually lightly touched on in this, the third in the series: Cyd has lots of money, but never seems to consider it. She thinks of herself as cool/punk/rebel/coffee shop girl, but the books feel incomplete to me because she doesn't face any real consequences or struggle in her attempt to define herself. So when she seems to be handed opportunities to go to school, or work at a cool cupcake business, it rings bells of entitlement and inauthenticity. And, while this is addressed in the book when she gets the smack-down from a girl who works at a manicure shop, after Cyd admits she works only for spending money because her parents pay the bills, it never really goes anywhere.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-02-25 00:00:00 Chey Collura Easily the best book of the series. I started out less than impressed by Rachel Cohn's writing style, not to mention Cyd Charisse's personality. But she grew on me, and then I became invested in what happened to her. I love that you get to witness her growth and I love how this last book wraps it all up in the most perfect way possible. Such great characters. I admit that I had to skip a few of the crazy internal dialogues that were a tad neurotic for me, and that didn't serve any real purpose, but other than that, I really, really love this book. I could not put it down until the very end. I wish I could continue to journey with CC and her family and see what kind of adventures they all get into.