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I thought this book was amazing it took me about 4 days to finish. you should totally buy it for summer reading I'm 14 and I enjoyed it and it was really funny!!


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The Poison Apples Lily Archer 9780312367626 Books Reviews

Very slight spoilers below

I had the feeling that I would really enjoy this book after reading the first few pages, and for the most part that was true as the story unfolded. I found Reena's story to be the funniest and most interesting, but all the characters are well portrayed. I would disagree with the review above that says the stepmothers' actions are wildly exaggerated; it all seemed perfectly realistic to me.

In the end, however, the story fell a bit flat for me--- perhaps because I was expecting more of the plot to be about the Poison Apples Club itself, and the activities of the group. And (vindictive as I am---heh) I really wanted to see the parents get more of a comeuppance by the end of the novel. There were some instances of shockingly poor judgement displayed by the various adults in the tale, and basically they all get off scot-free. Oh, the reader does get the impression that later some of the adult characters may end up reaping what they've sown, but I definitely wanted to see some of this spelled out in the text!

Yes, yes, I know---the book does take the high road by basically imparting the moral that "lousy things are going to happen to you in life; best not to dwell on them and just get on with things." But the fathers in this story act like IDIOTS, and I wouldn't have minded a bit of good old fashioned revenge. Heh, heh, heh... that says a lot about my character, doesn't it...

So, not quite a rave review from me---I think the book does lose its focus about half-way through. But I'll still recommend this one; not bad. And I wouldn't mind reading more about these characters, though I have no idea if any more novels are planned. In fact, I was able to discover very little about the author at all; unlike most new writers, she doesn't appear to have any sort of web presence. (I did find a MySpace page, but she has not logged in to that for over two years.)

I'm not crazy about the dust jacket design, but it does work well enough for the story and at least is a bit different than the usual "photograph of a gorgeous model" style of artwork used on most YA novels at present.
This was a mildly cute story, loosely inspired by classic fairytales, about a group of teenage girls who all meet at a boarding school -- it seems like they were sent to this school because the parents thought it would "make things easier" for everyone -- and bond over sharing their "evil stepmother" stories. All their fathers have remarried, mostly to women that the girls point out are barely older than them. Some of the biological mothers have been lost through death, others through divorce after the fathers have their mid-life crises. The girls decide to form a group/club called The Poison Apples, where they hash out ideas on how to take down these evil stepmothers.

This book had its cute points but the plot wasn't all that. The stepmothers, as a whole, didn't seem THAT evil, though there were a few moments here and there of catty remarks & manipulation from the stepmothers to the stepdaughters that made me think okay, that was a little mean. The "take down" plotting element actually doesn't play a huge part in the story, it's mostly about the girls just building their friendships with each other.

A couple parts of the story got just a hint darker than I was expecting (for example, one parent checks themself into a mental hospital, which understandably really affects the child; also, fifteen-sixteen year olds bemoaning the fact that they don't have more sexual experience weirded me out a bit) but for the most part the tone is in that light, fast-paced, almost hyper voice that you find in many YA books. Personally, if I read too many books in that style in one stretch it drives me batty but I'm guessing it'll appeal to young teens or tweens. I did like that the storyline brings up important topics for today's world such as cultural diversity, effects of divorce on children, and how to successfully blend families after parents remarry. Also, there's the important message of revenge not always being as satisfying as you'd think.
I thought this book was amazing it took me about 4 days to finish. you should totally buy it for summer reading I'm 14 and I enjoyed it and it was really funny!!