Kiss

I was a fair bit younger when I went through my Jacqueline Wilson phase, and most of her more recent books I haven't read. But I picked up the reader for this one, and it's like - ah. She's reliable. So, Sylvie and Carl have always been best friends, with their own private fantasy world and Sylvie's Leggi tutto

I love reading Jacqueline Wilson for the fact that she often makes me empathize with her teenaged protagonists in a way I find very real and true. In this case my empathy was with Carl, the best friend to Sylvie, the protagonist. Sylvie is pretty likeable but she is made to be almost too naïve when Leggi tutto

Next up on rereading my teenage faves was Kiss. I had to do something by Jacqueline Wilson and I remembered this one being a bit fucking heavy for fifteen year old moi. Fair play on my judgement bc I wasn’t wrong - it’s heartbreaking and literally covers homophobia and self-harm. It was really good t Leggi tutto

The story of Sylvie and Carl best friends who have always called each other boyfriend and girlfriend. Then DISASTER Carl switches schools but its okay because they live next to each other. Then he becomes all quiet, always hanging out with stupid Paul and it gets so yawn. I don't think Sylvie ever g Leggi tutto

I just read this without realizing I've already read this before until I got to a part about two thirds in that I recognized ... and yeah, as you may have figured out, I didn't enjoyed it that much seeing as I didn't even remember it haha.

Source: I own this book. Cost: Unknown Title: Kiss Author: Jacqueline Wilson Genre: Middle grade, contemporary Overall Rating: 3 stars This is your typical, reliable Jacqueline Wilson book with a bit of an LGBT+ twist. Wilson was the person who presented darker and tougher topics to me as a chil

This book has many nostalgic feelings about it because although I didn't read this particular book as a child; being 14 when this book came out, I had decided I was far too grown up to read 'children's books', I loved Jacqueline Wilson books throughout my childhood. Any one of her books fills me wit Leggi tutto

This novel tells the story of Carl and Sylvie who have been best friends throughout primary school. However, Sylvie starts noticing that Carl is becoming more and more distant and reluctant to spend time with Sylvie. This is the main focus of the story, the changing relationship between Sylvie and C Leggi tutto