I enjoyed this book more than Courtney Summers' first novel, lots of disgusting stuff in there but ending was predictable. Overall I enjoyed this novel and I recommend it.

Why oh why did I not read this novel sooner? *smacks self in the forehead* I enjoyed Courtney Summer's novel Cracked Up To Be when I read it as a 2010 White Pine nominee, but after seeing Some Girls Are nominated for the 2011 White Pine Award... well, it gave me a push to get a move on! And wow... I'm so glad I didn't put it off any longer because as soon as I began reading, I was immediately pulled right into the story!

Summer's has written an amazing contemporary novel filled with some of the meanest and most vicious girls that I have ever read in the YA genre. Forget a few moments of name-calling and pulling a girl's hair... the Fearsome Fivesome took things to a whole new level. It's a sad but true fact that you can probably walk into any school and find a bully, but I'm glad my own high school didn't have girls as terrible as them. You could tell from the start that someone was bound to get hurt and it only left me on edge to keep reading to see just what would happen next.

With that in mind, I wanted to hate the main character Regina because she was a part of that group and took part in destroying some of her classmate's lives at school, but... I couldn't. She's tight with the 'in' crowd but then in one horrible moment, she finds herself a complete outsider and the latest target of her former so-called friends. So you would think I would be happy that Regina was going to get a taste of her own medicine, right? Well, no. Regina may have done horrible things but no one deserves to go through the awful things she does in the novel and it was with hope as I read that she would try to right some of the wrongs she had committed. Like any person, Regina certainly has her faults but I'm glad she took up the attitude of not going down without a fight... because if she didn't, who else would dare go up against those girls?

The romance in this story provided a nice break from the cattiness, but even so, the relationship was tenuous and fragile... and I couldn't believe how good of a person Michael was to give Regina a chance because he had every right to hate her. It was just another aspect that left me on edge because I kept wondering if they would really find a way to work things out and attempt to forget the past.

I'm so glad I didn't put off reading this book any longer because it was just so good! I won't be hesitating when December arrives and Summer's upcoming novel, Fall For Anything, is released.

Some Girls Are was an intense read and I must definitely give credit to Courtney Summer's powerful, honest writing that tells things for exactly what they are. In real life, some girls are nice and some girls just really aren't.

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I just finished reading Some Girls Are by Cortney Summers and all I can think of to say is its the ugly truth. The novel deals with a girl who's social high school life gets ruined because on one rumor.The sad part is that things like what happened to Regina is happening in our schools today. One lie or rumor is tearing apart girls lives all over the world. Its the ugly truth about high school.This novel shows us readers that even your best friend can turn against you and yor once called "BFF" and become your enemy in a second.Something like what happened between Regina and Anna is something all friends fear, this novel shows us how todays high school girls are tearing each other apart, for what ? revenge? going to the top of the social ladder ?making each other look bad ? its sad to say but this novel shows us what is happening to young women, future leaders of our community during there high school education. im no expert on this subject but I do speak from personal experience when saying it do happen ! best friends from the first day of school are getting tore apart by other girls and then th best friend turns on you.This dont happen to all girls in high school , but if you read this novel im prety sure you wouldent want to be in Regina's shoes, you wouldent want to help either.If you ead this novel you will get a glimpse of what some people go through every day and the cant speak up for themselves which is sad in todays society to have the freedom of speach an not being able to use it, your for-fathers fought for that right of speech, and not some girl who thinks she is better then you thnks she can take that away from you? i dont think so . If your an young adult just starting junior high and you read this book, its not ment to send you into hiding for the rest of your school experience, its to show you what some people go throughbecause of one lie . I personally think that eve though there is some language in this book, young women just starting the high school experience should read this book because we can all learn from it. It can teach you never to lie, never put others down , dont bully but most imortant of all it can show us to stand up for ourselves, if you think you cant handle the pressure of something like this TELL SOMBODY! nobody is going to fault you for saying " hey, you know what im sick of being treated like this, its time this stops " and if you think you can handle it , go for it , show confidence in your self , but just know when it seems all the world has turned against you, all you need is ONE person to help you through it, that person dont have to be pretty, or hot ,or popular or the smartest kid in the world. you just need one person.For you adults in the world who think "yeah this is fiction its not real" yes true it is a fiction story , but it is based on what is happening to girls of our society. Adluts reading this should know, this is happening in our schools today , it may not be as intense as in this novel but it is happening. you may think "she's in high school her self, what does she know?" well besides personal exprience, i see it happen everytime I walk down the hallway. it i think its disgusting how some people treat other even if i never had personla experience in this subject area, i would never NEVER think about hurting somebody like in this books based on looks or personality. I think it truley speaks on ones character if someone can even sleep at night knowing the hurt someboby in that sense. you may read this and think something completly diffrent, and thats ok . but hey im only in high school myself, what do I know ? what do I know ?

To be able to read this in 4 hours is really quite great for me. I was extremely impressed with how well written this book is. It is a story of cat and mouse that seems like it'll never end. And to many of us is a realistic potrait of what high school really is. I have never read something that came so close to the aweful revenge girls will go to for the most petty things. I loved this book and believe I will read it again and again. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. Amazing!!

I was kind of iffy about reading this. It kind of had a "Gossip Girl" feel to it (but more cruel) mixed in with the movie "Mean Girls". I gave this book a try and was glad that I did. It' was something different from all the books out there (ie. vampires, angels...etc). It was about something real. Something that could happen to anyone and something that could been happening right now before our eyes.

Basically this book is about a girl who was part of the popular crowd and due to rumors surrounding her and her best-friend's ex, she is frozen out from them and the rest of the school. She basically gets to feel how it is on the other side of the harassing and later befriends a boy whom, she has been cruel to before.

After reading all the mean and unfair things that happen to her, you can't help but think back to when you were in high school and remember if such a thing ever happened to you or people that you've come across in the hallways. It makes you wonder what you would do if this happened to you. Would you cower and hide? Would you fight back? Would you get revenge?

Even if you have never encountered such behavior, this novel is crafted in a way that takes you feel a part of these high school frivolity and pulls you into a place that makes you feel betrayed and angry but small and helpless against these so-called cliques, just as the main character does.

If you are looking a for a quick, but fulfilling read., this book is perfect for you!

Enjoy~♥

Courtney Summers did it again. This book is jam-packed with edge-of-your-seat cliffhangers, and a protagonist you grow to love love love. Let's get serious - I could not put this book down. I was absolutely dying to find out what happened, and normally I can walk away without a care in the world. But not where CS is concerned. Her work has me marveling in her awesome ability to capture attention...I cannot wait for the next book.