Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom
Susin Nielsen
229 pages
Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom is about Violet, an eighth grader whose mom has had more than one too many bad dates. When her mom starts to date nerdy Dudley Wiener, Violet sends a letter to George Clooney asking him to consider her mom for a date. Along with her mom's problems, she has her own: an evil classmate Ashley, her crush, Jean-Paul, her little sister Rosie and her dad, who traded in her mom for super-blonde and pretty Jennica. When Violet's letter comes back without a response, her friend Pheobe and herself take matters into their own hands to snag George Clooney.
This book was fairly good. Violet's sense of humour really makes you laugh and the book relates to a lot of kids whose parents are divorced. Rosie, Violet's little sister, has an attitude and if you don't watch out, she will bite, literally! The book was very well written and kept the reader wanting more most of the time. My favourite part of the book was the beginning, where Ms. Nielsen grabs you in from the first sentence. It made me laugh out loud, and that is the kind of response you want from a reader.
If I was to change one thing in the book, it would probably be the ending. I don't want to give anything away, but it was a tiny bit dissappointing. If that wasn't the end though, I think that the actual ending was a close second.
I think I would rate this book 3 out of 5 stars. I don't know what was missing from that book, it pulled you in from the first word but it just didn't have that wow-factor. I would recommend this book to someone who is looking for a light read, as it wasn't very challenging for me. I think that it could have been better, but overall it was pretty good.
-Claire ♥
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