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Title: Queen of Babble in the Big City (Queen of Babble)
ISBN: 0060852011
Author:
Meg Cabot
Publicate Date: 2008-06-01
Publish: 2008-06-01
List Price: $13.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Character dishonesty
I (like most other reviewers) really enjoyed the first Queen of Babble book. It was quick, silly, and fun. The characters were established pretty clearly and even if we didn't know them that well, the characters (Lizzy, Shari, and Chaz) knew each other very well. This book made me sad. The big plot twist is predictable and a huge disappointment. I'm not sure I'll read the next book since I can't trust Cabot to be honest with me. I've enjoyed other Cabot books, but in all of the ones I've read she is fairly mean to all the male characters. Why is that? Is it related to the shallowness of her characters' relationships? I can't recommend this one. Spoilerish rant in the comments.
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2: Worth reading
Not as good as the first or third, but a must read to get to the last book in the series. A very quick read.
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3: A complete disappointment
First, let me just say that I enjoyed the first book The Queen of Babble. I thought it was cute. I liked Lizzie, the zany main character as well as her friends Shari & Chaz. I thought Luke was dreamy and was happy at the ending as it stood.
I read the second book and am totally disappointed. It's predictable and trite. Luke becomes a shadow of the guy she fell in love with, Shari is angry (and transformed big time), and Chaz is just floating around in the background until he's not (you'll see what I mean if you choose to read this book).
The characters we came to know and love from the first book are not featured much and are really weak. I have decided to not read the third book and pretend that I've never seen the second. I liked the first story as a stand alone.
I'm terribly disappointed because I was looking forward to continuing the journey with Lizzie & Luke, Shari & Chaz, Luke's family, Lizzie's family and anyone new that came to be. I really feel like Meg Cabot betrayed her original characters. My theory is that her publishers saw an opportunity to sell more books and had her write two more books for a story that already had it's ending.
Boo. Hiss.
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4: If you loved the Queen of Babble you will love this...
If you loved the queen of babble then you will love this book! Lizzie is back and full of her babbling. There are a lot of suprises that will leave your head spinning!!! LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!
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5: Babble is Back
Our second installment in the Queen of Babble series by Meg Cabot picks up with Lizzie, our big mouthed heroine, moving to New York City to begin her life in the fashion industry and as a love interest for the sexy Luke. Rather than finding her own apartment, however, Lizzie allows herself to be talked into living with Luke in his mother's high rent abode across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While this seems to be a wonderful development, it does throw a wrench into BFF's Shari's plan for she and Lizzie to live together and keeps Lizzie from finding the independence she needs. Still, determined to be a success in NYC, Lizzie takes on a job refurbishing wedding dresses for free while also working part-time as a receptionist at a law firm and dreaming of Luke asking her to marry him.
This is a fun sequel to a light piece of chick lit that clearly fits the bill when you don't want to read anything heavy. Meg Cabot has a way of pulling you into her characters' lives with humor, and Lizzie is particularly engaging as the marriage-minded vintage fashionista whose head is in the clouds. Still, Lizzie's got a firm grip on what she wants from life and her skills in the refurbishing of wedding dresses bring success in unexpected ways. While there are moments you'd like to smack her, Lizzie is still someone you'd want as a friend, and Cabot has brought us another light bit of summer reading fun.
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