The Comeback by Marlene Perez

Grade 8 Up—Sophie is one of the most popular girls at Kennedy High, and she's always in the top three of the school's weekly hotness poll. She has the best-looking boyfriend, cool friends, and anticipates getting the lead in the school play. Then a new girl, Angie, takes all of those things, leaving Sophie with a lesser part in the biggest thing that semester: Kennedy's production of The Taming of the Shrew. Now the former it-girl is on the outside looking in, while rumors about her circulate and she plummets in the hotness ratings. Sophie is a shallow, mostly unlikable character whose only goal is to get back her reputation, even at the cost of Monet, a friend who inexplicably endures almost anything while the misguided Sophie learns what is truly important in life. The plot has potential but falls flat. A quick read with little substance.—Julianna M. Helt, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA END

The Comeback, was a book from my to-do list. It wasn't my first choice but it was in the library. The Comeback was an absolute good book. Not great! I LIKED Sophie! She was determined to get her popularity back at any cost. Even though she was an absolute jerk at first, I was actually glad that she actually started changing for a little while, Monet, was kind of weird, the character was all about doing the right thing, she didn't really stick up for Sophie. But i think it was weird how Monet and Sophie stayed friends after everything that had happened in the story! I was also surprised how they didn't drift apart at first when Sophie first became popular, since Monet's character was all against popularity and all about being yourself, and not going to the School dances, etc. I ABSOLUTELY HATED most of the characters in the story. I hated Sophie's ex, and all those "friends" who betrayed her. I hated that girl Angie! But I do have to admit that all of Sophie's actions towards Angie, was NORMAL! well at least for me! The only Characters I liked were Sophie and Dev.

The comeback was a very quick read, I read the whole book in a matter of hours. The plot was lost a couple of times, and I think that the title of the book should've been different like: Revenge or something like that because it seemed like the whole book was focused on revenge! The end of the book I could see coming from the descriptions of Dev, it was really obvious what was going to happen. Monet acted like a jerk when she started catching up about Sophie's plan too. I hated how fake the whole story was, because I don't think that someone would be SO obsessed about her popularity that she wouldn't catch on, that she didn't have friends! Some parts were just cheesy, BUT I'll let you guys find out if this book was worth it because to me...

The Comeback was NOT WORTH READING!!!

Stars: 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Agree or disagree? Then write about it in my comments. In the end, I encourage you to read the book! And see it for yourself.