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Let's Get Lost

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Isabella pulled me right in. Sarra Manning did a convincing job of presenting her as a bully girl on the surface but underneath are all these layers of feelings and longings.

I got right away that this was the only way for Isabella to survive at school and it was convincingly put forth. Her relationship with childhood friend Dot was also explored and well developed. The real slutty bully girls Nancy and Ella were also vividly drawn.

Isabella's relationship with Smith is much easier to understand than the one between Dean and Molly in "Guitar Girl". Smith fulfills Isabella's need for warmth on a physical and emotional level.

The memories of her mother are also full of feeling and reality. I enjoyed this book very much and credit Manning with presenting a very difficult subject in an enthralling manner.

This book was amazing. I was very interested in it and couldn't put it down. The characters are developed beautifully and the story is written in such a way that you really get into the words and emotions that are emitted from them.
Isabelle's story is one that could have been cliche, but wasn't. It was a story like none I've ever read, even though it seems like I would have since it is about the main character dealing with (or not really) with her Mother's death. And then there is Smith, the older guy she dates though he doesn't know she's only 16, who brings so much to the book in a unique way that made me adore his character.
Great story full of emotions, I'll definitely be reading it again!
I wouldn't recommend this book to those under the age of 15...but other than that- Enjoy this great read, I know I did!

Isabella is a tough girl who just doesn't give a damn about anything, since the death of her mother, she has developed this tough exterior about life and everyonei n her life. She is a bully. And she wants no one to see her hurt and feelings only her tough exterior and layers. I was instantly hooked with this book. I cried for Isabella. I was even more hooked when Smith came into the picture. There relationship is alot easier to understand than the one between Dean and Molly in Guitar Girl. Smith is the only one that can see Isabella's need for love and how hurt she is in the inside. I really liked this book. The ending was great.

16 year old Isabel is the most feared girl at her school, she's mean and others know that it's better to stay out of her way. She learned the hard way that being weak is punished at school, so she decided that being a bully is safer. Even her mother's recent death doesn't seem to touch her, at least not on the surface. But inside Isabel is broken since the day her mother died and she doesn't know how to go on with living. At home her father and she fight daily, they just can't deal with what happened.
When she meets Smith, she tries to use him to forget her pain. But Smith is not like the other guys she knows, he can see through her defence mechanism and soon she realizes that with him she can be herself again.
But their relationship is based on lies and when they are exposed, Isabel is even more broken than before. Will she be able to find a way to deal with her new life and will she be able to be happy again?


And yet another review for a book written by Sarra Manning. I just love the way she writes and creates her characters. She makes them full of flaws and still so likable. If you are looking for perfect characters who never do stupid things, then this book is not for you. But if you are looking for real and raw characters, then you might love this book just as much as I did.

I never thought that I would come to like a heroine who's a bully so much, but I was fascinated (in a positive way) with Isabel right from the start on. I felt with her and her pain was so palpable that at times I hurt when she hurt. I could even understand why she acted in such a mean way even though I couldn't approve of it. I liked that Isabel was sarcastic, snarky and acted as a bully even before she lost her mom. I don't thinks it's realistic when one event changes a person completly. More often than not a tragic event will only change parts of your personality and that's exactly what happened in "Let's get lost".
It was mesmerizing to see how she tried to go on with her life without feeling a sense in it. Her mothers death and what lead to it broke something in her and Isabel had a hard time to put together the broken pieces of her heart.

Isabel's father was also not perfect, his actions were in my opinion worse because as the adult he should have been there for his children and not drown his problems in alcohol. It took him a long time to deal with his grief and to really see Isabel again. At times I was very angry with him however in the end I was happy with the way Isabel and he found a way back to being a family. Both had to accept that some events just happen and that nobody is to blame for it.

The relationship between Isabel and Smith was sweet, messed up, edgy and so good. Sarra Manning doesn't shy away from creating characters that mess up and that you want to shake from time to time. Both Isabel and Smith did stupid things, even though Isabel's lies created the main issues between them. I especially loved the tender momets between them because in those you could see Isabel without her facade.

The epilogue was beautiful and fit perfectly to the book. It's exactly what Isabel needed to go on with her life and to be happy again.

cover
I think the colours on the cover are beautiful and the girl really looks like she tries to forget some painful memories.

final appraisal
"Let's get lost" is a powerful story about going on with life after a tragedy happened. Isabel is an unusual heroine and the story is wonderfully messed up. I would recommend this book to all readers who enjoy raw and edgy young adult stories.

This book was a great read! I enjoyed it and I was pleased with the ending. I hated the way Bella's friends started treating her. The ending was perfect.

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