Girls In Tears

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All the characters are comical stereotypes of teenage boys and girls (The girls are very emotional and cry and fall out a lot and the boys only talk about sex) and at the end of the book - at the end of the SERIES - she gets back together with the guy who repeatedly tried to pressure her into sex, passed her work off as his own, emotionally abused her and then cheated on her with her best friend. Each of them is shedding tears (rivers of them, in fact) and none of them can quite get to grips with the idea that their all-time best mates seem to be so absorbed in their own problems that communication between them is fast breaking down. I have always loved all the books from Jacqueline Wilson, another I really recommend from her is “candy floss” and “clover moon”. I did accidentally read a review that spoiled the whole book for me, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I think I would have. It would have been great to see some development where she finally stood up for herself and moved on.

I'm not sure if it's ennui at reading them one after the other (not to mention being way outside the target age range now), but this felt like a poor relation to the first three.The TV show did this a lot better by working the competition into Ellie's work experience with an artist and leaving her mum's character out of it.

no character development, no literature, just dumbed down soap opera for kids with poor language that translates in to a scholastic rating of grade 6-9. Buckets of tears are wept and hundreds of tissues are sniffled into - can the girls survive these testing times? Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world.

In short, Ellie finds Russell - her boyfriend - and Magda - her best friend - making out at a party. Overall, it was not a very good read, and I'd only recommend it if you desperately wanted to complete the Girls series.