Did I like it? Yeah.
You'll love it if you liked: The Princess Diaries By Meg Cabot, Avalon High by Meg Cabot, All American Girl by Meg Cabot. The book is less girly than Cabot's books, so don't let the Cabot relevance shoo you away.
Aura: Relaxed and Casual
Read If: You're looking for a fun, light read with a twist of crime and mystery in it.
Narration: First Person
Main Character: Kate Sterns, 15 year old female
Themes: Ordinary turned popular, Spotlight, Crush, Friendship, Breaking of stereotypes, Criminal breakout.
Plot: 8.5/10
Narration: 8/10
Characterization: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Did I get bored anywhere? Nope.
Did any part confuse me? Nuh. It was a simple plot.
Line/ Page Skippability: 1.5/5. Just bits where Kate is rambling a lot, but the important parts grasp your attention.
Writing Style: Long sentences, Informal, Fun and relaxed.
Uniqueness: 8/10
Predictability: 3/10
Favourite Quotes: “If you have an endless night, doesn’t that mean it doesn’t end? So why would you need one hundred of them? Hello!”
'“He really is quite cute. I’m surprised you were
able to learn anything,” my mom said. It felt like my face was going up in flames. How could she say that? And what did she know about‘cute boys’, and why was she looking at him? I mean,she’s old!'
Cover: 8.5/10
Song(s) to go with book: Supergirl by Superchick, Extraordinary Girl by Green Day, Story of a Girl by Blink-182, Borders by The Sunshine Underground.
Ending: Satisfying, Everything falls back to place. A tad bit fairytale-ish.
Reading Priority: Read
Reading duration: Fast readers-Approx. 4 hours, Slow readers- Approx 6 days.
Synopsis:
While behind the wheel during driver's ed, high school sophomore Kate Sterns inadvertently foils an escaped convict's getaway. When her heroic actions land her face on the front page of the Wainscott Gazette, she thinks her life is over, and it is, at least her life as an ordinary anyway. Overnight she is plucked from the ordinaries and plopped into the "in crowd." At first Kate is in denial of her status change, but then she likes it, that is until she's labeled a snob, her locker gets trashed and one other minor thing-- she's being stalked.

WordVore Prod's Review:
The one word that pops up the most in my head when thinking of Ordinary Me is:
Fun.
Sheer, pure, puts-a-smile-on-your-face fun.
The book’s plot is centralized on Kate Sterns, a stubborn 15 year old girl who has her self-image issues but nothing too serious, and who avoids spotlight like a plague (this point may not be highlighted all that much but it’s pretty obvious if you read between the lines). She is also someone who would rather comply than go into any sort of confrontation, but inside her head she has an opinion on pretty much everything.
Read the above lines and you’ll guess the word Kate lives up to: Ordinary.
At first I thought it was one of those books with the plot “ordinary teen turns popular then gets ditched by real friends for hanging out with the populars”. Lo and behold was I shocked. The book had quite a creative plot with just slight splashes of cliché here and there on the canvas. I loved the way Kate’s inner struggle of finding her true self and coming to terms and recognizing the change she was going through was portrayed deftly amidst the criminal trouble. The way all the relationships were drawn was amazing too—absolutely realistic. Every character has his/her flaws but not so much that you hate them for it. I also liked how stereotypes were thwarted through a “popular” character, Becky, but the same action taken through the character of Steve was a tad bit clichéd. Jodi, Kate’s best friend, is believable but her flaws include being a little less supportive than necessary and stereotyping too much.
Kate’s awkward yelling at Steve, her crush, was very well-explained. I can relate to her individualistic streak and her confusion over Steve’s feelings towards her. Throughout the book, the fact that Kate is a very impulsive character is highlighted strongly, but I admired her for trying to rectify that near the end of the book. Kate hesitates from apologizing but isn’t ignorant of her mistakes and does feel guilty over them. The mystery and crime portion of the book was pretty well done. It was well tended to and not overlooked, but not over the top either. The revelation of motives and the events taking place on its basis were well-sequenced. The ending was superb—you think you have it all figured out but things take an interesting turn. I say no more or else the book shall be spoilt for prospective readers.
The things that irked me at times was Kate’s occasional whining and, and Jodi trying to press down her opinion on Kate—I’d have liked to see a little more backbone in the latter, and the lack of depth of emotions. But honestly, they are covered up for at other times, so sin forgiven.
All in all, I would say you should pick this book up with a sweet frappe in hand and just relax. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud at parts.

Labels: Crime Plan, Crush, Friendship, Fun, June Sproat, Ordinary Me, WorDissection