“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”
We follow the story of a young American girl named Anna who gets sent
away to Paris to study, she is torn away from her friends and family and is
thrust into a new culture that is so far from her own. Although at first Anna
struggles, she makes friends at her new school and one in particular takes her
fancy; Etienne St Clair, a young man whom Anna can't help but fall for. The
only problem is that St Clair has a girlfriend and Anna is tied up in
relationship back in America. When feelings begin to arise within them we see
the highs and lows of being a teenager in love and how even the most trivial of
things can cause your world to come tumbling down
Don't pull out your torches and pitch forks, but I just thought this one
was OK. It had its really cute moments, but this is another case where I feel
the romance was drawn out way too much.
It's basically 400 pages of two people who don't want to acknowledge
that they've fallen in love.Anna could
have easily been 70-100 pages less to make the point it was trying to make
I expected what Stephanie Perkins gave us: a beautiful setting, atypical
characters, smooth writing and a satisfying final payoff. We see Etienne and
Anna get together because that's what we've been waiting for, and Perkins made
us wait for it. She knew we'd love this couple, because she knew the story she
was telling had enough meat to make us care.
I liked it I liked it even that Anna was a spoiled assface that
complained about going to a rich fancy school in Paris and all she talks about
are boys. Even that St. Clair's only sort of characterization is that he's
really good-looking, so little that the author had
to make drama happen in the family to make him more interesting.
The writing style was so clear, wonderful, and
easy to read. The dialogue and events were so amazingly fun and very believable
(with just the right amount of cheese). I've never been to Paris, but from the
information I found, the research was well done.
Does it live up to the hype? Not really, but if you're looking for a
cute contemporary read, then this book does that well. This book is extremely
over-hyped and I know a lot of people who consider this their favorite
contemporary. I liked this book, don't get me wrong, but it is not the best
contemporary book I've ever read. I wish I could have liked it more, but it got
too complain-y/hectic/unrealistic in the end.
AMAZON: Anna And the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
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