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daniellafromage in 1bruce1

SVH #75: Amy's True Love

Oct 14, 2007 15:55

Amy's True Love was published in 1991, the year which saw the first performance of Angels in America, the death of Freddy Mercury, the legalisation of sodomy in Hong Kong, and the first use of the red ribbon to symbolise the fight against HIV and AIDS. Anyone picked up on the theme? Hold onto your hats, ladies: Sweet Valley's tasted the rainbow, ( Read more... )

sweet valley high, recapper: daniellafromage, mr. collins if you're nasty, saint elizabeth of sweet valley

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svhhorseluvr October 14 2007, 15:59:45 UTC

This is toooo much. Jessica needs to be taught the meaning of the word "hypocrite", Amy needs to learn that respect for one's significant other is a two-way street, and Tom needs to realize....he's okay.

daniellafromage October 14 2007, 21:35:37 UTC

I just couldn't believe it when I got to the end of the book and Amy was STILL evaluating her life in terms of her significant other. DDD:

jenfullmoon October 15 2007, 04:09:26 UTC

Some people need to learn it the hard way: in their 40's.

whataboutjen October 14 2007, 16:07:01 UTC

Haha, I love the scenes when Jessica and her cheerleader friends are eating lunch in the cafeteria. I seem to remember a book, don't remember the title, where one of the characters is thinking, "Even the way she peels a grape before she eats it is annoying." Ha!

daniellafromage October 14 2007, 21:37:38 UTC

I vaguely remember that as well. The cafeteria scenes are generally gold because there's next to no angst in them.

perrymarshall October 15 2007, 12:10:44 UTC

I feel like it might have been Heather Mallone eating grapes - or did she not eat?

whataboutjen October 15 2007, 22:20:56 UTC

Wasn't she the one who was baby-talking Aaron because he was "angway" about his parents' divorce or something? And she made her own clothes?

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versipellis October 14 2007, 18:06:43 UTC

*dies of laughter at your comments about Kirk Anderson and Mr Collins* It's so true. Kirk Anderson only ever shows up when a mob is getting together to pick on fat kids, I'm positive.

The whole Amy/Barry-is-really-unconvincing seems to happen a lot - in Sweet Valley and elsewhere. It bugs me.

Now I really want to find this book again just so I can check out those crappy reactions.

daniellafromage October 14 2007, 21:45:24 UTC

Please do! This is a particular train-wreck of a book and everyone needs to share the pain!

roseability_ October 14 2007, 18:58:18 UTC

You know, sometimes I just love sweet valley high.

Lovely recap.

daniellafromage October 14 2007, 21:47:02 UTC

You've just got to sit back and marvel, don't you?

hanfastolfe October 14 2007, 20:40:47 UTC

Killed me laughing, this recap did :) (The guy on the front cover is cute, but you can totally tell he isn't into Amy at all. The expression is all like "WTF did I do to get a girl squashing herself against me and how do I exit this frame ( ... )

daniellafromage October 14 2007, 21:49:39 UTC

And Winston/Bruce fanfiction? Seriously? I must see this.
Apparently it's INCREDIBLY popular. I have to say, the only SV fanfic I've enjoyed is a pretty sweet Jess/Lila fic, which is all giggly and girly but kind of bitchy as well.

ultimate_cin October 14 2007, 23:11:36 UTC

Any links to some gold Sweet Valley fanfic?

daniellafromage October 14 2007, 23:24:19 UTC

Almost anything on ff.net! It's all painful. I skimmed the list just now and I couldn't find the Jess/Lila I was talking about, though. D:

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