Review: Lock and Key

It's just another boring day in Applied Computer Literacy as I sit typing this, listening to My Chemical Romance's 'The Kids From Yesterday'. Me and Scott here have finished all our work, giving us the ability to do whatever we please on the computer for an hour. He's having too much fun virtually killing people, so I chose to write a new post.

Last night, I finished Lock and Key, the book I decided to try after giving up on the oh-so-freaky Going Bovine. Lock and Key was written by Sarah Dessen, and I am rather impressed with her work, since I've also read another one of her books, Just Listen. Both books were fabulous, and today I'm going to focus on Lock and Key.

P.S. There are a couple other covers. I just like this one better then the rest.



There are a lot of good things I could say about this book. Many, many more than bad things, which are actually kind of hard to think of. I liked the characters. Some of them are kind of average, but I think you'll have that with just about any book. I've found that Dessen's characters are usually pretty good, and usually original.

The story was pretty one of a kind, something I definitely look for. It was like you were reading about a certain part of the main character's (Ruby) life, and then it would go to a different part that you almost forgot about, but now that your back to it, it's a pleasant surprise. Yeah, I know my head is messed up.

This story is definitely for girls. It has a little of every element, good (friendship, family, love) and bad (moving, abuse, loss of love). I think the story it tells and can teach lessons to many different kinds of people. It certainly makes you think.

All in all, I would rate this book 4 out of five stars. I really enjoyed it and plan on reading more of Sarah Dessen's novels in the future. If you want to check it out, you can but it here. You can also check out reviews and a summary at the link.

One last thing, I promise. I was thinking about it early, and I thought it might be neat it I put a list of who I might cast for characters if they mad this book into a movie. Here you go! (Keep in mind, I hardly ever use the descriptions in books to decide what a character looks like so....)
Ruby (main character) - Don't hate me anti-Twilighters, but I think I would cast Kristen Stewart for this role.
Nate (Ruby's new friend)- maybe Chad Micheal Murray in his younger Cinderella Story days....
Ruby's Mom- Sigourney Weaver
Olivia- Giovonnie Samuels

These are just a few of the characters, by the way. Well, that's all for now. I hope I didn't bore you too much. My next post will probably be a review on Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver or a list of some of my favorite quotes. Have a good Thursday!