One word: hilarious!

This book is a hoot!

~2/5

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I did not particularly like this book. It was a little meh, a lot not really my style.

Tallulah is a bit immature, a bit young, and just not really my type of character. The writing also isn’t, a little random and with a storyline that moves all over the place. A story that pretty much follows Tallulah doing everyday things, and how some of those things go in weird places. I’m assuming it’s similar to Rennison’s previous series, Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, which I decided not to read after reading a couple pages. It just didn’t seem like my type of book, similarly to how this isn’t. It follows Tallulah around, as I said, without really going anywhere, or forming a big plot line. There isn’t one main love interest, there’s a big group of friends.

I just didn’t really care for it. It's not my type of book, although I might have enjoyed it more when I was younger.

Not Georgia--but still funny.

Fourteen-year-old Tallulah goes to an arts college over the summer to get out of camping with her little brother. When she gets there, she discovers that she really enjoys the atmosphere, the friends she's made, the boys she's met, and even performing (just a little bit). She doesn't want to leave. Due to her clumsiness and lack of talent, Tallulah fears that she will get cut from the program and will not be invited back in the fall to continue her arts education.

The story is lighthearted and isn't at all what I expected. Well, sort of. Who doesn't expect a few misadventures from the quirky cousin of Georgia Nicolson?

If you've read the Nicolson series, you might enjoy this book. I read Rennison's previous series when I was 14 and when I picked up this book, I forgot that I wasn't that age anymore. The book is definitely written towards younger teens and I found myself disappointed in the lack of maturity of the characters. I guess when I was wrapped up in reading, I forgot that they were supposed to be younger than myself.

From the author of the Georgia Nicolson series comes another fab series documenting the stupidity of being a teenager. This time Tallulah is the narrator documenting her summer at an arts school that she hopes to gain entry into for the coming year. Tallulah's problem is that she doesn't have a talent, yet. And she may also be sleeping with squirrel slippers every night. Full of random misadventures that highlight how awkward those formative years are, this book just leaves you chuckling.

Used Audio Book, read by author. Plot was too over the top for me. Could not believe this got such rave reviews, but maybe younger teens like it. Not Rec. for kids over 13yrs. b/c very childish.
Love the British language use though.

It was an easy read, not as great as i thought it was the first time i read it but i guess i was younger when i read it first. The narrative is funny and some parts remind me of stuff i would say/do. i would recommend it to readers who want a quick and easy read.

Awkward at times (though she would attribute this to her too-long legs), Tallulah is still as spunky, cute, and funny as her cousin Georgia, the main character of Rennison’s first and well-known series, the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson.
Written novel-style rather than in the diary entries of the earlier series, I failed to find this book as enjoyable as I had Rennison’s others, but liked it nonetheless. I came to love each of the characters in his or her own way, especially the gangly main character. Both social and witty, reading about Tallulah’s thoughts and actions made me chuckle at times, as did the antics of her new friends.The only major issue that I have with Withering Tights is that it feels like some things are left out of the plot; it sometimes feels as though Rennison glosses over some parts of the book For example, Tallulah’s bicycle ballet (don’t ask) is narrated by her after the fact, whereas everything else is talked about as Tallulah is experiencing it. A first-person account of the bicycle ballet would have added much-needed humor to a series that is a tad dry compared to Rennison’s earlier laugh-out-loud series. The ending is also a bit flat and could use more detail during one of Tallulah’s performances, seeing as that’s the whole reason Tallulah’s at the school in the first place. The ending is left open for a second book which I plan to pick up based solely in my love for this new (and very tall) heroine.Overall, those who have enjoyed the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series may like Withering Tights, should they have a hunger for the “Queen of Teen”’s writing since her first series ended, but those just starting out with her might want to meet Georgia first.
3.5/4