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童 梅 tm120 — "Alice, I Think" is Susan Juby's first novel. It is also the start of her Alice series (not to be confused with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Alice series). Before going into the details of plot and why I love this book, I want to address some of the issues I saw in negative reviews by saying this: The book is fiction and it is in the vein of satire. Juby uses hyperbole, sarcasm, and caustic wit to create this story. That doesn't always create realistic situations or accurate portrayals of "real" people. But it does create a good novel. As long as readers go into this novel with what the film industry would call a willing suspension of disbelief, I genuinely believe most of them will be able to find something to like about this book. So, why am I saying all of that? Because Alice is awesome of course. Alice MacLeod, our intrepid Canadian hero, read "The Hobbit" when she was very young. This led to a strong desire to attend her first day of school as a hobbit which is well and good creatively, but doesn't work out so well in actuality. In fact it works out so badly, that Alice's non-conformist parents decide to pull her out of school and teach her themselves at home. Flash forward to the present. Alice is fifteen and talking her new therapist Death Lord Bob at the Teens in Transition (not trouble) center in town. In a misguided attempt to cheer Bob up, Alice finds herself agreeing to return to "normal" school among but one of many items placed on a "Life Goals List." As Alice leaves the shelter of her home, she embarks on a search for a new haircut, new clothes, a boyfriend and lots of other things. These hunts lead to hilarity of a high degree along with not a little bit of mayhem. In the end, Alice comes out maybe a little worse for wear but no less enthusiastic about checking items off of her list in the future. As Susan Juby suggests on her newly designed website, Alice shows that sometimes oddballs make the best characters. As I started reading, I was surprised that I liked "Alice, I Think" as much as I did. (Although I am not alone in my enthusiasm. The book inspired a Canadian TV series as well as the entire trilogy receiving heaps of praise and award nominations.) The novel is written in a diary style, which usually doesn't appeal. But Juby handles the style creatively, not letting it limit Alice's narration or how events are conveyed to the reader and, most importantly, Juby still includes lots of hilarious dialogue. Juby's characters are also amazingly handled. Yes, a lot of them might sound more like cartoons than true-to-life people. But that's okay. In a novel this funny, a lot of things have a cartoonish exuberance to them. Aside from that, the characters are endearing no matter how silly they might be. As Alice works through the issues inherent to starting at a new school and tries to find new friends, readers watch her simultaneously learn how better to engage with the world at large (a revolution that continues in this novel's two sequels "Miss Smithers" and "Alice MacLeod: Realist at Last"). Then there's the fact that it's literally a laugh out loud funny book. Definitely worth a look for anyone who wants a good, funny, entertaining novel.

Enes Yurdakul enesyurdaka2a5 — Brandon Sanderson's debut novel is extremely strong -- addictive almost. A wonderful world, a unique magic system, suspense, mystery. Good stuff. Highly recommended.

Marta Bergamo bergamomarff5a — I’m not sure how to go about reviewing this book. I really enjoyed reading it, but there’s just something about it that makes me not know how to go about writing this. There are two parts to this story when you get right down to it. There’s the ghost mystery bit and the supernatural bit. The entire book slowly builds up to the ghost part and just when it climaxes there are still questions left unanswered until the very end – but when the last bits of the puzzle are made known, it’s just like that. There’s no real explanation other than ‘slam bam thank you ma’am – that’s all folks – the end’. It was a little weird. And as for the supernatural bit outside of the ghost part, well, it happened all of a sudden and then was the main focus taking over for the ghost part. I don’t know if that’s straight enough of an explanation, but it’s the best I could write it all down. Basically, it was a weird little book that I enjoyed reading even though it had me scratching my head (figuratively) while reading it – especially at the very end. Sylvie as a character was alright, but I feel that she, like the ending, was rushed. Maybe it’s just that everything seemed to happen at the end that she was swept along with it. And her love triangle was just a little awkward, especially at the end. I guess when it all comes down to it is that the ending overpowered the entire book and not necessarily in a good way. It was just weird. I would recommend that you read this book yourself if you’re able to since it’s one of those books that really needs to be read and the reader make their own conclusion. As a book, it was alright though with a rushed ending and a weird combination of story lines. I’m going to have to give it a 6/10. Oh, and I don’t get the title. Could someone explain it to me if they understand how it ties into the story. Please? But the cover is gorgeous.