![]() ![]() The two girls will do anything to go to this concert/party-including sneak out against their parents wishes, steal, lie, and walk around New York in the middle of the night with a drunk rock star.The entire quest to meet them dragged on throughout the whole book. I wish this story had had a little more depth than going after the members of Sidhartha. Aparently all the band members were complete jerks and in the end the girls still idolized them. The beginning started out interesting enough and had potential but then the entire plot of the story was engulfed in the pointless, stupid obsession with Sidhartha. Can Lola crash the concert, crush Carla, and still have enough energy to wow everyone in the school production of Pygmalion? It's all in a day's work for Lola, Teenage Drama Queen. In retaliation, Carla makes the entire student body give Lola the silent treatment (and in addition scores tickets to a sold-out concert of Lola's favorite rock band). Undaunted, Lola tries out for and wins the lead in the school play, a role much desired by Carla. Carla, who is "sophisticated, beautiful, and radiates confidence the way a towering inferno radiates heat," isn't about to let anyone take away her hard-earned crown. According to Lola, "living in the suburbs is like being dead, only with cable TV and pizza delivery." The worst part is that someone has already snagged the coveted Drama Queen of Suburbia title-and that someone is Carla Santini. But all this changes when she is forced to move from her beloved Manhattan to the boring suburbs of New Jersey. Her pottery-making single mom and bratty twin sisters are merely bit players in Lola's dramatic existence. Lola, is accustomed to playing the starring role in the fascinating production that is her life. I do believe I will fall more in love with the novel than the film (if at all possible!)Īnd would like to thank Dyan personally! For such an amazing amazing amazing story!! I understand that writing a book allows more freedom and less restrictions than say that of a full length movie production and I will be curled up in front of the fire tonight reading this wonderful wonderful story. The film was amazing, and Lindsay Lohan was a fantastic actress but I have always been a fan of reading rather than watching the movie versions. IT'S THAT ADDICTIVE!) but I never knew that it was based on a book! I never knew the novel was out there *smacks hand* I stood in awe looking at it before I grabbed it. I had to rush straight to my computer to write this!! I just purchased a copy of Dyan Sheldon's: Confessions of a Teenage Drama queen for 20p from a local charity shop!!! whooooop!! I'll be completely honest with you, I fell in love with the movie, purchased the dvd and can quote every line (YES. There's nothing I can actually learn from the book, there's nothing that I really really like about the story, but still, I read it and finish it. Nothing really new, just a light reading that comes a guilty pleasure for me. I kind of think that she's playing her part as a queen bee perfectly. Oh, and of course, my favourite character is Carla Santini. Somehow, I can't stand Lola telling lies just to make her life more dramatic. But it's Lola! So she and Ella made the journey to NYC, to find a way to go the concert, and meet Stu, ad having fun at the party they're not invited to. Being a drama queen, Lola can't stop herself to tell people (in front of Carla, of course) that she was also got the ticket, and would attend the party as well. Carla with no effort got the ticket to the concert, and the invitation to the party. But the real drama was when a famous band decided to have a final concert and a farewell party after the concert. That made Lola officially the enemy of Carla, which mean Lola was the public enemy in the school. Out of people's prediction, it was Lola who got the part. There was a competition between Lola and Carla to have play the main part in a school play. While Lola being dramatic, Carla Santini (the antagonist in the story) is the popular kind of girl. For example, instead of telling the truth to Ella (her best, and seems to be her only) friend about her parents being separated, Lola told Ella that her father died in a romantic cause. And thinking that ordinary life is not for her, she creates drama of her own life. ![]() So the girl in this book is actually named Mary Elizabeth, but she preferred to be called (and asked everyone to call her) as Lola. And that's why I was interested to read this book. My friends say that I'm such a drama queen. ![]()
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