Sarah Lewis
Boise
Just finished... — 4 years ago
...and I’m disappointed. Like all of the other books I’ve read by Meg Cabot, it’s very humorously written and I found myself laughing a lot. However, the whole point of this book is basically Sam asking herself, “Am I ready for sex? Am I not ready for sex?” She agonizes, embarasses herself, agonizes, jumps to conclusions, and agonizes some more. Eventually (spoiler!) she decides that she’s really not ready.
But then.
Her pride gets wounded when she realizes her boyfriend wasn’t actually planning to seduce her, and she ignores her own conclusions and seduces him instead.
I’m not really (that much of) a prude. I’ve enjoyed other books with similar issues (like Sloppy Firsts, etc.). When it’s written convincingly and compellingly, sex fits right in with the rest of teenage drama. In Ready or Not, though, the conclusion seemed inappropriate because it basically suggested that it’s a good thing to have sex even when you don’t feel like you’re ready to. I felt like the author was pushing an agenda, when all I really wanted was a nice fluffy read.

Comments
Ninja Neko
Borsbeek
Me too!
Exactly, the thing that bothered me here was the feeling the author was pushing her agenda. Not just on the topic of teen sex, but on other things as well. And while I don’t necessarily disagree with her I felt it was a bit out of place in this book.