30 anni in 1 secondo

by Christa Roberts

La vita di Jenna è un inferno. I genitori la soffocano e i suoi coetanei la ignorano. Ma il giorno del suo tredicesimo compleanno esprime un desiderio: avere 30 anni! Et voilà , la mattina dopo è una splendida trentenne con la vita che ha sempre sognato. Ma quando scopre che Matt il suo unico vero amico d'infanzia sta per sposarsi, Jenna desidera solo che non sia troppo tardi!

Genres: Young Adult, Chick Lit, Fiction, Romance, Media Tie In

Paperback

First published April 13, 2004

Reviews

[Evoli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm only 20 buttt I already miss being a teenage girl and I'd love to go back in time to enjoy every single moment...
This kinda made me feel emotional and slightly uneasy because I have gerascophobia.
Also, highly recommend you to watch the movie (same name as this book)!!

[Tiffany Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm currently reading 13 going on 30 and I love this book so far. I've watched the movie but I decided to read the book to see if it is any different from the movie. So far its about a teenage girl who had a birthday party and they were playing 7 minutes in heaven and the girl was the first to go into the closet.After 5 minutes goes by of being alone in the closet her friend had come in and said everyone had ditched and left but the boy made her this dream house of her life and she sprinkled dust that was wishing dust on it and and her and wished she was 30 but thats all I found out so far (: I have to keep reading.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is such a feel good movie, and I'm glad to see that some of that translated across to the novelization.

It is only 142 pages, so it will do for a nice quiet shift at work, and you will zip through it in no time. I like the way each chapter started, with the image of Jenna's shoes/feet from the front cover.

It sticks incredibly close to the original film, and is obviously taken from the final screenplay draft. There is no obvious additional scenes that I noticed, just some extra description thrown in, to pad everything out.

Christa Roberts (a pseudonym) has made an excellent job of this novelization, and while it would have been nice to see some additional scenes from the movie, it was an enjoyable, quick read.

It also comes with 8 pages of colour photos from the movie.

[Ben Vlam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lol love finding sneaky ways to review movies on this site.

Kinda obsessed with Mark Ruffalo in this. CBGB’s shirts, Blue Velvet posters and building a house with Jennifer Gardner is my dream too!!!!

[river.｡*♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book reminded me that every age has it's perks, along with disadvantages. i needed to hear this now, as someone who either grieves the past or is looking towards the future - we need to enjoy the present moment and where we stand right now! without that there practically is no future or past.

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Again, the book 13 going on 30 is a nice book. Well, there is this girl named Jenna, and she alway wished to be older so she doesnt have to listen to her mother's orders. What i found interesting in this book, is the idea that we always tend to forget that our childhood memories were the memories of the time where the happiest times existed. Back when we were children, there wasnt so much to worry about, neither was there as much responsibilities as now. Personally, i love my childhood memories, it was just all FUNFUNFUN. The contradiction in 13 going on 30 is that a young teenage girl, would actually want to grow up faster, but i think it is because she doesnt cherish her childhood life now. Sometimes, the way children think really depends on how they are raised by their parents. If a parent raises a child to get everything she or he wants, of course the child wouldnt want to grow up. I think as a part of childhood, the most important thing is that we HAVE to learn to live life, without always getting the things we want. So when we grow up, we already know that to value things does not mean you have to have everything. And when you do discover that you cant always get what you want is when you are already a "matured person." So i think it really depends on how a parent raises a child, because it's their responsibility first, then they can learn on their own! This novel really made me realized, 'You should live your life, thinking there's no tomorrow."

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is abut how this girl name Jenna had suddenly became an 30 year old women. All this happened during her 13th birthday. She wanted to become popular, so she invited her popular people in her party. Jenna really like this guy , and the popular girls tricked her into playing this closet game. they said he would come, but never did. Jenna best friend, really liked her. he even made her a dream house. the dream house had dome magical dust, and when Jenna wished to be older, her wish had came true. when she woke her, she suddenly became a different person. she was really successful and her popular enemy was working for her. Jenna had no clue what was happening. Jenna went to find her best pal and they never talked for years in school, when jenna had became popular. after a while working with her pal, she had developed feelings for him. The ending was so sweet and if you want to know what's going to happening next, than you should read this book.

[Vanessa Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jenna, the protagonist, wishes to be 30 years old on her 13th birthday becasue she sees that being 30, you live a happier and more glamourous and flirty life. Her wish comes true and she is her future self. At first she enjoys the life of a 30 year old, but soon she relizes that adult life isnt ready and fit for her yet. She finds that her best friend, Matt, is the one she really loves but in the future time she is in, he is getting married and so Jenna regrets her change from being 13 years old to being 30 years old. This book teaches the readers to be happy with your life even when you are going through the toughest problems that you face. It also tells the readers that to acheive happiness you have to go through at least some obstacles in life.

[Wayward Child · Rating 2 out of 5]

I`ve no sympathies for characters such as Jenna. The girl has everything and she trades it all in for an older body and a heap of troubles. I get that the author is trying to convey a message to young girls and warn them about the dangers lurking in seemingly glamorous places, but the protagonist is just so unlikable, that the message gets lost somewhere along the way. I won`t lie - I liked it when I was eleven or twelve. But, pretty soon it became apparent that many girls might not get the message at all, given their comments. I don`t know whether the book was based on the movie or vice versa, but I found no literary quality in it. None whatsoever.

[Ryan Lum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a girl named Jenna and the story starts off when she was 13. She has this best friend and they are considered the losers in a way. Jenna basically is behind all the girls in the neighborhood, mature wise and wishes she was more women like the other girls. When she has this party with the so called popular kids, she gets pranked on and wishes she was "30 and flirty". She wakes up the next day and finds herself 30, she was prom queen in highschool and was popular, she's getting married, but then shet can't find her best friend Matt. She comes to terms that she loves MAtt and desperately tries to rebuild her relationship.

[Kai Yi · Rating 4 out of 5]

13 Going on 30, book about wishes and dreams. Jenna Rink a thirteen year old girl that us unpopular and not stunning wants to become the opposite. Making a wish on her thirteen birthday has made her dream come true and made her life upside down. But life isn't really as sweet as she think it will be. Reading this book will make many people understand that changing your life won't help, it will just make things worst.

This book shows great dramas in people's life, if your life stink maybe reading this book will turn your frown upside down. Have fun reading!

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is quite funny and contains many mini themes throughout the whole story. Jenna who is the main character who was any typical teenagers girls that wishes that she can be older and on her 13th birthday she found out that she became a 30 years old women. Even though she is very successful and popular, from there she realized a lot of things that she doesn't want to work at the magazine and all she wanted was her best friend. On theme in the book is characterization, where the character is developing, like Jenna.

[Rozlen Jeter · Rating 5 out of 5]

All Jenna Rink wants to be is pretty and popular. And on her thirteenth birthday, she gets what she wished for. When she wakes up, Jenna is suprised to find that she's a grown-up! At the end she wishes to go back being 13 again.
Back to the way it was before she had grown up. It's like starting all over again. No it wasn't an effective ending because she was happy. If it was effective she would have been crying or i would have been crying , but guess what. I WASN'T so your answer is NO. Book #12

[Suki · Rating 4 out of 5]

i reread this book and it makes me remember about my childhood! i wish i am a grown up now but it's weird. When you want to grow up, you are not growing up but slowly. When you are grown up, you want to be little. I don't know why! it would be fun to be 30 but actually your age is 13. It would feel totally weird but it would be a great experience and be looking at your boyfriend that you know from your own school!

[Xiao Yan · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was such a funny and intersting book!! I loved it. THe main cHARACTER. On her 13th birthday, Jenna Rink wishes that she was popular and grown up. THe day right after her birthday, her wish comes true and she is suddnely 30 years old. Jenna had just skipped 17 years of her life. How will she deal with this change? will things go back to normal?Read and you'll know!!! I loved this book, i wish i could skip like 5 years so i don;t need to go trhough all that high school stuff.

[Karschtl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich mochte den Film, und dieses kurze Büchlein (nur 125 Seiten!) machte mir große Lust, diesen nochmal zu sehen. Man hat gleich die jeweiligen Szenen vor Augen. Für sich allein genommen ist das Buch aber doch recht mager, kurz & knackig eben. Aber das sind solche "Buch zum Film"-Bücher ja oft, und man muss sie eher als Begleitung zum Film sehen und nicht als 'eigenständige' Romane. Dann hätte ich keine 3 Sterne gegeben! Die sind ehrlicherweise zum Großteil auch dem Film zuzuordnen.

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

When the girls turns 13 she finds herself wishing she was 30 thinking that her life would be better then. when magic dust fell on her she woke up as a 30 year old experiencing life as just as she wishes. As time past she realizes that life was not as great as it seems and that her one true best friend that she looves is what she really wants in life not a job as a magazine worker.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very interesting where it talks about Jenny Rink being 13 and its her birthday and she wishes to be 30 years old where she wants to skip all the stuffs of being a teenager. She wants love and to be popular but will being 30 years old make her miserable instead? I recommend this book to everyone!!!

[Ling Juan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about Jenna Rink, a teenager turning 13 and she wants to be pretty and popular. On her thirteenth birthday, her wish came truth. She wakes up and she was 30. Her boyfriend became her husband, she got her dream house...
it would be nice if my wishes came true for my birthday.

[Ana Đurđić · Rating 4 out of 5]

The idea for the plot is good, but I think that it wasn't developed as well as it could have been. I would recommend it to kids under 12, because honestly it's too simple for people over 12. I read it when I was 11 and I loved it(!!!) but when I picked it up this year I was soo disappointed.

[Kylie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that you should be happy the way you are and be happy you are young you don't want to skip your turn being young.

[Princess Mithila · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book i love the movie even more the actress who plays jenna as 30 is really gud!! i <3 this is like my fav. movie they have it on youtube if you wanna see it

[Ruby · Rating 5 out of 5]

totally love it .....

[Mina Van der Woodsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like it, i feel like i have so much in common with the main character, i would recommend to anyone, it doesn't matter if you are teen or not

[rivka · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

Silly and sweet. For anyone who has seen the movie, it's a fun recap. Probably an ok read even if you haven't.

[Iris Windmeijer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dit boek heb ik in de onderbouw voor Nederlands gelezen en ik vond het een heel erg leuk boek destijds.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good! Now I am gonna put in my dvd and watch it!

[Maysaloon Abu-Zaglan · Rating 3 out of 5]

funny idea , but i think it is repeated.

[Alshimaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked the main idea here ..

[Martasek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oddychový příběh, při kterém jsem si vybavovala filmovou verzi. Není to nic světoborného a za chvíli je přečteno, ale jako taková relaxační četba proč ne. Asi si v brzké době pustím film.
Ach těch sladkých a nevinných -náct.