Getting Even

Perfect Image #2

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

After her exciting summer as an intern at glamorous Image magazine, Anne Powell dreads her senior year, particularly when she is told that she is overqualified for the job of feature editor for the school newspaper

Paperback

First published May 1, 1986

About the author

Susan Beth Pfeffer was an American author best known for young adult and science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled "The Life as We Knew It Series", but often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Reviews

[PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps · Rating 3 out of 5]

GETTING EVEN is typical of the young adult books published in the 1970s, books I read as a tween and teen. The only way to read this today is in the context of historical fiction.

Readers may question a high school senior dating a college freshman, but in my day girls dated older guys routinely and nobody freaked out about it. We had a lot more independence, like how Annie went out to get a job and had mature responsibilities.

Annie isn’t a likable character and GETTING EVEN isn’t a stellar book, but I enjoyed it very much for the nostalgia factor.

[Steen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was just meh. At first I found it a bit interesting but then it got a bit way to much teenie girl for me. I probably would have loved it when I was still a young teen lol.

[Ebony Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

About a girl trapped in her thoughts, and learning about the ways of the world. To begin with, I think this book is great but to me the topic is just a little uneasy in the beginning. If it told more about Anne's life and how she lived in the beginning it would be way more understandable. As a matter of fact, it talks about how Anne worked at Image (a magazine company) over the summer with her used to be close cousin who is now like a distant memory. Now I want to know why the relationship is the way it is. I would not recommend this book in my opinion it's just a little to rocky/unstable.