The Facts of Life

Rachel Riley #6

by Bob Hope

Typical! Just when I thought I'd found THE ONE, he gets all stroppy about a snog that wasn't even my fault and storms off. Well, enough is enough! It's time for me to wake up and smell the coffee (or at least the hot chocolate) and forget all about romance. Who needs a fairytale happy ending anyway? From now on, will deal only in cold hard facts ...I'm Rachel Riley - welcome to my so-called life.

Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Humor, Fiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope) was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO tours entertaining American military personnel.

Throughout his career, he was honored for his humanitarian work. In 1996, the U.S. Congress honored Bob Hope by declaring him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces."

Reviews

[Ellie]

Cannot wait to read this book. The 7th book will be out in march 2014 and it's called The time of my life!!

[Anni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mukavan kevyttä luettavaa.

[Susi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alkaa mennä vanhaksi jo tää draama. Lisäksi ärsyttää, koska Anne Frank ei asunut ghetossa.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book, but I felt that since it was the last book in the series, there should have been more. Like did Rachel and Jack get back together? Did sad Ed and Scarlet finally kiss? It left a lot to be desired.

[Johanna]

I started reading the series as a teen & I tend to be stubborn and try to finish every book if I start reading a series (back then I refused to DNF anything, because it felt wrong).

I tried to finish this like five times for many years. I gave up after the final attempt because I realized that I'm no more interested about learning about the world of Rachel Riley. I don't even remember much of the series it self so it was time to move on.

[Read While It Rains · Rating 3 out of 5]

As much as I’m enjoying the reread of books I loved when I was a lot younger, this one has aged worse than the others in the series. Still pretty smart though.

[Grace Sargeant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed.

[Not Well Read · Rating 2 out of 5]

For the last couple of years, I’ve occasionally revisited a project of trying to finish off all the series I’ve started. I wasn’t particularly eager to pick up this one again — from what I’ve heard, they are basically rip-offs of the Adrian Mole books, so I would rather attempt to read those for the first time — but I remembered finding them pretty funny when I was younger, they are very quick reads, and I only had two books left, so I picked this up to finish off the year.

I found that there are still some decent jokes and antics, but certain aspects of the books haven’t aged well — the protagonist calls the special needs students ‘Criminals and R*tards’, her neighbour ‘Fat Kylie’, and mocks her supposed friend for what is a pretty clear case of depression. I don’t usually bring judgement of the authors into my work, but I was surprised to see Nadin taking aim at other authors on social media when her own work is pretty problematic.

On the other hand, the book is still pretty entertaining in terms of plot, characters, and humour, and the more questionable aspects could be forgiven as the book was published back in 2010 (and continues the tropes established in the previous books in the series). In any case, this is a pretty old and little-known series now that hardly anyone will pick up, so I doubt I will exert much influence with this review.

[Tiitu Lehtineva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tuttua sarjan tyyliä, mutta jotenkin ei oikein enää vedä samalla tavalla kuin edeltäjänsä. Viihdyttävä, mukava lukea ja pidän edelleen tästä päiväkirjatyylisyydestä, mutta jotenkin juoni ei oikein jaksa kantaa kuten sarjan aikaisemmissa osissa. Sarjan faneille voin silti suositella, mutta toisaalta itse olisin jo pärjännyt ilman tätä. Saa nähdä jääkö seuraava lukematta, vaikka senkin kirjastosta nappasin mukaan. Ehkä se kuitenkin pitää lukea. Tuttuihin henkilöihin on kuitenkin mukava palata.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ehkä enemminkin 2.5 tähteä