Two worlds crash, 14. März 2008

The book "Big mouth & ugly girl" by Joyce Carol Oates deals with outsiders, friendship and love. It is told from the perspective of two teenagers, a girl and a boy. They are called Ursula Riggs and Matt Donaghy. The teenagers aren't very liked in school, because they have an exeptional and peculiar but also a very fascinating character. Ursula has always been an ugly girl and Matt has always been a big mouth. Concerning of his ig mouth Matt gets into difficulties. He made a joke when he said that he wanted to blow up the school. Ursula helps Matt by speaking out for him, although they don't know each other very well. However she knows that he is innocent. But how does the story ends? Will they get to know each other better? Will they like or hate each other? Does Matt have to go into prison or is he really innocent? All these things will you come to know when you read this book.I like this book very much because of the exeptionally characters and the well written by Joyce Carol Oates. She accomplishes to show how kids feel when the family doesn't support them and how they feel when nobody likes them. By means on the book you can see that it is important to help other people.I recommend the book for students. I think it is to boring for older people, because the book is told from teenagers and it goes exclusively about the teenage life.

      Just for the Record..., 14. März 2008

"Big Mouth & Ugly Girl", written by Joyce Carol Oates in 2002, is a book about two pupils at Rocky River High: Matt Donaghy, the smart but dumb guy, and Ursula Riggs, an athletic, unpopular girl.They both don't know each other till one day Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his school and Ursula is the only one who says the truth.But this isn't the only problem Matt and Ursula get into. A week of fear can change your whole life...... and this book changes your course of the day. Once starting to read it you can't really stop, also if the book has its boring parts. It's still full of surprises and the beginning is great because of its way of presenting the characters and their feelings. Unfortunately, the end fades away. Of course you still want to know how the story ends, but the author gives the feeling that she tries to fill gaps.All in all, it's easy to understand, from the language and the content, so I recommend this book to teenagers from 14-16.It's suitable for lessons at school but also for your private pleasure. Maybe you want to improve your English?!? Remember "Big Mouth & Ugly Girl"!

      A thrilling novel with an interresting story!!!, 14. März 2008

The book Big Mouth & Ugly Girl written by "Joyce Carol Oates" is about the two children Matt Donaghy and Ursula Riggs. One day the police leads Matt away. They think he wants to bomb the school. But he doesn't feel guilty.The girl, named Ursula, testified for him.She tells the principal, that Matt only makes his sarcastic jokes and someone has taken it the wrong way.So after a few days Matt is a free man again. He is very happy and because of that it is the start of a tight friendship.But there are still misterious telephone calls and one day Pumpkin, Matt's dog, is kidnapped by the caller.How does the story ends?Is Pumpkin still alive?To know these things you have to read the book!I like the book and can recommend it, because it is the story about a friendship, but also with action.

      Wenn man nichts besseres hat...., 14. Mai 2007

Auch ich habe dieses Buch im Untericht behandelt und musste es aus diesem Grunde lesen. Im großen und ganzen, hat mir das Buch nicht gefallen. Die "Handlung" (falls man sie überhaupt als solche bezeichnen kann) ist mehr als dürftig und schon das einmalige Lesen der Buchrückseite reicht, um die Handlung und das Ende zu kennen. Die Charaktere sind bis auf die beiden Hauptperson doch relativ schlicht gestrickt und auch die beiden "Helden" wirken viel zu stereotypisch. Irgendwie konnte mich dieses Buch einfach nicht wirklich fesseln (Obwohl ich ansonsten romantischeren Dingen nicht einmal abgeneigt gegenüber stehe). Es gibt keine wirkliche Spannung bzw. keine die sich über mehr als 2 Kapitel hält und auch an orginellen Meinungen mangelt es in der Handlung.Allerdings muss ich dazu sagen, dass ich auch schon am Ende der Altersempfehlung liege und somit schon etwas zu "reif" für dieses Buch. Die, leider zu seltenen, kritischen Stellen im Buch sind recht nett verpackt und geben, trotz der Offensichtlichkeit, doch den einen oderer anderen Einblick in das "normale" High School leben. Die Sprache ist einfach gehalten und müsste somit eigentlich für jeden mit einigermaßen vernünftigen Englischkenntnissen verständlich sein. Wie bei jedem Buch handelt es dich auch hier wieder um eine Geschmackssache. Mir gefällt es nicht, doch für Jugendliche im Alter von 13-15 ist es bestimmt interessant...

       My favourite, 26. Juni 2005

ich lese selbst gerne bücher in orginalsprache,meist englisch.wir haben JCO's "big mouth&ugly girl" im unterricht gelesen und ich hab mich richtig gut in die personen heireinversetzen können,was aber vielleicht auch daran liegt,dass ich selbst noch teenager bin. das buch lässt sich gut und flüssig lesen,man wird gefesselt!UNBBEDINGT LESEN!mein absolutes favourite in sachen englisch-lektüre!