It's week 3 of the Gallagher Girls series readathon and we've read DON'T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER this week! There ARE SPOILERS from this book and ones before so be warned!!!
Go read it and come back to our discussion!
~Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover~
TaherahDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (DJGHC) is definitely a game changer in the Gallagher Girls series.
Caitlyn
It twisted the whole series from spy school girls falling in love to....well spy school girls falling in love while dealing with a lot of dangerous other shit at the same timeTaherah
Exactly..things get way more serious yet Ally Carter manages to awesomely add the lightness and humor in her books
Caitlyn
That's so true I have never thought of the GG series as dark but now that I think about...they kind of are.....in a really bizarre, real life but not really way.
Taherah
Yeah they're not exactly what you'd hope to go through WHILE you're in spy school still you know learning
Caitlyn
But the Operatives deal with better than most adult spies would (at least I think so, the only other group of people who I think could handle it better would be if all the teachers ( Mr. Solomon, Cammie's mom, Aunt Abby, etc) teamed up
Taherah
I agree. They do! And meaning that if the adults teamed up to teach them??
Caitlyn
No like if any group put in the Operatives' situation could handle it better than them it would be the teachers
Taherah
Ahhhhh of course...they have waaay more experience...Speaking of experience SOLOMON AND ABBY OMG SHIPSHIPSHIP they sure have history and inside jokes
Caitlyn
I know!!! I love it so much!!!!! And Abby is so badass!!!!!!! They are kinda a perfect partner pair (of combat....among other things)...parabatai if you will
Taherah
No actually I don't think parabatai would work for them..Abby seems more of a solo person. But YES LOVE ABBY WHO IS SO VERY AWESOME
Caitlyn
I loved it when she walked in I was like "Who du fuuuuuu- no nevermind I don't care who she is she's awesome"
Taherah
It was like BOOM cool person in the house and everyone knew it.
Caitlyn
Including Joe Solomon OH! Can we talk about how Zach randomly shows up everywhere?
Taherah
When I first read it I never actually questioned it (bad reader I know) but I just wanted to go with it and see what would happen and hopefully get an explanation (which we technically didn't fully get)
Caitlyn
TRUE OMG I want an explanation!!!!!! I noticed I just forgot in all the Zammie that followed to question it further!! (Is Zammie the right word for it ....Cach??)
Taherah
Zammie I think is the official ship name.
Caitlyn
Oh good
Taherah
And we kinda do get an idea of what Zach was doing after book 4/5
Caitlyn
But we still never really get the WHOLE story
Taherah
But we DO get why
Caitlyn
True
Taherah
Anywhooooo! Let's talk Macey and Preston (Who are waaaaay too cute!!)
Caitlyn
I don't remember much of this but ok!
Taherah
Lol I shall fangirl! DUUUUUDE WHEN THEY FIRST KISS GAH SO CUTE AND WEIRD FOR CAMMIE EXCEPT KINDA NOT SINCE SHE WAS WITH ZACH...hidden in a box...on a train..the norm
Caitlyn
Okay I love how awkward Preston is and how much he wants to impress Macey and how even though she totally ignores him at first...she starts to see him!
Taherah
Yeah its so cute yet expected but unexpected at the same time if that makes sense
Caitlyn
It does! Because the beautiful girl ends up with the geeky (well in this book) guy
Taherah
It's just so adorable I can't get over it XD
Caitlyn
I feel exactly the same way about this XD.....and just about every other ship in this series (except Josh he can go die in a hole)
Taherah
*laughs* Well we don't see him in this book (only mentioned once) And yes agreed.
OHOHOH AND ABBY'S SURPRISE KISS TO SOLOMON IN WHICH EVERYONE FREAKED AT OVER
Caitlyn
OF COURSE HOW COULD WE MISS THAT
Taherah
IT WAS JUST SO UNEXPECTED AND LIKE GO ABBY!!
Caitlyn
Dude everything Abby does is like GO ABBY
Taherah
So true :P But this is a special moment
Caitlyn
*sigh* :) its a very, very special one especially ;) for Solomon
Taherah
*grins* That it is ;P
Ohoh and Circle of Cavan after Cammie! Interesting change of direction!
Caitlyn
I was just SO not expecting that. That one was a shock to me
Taherah
Right?! I felt so bad for Cammie especially since she found out that her mom and people knew that they were after her not Macey
Caitlyn
That might have been when I lost faith in all the adults in this series. I mean I know they're spies and I shouldn't have trusted them to begin with but come on!
Taherah
SERIOUSLY! It was just annoying I mean they should know that Cammie would do anything if her friends were in danger even if that meant putting herself in danger which I'm assuming they wouldn't have wanted but just UGH
Caitlyn
AND her friends would have done exactly the same! Be it Cammie or Macey!!! Also it just made Cammie ok with sacrificing herself to save Macey because she thinks they don't want her BUT THEY DO!!!!! It makes it so that the person the Operatives think they have to save IS THE WRONG PERSON!!!
Taherah
EXACTLY...*le sigh* I really did like this book and the way Ally Carter was able to easily direct us into this huge plot of the series.
Caitlyn
*nods* It made the series have a purpose while tying everything together with a nice little bow
Taherah
Yup a definite 5 stars from me :)
Caitlyn
DITTO
What did you guys think about DON'T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER?
Like, love, ok, not a favorite GG book?
As always we're totally cool with continuing the convo with any one of you guys just comment and let us know! :)
I loved this book... did you know that Ally posted the first chapter of United We Spy on her blog?? But if you REALLY want to read, go to waterstones.co.uk and search United We Spy and click 'download preview' (or something like that). Then you can read the first TWO chapters :D I just can't wait for the last book. I usually read on my kindle but I guess the epilogue is only available for Barnes and Noble hardcover so I am just gonna go crazy now. I'm begging my mom to get the hardcover for me... but I might not get it on the 17th exactly then, and I don't think I could wait even one extra day for this book.
ReplyDeleteI feel like we did get a full answer when it came to why Zach was always popping up. Maybe it wasn't in this book, but it was in 5, I think. Maybe 4. However, it did kind of make me mad at him for not just telling her he was trying to protect her. Also, the adults made me so mad because they didn't tell cammie it was her the circle was after. I mean, she had a right to know. Instead she was going into battle putting herself right in front of the bad guys to protect Macey, which in turn made it easier for the bad guys to get her.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite quotes: http://bokglantan.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/dont-judge-a-girl-by-her-cover-2/
ReplyDeleteI agree that this book is SUCH a game changer for the series! Like, what? The bad guys are after Cammie? WHY?! (Of course we thankfully find this out later.) I kind of giggled when Caitlyn said she never thought the series was dark. Up until this book they aren't, but then we have people dying (or at least faking it) and trying to commit suicide in the later books, which makes me all the more eager to see what will happen in book 6. Especially since we know SOMEONE is going to die, at least according to Ally Carter. I want to cry just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteThis week on The Girls in Plaid Skirts: 5 Ways to Wear a Plaid Skirt (in a non-schoolgirl way)
http://thegirlsinplaidskirts.com/2013/08/24/5-ways-to-wear-a-plaid-skirt-in-a-non-schoolgirl-way/
This is my enrty http://ciearria.blogspot.com/2013/08/gallagher-girls-read-thon-week-3.html
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this book! :)
I agree that the series does change a lot in this book! The teachers really should have told Cammie that the Circle was after her and not Macey. The last few chapters are so intense when Cammie finds this out! Also, I feel like Macey plays a much bigger role in this book, which is good. We get to see so many different sides to her and see just how awesome she really is!
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