The average user rating for this Book is 6.8 out of 10 (based on 37 Votes).
Jennifer gave it a6: This book was a page turner for me but the ending was dissapointing, I didn't like that Cross was a jerk like that but I also disliked, as well as many others, Lee's constant complaints and mistakes.
Erica K gave it a10: I feel everyone can who had a hard time in highschool would be able to relate to this book. The fact that Lee is " unlikable" as some people say is completely irrelevant. The book is about not being likeable. I love this book for its honesty and candor.
christine gave it an8: I just finished this book, and found it very enjoyable. While I don't quite get the "Catcher in the Rye" comparisons, I related to Lee and could imagine various people from my highschool experience as the other characters in the book. I felt just as uncomfortable as she did while reading certain parts, and I think it could make many an awkward teenager feel a little less alone.
Jillian H gave it a3: Intelligent enough but a pure banality. Prep brings nothing to the over saturated genre; while the book offers up realism and some insightfulness, the plot is devoid of anything interesting, and Lee is extraordinarily unlikeable. Not everyone is, but Lee seems not to have any kind of redeeming qualities; she complains of suffering during her teen years, but she brought that suffering upon herself. Sittenfeld's debut is below average, and I was extremely disappointed, especially reading reviews comparing Prep to The Catcher in the Rye! I still don't understand it; if Sittenfeld continues to pump out this mediocre tripe, she won't deserve to even be spoken in the same sentence as Salinger.
Summer X gave it a7: I found this book to be very interesting I read it for an english class I am in high school now and found that I could relate to Lee's story i couldn't put the book down but I was dissapointed with the conclusion
Sara J gave it a7: It was okay, and like every other book had highs and lows. It actually held my attention, which is amazing since I'm very critical about books. The characters were dynamic and seemed like actual people I go to school with, which is hard to find in a book with a high-school setting. I did, however, get annoyed with Lee's constant lack of self-esteem and the fact that Sittenfeld portrayed midwesterners as a bit hick-ish and poor.
Jennifer H gave it a6: I was reading this book as an outside reading book for my English class the same time we were reading A Separate Peace by John Knowles. It was confusing.
Marie S gave it a5: This book, however clever, is extremely mediocre and is void of any real plot, or climax. Having attended a boarding school very much parallel to Ault, I did not feel Prep captured the heart and spirit of boarding school, and all the experiences and opportunities to be had. Lee offers no real description of those around her, no descriptions by means to give a face to the other students she comes in contact with at Ault—a flaw on Sittenfeld’s part that I found very irritating. It is an easy read, yet I found myself disappointed.
Amanda gave it an8: i loved this book, couldn't put it down!
samuel m gave it an8: very interesting. deals with the exact hing a teenager goes through in high school life
Bort S gave it a4: A well written, but ultimately pointless book. Prep is an insignificant edition to a giant genre of literature, the high school coming of age novel, that is fine enough but doens't stack up to any of hte greats (Catcher in the Rye, The Virgin Suicides, Rushmore, Heathers... hell, even the OC and Harry Potter are better). The problem is that nothing INTERESTING happens. Yes, this book is realistic, but who cares about boring people living boring lives doing nothing? The narrator doesn't grow over the course of the book and doesn't seem to have any interests or passions (except one boy crush). She sets herself up as an outcast, but everyone treats her well and her only failures are her fault. Boring, boring, boring.
m gave it a0: BAD dont buy this piece of shit
marah gave it a10: im currently reading this book for a school assignment. my teacher hated the explicit content but i find that the reality is teenagers relate to this sort of situation. I am supposed to write a persuasive speech about it and im going to give it my vote. two thumbs up.
justin m gave it a10: Fantastic book. Easy to read. Moves Quickly.The characters are fun and believable.
R gave it a10: I wanted to hate this book. But I couldn't. I LOVED IT!!!!
Donna H gave it a10: This is everything "I Am Charlotte Simmons" should have been, but wasn't. In fact, there are a lot of parallels. In both, the heroine is a relatively poor country girl at an exclusive, upper-crust school; in both, a rich golden boy puts the moves on her. There's even a parallel sex scene. But where Wolfe's book is a caricature, this is an evocation. Moreover, the author, possibly because she's a woman, seems far more able to get inside the skin of her heroine. Each of the characters seems to have a life beyond the book. They all seem very real and very moving. The worst thing I can say about it is that it is somewhat anecdotal and episodic at the beginning, but it soon gathers steam and becomes quite absorbing.
amanda w gave it a10: I think this book describes alot of what im feeling in high shcool right now, even though i dont go to a boarding school. I think every high school girl should read this book!
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