Beauty Queens

Question..Can I have my brain cells back?

I picked this book up off a display and thought it would be absolutely hilarious and a great read because it was by Libba Bray, unfortunately it was a dissapointment. This book should be on the back shelf not on a display for everyone to see. If you can get over the main characters ghaustly language and bimbo mindset then it might actually be good, but it drove me insane. There was just to much going on! From lesbian contestants to transexual contestants, to the undercover contestant, the contestant that somehow survives the entire time with a tray sticking out of her head and the contestant that loses her mind that was enough...then we have the reality TV show british hunky pirates that land on the island. You can't forget the military/corporation compound hidden on the island making arms deals with the Republic of ChaCha (??really??) that happens to be with a guy that dresses like Elvis?? AND being from Texas it was a little upseting that the Miss Texas contestant talks like she is the biggest redneck hick known to man..and she is the biggest bimbo of all minus the knowledge of using guns..then happens to be the one that goes completely insane...yeah...not cool.
To much for me..I mean you may like this but I would personally like my time and brain cells back. Saying this book was a dissapointment and a disaster is being nice.

16 out of 28 people found this review helpful.

If you don't mind the absurd

If you're willing to just roll with the absurd premise it can be an enjoyable stay on a semi-deserted island.

4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Really funny

*I thought it was funny and a great read, some part were ..... "interesting", good book in all!*

4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Whatever-This book was AWESOME!

If you can put your big girl panties on and read just for fun, read this! Beauty queens in a plane crash on a weird island? Like Lost but crazy in a whole different way. Yes-the commercial interruptions from the Corporation get a little old, and yes, if you really sit and think about it, the unrealistic-ness of this whole thing can get you down but if you can read and just get lost in a story and enjoy, then pick this up. I truly loved it and it takes a lot to impress me in a book!

3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

GREAT BOOK

I totaly disagree with thw people who say this book is a disapointment. You dont need to be a girly girl to enjoy this book. Libba Bray covers every topic a teenage girl needs to here. Race, ethnic struggles, family problems, friendship issues, and the everyday battles a teen girl faces.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Great!

This book was kind of absured at first but once you got into the flow of the book it was amazing!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go unscrew my smile!

Wow. I may not have been a crazy stalker fan of Libba Bray beforehand (the Gemma Doyle series didn't do anything for me - yes, you may duct-tape me now), but I think Beauty Queens has me wondering what crazy schemes this author will cook up next because I'm pretty sure that I will be in that serving line! Even if it is chicken-tasting grub from some random island.

I realize that this book may not be for everyone - I wasn't even 1% sure if Beauty Queens would be my cup of tea. Yes, I was that uncertain of it. I kept glancing at the book in the bookstores, admiring the lipstick bullet belt concept, but unsure if I was ready for a leap of faith. So I borrowed it from the library and took the book out for a spin.

And holy smokes! Did Beauty Queens grab my attention from the get-go and shook me silly in a similar fashion that Miss Congeniality did? Except 200% more to the power of infinity and whatever goes beyond that? I think flying toasters might be involved in the beyond.

As far-fetched as Beauty Queens may sound, Libba Bray really applies her witty parody quite liberally like sunscreen - and I loved all her shout-outs and snark-outs that celebrated (or eulogized) all things pop culture. Everything was outrageous - everything, that is, except the message that it is okay to be yourself, even if that includes a little crazy or ugly or random. I cannot imagine how much FUN Ms. Bray had with re-inventing the world of pop culture because they are truly quite clever!

What really impressed me with Beauty Queens is how the girls were introduced to the readers via pageant bios and then the next chapter focused on digging deep into what makes them tick, even though everything was told in third-person. It really gave me enough time to connect with each girl and then gradually tie them as one large group into the main story arc. With so many characters to juggle around and decide who gets centerstage for certain moments, I give props to Libba Bray for managing to find a way to make it easy for the readers to befriend the characters. It almost felt like 4 years of high school with a class of 200+ individuals - you start off as strangers, but leave as one big family.

I think Libba Bray may very well be the next Douglas Adams or Joseph Heller in my book. Not a whole lot of authors can serve such a ridiculous dish of random that makes me clutch my stomach from laughing too hard and yet I couldn't stop from devouring the pages!

And for your reading pleasure (in truth, this is for my own because I probably inhaled a pepperoni up my nose when I read this snippet), bar none my favoritest quote from the book because the delivery is GOLDEN:

"I count the time like my hemorrhoids."
"TMI, MoMo."
"TMI to you, too, my darling."

Please excuse me while I ROFL with pepperoni up my nose. (Dear Readers, you may just want to go out and try this random slice of paradise.)

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

:) soo goooood

Read it! :)

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Nicole

Nicole is my favorite because i have alot of Nigerian friends and their tribe is also Igbo! Who is nigerian write "nigeria" @$ their subject

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Nigerian wooohooo

Some parts seemed a little bit unrealistic like how people died, but no one thought much if it. My favorite character was Nicole, she's nigerian and from the same tribe as me which was awsome.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Awful.

A lot of prejudice against American girls! Hey we are not airheads! Besides Miss NH and Miss Cali and Miss Colorado the girls werent very educated, except in the end they kindda came to their senses....but still! :P

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Wonderfully Funny

This is Satire. for all you chicks with no sense of humor or just don't know what satire is: sat·ire Noun/'sa?ti(?)r/ 1. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. I thought it was great but think the humor may lost on many younger adult readers.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

hmmm..

What age would you recomend this?

Awesome Book

I liked this book very much and yes some of the content was very odd, but it was written very well and showed that anyone can be a beauty queen. I understand how some people disliked it, however it ended well. Libba Bray is a great author and hopefully has more good books to come

I loved this book!

Compared to the overwhelming amount of mary sue like storiesout there right now I found this book quite regreshing and incredibly hilarious. Its depressing that so many negative reviews are at the top of the list as curious readers might not give the book a fair chance. Well worth the read and well worth buying a real copy!

Ehh

It is pretty complicated and unrealistic i didnt enjoy it

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Just OK

The synopsis is what sold me on being this book, and it really had sooo much potential and some parts were really good, but I found myself skipping a lot of the book and the end was well, mostly a relief!

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg this book is so good! I was lol'ing

Ugh

I am a pagent girl and top of my class! Yet people still treat me like I'm stupid! I just happen to be in to paggent's, you got a problem with that?! I hope not!

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Hilarious!!!

I love it!

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