The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger
Every girl or guy, at one time or another, has felt like the DUFF in their social group. The feeling of being surrounded by your good looking friends has you feeling like the frumpy troll. Unfortunately, 17 year old Bianca Piper was made brutally aware she was the DUFF of her group by the jerkoff and womanizing, Wesley Rush. Although she acted indifferent to the nickname he gave her, DUFFY, it definitely hit a nerve. Add to that her situation at home and problems with repressing her feelings, she is in need of a serious outlet. She turns to Wesley Rush.
Bianca is a strong female character and handles negative situations head on and with a little bit of humor. She is witty, charming and a little corky but that is what makes her likeable. She doesn’t trust or love easily; she can often be detached for social situations but is loyal to a fault.
Wesley is a man-whore with little regard to what others think or say about him. He hides behind his good looks and charm to cover up for his family issues. As Bianca and Wesley grow closer, you begin to see there is more to Wesley than what meets the eye.
Kody Keplinger did an excellent job keeping this book realistic with real life high school situations. There is a positive message to teens that there is more to a person than looks. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t recommend this book to young teens but to a more mature young adult as there is sexual content and swearing. I would highly recommend this book! I give it 5 stars.
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I really enjoyed the characters Bianca and Wesley. Bianca is so easy to relate to and fun, and you really grow to love Wesley. The author did such a great job of getting inside a teenager's head. There is so much conflict between being a teen and an adult. I really cannot state how much I enjoyed this book.
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The characters in The DUFF weren't well developed at all in my opinion except for Wesley and Bianca who still could have had some work done. Casey and Jess/Jessica were just too plain to me and even though they weren't the main characters I still would have appreciated learning their backgrounds a little bit more in order to truly understand where they were coming from in certain situations.
As for the actually plot of the story, it was okay but definitely not my favorite. I picked up the book because it was only like $.99 on the NOOK about two years ago and I thought it was a cool idea. Now, I'm glad that I didn't pay more for it. From the synopsis, I was still expecting something different and I just don't feel like I got that. Overall I would give the book 3 out of 5 stars.
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