Tweet Heart (edition 2010)

This was a cute and quick story that reminded me of Lauren Myracle's Internet Girls trilogy. While the story was slightly predictable, the characters were enjoyable and worked well off each other through their means of communication. I am impressed by how an author can tell a story through such short lines of dialogue, but Rudnick delivered a light and sweet book. ( )

Tweet Heart is told through tweets, blogs and emails. I thought this was a unique concept. If I had read this book a while back, I may not have been so lost when I started using Twitter.

A quick, fun and easy read. I flew through Tweet Heart in one sitting. The story is quite predictable, but still cute. It was hard to get a full grasp on the characters with the way the story is told, as we do not interact with them outside of the electronic world (computer, cell phone). I think this is a realistic representation of todays youth. Much of our lives is posted around the world through blog post, tweets, emails and texts. It sometimes pushes face-to-face interaction out of the picture.

Tweet Heart isn't too deep, thought-provoking or complex. Overall, it is a cute read. ( )

I didn't have extremely high hopes for Tweet Heart, as I was a little apprehensive of the style it was written in, but it definitely turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I really liked the overall plot and theme of the book. The fact that this book was written in tweets, e-mails, and blog posts made it even more realistic because a big part of a lot of relationships is the internet. Some of the writing didn't convey as much emotion and description as I would have liked it to, but I think that was only because of the style it was written in. Elizabeth Rudnick did a marvelous job with developing characters and keeping a strong plot going even with such a difficult type of writing. The characters weren't extremely indepth, but it was refreshing to see a normal bunch of high schoolers acting like... well, high schoolers. I also loved the intricate relationships that were formed during the book, and the tweets just added to the affect. Overall I was pleasantly surprised by tweetheart. This book is wonderful short and cute read that will leave you feeling refreshed and youthful. ( )

Let me just gush about the pages for a minute. Each one is designed to a perfection. Each page has a cute background, not unlike Twitter. The blog entries are headed by spiffy blog headers. And before each tweet is a small little picture of the…er, tweeter? Tweet Heart was such a visually appealing book!

The characterization was pretty good, especially considering Rudnick had to do it in 140 characters or less. Although, readers get to learn more about Claire and Bennett through their blogs and Will and Lottie through e-mails too. I thought the characters were pretty realistic, but I hate to say it, all the characters annoyed me at one point in the story. They either seemed too shallow or too obsessed with their image, but for the most part, they all experienced some kind of transformation at the end that allowed me to appreciate the characters. Or at least made the characters more palatable. Lottie and Benn were the best considering they acted as a voice of reason throughout the novel but with just the right amount of snark.

The plot was equal parts fun and frustrating (OMG! @WiseOneWP, how could you do that?) but also a tad bit predictable. I think readers will want to snag this novel for its unique format instead of its mind-blowing plotline.

Overall, the book was a fun and fast read. I just wish there were more #hashtags. I think this is considered one of those summer day beach reads, so even though beach season is several months away, make sure you pack this book in your beach bag!

I was curious at the concept of this book and for the first few chapters, it was amusing. But then the plot started to happen and I spent a lot of time skipping. The blog posts, aside from Claire's clueless column, were mostly annoying. The emails were okay, but not great -- more of them and fewer blogs posts would've been okay. As for the tweets, they were slightly confusing, but mostly easy to follow. They just didn't work. I ended up caring more about the best friends instead of the main characters. I wouldn't recommend this book, unless you're someone who has a short attention span or just isn't really into reading (it might work as a nice transition book) in a traditional style. I wonder, maybe, if Tweet Heart would be better suited to e-books, rather than print. ( )