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Book Reviews of 10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You
Author: David Levithan
ISBN-13: 9780439087308
ISBN-10: 0439087309
Publication Date: 6/1999
Pages: 170
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

tinkerbellfan avatar reviewed 10 Things I Hate About You on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book basically follows the movie word for word. It wasn't bad because I liked the movie, so I liked the book, but it followed the movie.
kevinsbebe avatar reviewed 10 Things I Hate About You on + 165 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The movie is just like the book! I am a huge fan of the movie so I had to read the book. It was very good but definitely more of a young adult book. I highly recommend it!!
reviewed 10 Things I Hate About You on + 73 more book reviews
Really good! Loved the movie too.
havan avatar reviewed 10 Things I Hate About You on + 138 more book reviews
This was a really good novelization of a movie adapted from a play. The weirdest moments of the movie were excluded and/or downplayed and it allowed some of the brilliant material to shine through. Of course some of my favorite movie moments were gone as well. Ms. Perky role is toned back down with no Allison Janny to pump it up as is Mr. Chapin's when no David Leisure is there to inflate it. Also gone are some of Michael/David Crumholz's most cringeworthy dialogue moments.

What remains is a light hearted high school story told by the teen-aged characters that live them.

Bravo on a good adaptation!