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Book Review of Airhead

Airhead
Airhead
Author: Meg Cabot
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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I picked up AIRHEAD because I've enjoyed Cabot's other series. The first 40 pages or so were slow going simply because I found it hard to suspend disbelief and accept the basic plot. It was close enough to reality that the implausability nagged at me in ways that far-out paranormal or scifi plots don't. Once you can push that disbelief aside, though, the book is charming. Em's adventures as her life changes dramatically are fun, if rather predictable, and the most of the characters have enough depth to be interesting. Those that don't are portrayed as very shallow and the skimpiness of their development reads like a deliberate effort to re-enforce that image. Bottom line, it is a fun, quick read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series!