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How many times have we all felt like The Duff (The Designated Ugly Friend) growing up and even now in our lives? Through the course of The Duff, Kody delivers a powerful message to proud of who you are. Even the most perfect looking people have Duff like qualities.

Even though I had a few issues with the book, I still felt sympathy towards and related to Bianca on some level. Being a teen herself, I felt that Kody was able to provide a real teenage voice to Bianca, who's dealing with some tough situations, and learns a lot about herself through the course of her choices. Bianca is a straight shooting, snarky, loyal character, and I liked how much she grew by the end of the book.

My favorite characters are Bianca's best friends, as they see her and love her for who she is. I liked that Wesley was someone who helped Bianca see herself differently. Wesley and Bianca both gain a lot from each other. They both see through the walls they've built up and see each other for who they really are. I wanted to see more of them outside of just having sex. I felt that took away from really getting to know more about their characters.

While I liked that Kody doesn't sugar coat reality and what teens really deal with, in the end The Duff was not for me. I'm a pretty open minded reader and there's not many books I don't like, but I had a hard time with The Duff. I felt that too much sex and one too many uses of the F-word took too much a way from the story for me to really appreciate it.


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The DUFF Designated Ugly Fat Friend Kody Keplinger Books Reviews

4.5 Duffy stars!!!

“No matter where you go or what you do to distract yourself, reality catches up with you eventually.”

OMIGOSH YOU GUYS! I loved this book!! Like seriously, I kind of can't believe how much I loved a book that literally means "ugly fat friend".

Over the years I've seen this book in passing, in the library, bookstores, and lists titled "Best Book Boyfriends". I never picked it up because come on. Look at the title. Now look at the cover. Based on those two things, would you read it? Well this is an extreme case of don't judge a book by its cover... or its title.

Bianca is a cynical girl, but her friends don't mind it. They love her for who she is. One night when all three are out, Bianca finds herself near the school manwhore Wesley, who proceeds to educate her on the fact that she is the Duff. Designated Ugly Fat Friend. This title makes Bianca's head spin, and she goes into a small identity crisis. On top of that, things aren't so good with her parents and her life around her is falling apart. Assigned to work on a project together, Bianca and Wesley end up having a secret friends with benefits relationship, both trying to escape their crappy real lives.

As I stated before, I loved this book. Because it surprised me. Bianca was a character I loved so much. She was ridiculously cynical, and I guess maybe I am too because most of the time when she would say something, I'd be sitting there nodding my head and going "hey, I would say that!"

And this book had some seriously funny moments and dialogue in it. For example

“Spanish, huh?" he said, glancing down at the scattered papers as he grabbed them. "Can you say anything interesting?"
"El tono de tu voz hace que queria estrangularme." I stood up and waited for him to hand over my papers.
"That sounds sexy," he said, getting to his feet and handing me the stack of Spanish work he'd swept together. "What's it mean?"
"The sound of your voice makes me want to strangle myself."
"Kinky.”

“Your sense of humor needs some work, then," Wesley suggested. "Most girls find my jokes charming."
"Those girls must have IQs low enough to trip over.”

“I mean, there is a reason its initials are VD. I bet you more people contract syphilis on Valentine's Day than on any other day of the year. What a cause for celebration.”

Despite having a sense of humor, this book also dealt with serious teen issues. Bianca's parents were going through a divorce and her dad was becoming less and less present, and she didn't know how to deal with it. Bianca's former jerk of an ex-boyfriend shows up in town with his new fiance. Wesley's parents are always gone and his crone of a grandmother won't let him see his sister. Lots of teen drama rama.

The other things that surprised me about this book? There was so much sex! Like from the beginning. Would you look at this hot pink and yellow cover and think you were in for a large round of young adult fade to black? Not me! It was kind of refreshing to read a teen book and have it be realistic about what teens are experiencing in real life.

And Wesley. *sigh* I loved that guy. Like, he was such a freaking jerk in the beginning, but like Bianca, the more I saw him in the book I couldn't help but swoon over his arrogant butt. I agree with the list, he's a great book boyfriend.

“Don’t lie to yourself because you think it’s safer. Reality doesn’t work like that."

At the end of the day, everyone who reads this review is going to read whatever the heck they want. I'm the same way. But, I encourage you to ignore the title and cover, and to read this gem of a book.
My original thoughts of this book were not good -- it's very teeny bopper (even more so than most of the YA books that I read), but it did grow on me a little. I had a hard time liking any of the characters, and I still don't exactly understand the choices made in this book, but I'll admit that I kept reading.

You can predict pretty much everything that is going to happen from the start of the book. It seems like a bunch of chick flicks/books combined... Bianca is a grumpy girl who hangs out with the popular kids, but doesn't seem to think that she belongs when she is obviously not as pretty as everyone else (which is weird, considering her mom lectures people professionally about loving yourself). Half the things she does in this book don't make sense. It's like she's just not thinking at all, but thinking too much at the same time. I understand that the author was in her teens when she wrote this, so the seemingly random actions of the main character compared with the rash decisions makes more sense. The random introduction to Wuthering Heights nearing the end of the book paired with Bianca's end decision seems also a little silly. It's like Keplinger really wanted this book to be an insightful, feminist, unique take on relationships in high school, but it ended up just being overly predictable.

Again, I won't lie and say that I didn't like it. I was intrigued, and still wanted to finish. Wesley seemed extremely attractive to me, being that he's a jerk, but giving the opposing love interest a bowl cut and making him wear blazers to school just seems like a little much. I am interested in seeing how the movie interpreted the characters, but judging from the cover, it looks a LOT different.
How many times have we all felt like The Duff (The Designated Ugly Friend) growing up and even now in our lives? Through the course of The Duff, Kody delivers a powerful message to proud of who you are. Even the most perfect looking people have Duff like qualities.

Even though I had a few issues with the book, I still felt sympathy towards and related to Bianca on some level. Being a teen herself, I felt that Kody was able to provide a real teenage voice to Bianca, who's dealing with some tough situations, and learns a lot about herself through the course of her choices. Bianca is a straight shooting, snarky, loyal character, and I liked how much she grew by the end of the book.

My favorite characters are Bianca's best friends, as they see her and love her for who she is. I liked that Wesley was someone who helped Bianca see herself differently. Wesley and Bianca both gain a lot from each other. They both see through the walls they've built up and see each other for who they really are. I wanted to see more of them outside of just having sex. I felt that took away from really getting to know more about their characters.

While I liked that Kody doesn't sugar coat reality and what teens really deal with, in the end The Duff was not for me. I'm a pretty open minded reader and there's not many books I don't like, but I had a hard time with The Duff. I felt that too much sex and one too many uses of the F-word took too much a way from the story for me to really appreciate it.