That being said, Judy Blume specializes in giving her readers a very realistic idea of real life events and experiences.Ĭritiquing the actual book, I didn’t like how the relationship between Michael and Katherine seemed to happen over a short period of time. If I had to figure it out on my own, why should young girls be given a handbook to sex? Why tell them everything that happens? Its one thing to have the birds and bees talk, another to give away all the trade secrets that girls have to learn on their own. “What happens when you have feelings for someone else?”įrom my experience in relation to the novel, Blume described a girl’s first make-out/touchy-feely/sexual encounter quite accurately. “What is your first time with a boy like?” “Is your first love supposed to be your true love?” Questions such as these were placed throughout the book: I was curious to know how Blume wrote and expressed the ideas of losing your virginity.įorever. by Judy Blume, is the tale of how Katherine loses her V-Card to her first real boyfriend Michael. More to the point, your first time having sex. And the only reason I read it was because of the topic: sex. This was actually the first Judy Blume book I have ever read.
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