I can't imagine that she'd suddenly introduce that little thing called 'character development' in Book 7. But I suspect that LH won't change the formula now. Who knows? Due to the fact that Claire has money now, the whole dynamic might change. There's a moment towards the end of the book where the Massie/Claire issues are actually verbalized. She's not a particularly good friend, either. But she IS extremely confident, so I can see why so many readers love her. Not to mention selfish and a rotten friend. In actuality - and this is made pretty obvious by the way that the Hollywood adults treat her and the way that the Teen Heartthrob manipulates her - she is gauche and extremely immature. When the Hollywood question comes up, she doesn't allow Kristen to go. Kristen is the only one who really gets punished. She's poor* anyway, so not being able to buy anything isn't a punishment.

There's only so much I can take.Īlthough Claire's parents are punishing her by getting her out of bed early and making her continue to do schoolwork, she's allowed to go to the mall. I realize that these books are basically a fantasy, but come on. NOT ONLY DO THEY LET THEM GO TO THE MALL, THEY GIVE THEM FREE REIN WITH CREDIT CARDS. Let's repeat that: THEY GET EXPELLED FROM THE SEVENTH GRADE, AND THEIR PARENTS LET THEM GO TO THE MALL. Massie, Alicia and Dylan are totally free to go shopping all day. ESPECIALLY for Tom Cruise and the girls of The Clique.)ĭial L for Loser begins with the girls dealing with their expulsion. (Kind of how I wanted Minority Report to end with Tom Cruise going down into the prison-freezer-hole, because sometimes, down endings are just better.

Okay, so in the last book, the girls all get expelled from OCD, right? We'll gloss right over how awesome that was, and how much I totally wanted the series to end at that moment. Fans of The Clique series will, I'm sure, be very happy with this installment.

After witnessing a catfight between starlets air live on The Daily Grind, the girls (minus Dylan, whose big mouth was the indirect cause of the aforementioned catfight) are invited to go to Hollywood (by the Oscar-winner who is inexplicably directing a pretty obviously crappy teeny-bopper movie) to audition for the newly-open role.

Dial l for loser by lisi harrison