The DUFF Movie Review

So I never made a post of The Duff after I read it, but here you go:

I didn't like it.

I did not like it at all.

The characters weren't relatable, the story was boring and predictable, and I just felt like it was a pointless book that made me question why it was so popular.

*Spoiler Alert*

The book is all about sex. Literally what happens is Bianca and Wes start sleeping together over and over and over for no reason and then they end up falling for each other.

*End of Spoiler Alert*

Now let's talk about the movie!

I wanted to see the movie and the fact that they were making this movie is what made me want to read the book. So I went ahead and bought the book, hated it, but still wanted to see the movie.

I really stinking loved the movie. The movie was so so good and nothing like the book, and I think that's why the movie was so good.

If you haven't seen the movie, then I highly recommend you see it, and right now I'm going to compare the two which will probably have spoilers so read at your own risk.

Here's the list of things that were different from the book, and please keep in mind that I'm completely doing this from memory for a book I read months and months ago, so I may be wrong on a few things.

-Monster voice in the movie/not in the book
-Bianca and Wes as neighbors in the movie/not in the book
-The huge social media fight in the movie/not in the book
-THERE WAS NO SEX AT ALL IN THIS MOVIE/so not in the book

Things that I didn't like about the movie:
-Bella Throne. I did not like her in this at all and I knew I wouldn't just by seeing the commercials. Her face was frozen the whole time, her voice was lower than it usually is, and she talked slowly. Towards the end of the movie she was more herself and it got better, but she was really killing the movie for me.

Things I loved about the movie:
-The storyline
-The characters
-Bianca
-Wes
-The humor
-The social media
-How modern it was

Overall, it was a great great movie. I am so impressed with how they completely changed the sucky book to an amazing movie. Honestly, if you held up the book to the movie, you would not know they were the same thing.

And I think that's what makes it so great.

College Textbooks 4.0

Since I am a college student and am required to read textbooks, I figured why not rate and review them? These reviews are taken from my past reviews as the semesters went by, so unfortunately some of them are a sentence long and aren't helpful at all. It's been too long since I'd read them to write a useful and decent review, but here are my textbooks read in Spring 2014:

1.  The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation by John R. Walker

This book was amazing. I'm not a Food and Beverage major, but it was required for my degree (Hotel Management). I was never bored once and I found the chapters were easy to read and understand. It was very organized and I think it's one of the few textbooks that can be considered good and worth reading. (5 Stars)

 

2. Servsafe Manager by National Restaurant Association

 

I had to read this for my Food Sanitation class. The textbook was really quick to read and was easy to understand and helpful. There's pictures to help apply to the words, and it wasn't entirely boring to read. If you have to read this book I recommend buying it and not renting it because there is a lot of writing and exercises ServSafe wants you to do. (5 Stars)   3. Beginning Guitar Book with CD by Eugene Shapiro I really liked this book. It's great for beginning guitarists and I was lucky enough to take the class with the author of the book. If you are picking up a guitar just to learn a few things, I would definitely recommend getting this book. It not only gives you chords and notes, but it tells you how to play those chords and notes. I can't tell you how many books I've looked at that just give you a picture of a chord and expect you to know what to do. This book gives you background information to teach you what you should know so you can understand how and why they work. The CD that comes along with it was great to listen to and play along with. Definitely get this book if you get the chance. (5 Stars)     4. Red Rock Reader by Todd Moffett   As far as English books go, this one was pretty great. Most of the essay's were fun to read, but a few of them made me bored out of my mind. The essay explanations are pretty easy to understand and made good outlines for my essays. (4 Stars)

The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson, Korie Robertson, Missy Robertson, Jessica Robertson, and Lisa Robertson

This review is going to be a quick an easy one.

As a HUGE fan of Duck Dynasty I was really excited to read this book. I thought the idea of having all the women come together to write something was fantastic, but when I read the book it didn't quite reach my expectations. Don't get me wrong, it's a great book, but everything I was reading I had already read before and was disappointed to find that there wasn't anything new or exciting for me to read about. It's still a great book and one that I'd recommend, my only problem with it was that I already knew everything.