Book Review: Hooked by Catherine Greenman

Hooked by Catherine Greenman

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I was feeling different things about this book as I read it. The story was not very gripping to me and in fact it took me quite a while to get through it. I have to read something while eating, and so this book lived on my dining room table but I was never compelled to bring the book with me to read in other parts of the house. Not until about 2/3 of the way did the pace start to pick up.

Thea. I didn’t like her at all at first. I thought she was rather whiny but once you get an idea of her parents and how she grew up, then it seemed to make sense. At times I felt this book was the print equivalent of an episode of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, maybe parents should make this book required reading for their teenage daughters?

And of course I have to mention something about the crochet. As a knitter, I did scoff a bit when Thea took up crochet. But the idea of her selling the finished pieces is entirely plausible. And the part where Thea is obsessive about it, pulling it out whenever she gets a chance? I totally understand that feeling.

This book is definitely for older teens, as there is (obviously) sex involved, but also mildly graphic descriptions of sex. As I said above, it’s for the 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom crowd.





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