When you read Juli’s chapter, you see the actual dialogue of what he said and your perspective flips and you see that he was being kind of a jerk. Since you are reading that scene from his point of view, you agree with him. For example, there’s one scene where Bryce insists that he didn’t say anything mean and just summarizes what he said and is baffled by Juli’s anger. While the plot being retold did make the book feel a little long and slightly draggy, it was definitely not boring because the author, Wendelin Van Draanen, did a awesome job messing with your perspective and challenging your biases. Yes, each chapter tells the same plot from the previous chapter but just from a different point of view. – Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped pg 3 (Bryce) But I think I might have liked Bryce’s voice just a little more because his slightly negative attitude and sarcasm were just so much fun.įinally I break free and do the only manly thing available when you’re seven years old – I dive behind my mother. The voices were distinct and I enjoyed reading each of their stories. After reading a while I noticed that the girl, Juli, focused on dialogue and detail. The boy, Bryce, had a charming but sarcastic voice with not much dialogue while the girl had a sweet, funny, and endearing voice with a Hermione-type personality. This story is told in duel perspectives that alternate each chapter. The characters either focused on the external appearances of things or the internal value of things.
I did! I win :) I loved the themes in this one about looking on the inside instead of the outside. I read this in one sitting as a bet against a friend that I couldn’t finish a 200 page book in less than 4 hours.
How these two teens manage to see beyond the surface of things and come together makes for a comic and poignant romance. That’s pretty much the pattern for these two neighbors until the eighth grade, when, just as Juli is realizing Bryce isn’t as wonderful as she thought, Bryce is starting to see that Juli is pretty amazing. The first time Juli Baker saw Bryce Loski, she flipped. Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adultįlipped is a romance told in two voices.
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