Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager

I would honestly like to know why Beatrice Sparks does this. She is a respected Ph.D. Clearly it is her who writes the novels she has 'edited'. I think she feels teenagers can related to books by real people... but it is obvious that she is the one who writes these novels so how can we have respect her as a novelist? But the book was ok...I feel it doesnt seem real (because its not) when 'Jennie' is completly oblivous to what JJ is doing... that is really unrealistic ... so Dr.Sparks next time you write a novel... dont lie about it we will respect you alot more!

In the book Trecherous Love, Jennie thinks that Mr.J likes her not only just a student but beyond that. She thinks he likes her. this book is about Jennie's total trust to Mr.J. what she doesn't know is she has alot ahead of her. READ IT IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.

I'm not saying this book is bad, it's really interesting, and the girl deals with sexual abuse by her teacher, an unusual topic. But oviously Dr. Sparks edited this diary alittle TOO much, come on...even one of the best writers don't write that good! It makes the diary seem fake...but the important thing it, the story-line is still the same...this truly is someone's diary, except reworded. That is what interests me in Spark's edited diaries by anonymous. Read this one, you won't be able to put it down...very very haunting and reality isn't always easy!

There are two things Beatrice Sparks is good at (sorry to disappoint you, kids, there's no "anonymous teenager" handing their diaries over to her for editing) - creating victims and preaching. Even while dealing with issue of teenage pregnancy, she chose to have the character be raped so that she was absolved from responsibility. This book is no exception. As for the preaching - the character constantly berates herself for not being positive enough, and reminding herself what she's grateful for, usually accompanied by capital letters and excessive exclamation marks. The narrator is too-good-to-be-true and her style too juvenile for her age, but if you enjoyed other works by Dr Sparks, pick it up - it's almost identical to everything else she's written.

This book was ok... After reading a few pages I had to assume that this was not a realy diary. It is tto preachy (like how she is always scolding herself for being sad or mad at someone, just not something a real teenage girl would do). Also after a while I started to hope either something interesting and realistic would happen or the book would just be over. The ending is too perfect and abrupt for an "actual" girl's account of her affair with her teacher. I have read quite a few diary books and this one is not one of the better and more believable ones. It made me kind of depressed for this girl who is being used and I am not sure whether or not it was a waste of time to read it. Either way, teenage girls might want to read it so they can see the signs of a teacher who wants more that just good grades from you.