This Lullaby

by Sarah Dessen

Remy is a cynic when it comes to love. Let down by her absent musician dad and witness to her mother's four failed marriages, she doesn't intend ever to let anyone that close. So when Dexter comes crashing into her life, why is it suddenly so hard for Remy to follow her own rules? He's everything she hates: messy, disorganised, impulsive, and worst of all, a musician like her absent father...

• ISBN10: 0340989025
• ISBN13: 9780340989029
• Publish Date: 24 July 2008 (first published 27 May 2002)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 29 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
• Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen was such a great book. It was published back in 2004 before we had the “New Adult Fiction” book category and I think that is exactly where this book fits. Remy grows a lot in this book in my opinion while trying to figure out with why Dexter is different than the normal boys she goes after.

We follow Remy throughout most of her summer vacation as she navigates her life, her mother’s new marriage, and trying to figure out what is up with her and Dexter. The book starts off in June and then we go to July and then August. Remy tries to keep her life all nice and orderly while trying to help her mom out with some things when her mom is focused on writing her current novel.

Remy is a character that not a whole lot of people will like but at the same time she has these layers about her personality that she built from the concept of how she saw her mom living her romantic life. She just built a shield around herself hoping that it will keep herself from feeling heartache while actually not putting herself out there but wanting to find love even if she doesn’t think that she believes in love.

Remy’s friends are also very different and I think that they also reflect her personality as well. One of her best friends Jess, the motherly one, reminds me of the way that Remy is with her mom. Remy's mom needs help with planning a wedding or even just getting a divorce going first. Another one of her best friends Lissa, the romantic one, is the one that tries to see the happiness and romantic part of everything. Her last best friend Chloe (the anti commitment one), is much like the person that Remy is when we first met her. Remy doesn’t care how many guys she goes out with as long as they are gone and out of her life by her cut off point.

Remy and Dexter though are very opposite of each other and in every sense of the word their relationship is like “opposites attract” and it’s really cool to see their relationship unfold in this book.

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen is an awesome book and one that I would totally recommend for other people to read. I am also pleased to say that I am giving this book a five star rating since it was so awesome and kept me hooked for the entire time I was reading it.

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[Bianca]

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out and unfold in your darkest times.

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[Sam@WLABB]

Remy doesn't believe in love, or at least, she doesn't think so. She really has no good role models when it comes to that arena -- her father leaving before she was born and her mother moving onto husband number 5. Remy, was a serial dater, who liked to end relationships before they became too involved. All this changes in that "time in-between" -- the summer before college, but after high school, when Dexter "crashes" into her and makes her question herself and her beliefs about love and relationships.

Another great Sarah Dessen story. We have great characters (Remy, Dexter) who have interesting friends (the girls, the band) and several overlapping stories (Remy's, Mom's, Chris's, Lissa's). This tale of growth and self-discovery extends to several of the characters and shows how situations can be interpreted in so many different ways.

Great, fun read. I found myself laughing and smiling often.