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Trinkets are items that are shoplifted to raise the spirit. Our three narrators have been remanded to Shoplifter's Anonymous for their beliefs in action. They are an unlikely trio with sadness and pain. Moe is a girl whose parents died and who has accepted the thug role by default. Her next door neighbor is a popular boy who visits her at night but does not acknowledge her during the day. Elodie is unsure of herself. She feels alone, although she is friends with a popular girl by default. Her mother has died and she isn't so sure about her stepmother. Tabitha is the princess. "Everyone secretly hates a princess."

This a charming YA novel. As such, the plot comes together a bit too neatly for me. But the writing is lively and witty, and the characters convince us that the plot is not unlikely. Each of the three girls has behavior that is unlovely at times. they all three suffer from the high school disorder of feeling fraudulent and alone within their chosen roles. The device of shoplifting is cleverly developed. I enjoyed the book far more than I thought that I might. It made for a pleasant couple of hours, and it resonated in many well phrased scenes.


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Trinkets Kirsten Smith Books Reviews

Each section is written in a style unique to the character, creating a wonderful variety of prose, choppy sentences that read like modern poetry, and blurbs of epiphany-esque introspection.

The girls are labeled with clichéd, stereotypically high school tags-the beauty queen, the wallflower, and the burnout. Normally this would be a negative, overused and tired method that is somewhat expected. However, by enforcing this process like it's a form of nomenclature and the suppositions that accompany them, it amplifies what separates them from their peers, and really reinforces the notion that there's so much more to a person than their clique, their style, and their mannerisms. The characters are not overly complex but no matter how much money they have, whether they come from a single parent home or an unhappily married couple, each has their own problems that puts everyone on even ground.

Moe has a delightfully, dirty and twisted sense of humor. Her pranks and rambunctious rebellious side are one of the main highlights of the story.

CONS

One of my issues with stories told from several perspectives is that it's hard to evenly spread out the story between each character.

It felt like Tabitha definitely had a larger part than Elodie, which although fitting with their personalities, a balance would have given more insight into each character, not just Elodie. It seemed a little like a main character, with her secondary supplements.

Some things went unresolved. Several things that should have been very serious were shrugged off and skimmed over. The emotions of each girl were so skewed, they felt almost numb and it was difficult to emotionally commit to the characters.

The whole therapy process of shopaholics anonymous wasn't as in-depth or focused as it should have been. Really it was a bunch of bored girls, waiting for the moment it could end until they could go steal some Betsey Johnson. It also didn't go into enough detail on why they felt the need to shoplift.
it was okay but thought I was getting and adult book
story might have been interesting your young adult
I finished it but was bored
I loved this book. I enjoyed the viewpoint from each one of the characters and how they were all intertwined. I suggest this to everyone
Three young women, entirely unique and so authentic. This story is at times really touching, super funny and truly representative of this crazy, figure-it-out time of your life. I hope every cool girl (and boy) in the world gets their mitts on this book. Please don't steal it, however!
I loved the relationship between all of the characters. My favorite thing about this book is the diary style writing. It’s so personal. I love Tabitha.
This is a great read. Teens, especially would like it of course, but parents, too, would enjoy the story, maybe even more so, and perhaps gain some insight into how teens think. It really was a quick read for me, kept pulling me along to read more and difficult to put down.
Kirsten Smith’s Trinkets achieves an unexpected feat. I didn’t ever expect to sympathize with shoplifting Portland teen girls, but I did. Not only that, I full-on fell in love with the quasi-criminal trio— with their distinct voices, their shameless pop dance parties, and the wonderfully unlikely development of their friendship.

The respect Smith has for the struggles/turmoil/realities of life as a teenage girl and the way she portrays them with such remarkable authenticity never ceases to awe me. I often forget what it felt like to be that age, but as soon as I dove into the inner worlds of Elodie, Moe, and Tabitha, I was there. Some of my favorite lines--

On crushes "I'll just sit here and think about how much it sucks we can't hang out and how much I hate him even though I don’t.” AGH! SO REAL.
On friendship "I should be able to tell them the sky is magenta or whatever, and they should believe me." PREACH.
On painted toenails “Little blue smurf turds.” (Had to include that one because it made me laugh so hard and felt exactly like something one of my best friends would say.)

This book is like Voodoo Donuts— delicious, devourable, and utterly unique.
Trinkets are items that are shoplifted to raise the spirit. Our three narrators have been remanded to Shoplifter's Anonymous for their beliefs in action. They are an unlikely trio with sadness and pain. Moe is a girl whose parents died and who has accepted the thug role by default. Her next door neighbor is a popular boy who visits her at night but does not acknowledge her during the day. Elodie is unsure of herself. She feels alone, although she is friends with a popular girl by default. Her mother has died and she isn't so sure about her stepmother. Tabitha is the princess. "Everyone secretly hates a princess."

This a charming YA novel. As such, the plot comes together a bit too neatly for me. But the writing is lively and witty, and the characters convince us that the plot is not unlikely. Each of the three girls has behavior that is unlovely at times. they all three suffer from the high school disorder of feeling fraudulent and alone within their chosen roles. The device of shoplifting is cleverly developed. I enjoyed the book far more than I thought that I might. It made for a pleasant couple of hours, and it resonated in many well phrased scenes.