My Life with the Walter Boys: Now a Netflix Series!

A love triangle is always worth the time to see if it turns into a good story and I’m glad I gave this a try! The characters are all interesting and the plot is believable. I love fantasy, but sometimes you just want to read something real and still get lost in the story and characters! I highly recommend if you like down to earth love triangles!

Before I begin, I’d like to note that I read this as an ebook so I didn’t go through the struggles of messed up books. Id really give this book 3 1/2 stars. I read this book after I was about halfway through the television series and decided I wanted to compare my notes with the book. And honestly, I wasn’t the most impressed. It’s not like this is a bad book, but I’ve read better ones. But still, congratulations to writer such a hit book, Ali Novak! Now let’s get down to business. What I liked about the book: First, I think there was a nice flow to the book, and all the characters surface-level personalities were easy to learn. At first I though I could never remember all the characters, but I quickly could see the difference between Jordan and Lee. But you didn’t hear much about the younger children I’ll say that. I do think the book moved a little quickly though, I think the reason I thought that though is bc the television series added a lot more things like Will and Haley’s relationship and selling the farm to another character (that wasn’t included in the book). But that usually happens. 👍 What I didn’t like about the book: there was really no character development at all. It honestly felt like you didn’t hear much about coles scholarship and didn’t deal with anyone’s problems. Also, when Alex and Jackie were admitting things to each other, it just felt really random and it was nearing the end so the author had to do this. Another problem, dealing with the grief just didn’t feel right. And Jackie never actually faced her families death at all. When I lost somebody, that’s not how it felt. Overall, if you want a quick book to read or maybe a book club book to start with in your club, you could choose My Life With The Walter Boy’s.

The book is SO much better. I genuinely like all of the characters in the book. The ones in the show got on my nerves all the time. It was extremely annoying. This book is so good and I would definitely recommend to teen girls and young adults. Jackie is a good main character you can sympathize with, and the book doesn’t make light of her situation. It’s about her life, not just the romance. Content warnings: There is cursing throughout, with only one major obscenity (GD). There is obviously kissing but it doesn’t go beyond that. There are sexual innuendos (it’s a house full of boys, after all) but nothing graphic or anything. It’s all actually pretty realistic and not just throwing stuff in for “shock factor.” I really like this book and it is a great heartwarming story about coping with trauma and learning how to make the best of an uncertain situation. I’m excited to read the next book!

My Life With The Walter Boys begins when sixteen year old Jackie must go live with her mom's best friend from school after her family died in an accident. Little did Jackie know that her mom's friend Katherine has 12 children. Well ten are technically hers, and two are her nephews. But still oh and all of them are boys. Well all but one, but that little girl doesn't act like a girl. So now Jackie must also start public school for the first time, and live in the country with all of these people she doesn't know. Not to mention none of them seem to like her. And when some do start to notice her she's not really sure why. Then there is the fact she seems to be developing feelings for one of them, Cole. This book was so not what I was expecting at all. It would have been really good if not for the way it ended, and the fact that Jackie acted like such a freaking twit when it came to Alex and Cole. That seriously just rubbed me the wrong way, but I would have been okay with it if it didn't end like that. It just ended abrubtly with no resolution or anything. Seriously this was beyond frustrating. And the sequel to this book takes way too long in the future. I don't think I will be reading it. This was a major disappointment, but I still liked the book. It had humor, and interesting characters.

I LOVE this book! I finished it yesterday and I cried because it was over. It was not sad at all - the ending was one of those endings where it's happy and sad at the same time (you'll know you what I mean when you read it) - I just did not want the story to end. I'm still trying to bring myself back to reality and trying to make myself remember that it was fiction, but when I do that it makes me sad all over again! I loved Jackie. She was a great main character; she wasn't annoying and she was confident. She handled herself very well when she talked to the boys; they were gorgeous I probably would've just fainted at their feet. Even when some of the Walter kids were complete jerks to her, she stood up for herself and handled herself well. I didn't like some of the choices she made, however. I loved Alex. He was incredibly sweet and adorable and his a Jackie's relationship toward the end made me so sad. I want someone like Alex in my life. I think everyone needs an Alex. I also loved Cole, although he annoyed me throughout the story. He was always with another girl, and I know he was supposed to be your stereotypical popular hot guy, but he annoyed me sometimes. My heart melted at his an Jackie's scene at the end. I loved all the characters. Katherine (her gaurdian) was really nice to Jackie. And (most) of the Walter kids were fun, funny and nice. If I was Jackie I would lose my mind, but eventually warm up to their craziness. But just thinking about living in a house with TWELVE BOYS gave me anxiety. But, it was a FANTASTIC book! If this turned into a movie, I would audition, or be at the movie premiere! I can't believe that Ali Novak started writing this book with she was only 15. That blew my mind! I HIGHLY recommend this book! My heart is still broken that it's over. But I will DEFINITELY be reading this again!

The way Novak writes grief is so relatable. Movies, tv shows and even books portray grief as an all consuming devastating thing. And sure. It can be. The moment they tell you? Your knees buckle. The sounds of your sobs cutting through the air sound like the mournful wails of some other person over some other dead relative. In that moment it feels unbelievable that you're capable of making such noises. But grief after that crushing moment? It's different. Take any one of your loved ones. You think about them more often than you realize. My dad for instance. Everytime I see the following, it reminds me of him: rice pudding, tostito scoop chips, mtn dew, LSU, or blue plaid. Alive, it's a nothing thought. Walking down the aisles of a store and I see a blue plaid shirt "dad has a shirt just like this" but after he passed. Those little remembrances were still there. Only immediately after I think "oh that's right. Dad's dead" and for a moment, I'm sad he can't like blue plaid shirts anymore. Novak writes Jackie's grief like that, in the most relatable way. 10/10 for how she portrayed Jackie's grieving. But as far as the love triangle? It's lack luster and anticlimactic. It was so extremely petty. The brothers were literally fighting over Jackie like she was the TV remote the entire time. They didn't want her for her, they wanted her because she was a prize and that's it. A brothers pissing contest. The end all be all moment where she chooses the other brother fell FLAT. All this for...that? Yeah. It wasn't a bad book but the love triangle was just... an aggressive MEH for me.

No complaints, everything was perfect in aspects like shipping time, ordering process, price, and the actual book itself!

Great book, love the show!

This book was sooooooo good that I just need to read the next one straight away or read it again

I stumbled upon this series on Netflix by complete accident and just couldn’t stop watching. I was dreaming of a second part, and then I came across the news that a second book had come out — and it turned out that the wonderful Ali had written two books! I ordered both of them! But to my great disappointment, only the second one arrived. I’m trying not to get too upset and have already started reading it. I’m thrilled! I want this book any way

Bonito y muy bueno

Com o livro a gente consegue entender melhor as atitudes da Jackie e de Alex e nos apaixonamos perdidamente pelo Cole, apesar de ameaçar ter um triângulo amoroso aqui, ele passa bem despercebido

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