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\\#59 In Love Again;
Janitor Two: Hi. Janitor Two: So, In Love Again. Would you care to offer a plot summary? Janitor One: Picking up from where 58 left off, Liz and Todd are back together after a long hiatus while he was living in Vermont. At first they're happy, but then the strain of attending two separate schools starts to get to them. And throwing in a convenient competition that petitions the two schools against each other doesn't help. Janitor Two: Not at all. And Courtney the Great re-enters the game. Janitor One: Yes. Janitor Two: What'd you think? Janitor One: I liked it better than 58. It had more going on than Liz's whining. Courtney entertained me. But Liz had her annoying moments, and Jess annoyed me with her incessant babbling about going to Lovett because of the cute guys. Janitor Two: The Jessica line was very unbelievable. This is Jessica...as soon as major studying was mentioned, she would have changed her mind. Unless there was more insensitive. I didn't like/get that subplot. It was stupid and out of place. Janitor One: Yeah. It was a filler. Janitor Two: But for the book, I agree that it was better. The plot flowed better, it had more substance, and the use of the competition, while terribly "convenient," was effective. Janitor One: And entertaining, throwing Jeffrey in there. Janitor Two: Yeah. For just a minute you think maybe Liz and Jeffrey will get back together... Janitor One: For a slight, brief, nanosecond. Janitor Two: Yeah. It's that smile. Then he walks away. I liked that scene. Janitor One: Yeah. Janitor Two: Hmm, not too much to say. This is one of those times when the sequel is better the first. Janitor One: Yeah. I liked the competition. I thought it was funny how Courtney was trying to get Dominique to help her cheat. And Dominique was like, "I don't know..." And Courtney holds up the gaudy sweater. "You see this. I'll give this to you if you do whatever I say." Dominique *pants.* Janitor Two: Hehe. That was funny. Most of this book was made up in its characters, so let's go there. Mains: Liz, Jess, Todd, Courtney...anyone else? Janitor One: No. Liz. Ugh. Janitor Two: Liz.... Well, one good thing about her...she fell off a rope. Janitor One: Hehe. True. Janitor Two: And I thought it was funny how she was bad at the rope climb until she practiced for a couple days. Usually Liz and Jess can do everything. Janitor One: Yeah. I, personally, would've put a guy at the rope climb. But you know, that's just me. You know, like Ken. Janitor Two: Yeah. Waste Ken on the egg thing.... Hehe. Janitor One: Hehe. That had to be a funny sight. Janitor Two: Yeah. After reading the Twins book where Bruce makes fun of Ken, and Lila's like, "Eww, make your sister stop hanging out with Ken because if she doesn't people might think you know him...," anything where Ken is acting anything less than the completely cool jock just makes me laugh. (see note 1 at end) Janitor One: Yeah. Janitor Two: So Liz wasn't too bad in this one. Maybe it's because we read Broken-Hearted right before this, but comparatively, she was deal-able. Maybe a 6 on the annoying meter instead of a 12. Janitor One: Yeah. But she had her moments where I wanted to bang her head against some pavement. Janitor Two: Yeah. There were a few in there. Janitor One: Especially when her and Todd have their little fight. While I can understand it was difficult for her to adjust--and Todd wasn't such a prize in this book, either--she was very insensitive to Todd and his situation. Janitor Two: Hehe. That made me laugh. Liz is so stupid. If Liz wasn't so dumb, half the series wouldn't exist, though. Janitor One: Yeah, I know. It's just Todd's talking a lot about Lovett, he wants to include her in his new life. He wants to feel good about going there. But she's all like, "I don't want to hear about it." Liz is just like, "If it has nothing to do with me, I don't care." Janitor Two: Yeah. To sum up Liz, she's had better books, and she's had worse, but some of her worst moments were in this one. Janitor One: Yeah. Janitor Two: Todd. Janitor One: Todd's himself. He's trying to please his father by going to the same school his father's colleagues children go to. Janitor Two: Once again, the emotional abuse he's forced to put up with makes me sad. Janitor One: Yeah. And Liz is completely unsupportive. Janitor Two: Between Liz, Courtney, and his parents' (or what he sees as his parents') expectations, he'll have his midlife crisis at seventeen. Janitor One: Hehe. Yeah. That's why he became a football player! Janitor Two: Hehe. Yeah. He went through an identity crisis. Janitor One: It's all because of Liz. And do you remember, Courtney shows up again in one of the very last books? A Picture-Perfect Prom? I believe. Janitor Two: ......Nope. I didn't remember that. Janitor One: She did. Janitor Two: I don't know if I even read that one. Janitor One: You read the end of the series. The end of SVH. I'm pretty sure I remember talking about that book with you.... Janitor Two: Yeah, I know. There are a few toward the end that I never read. The books were getting really bad there for a while, and I just couldn't take it.... Janitor One: Hehe. Janitor Two: So, on to Courtney. Much better in this book. Janitor One: Yes, Courtney was much better. An outright villain. Janitor Two: She has more style in this one, and more of a purpose. Janitor One: She's the typical spoiled rich girl who always get what she wants, and if she doesn't, there's hell to pay. But she does have style. Janitor Two: Still a little over the top...I can see her as a Disney villain. Her getting so worked up about having to compete against peasant schools like SVH was kinda annoying. Janitor One: Yeah. Some people are like that, though. They really get into their school. Janitor Two: Yeah. Like Bruce's mother...she's a fruit in the early books. Sorry. I had to add that in there...just read Rags to Riches.... Janitor One: Yeah. Janitor Two: Umm, Jessica. Janitor One: Very out of character. Janitor Two: She was a solid 9 on the annoying meter. I did not like her, her subplot, her dialogue, her existence in this book. Janitor One: Yeah. Her friends were all getting annoyed with her, too. Janitor Two: Smart friends. Janitor One: Yeah. I always liked Lila and Amy. Janitor Two: Yeah. Lila's great. Janitor One: Yeah. I don't like Jess, particularly in this book. Her subplot was a filler, it had no substance, to purpose. Janitor Two: She should have taken the book off to work on her tan for all the good she did. Janitor One: Yeah, really. And she was acting like such a snob (much more than she usually does). And all for the cute rich guys at Lovett. If anything, this book highlights her shallowness. Janitor Two: Yeah. And the inner dilemma over who to cheer for at the competition was laughable. Janitor One: Yeah. Her I wanted to set Muc (Janitor One's little brother) on. Beating her head into concrete is too good for her. Janitor Two: Yeah. OK. Most corny scene. And I say that because I want to rant about Todd's closing line.... Janitor One: Corny. I don't know about corny. Liz and Todd at the end, I guess. Janitor Two: Page 146. When Courtney gets on Todd for not finishing the race after Liz fell and he replies, "I was helping my team." That's not just corn. That's gay corn. Janitor One: Hehe. Janitor Two: And not cute, Lorent-gay, either. Bad gay. Janitor One: Er-gay. (see note 2 at end) Janitor Two: Yeah. Janitor One: Favorite scene? Janitor Two: Umm....there's a hard one.... I think I would have to say when Liz fell off the rope. Janitor One: Hehe. Janitor Two: I didn't really have a scene I liked the best, but that one amused me. Janitor One: Mine: When Ken tells Liz not to go traitor on them or something, and Jeffrey rushes to her defense saying, "Elizabeth is as loyal as they come." I just about died. That, coming from Jeffrey.... Janitor Two: Can you say "irony?" Janitor One: Oh yeah. In big, flashing, neon-green letters. Janitor Two: Jeffrey is such a.... I don't even know what he is. He's stupid. And he has no self esteem. Or dignity. Janitor One: Jeffrey is a welcome mat. You wipe your feet on him and he always says, "Welcome." Janitor Two: Yep. He and Todd are going to end up in a support group together when they're older. Janitor One: Hehe. Yeah. Janitor Two: They'll discover a glowing love between themselves in the midst of the anguish as they struggle to get over Liz and the emotional torture she's inflicted upon them. It'll be a movie of the week on FOX Family. Janitor One: It would be on FOX. The Family Channel's owned by ABC, hence, Disney. Janitor Two: Oh. OK. Janitor One: I liked it better when it was FOX Family. Janitor Two: Me, too. So, overall ratings? I say 3 Todd heads. Janitor One: 3 out of 5 Bruce heads. It's an average book. Janitor Two: Very cool. Transmission, over. **note 1: Apparently, Ken was once very uncool. In the SV Twins book, Choosing Sides (I
believe...), everyone was making fun of Ken--there were a few good Bruce moments in that book, too.
But, on with the explanation: at one point, Elizabeth was spending time with Ken
and Lila started whining to Jessica: "If your sister hangs around with him, people might think you know him,
and they might think he hangs out with all of us [Unicorns]!" That was a bad explanation, since
anyone who has not read any of the Twins books will still be lost, but yeah. ^_^
**note 2: In the SV RPG we Janitors are playing with (see the Peanut Butter section for more info), there are two gay characters named Lorent and Er. Lorent is cute and everyone loves him because he's just special like that. Er is a disgusting little creature that use to be a boy, who is currently roaming around the Sweet Valley Woods, scaring squirrels and small children. |
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