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I read this when I was 12 or 13 (over 15 years ago) and found it sooo graphic and 'informative' at the time!! I loved its perspective on sex and 'mature' relationships. I can't imagine how much it would make me cringe now :-)

I was twelve years old the first time I read this book, and unfortunately, didn't understand everything I was reading. I wish I had re-read this book at age 17, the same age as the protagonist, Kathy.

Hahah this book is really insane! Good read though. Ralph ;D

this year and i was like oh my god Judy Blume!!

I read this either at the end of 8th grade or the beginning of 9th. I can't remember but I know I got it as a present from an aunt. O_O I have to admit was very surprised with the subject. Considering it was a GIFT from an aunt who was a bit on the prudish side and held the belief that this certain subject shouldn't be discussed so openly. lol. Well in all, I didn't like this book very much. The main character irritated me to the core. And the ending made me so angry.

i just read this book a few months back. im a freshmen in high school and i really loved this book!

I read it when I was 12 or so. I enjoyed it though the sneaking around and hiding it was probably added a bit of excitement. It was nothing compared to the "Joy of Sex" I found later that same summer. :)

I read it and I thought it was the best romance book ever.

All i can say is that the name Ralph for me is forever ruined.

i am ten and i stumbled across this book a while ago. it was really surprising but i loved it, no doubt going to read it again.

I was either in 7th or 8th grade. Judy Blume was already my favorite author back then and for her to have this little book out that introduced the word "censorship" to me... why, I just had to read it. It was a good read; it introduced love scenes to me in a new way that's for sure, but the juiciest one to me was the one that got passed around my high school a couple of years later was "Wifey". It was my copy and I am still oh-so-thankful that my name was not in that book!

I read it in my early teens. I thought it was great to see both sides of young love. Not always perfect like some girls think it will be, but true to life. I really enjoy Judy Blume's writing style.

i was 14 or 15 when i first read the book. i borrowed it from the school library and asked my mum to buy me a copy of it. i've since read it lots of times since and over 15+years after getting it i still have my book.

I read this as an adult, school librarian. It's real and told delicately enough but I know parents would protest so it is not our school library shelf.

I read it when I was seventeen, mainly because I had heard so much about it being banned and how controversial it was. I didn't see a whole lot that SHOULD have been controversial about it (what a wonderful world it'd be if sex wasn't a four letter word) but I liked the book quite a bit. Even now, I still return to the book occasionally, and I credit the novel in helping me find the right tone for my own book. Blume captured precisely how it felt, which is something worth treasuring.

ok so i read it when i was in 7th grade.... i liked the book but i shouldn't have read it then...

i liked it and all but it is really dated with content and a lot of the stuff is myth or just out dated

I read this as a senior in High School. My English teacher gave it to me read and I read it in one night. She was surprised when I returned it to her the next day. I loved it and I couldn't put it down. It related to my life at that time.

Warning: Contains Spoilers toward the end.
I read this a few months ago and I completely disliked it. I had so many issues with it that it took all my strength not to throw is across the room, mainly because the copy was not mine.
The first issue I had was I thought there was hardly any development. They meet, the next day they go on a car ride together, and it's like that they're really into each other.
Number two, I found Michael way too needy and pushy. He definitely pressured Katherine into have sex with him. I don't think she was ready when they finally did it which is one thing that bugged me.
Another thing that bothered me was that the two could not spend a moment away from each other. I found very clingy and stupid. The fact that they kept saying "I'll love you forever" at such an early stage of the relationship and at a young age was ridiculous. Right there I knew they would not last.
Finally, at the end when Katherine broke up with him, I thought Michael's reaction was over sensitive. Yes I know that he loved her, I get that, but that does not change the fact that I thought he was too big of a baby. Their whole relationship was just a mess and I did not enjoy this. I would not recommend this book to anybody.

I read this a few weeks ago. I felt kind of ... nauseated.

I read this book in like november or december of 2011 and i love it.... i want it to be a movie... i just love, love stories.

I read in eighth grade. It was passed around all the girls. We thought it was scandalous and delicious! We hid it from the teachers lol

I read it when I was about 15 (1980) and I thought it was pretty deep and meaningful. When I happened upon it much later in life (my late 30s or early 40s), it seemed shallow and the writing seemed dull.

i read this when i was like twelve? i thought it would just be some sappy love story (which i like. haha.) but yeah i didn't really like it at that time. maybe i'll like it now? i am only still sixteen...haha.

LOL! I read it for the first time just a few years ago. I loved Judy Blume as a young girl and distinctly remember this "adult" JB book I was not allowed to check out of the library. Of course, that made me want to read it but for some reason I never got my hands on it. Reading it now, as an adult some decades later, I found it to be rather tame and a huge let-down. I think I would have been more "titillated" had I gotten to sneak a read at 10 or 11.

i read this book at my school this year and i thought it was so matured. I mean like it,s not for really young kids.

I read it in college the first time as it came out right after I graduated from HS. I have read it several times since then as I am a big July Blume fan and think this is one of her best. Perhaps that is because she wrote it for her daughter who wanted a book where the "girl didn't die from a coat-hanger abortion because she had sex" - or something like that was the comment she made about the books of the time about sexually active girls. Have to be "punished". Much like books about gay characters written in this time period.

I read this when I was about 11 and oh, how I loved it!

I read it recently and I am 13...and I hated it.
Just gross

I read it when I was 12 or 13 and thought it was wonderful (and very sexy!) I couldn't get my head around why JB chose him to be so geeky though with the glasses and all (nothing wrong with glasses but he wasn't exactly stud-like material). I guess she was telling us that you find love in the most strangest of places and somehow at times in our life everything turns just right.

I still have my copy somewhere, I should look it out really and read again! x

I thought it was horrible. Plot - there wasn't one other than the girl deciding she was mature enough for sex, which is demonstrated again and again that she clearly wasn't. Writing - reads like something written by an 8 year old. Characters - weak and just plain stupid. Absolutely everything was utter crap. There wasn't even a good ending to justify the whole thing. It was just crap.

I was in 9th or 10th grade and this book was being passed around school and everybody was reading selected paragraphs that were suppose to be shocking and it was such a big secret. I wanted to know what all the fuss was about and I did finally get to read it and I knew afterwards I probably shouldn't have. Maybe I should read it again.

i read it when i was in eighth grade and i loved it, i still love it now!

I read this when I was 11, I believe and I really liked it. It was definitely hid from teachers and passed the whole classroom, including some boys.(:

I read this when I was in junior high and I remember it leaving such a HUGE impression on me...that and "Are You There God its Me Margaret".. If I had a daughter, I would definately encourage her to read both of them!

i read this when i was like 10 and it was the best book ever

I read this a few times as I was going through that awkward stage of childhood to adolescence. Judy Blume spoke to me and now that my daughter OS going into and through that stage, I am so glad that I have my worn, loved copies of books that help get me to the other side. I do have to wonder though if it is as moving as it was...the times have changed.