# 8 Mary Anne's Revenge

[starlett2010]

This book was pretty awesome. It was so cool to see Mary Anne sneaking out and acting all angsty and going to a party...all stuff I used to do! I like this book because of all the drama and seeing Cokie get burned was great because she really deserved it! This book sort of reminds me of the party scene in She's All That where Rachel Leigh Cooks character stands up to the mean girl at the party (and it doesn't hurt that RLC played MA in the movie, hence the connections in my mind!).

[greer]

This is one of my favorites--sooo many good moments. And of course I love the cary/ma stuff and the sneaking out. It also sheds new light on Woody Jefferson, formerly a sort of "stock cardboard SMS character."

[tiff85]

That was not like Mary Anne to get revenge on Cokie, but hey, Cokie deserved to get whatever was coming to her for being obnoxious.

[Kylie90210]

MA finally one ups Cokie, with the help of the elusive Mr Retlin. I thought Cary would be in this one more though.

[abbystevenson]

I loved this one! I just read it recently, but it seemed so OOC for Mary Anne. It's nice to see her step out of her comfort zone, though!

Haha, as for Cokie, all I can say is that karma is a b*tch. She finally got what she deserved! ;D

[otempora541]

Anyone got a high school feeling from this book? I'm reading it, and it just read SO freshman in high school thing: sneaking out, being moody, fixing elections, etc.

Defenitly one of the most realistic books in the friends forever world, if not BSC land.

Anybody wondering if Cary had planned something for the party before MA stood up for herself or did he figure he wasn't going to need it? One thing I'd love to know...

[anzuhana]

I loved Mary Anne and Kristy's list of what to do to Cokie. I like how Mary Anne snuck off to Cokie's party and put her in her place. Also, I'm happy that Mary Anne is getting over the fire.

[wiggir13]

I loved this one! I enjoyed seeing MA being a complete biatch when her dad started overprotecting her again. I really loved that she had the balls to sneak out. I enjoyed the party and seeing someone finally put Cokie in her place. I also did like that Logan was going out with someone else, otherwise I would have pictured him pining away.

[shannon86]

I just love this book and the way Mary Anne stood up to Cokie.

[sarish]

This is one of the funniest BSC books I have ever read...a lot of the narration just made me giggle. I had to read it aloud to my husband several times just to explain my laughter and he chuckled too.

I love the idea of subscription cards! Actually a very interesting idea for revenge!

[sparklymouse]

I actually knew someone (an adult woman, lol) who did the magazine subscription thing to a neighbor she didn't like. I don't know how she got caught, but she did and got into legal trouble for some sort of mail fraud. I wouldn't recommend anyone trying it!

I just didn't like how bitter Mary Anne was towards everything. Like in the movie theater with Kristy. I don't get what the point of complaining about where Kristy sat was when MA just picked the same seats anyway.

I loved all the long lost characters that popped up again. Thanks, Nola.

[mallorypike]

Mary Anne's Revenge is my favorite Friends Forever book. It's my favorite FF book because Mary Anne is "rebelling" (nah, she was just being the typical teenage girl), Mary Anne finally teaches Cokie a lesson, it brings back the long lost characters, and it was pretty funny. The book was very realistic, too. Most teenage girls are bitter and moody even if they are the shyest, quietest, and most sensitive people in the world. I'm very, very shy and very, very quiet (maybe even more shy and quiet than Mary Anne!) and I'm SO sensitive yet I'm very moody.

My favorite parts of the book are Mary Anne and Kristy's revenge lists, Mary Anne saying "whatever" for the first time, Mary Anne talking back to Richard and getting grounded (the members of the BSC never get grounded, do they?), Mary Anne and Cary meeting after school and coming up with revenge (the magazine subscription thing was pretty clever), Mary Anne shutting Cokie up after school during the yearbook meeting, Mary Anne sneaking out, Mary Anne standing up to Cokie at the party, Mary Anne dancing with Cary (I think they make a good couple), Mary Anne and Logan having a talk in the hallway and Mary Anne found out that Logan was seeing another girl, and Sharon forcing Mary Anne and Richard to have a talk. There are more parts I love but I will have to reread the book.

[celaeno]

I thought that the ending was somewhat anticlimactic; I was expecting a little more than Mary Anne just telling Cokie she's mean in front of other people at a party. I would have actually enjoyed some of the petty pranks.

I was totally expecting Mary Anne to win a superlative in the end (something like "Nicest Friend"), so I'm glad she didn't!

[andrew]

I think both amusing and believable (and for me also relatable) for Mary Anne to be more grumpy and snarky (although there were a few excesses, notably Mary Anne thinking about using dead rats and that Cokie's parents were nice so maybe she was switched at birth).

The whole group being pretty vengeful against Cokie was both pretty justified by the story and fun. There were also some amusing contrasts with or trying to fit with the more goody-goody style of the series before and in general (Mary Anne wondering how Cokie has time to do homework, Kristy not-recommending sneaking out but saying it's not hard).

The conclusion, Mary Anne just publicly calling out Cokie for being mean, was OK but underwhelming, disappointing that Cary didn't play a bigger role or had better ideas either planned for or done at the party.

[andrew]

It was also nice that Mary Anne and Logan, while not completely not-awkward, were both acting mature and reasonable about moving on.