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The Books - The Girl's Parents

posted 8 years ago by cherry877
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I haven't watched this show in 5 years, but I'm re-reading the first 8 books. I feel so bad for Hanna, Emily, Spencer and Aria - their parents are AWFUL! Very self-absorbed people.

Aria- Her mother throws her out of the house because she didn't tell her about Bryon cheating. I know she must be devastated, but that's so terrible she took it out on Aria.

Emily- First her parents don't want her to socialize with Maya (because she's black), then they try to send her to conversion therapy and then ship her off to Iowa, where her aunt and cousins are also horrible people. What a loving family.

Spencer- They place ALL the blame on her for everything. In the first book, they treated her so cruelly after Wren kissed her. While she wasn't innocent, she's a 16 year old girl, but he was a grown man. Melissa is a total @ss hole, so maybe it's better that her parent's ignored her so she can be her own person.

Hanna- She's my favorite character in the books, mainly because she's so dynamic. And I have sympathy because I think her parent's are the worst. She is emotionally neglected by her mother, who clearly doesn't give any thoughts toward her. And her father is terrible, how can he not even call his daughter after 4 years? Disgusting people.

I love these books though. If you haven't read them, I highly recommend!

[–] WhiteVincent 8 years ago

I agree with you about how horrible the parents are, but I could not stand Hanna in the books. Yes, she is dynamic, but she is such a horrible person in the books. Consider the difference between how she reacts to Emily being gay in the tv series and in the books. In the former, she is so supportive and Emily's number one cheerleader. She gives hints that Emily should love who she loves, before Emily even knows Hanna knows. In the books, I believe her first statement is something to the accord of: "does that mean she was turned on watching us change in the locker room."

[–] Mrsstarshock990 8 years ago

And then whines about how she was fat so Emily probably didn't have a crush on her. I also hated Hanna in the books. She was a vain, horrid little monster.

The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

[–] bobcat667 8 years ago

the books seemed to take the premise of the title more seriously. it was about teenage girls and seemed to borrow lore from the 'popular girl' tropes. each of the girls is rather shallow and hard to like. i like to think that was the point, like it was a satire of teen girl culture, but then the parents also act like severely shallow teenage girls so its hard to say.

each character is written like the backgorund character in a children's television show.

*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?

[–] bobcat667 8 years ago

yeah we've been having this conversation a lot on the board lately.

the parents are pretty awful in the books. in the show they're just ignorant / never around but when immersed in the childrens problems they aren't purposely being antagonists. int the books the adults act more immature than the kids.

*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?