” (Of course, I object to the “chick lit” label on principle, but that is another tangent for another time, and it is, factually, how the novel is classified.) The premise of “Gimme a Call” is that Devi, our 18-year-old narrator on the cusp of graduating high school, somehow (via unexplained but useful plot devices) magically calls her 14-year-old self on her screwed-up cell. So reads the back-cover blurb of Sarah Mlynowski’s adolescent chick lit novel, “ Gimme a Call.
The way Mlynowski describes Devi’s life makes teenagers think, “Yes, that has happened to me.” The main character experiences pain, joy, regret, anger and finally realizes that her life is perfect the way it is and that she shouldn’t change a thing.Sarah Mlynowski’s “Gimme a Call.” (Courtesy of Barnes & Noble) The book is very relatable because we, as teenagers, often try to go back and fix every mistake we’ve made, not realizing how important they are for our growing process.ĭevi tries so hard to keep her young self from falling for the guy that breaks her heart. She is just like me and every other teenager. Devi, the main character, is a relatable teenage girl she is carefree, she is serious, and also very emotional. Although, something bigger could have been done with the idea of time travel, the book didn’t disappoint me. This book is a fun read and has compelling character development. After a great adventure these “two” have together, Davi learns things that she hadn’t known before. She doesn’t believe at first, but the older Devi finds ways to prove that she is telling the truth. One day, our 14-year-old, innocent Devi, is sitting at the lunch table with her friends, when she receives a call from a 17-year-old girl who tells her it’s Devi from the future. After dropping her phone into a magical fountain at the mall, it turns into a phone that’s only able to make calls to the past.
Gimme a Call, by Sarah Mlynowski, is an amazing book about a 17-year-old girl, Davi, being able to communicate with her 14-year-old self.
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