LitPick Review
Never Mind The Goldbergs by Matthue Roth is about a 17 year old Orthodox Jewish girl named Hava from New York City. She prides herself on being different by her beliefs, the way she dresses, and her self-proclaimed punk rock lifestyle. In an instant she is whisked off to LA, on the last day of school before summer break, to play a character in a sit-com about an Orthodox Jewish family. In LA she is tempted by a lavish lifestyle. She struggles to keep her real friends and stay kosher.
Opinion:
Personally I found the plot to be a little rushed. On one page she's eating kosher pizza with her friends, then she's immediately called to LA based upon a strange play she acted in once. I also didn't like the way she could spout profanities and in the same breath talk about her faith and how she wasn't allowed to touch members of the opposite sex at all. However, the story is intriguing and the characters are well developed. It is definitely a page turner because you aren't sure how Hava is going to find her way to a Jewish home before sundown and how she is going to deal with her Hollywood crushes.
