I would personally hate to be paraded around as a half-naked piece of meat and taken for stupidity personified, but that's just me. I also like the fact that Nikki Howard's life isn't as glamorous and fun as people might think. I mean I can talk to you about Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (which is only useful if you study political sciences) as much as the biography of Kristen Stewart, so I totally relate to that, and I thought it was hilarious ! And I'm sure all the geeks like me found it fun that the name of the company is Stark, like Tony Stark Iron Man ?!! Or maybe I'm the only one !!

And during the entire book I laughed so much when Em, the super geek, says she has read her little sister Frida's CosmoGirl, Romance Novels and others, 'just because they were lying around'. Part of those contradictions is the line 'Reads Jaspers and ladies' magazines' (Jaspers being a German philosopher). If you're interested, you can read the poem Portrait of a Woman by Wislawa Szymborska that gave its name to this blog (which is here), where the poet draws a portrait of a woman (of every woman) which is full of contradictions but which, in a way, makes complete sense. I'm sure all the Meg Cabot fans here will tell me that it's no surprise, but she is clearly a talented writer to write purposefully about stereotypes and create an interesting and amazing plot. But it is written in a way that you actually discover things. Nor that Brandon, Nikki's ex and son of the Boss of Stark Enterprise, hates his dad. I am not surprised that Nikki Howard has a busier love-life than Elizabeth Taylor and Paris Hilton put together. I am not surprised that geeky Em has a sister who wants to try out for cheerleading. I liked that the book takes many many stereotypes and just turns them around. Because, let's face it, everything is true. I was more than pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be some conspiracy thing from super rich people who have the power. When I read the back cover and saw the whole body swap thing, I thought it would be something slightly unbelievable like Freaky Friday.

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