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Have any of you heard of/read the book "Pledged" by Alexandra Robbins? I had never heard of it, but I guess it's a New York Times best seller. I found it in the Boston airport last week and it is sooooo good.


Alexandra, after college, decided to go undercover and explore the secret lives of sororities. I was never in a sorority, but some of my friends were. It just never was my thing. Anyway, I guess this book has gotten a lot of flack from sororities because it makes them look bad.


The book is like a reality show and follows the lives of four girls and their experience with Greek life, which includes binge drinking, eating disorders, promiscuity, bitchy-ness and all kinds of juicy news.


Since I haven't heard of this book before I was just wondering if any of you have or if you had read it and what your thoughts are.


 



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I haven't seen the book and my college didn't have sororities, but I would be interested in reading it.  I had two friends go to the same college, and both pledge.  One loved it and went on to become president of her sorority, the other had a horrible experience.  They brought a fellow fraternity over to "rank" them according to their looks.  They lined them up on a staircase, and she was put toward last the end of the line.  I remember her calling me crying, and I couldn't believe stupid stuff like that still exists. 

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i actually have this out of the library right now and it's due tomorrow and i haven't even started it.  i was gonna return it, but now i might try to renew it.  i was never in a sorority, but i just find the whole institution fascinating.

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I read this like a year ago. SOOO good! It just confirmed everything I thought about the sororities at my school.

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i read it recently because my sister gave it to me.  it took me about 4 months to get through it.  so i guess that kinda sums up a lot of it.  here are some of my thoughts:



  • i felt the author kept on trying to say how neutral she was, but i think she was bias. 

  • i think it would have been better if there were a lot more stories than so much background info (although some background info is definitely necessary). 

  • the sleeve of the book makes it sound a lot more interesting than i felt like it really was. 

 



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I read this book last summer and was also intrigued by it.  My college did not have sororities and I had and idea what they were all about and the book kind of confirmed my thoughts. I was disgusted by most of what was highlighted in the book and kept wondering why any girl would pay money to put up with any of it!

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I read it and it is SOOOOOOO not how sororities are on my campus. Maybe they are like that on bigger campuses but certainly not here. It was a fun read but I think a lot of it is stretching the truth.

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shopgirl82 wrote:

the sleeve of the book makes it sound a lot more interesting than i felt like it really was.


That's how I felt about it, though I didn't finish it. The only thing I was interested in was the girl hooking up with her professor.

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