Book: Pysch Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson
Rating: 5 Stars
Release date: August 11, 2009 from Hyperion
Summary:
Patient Name: Leigh Nolan
Age: 18 years
Presenting Concerns:
Leigh Nolan has just started her first year at Stiles College. She has decided to major in psychology (even though her parents would rather she study Tarot cards than Rorschach blots), despite reporting that she thinks, “Psychology is a load of crap.”
Patient has always been very good at helping her friends with their problems, but when it comes to solving her own…not so much.
Patient has a tendency to overanalyze things, particularly when the opposite sex is involved. Like why doesn’t Andrew, her boyfriend of over a year, ever invite her to spend the night? Or why can’t she commit to taking the next step in their relationship? And why does his roommate Nathan dislike her so much? More importantly, why did Nathan have a starring role in a much-more-than-friendly dream?
Aggravating factors include hyper-competitive fellow psych majors, a professor who’s badly in need of her own psychoanalysis, and mentoring a middle-school-aged girl who thinks Patient is, in a word, nave.
Preliminary treatment will include Introduction to Psychology, but may require more if she’s going to answer these questions and make it through her freshman year.
Diagnosis:
Psych Major Syndrome
Leigh likes her college. She doesn’t really get graded there so things seem pretty easy and she’s studying what she wants to study, not what her parents want her to study. So why does it seem like everyone is rushing her and pressuring her? She’s a freshman, why should she worry about things now when she has three more years for that?
Also, what in the world is wrong with her boyfriend? They were high school sweethearts and they now go to the same college. On the outside it seems like everything’s perfect but why won’t he invite her to stay over? Maybe it has something to do with his roommate from hell, the one who can’t stand her.
Things can’t seem to get any worse for Leigh but somehow, they do. Will her roommate ever like her boyfriend and if not, is there a reason why she shouldn’t? Will Leigh ever figure out what she did to make her boyfriend’s roommate hate her? Will she ever stop analyzing every little detail of her life?
First off, I just have to say that I loved Psych Major Syndrome. Sometimes you just want a really cute, feel-good romance novel and that’s what this is. At first, I really didn’t know what to expect but once I got into the story, I really got into it.
Leigh was a great character and she reminded me of one of my best friends so that made the book even better. Also, it was just so funny. Reading about Leigh and all her many issues, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Of course that always gets me some weird looks when I happen to do it in public. =]
All the characters in Psych Major Syndrome were great. I liked the ones I should have liked and I really didn’t like the ones I shouldn’t have liked. Alicia Thompson did a great job of making the characters believable and I really understood why Leigh either loved them or hated them.
Oh and I will say this, my favorite character was the girl Leigh mentored, Rebekah. She was hilarious. If I ever mentored I would want her as my student. Also, she had some shocking truths that actually helped Leigh get over her past and learn how to move on. She was not only funny, she was very wise for a bratty fifteen-year-old.
Overall, I really recommend Psych Major Syndrome for anyone. I mean who doesn’t love a cheesy romance every now and then?
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I really want to read this- it looks great! Nice review(:
This is the first I’ve heard of this book. It sounds really enjoyable. I can’t wait. Great review! 🙂
I’ve been on the fence on whether I want to read this or not, but this is the first review that I’ve read and you have pushed it onto my TBR pile! 🙂 I’m excited!
Nice review. Sounds like a good book.