Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities

You ridiculous sorority members who post your reviews here without reading the book are only making yourselves look worse because you are judging Pledged with the same quick superficial judgments that you must use to judge people. Scary. Your idiotic "reviews" (if you can even call it that if you don't bother reading the book) play more into negative stereotypes of sorority sisters than this book does.

Here's a review for you: I came away from Pledged thinking that with some changes in the system, I'd be ok with my nieces joining sororities -- the sorority charcters in the book, especially the 4 main ones, were exceptionally likable. BUT now that I am reading your nasty comments on amazon, I'm thinking that sororities with sisters like you aren't any place for good girls like my nieces. You should be ashamed of yourselves for attacking a book that doesn't attack you.


read it in one morning on the beach   June 8, 2006
A.B.L. (up north)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful

As an alumna of one of the largest international sororities, I approached this book with mixed feelings, having read many of the reviews on this site. What I learned is that you cant judge a book by its Amazon reviews because reviewers often take topics too personally and cant detach themselves and their personal experiences from the book. Many of the events in this book happened to me or my sisters, but thats besides the point. I thought that as a nonfiction book about sorority life, this book hit the nail on the head, and as for its readbility, I found it funny and entertaining in addition to smart and thought-provoking. All of us Greeks need to be familiar with this book if we are to continue to cater to the changing college environment.