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3.55 AVERAGE
God! I loved this book! it was truly amazing!! EVERYONE should read it!
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Great quick read! Definitely a young adult book, mostly geared at girls. I really enjoyed it and was able to finish it in one day.
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hush, hush is a contemporary, fantasy romance written by Stephanie Meyer- I mean Becca Fitzpatrick. It follows Bella- sorry, Nora after she meets brooding, mysterious Edward, no, Patch. He stalks and follows her and they fall unconditionally and irrevocably in love.
This book had the most generic, cardboard cutout characters EVER. Patch was your basic overused YA character. That cookie cutter needs to be burned. He was the perfect example of what not to do in the creation of a love interest. I don’t know if being abusive, cocky, arrogant, and HOPELESSLY SELF-ASSURED was attractive in the 2009 YA pit this book crawled out of, but I certainly don’t find it so. Nora was a bit of an idiot and was like that girl in a horror film who acts like she’s never seen a horror film in her life and exists to get the audience shouting “No, don’t go in there! He’ll get you!” Her friend, Vee, is a dumb airhead that was useless, annoying and basically just there a plot devise. Dorothea the maid disappeared half way through the book. Their science teacher/Sports coach was a walking, talking, inappropriate, Sports coach cliche. Mrs Greene (remember her? What point did she serve?) had no real motive and made no logical sense. She unrealistically put so much time and effort into a boy who doesn’t want her, constantly blows her off, and who clearly hates her.
The book itself was one trope after the other. Every scene gave me deja vu and a sense of familiarity. “Oh, I don’t have a car, just a motorcycle.” “No way am I getting on that thing” she says as she climbs on and clings to him. The insta-love. The only-one-bed scene. So many more.
So, I’ll address the elephant in the room. This book is so similar to Twilight. Sometimes the similarities are so glaring I wonder how no one has brought it up. Hush, hush was published in 2009, and Twilight in 2005. The characters are interchangeable. So are the storylines and plot points. Look at the Science room scene for example. Almost identical. Reading the blurb, which was an extract from this scene, I immediately thought of Twilight. The final plot is also identical- crazed guy is mad at love interest so tries to kill protagonist by luring them with threats on their loved ones. Love interest swoops in and saves the day, book ends with a kiss.
•female lead
•Identical, cardboard cut-out male love interest.
•identical scenes- Science class scene, for example.
•Love interest who isn’t really a love interest takes an immediate and total interest in female protagonist.
•Actual love interest is everywhere she is and they end up spending time with each other.
•She notices something off about him and searches about her suspicions. She feels afraid to admit what might be happening or who he might be.
•She constantly thinks about how she needs to not be with him and ignore him but never listens to this self-preserving inner monologue.
•He has magical powers to do with minds
•He wants to kill her but can’t because after a day he is hopelessly in love with her.
•He is abusive/manipulative but it is never brought up or is seen as sexy and romantic.
•Someone wants to kill her to get revenge on him.
•She has to go to the crazy guy because he is threatening someone she really cares about.
•Love Interest saves the day and kills the person threatening her.
•She almost dies after but he sacrifices/risks something to save her.
•Ends with the only couple kissing.
•The book names have no correlation to the story but all the names in the series link together somehow.
Also, Patch is wildly abusive and consistently pushes himself onto Nora, and cuts her off mid-sentence by kissing her without consent. And he stalks her. So attractive.
In conclusion, this book was shit. In the beginning it was a fun read and originally, against my better judgement, I found I supported the relationship. At one point I even in particular thought, ‘at least he isn’t abusive!’ Oh boy, was I wrong. Also Dorothea was real.
This book had the most generic, cardboard cutout characters EVER. Patch was your basic overused YA character. That cookie cutter needs to be burned. He was the perfect example of what not to do in the creation of a love interest. I don’t know if being abusive, cocky, arrogant, and HOPELESSLY SELF-ASSURED was attractive in the 2009 YA pit this book crawled out of, but I certainly don’t find it so. Nora was a bit of an idiot and was like that girl in a horror film who acts like she’s never seen a horror film in her life and exists to get the audience shouting “No, don’t go in there! He’ll get you!” Her friend, Vee, is a dumb airhead that was useless, annoying and basically just there a plot devise. Dorothea the maid disappeared half way through the book. Their science teacher/Sports coach was a walking, talking, inappropriate, Sports coach cliche. Mrs Greene (remember her? What point did she serve?) had no real motive and made no logical sense. She unrealistically put so much time and effort into a boy who doesn’t want her, constantly blows her off, and who clearly hates her.
The book itself was one trope after the other. Every scene gave me deja vu and a sense of familiarity. “Oh, I don’t have a car, just a motorcycle.” “No way am I getting on that thing” she says as she climbs on and clings to him. The insta-love. The only-one-bed scene. So many more.
So, I’ll address the elephant in the room. This book is so similar to Twilight. Sometimes the similarities are so glaring I wonder how no one has brought it up. Hush, hush was published in 2009, and Twilight in 2005. The characters are interchangeable. So are the storylines and plot points. Look at the Science room scene for example. Almost identical. Reading the blurb, which was an extract from this scene, I immediately thought of Twilight. The final plot is also identical- crazed guy is mad at love interest so tries to kill protagonist by luring them with threats on their loved ones. Love interest swoops in and saves the day, book ends with a kiss.
•female lead
•Identical, cardboard cut-out male love interest.
•identical scenes- Science class scene, for example.
•Love interest who isn’t really a love interest takes an immediate and total interest in female protagonist.
•Actual love interest is everywhere she is and they end up spending time with each other.
•She notices something off about him and searches about her suspicions. She feels afraid to admit what might be happening or who he might be.
•She constantly thinks about how she needs to not be with him and ignore him but never listens to this self-preserving inner monologue.
•He has magical powers to do with minds
•He wants to kill her but can’t because after a day he is hopelessly in love with her.
•He is abusive/manipulative but it is never brought up or is seen as sexy and romantic.
•Someone wants to kill her to get revenge on him.
•She has to go to the crazy guy because he is threatening someone she really cares about.
•Love Interest saves the day and kills the person threatening her.
•She almost dies after but he sacrifices/risks something to save her.
•Ends with the only couple kissing.
•The book names have no correlation to the story but all the names in the series link together somehow.
Also, Patch is wildly abusive and consistently pushes himself onto Nora, and cuts her off mid-sentence by kissing her without consent. And he stalks her. So attractive.
In conclusion, this book was shit. In the beginning it was a fun read and originally, against my better judgement, I found I supported the relationship. At one point I even in particular thought, ‘at least he isn’t abusive!’ Oh boy, was I wrong. Also Dorothea was real.
Romance, adventure, and serious suspense. 4 stars, although this story is admittedly quite forgettable.