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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Enjoyed this just as much on the reread and laugh at all the teen stuff I used to swoon at
Entertaining but infuriating: A Summary of This Series.
medium-paced
I enjoyed this more than TWILIGHT. Unlike TWILIGHT, HUSH, HUSH can boast a heroine who doesn't make my skin crawl-- Nora is a functional, intelligent, and proactive young woman whose personality is more nuanced than Bella Swan's. (In other words, Nora can do more things than oscillate between moody teen and codependent girlfriend.) As much as I love Edward Cullen, Patch also has more personality: he's edgy, he's unpredictable, and he's always interesting. A great addition to the already-crowded genre of supernatural teen romances. I'm anticipating the next books in the series.
Ok, so I didn't read this...but did listen to the audio version... :)
Very Twilight-esque in MANY ways, including how it sucks you in until you're finished. Nora is a likeable narrator and Patch is the mysterious boy we all wish we had in our lives. After finishing this story I now understand why my students devour it and I look forward to reading the sequels!
Very Twilight-esque in MANY ways, including how it sucks you in until you're finished. Nora is a likeable narrator and Patch is the mysterious boy we all wish we had in our lives. After finishing this story I now understand why my students devour it and I look forward to reading the sequels!
For this week’s #throwbackthursday, we’re going real old school. Hush, Hush was pretty popular in 2013-2015 (?), but seems to have since lost steam. I occasionally see it on bookstagram, but to put it in perspective, there used to be whole ass instagram accounts solely dedicated to simping over Patch Cipriano.
I personally was never a huge fan, but for whatever reason I re-read them all the time. Each time I would think “hmm. I don’t really like this, it could have been so much better” and then fast-forward about 14 months and I’d wake up and decide it was time to re-read Hush, Hush again. Don’t ask me what kept me coming back, but come back I did. What a sick, masochistic lion I am. That said, I haven’t re-read these since probably grade 9 or 10 so this review should be interesting.
Patch obviously has a lot of potential. He has dark hair, he’s broody, sarcastic, and it’s very unclear whether or not he’s actually the villain of the story. Snarky anti-hero = Cassidy’s dream man (I’m perfectly fine and well-adjusted, thank you very much). Actually, the entire concept is pretty interesting, and I like the combination of fantasy and mystery. That said, something about these books has always fallen a little flat for me. Maybe it’s Nora herself, who defines annoying, or the fact that the story never seems to quite know what to do with itself. It’s like Becca Fitzpatrick knew the kind of book she wanted to write but struggled to really get herself there. While I admit that Vee was usually entertaining, Patch was the only real stand-out character from this series and while he’s certainly a hottie with a body it is perhaps too much to ask that he carry an entire four books.
From what I remember, which is very little, the last book is a particularly hot f-ing mess. Apart from the fact that Vee goes to England and marries a hot dude, the epilogue freaking sucks. I think the plot was just too much to stretch out across four books, it would’ve been sooo much stronger had it been a standalone or maybe a duology. All of the plotlines became too convoluted yet vague, and the books lost the suspenseful and semi-creepy vibe that was the first book’s strength. Ultimately, I think the story got too big for itself and the character/world didn’t have a strong enough foundation to support it.
In complete contradiction, I think there’s obviously something to the aesthetic and the aura of the first book to make it interesting. Why else would I have kept going back?
It has been noted that this review is proof positive that I should really re-read these books before I attempt to review. But I will not be doing that, so you can keep enjoying these disjointed and rambly reviews. You're welcome.
I personally was never a huge fan, but for whatever reason I re-read them all the time. Each time I would think “hmm. I don’t really like this, it could have been so much better” and then fast-forward about 14 months and I’d wake up and decide it was time to re-read Hush, Hush again. Don’t ask me what kept me coming back, but come back I did. What a sick, masochistic lion I am. That said, I haven’t re-read these since probably grade 9 or 10 so this review should be interesting.
Patch obviously has a lot of potential. He has dark hair, he’s broody, sarcastic, and it’s very unclear whether or not he’s actually the villain of the story. Snarky anti-hero = Cassidy’s dream man (I’m perfectly fine and well-adjusted, thank you very much). Actually, the entire concept is pretty interesting, and I like the combination of fantasy and mystery. That said, something about these books has always fallen a little flat for me. Maybe it’s Nora herself, who defines annoying, or the fact that the story never seems to quite know what to do with itself. It’s like Becca Fitzpatrick knew the kind of book she wanted to write but struggled to really get herself there. While I admit that Vee was usually entertaining, Patch was the only real stand-out character from this series and while he’s certainly a hottie with a body it is perhaps too much to ask that he carry an entire four books.
From what I remember, which is very little, the last book is a particularly hot f-ing mess. Apart from the fact that Vee goes to England and marries a hot dude, the epilogue freaking sucks. I think the plot was just too much to stretch out across four books, it would’ve been sooo much stronger had it been a standalone or maybe a duology. All of the plotlines became too convoluted yet vague, and the books lost the suspenseful and semi-creepy vibe that was the first book’s strength. Ultimately, I think the story got too big for itself and the character/world didn’t have a strong enough foundation to support it.
In complete contradiction, I think there’s obviously something to the aesthetic and the aura of the first book to make it interesting. Why else would I have kept going back?
It has been noted that this review is proof positive that I should really re-read these books before I attempt to review. But I will not be doing that, so you can keep enjoying these disjointed and rambly reviews. You're welcome.
