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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
4.5-5 stars. I devoured this book, in basically 1 day. I couldn't stop reading it. I broke out of my comfortable regular genre for this one and I wasn't disappointed! what is it? Young Adult (high school), mental disorders, romance/first love, murder/mystery, suspense, supernatural/fantasy. WHAT!? I read a fantasy supernatural book!? Yep. And I really liked this one. I guess because it's not so far out there. I loved the character development of Mara and Noah. I loved Mara's brothers. There was so much to this book that you can't really pigeonhole it to a specific genre. I guess that's why I enjoyed it so much. Lately I've been really loving mental disorder/psychotic breaks books, this fit into that. Looking forward to what book 2 brings!
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is definitely not a "what you see is what you get book". I was initially drawn to this because of the beautiful cover, because yes, I actually am part of the grand mayority that do judge a book by it's cover. I then got even more interested in the book when I read the blurb:
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.
There is.
She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.
She’s wrong.
By this point, I'm thinking the story would go down something like this: bland girl meets seemingly perfect boy that takes an interest in her, she's got skeletons in her closet (figuratively, of course)and doesn't want to get involved. Then her past makes an appearance, breaks them up and then they get back together again.
Typical YA Romance right? Wrong .
This book was so different than that. First of all, I didn't even know this was a paranormal romance type of book. I just thought it was a YA non-paranormal, so I was greatly surprised when I was faced with some of those elements.
I cannot comprehend why there are so many low reviews for this book. I do understand that this book is one of those that you either like or hate, so maybe that's where this could come from. I honestly liked it very much. Michelle Hodkin captivated me since the prologue. The motivation to keep me reading was the fact that there were still secrets that needed to appear.
I loved the main character, Mara Dyer. She's not an otherworldly creature ( THANK GOD ), so you could really relate to her. She's snarky and sarcastic and witty, which is what I always love about main heroines. I don't enjoy the stupid Mary-Sues that most authors write about just to make them more "attractive". I also loved the fact that it wasn't overly emphasized that Mara was a "smart" person. Most of the time authors repeat again and again how many "AP classes" the heroine takes, just to make her extremely näive and stupid. So, what I'm trying to say is that Mara could act "stupid" (which she didn't, by the way), because the author didn't have to create the perfect image of her. I found myself in a way thinking "wow, I would totally say that. I am so much like Mara", which is what every author would love to see happen in their novels.
I have to say, WHERE CAN I FIND MYSELF A NOAH SHAW? Seriously, this guy is amazing. British, brave and beautiful, just amazing. I loved the way love could gradually evolve in the story between them, because it felt real.
Michelle Hodkin really knows how to end a story. She literally made me want to punch a wall when I reached the last page. There's just something about suspense that really gets to you.
Before reading: I expected a tame, mystery/instalove story.
What I actually got: a fast paced, thrilling paranormal mystery/love story.
My rating? Probably about 4 to 4.5 stars.
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.
There is.
She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.
She’s wrong.
By this point, I'm thinking the story would go down something like this: bland girl meets seemingly perfect boy that takes an interest in her, she's got skeletons in her closet (figuratively, of course)and doesn't want to get involved. Then her past makes an appearance, breaks them up and then they get back together again.
Typical YA Romance right? Wrong .
This book was so different than that. First of all, I didn't even know this was a paranormal romance type of book. I just thought it was a YA non-paranormal, so I was greatly surprised when I was faced with some of those elements.
I cannot comprehend why there are so many low reviews for this book. I do understand that this book is one of those that you either like or hate, so maybe that's where this could come from. I honestly liked it very much. Michelle Hodkin captivated me since the prologue. The motivation to keep me reading was the fact that there were still secrets that needed to appear.
I loved the main character, Mara Dyer. She's not an otherworldly creature ( THANK GOD ), so you could really relate to her. She's snarky and sarcastic and witty, which is what I always love about main heroines. I don't enjoy the stupid Mary-Sues that most authors write about just to make them more "attractive". I also loved the fact that it wasn't overly emphasized that Mara was a "smart" person. Most of the time authors repeat again and again how many "AP classes" the heroine takes, just to make her extremely näive and stupid. So, what I'm trying to say is that Mara could act "stupid" (which she didn't, by the way), because the author didn't have to create the perfect image of her. I found myself in a way thinking "wow, I would totally say that. I am so much like Mara", which is what every author would love to see happen in their novels.
I have to say, WHERE CAN I FIND MYSELF A NOAH SHAW? Seriously, this guy is amazing. British, brave and beautiful, just amazing. I loved the way love could gradually evolve in the story between them, because it felt real.
Michelle Hodkin really knows how to end a story. She literally made me want to punch a wall when I reached the last page. There's just something about suspense that really gets to you.
Before reading: I expected a tame, mystery/instalove story.
What I actually got: a fast paced, thrilling paranormal mystery/love story.
My rating? Probably about 4 to 4.5 stars.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I don’t know what was with Me, but I did not like this Book at all
I started out liking this book then it just got real weird, real fast. I'm tempted to read book 2 only because I don't like not knowing how things end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
this is literally just shatter me in a different font and i ate it up to be quite honest
noah shaw tho >> one of my favorite book bf’s for a reason
noah shaw tho >> one of my favorite book bf’s for a reason
3.75 ⭐️
really good book!! at first it was really focusing on the paranormal side of things, but then the paranormal seemed to take the backseat to the romance plot. i just wished it was even, but nontheless, very good!
really good book!! at first it was really focusing on the paranormal side of things, but then the paranormal seemed to take the backseat to the romance plot. i just wished it was even, but nontheless, very good!
So...
For starters, this was a very beautiful book full of apparently beautiful characters (seriously, everyone's really good looking I think). This is the story of Mara (or not, since she reveals in the beginning of the story that this is just her pseudonym). She has awaken to find that she doesn't remember much. It turns out that she was involved in a building collapse. Unlike her friends, she did not die. "Mara" is still traumatized and she and her family move to Miami in order to have a fresh start.
Sike.
Unfortunately, for "Mara" things just start getting worse. She starts seeing images of things that are not here (otherwise known as hallucinations) and getting into trouble. One day she finds this dog and realizes that she is being abused. "Mara" imagines the cruel owner dying a violent death...and a few minutes later, he does. Other events occur. "Mara" meets this guy named....darn what's his name? Well he's the brotha with the dreads. I liked him. She also meets Noah, this British guy who is apparently to die for. Blah Blah.
I liked this book enough. It was very pretty, like I said. That's really the only reason I put it on my to-read shelf a few months ago. But see, when I read the synopsis for it, I was thinking it would be kind of like The Maze Runner . Unlike what some of the authors said on the back of this book, I didn't find it very scary. I didn't find it to be very paranormal, either. To be perfectly honest, I don't think the author of this book knew exactly what she wanted this book to BE. I think it's more of a romance; a good romance at that. Paranormal...not so much. This is only because for most of the book I wasn't really sure what "Mara's" power was. It seemed kind of thrown in.
Needless to say, I liked all of the male characters in the story (except Jude, of course. Ew). I'm not sure how a sequel would do since the ending sucked. Why does everyone have to do trilogies? *rolling eyes*
For starters, this was a very beautiful book full of apparently beautiful characters (seriously, everyone's really good looking I think). This is the story of Mara (or not, since she reveals in the beginning of the story that this is just her pseudonym). She has awaken to find that she doesn't remember much. It turns out that she was involved in a building collapse. Unlike her friends, she did not die. "Mara" is still traumatized and she and her family move to Miami in order to have a fresh start.
Sike.
Unfortunately, for "Mara" things just start getting worse. She starts seeing images of things that are not here (otherwise known as hallucinations) and getting into trouble. One day she finds this dog and realizes that she is being abused. "Mara" imagines the cruel owner dying a violent death...and a few minutes later, he does. Other events occur. "Mara" meets this guy named....darn what's his name? Well he's the brotha with the dreads. I liked him. She also meets Noah, this British guy who is apparently to die for. Blah Blah.
I liked this book enough. It was very pretty, like I said. That's really the only reason I put it on my to-read shelf a few months ago. But see, when I read the synopsis for it, I was thinking it would be kind of like The Maze Runner . Unlike what some of the authors said on the back of this book, I didn't find it very scary. I didn't find it to be very paranormal, either. To be perfectly honest, I don't think the author of this book knew exactly what she wanted this book to BE. I think it's more of a romance; a good romance at that. Paranormal...not so much. This is only because for most of the book I wasn't really sure what "Mara's" power was. It seemed kind of thrown in.
Needless to say, I liked all of the male characters in the story (except Jude, of course. Ew). I'm not sure how a sequel would do since the ending sucked. Why does everyone have to do trilogies? *rolling eyes*