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Jeg var ret spændt på at læse denne bog, da jeg har hørt og læst så mange gode ting om den. Men jeg gik faktisk hen og blev en anelse skuffet. Jeg ville virkelig så inderligt gerne elske den, men det gør jeg simpelthen ikke. Bogen som helhed er egentlig god nok, den har et fint sprog og jeg kunne slet ikke lægge den fra mig - men der var alt for meget forvirring, uforklarede spørgsmål og ting, som jeg simpelthen ikke forstod en brik af. Jeg blev ikke meget klogere til sidst i bogen.
Det som egentlig holdte historien kørende for mig var kærlighedshistorien deri. Hold nu op, hvor var jeg helt væk i den del. Man kunne indimellem glemme at det var en lidt psykotisk bog, som man var igang med, når følelserne pludselig kom frem. Men det bliver gang på gang afbrudt af paranoia, hallucinationer eller noget lignende.
Jeg kan sagtens se, hvor Michelle Hodkin vil hen med denne bog - og jeg kan også godt se, hvordan idéen fungerer for så mange andre, men den fungerede desværre ikke for mig. Jeg ved endnu ikke helt om jeg vil læse videre i serien, men lige nu tror jeg det ikke helt. Det skulle kun være for at få mere af ham den dejlige Noah... og det er vidst ikke helt et argument nok.
Det som egentlig holdte historien kørende for mig var kærlighedshistorien deri. Hold nu op, hvor var jeg helt væk i den del. Man kunne indimellem glemme at det var en lidt psykotisk bog, som man var igang med, når følelserne pludselig kom frem. Men det bliver gang på gang afbrudt af paranoia, hallucinationer eller noget lignende.
Jeg kan sagtens se, hvor Michelle Hodkin vil hen med denne bog - og jeg kan også godt se, hvordan idéen fungerer for så mange andre, men den fungerede desværre ikke for mig. Jeg ved endnu ikke helt om jeg vil læse videre i serien, men lige nu tror jeg det ikke helt. Det skulle kun være for at få mere af ham den dejlige Noah... og det er vidst ikke helt et argument nok.
finished this at 5am bc i couldn't sleep
way better than i was expecting, so interesting & creepy
marashaw are my everything i would in fact die for them
noah shaw is the only man ever
goodnight
way better than i was expecting, so interesting & creepy
marashaw are my everything i would in fact die for them
noah shaw is the only man ever
goodnight
This was surprising. In some ways, it reminded me of "Going Bovine" by Libba Bray in that the reader doesn't know what's going on with the main character. Is she nuts? Or is it something else?
Would not have read if a friend had not bought the book for me. It was good. Nothing spectacular though. It did leave me wanting to know what happens next though.
This book was kind of hit or miss for me. Obviously, this book was written a while ago, so I don’t fault the writer what do ever. I was just kind of put off by the cringey-out-dated scenes every once in a while. Like when it was said Mara is, “not like other girls”, or when she sauntered out of the classroom after talking back to a teacher to the “sound of applause”. However, do not let this deter you! It is still a very interesting and good read!! I was definitely captivated, and not bored (despite the cringe every once in a while) Also! There is a whole two other books I have yet to read, but have heard nothing but raving reviews for. So I am definitely not saying don’t read this, but do go intro it aware of it’s wattpad history! (Nothing against wattpad, ily wattpad
The writing was very readable and pulled me along, but the actual story was so awful.
I just want to say, I am so sick of books, not just YA, that have the blonde and sexually active mean girl. Mara Dyer is a poster child for the 'I'm not like other girls' cliche. Her narrative is a constant thread of how much she likes to read, listen to Death Cab for Cutie, and how little other girls wear.
I think this author (and any fan of stories like this) would greatly benefit from reading Mara Wilson's book, particularly her chapter on mean girls. Without going into that whole story, a line in the end stuck with me, the gist of it being that mean girls aren't always blonde and in show choir. They can also wear Chuck Taylors, like Tim Burton movies, and have dark brown hair. Because the mean cheerleader trope has always bothered me, this story by Mara Wilson really stood out.
I would also like to point out that in The Female of the Species there is a similar character but she is given DEPTH and DIMENSION, subverting the trope so hard! Instead of slut-shaming, the main character is perfectly aware how girls are trained to think about themselves by media and a patriarchal society. Instead of eviscerating girls for doing what they have in a sense been trained to do, why not question the system that teaches them to act in those ways? Or, if a girl is engaging in a healthy and consensual relationship, why villainize her but not that shitty hot guy who goes around sleeping with pretty much any girl he encounters?
Like Twilight there is a lot of similar stuff to dig into here. However, that's not why most people read and like this series. And it's totally okay to like it, but I just hope that the problematic stuff is noted and criticized. Noah is a complete dick, mental health is portrayed very poorly, the adults do not act like adults, and there aren't any real meaningful female relationships. It's just 'Noah, Noah, Noah' as soon as Mara meets him. And their relationship, just like Bella and Edward's, is borderline abusive at best. The paranormal aspect feels like a crutch to excuse Noah's intense and sudden interest in Mara.
And, no offense to Mara, but I find it hard to believe that so many kids are that interested and paying attention to everything you do, with or without Noah.
I just want to say, I am so sick of books, not just YA, that have the blonde and sexually active mean girl. Mara Dyer is a poster child for the 'I'm not like other girls' cliche. Her narrative is a constant thread of how much she likes to read, listen to Death Cab for Cutie, and how little other girls wear.
I think this author (and any fan of stories like this) would greatly benefit from reading Mara Wilson's book, particularly her chapter on mean girls. Without going into that whole story, a line in the end stuck with me, the gist of it being that mean girls aren't always blonde and in show choir. They can also wear Chuck Taylors, like Tim Burton movies, and have dark brown hair. Because the mean cheerleader trope has always bothered me, this story by Mara Wilson really stood out.
I would also like to point out that in The Female of the Species there is a similar character but she is given DEPTH and DIMENSION, subverting the trope so hard! Instead of slut-shaming, the main character is perfectly aware how girls are trained to think about themselves by media and a patriarchal society. Instead of eviscerating girls for doing what they have in a sense been trained to do, why not question the system that teaches them to act in those ways? Or, if a girl is engaging in a healthy and consensual relationship, why villainize her but not that shitty hot guy who goes around sleeping with pretty much any girl he encounters?
Like Twilight there is a lot of similar stuff to dig into here. However, that's not why most people read and like this series. And it's totally okay to like it, but I just hope that the problematic stuff is noted and criticized. Noah is a complete dick, mental health is portrayed very poorly, the adults do not act like adults, and there aren't any real meaningful female relationships. It's just 'Noah, Noah, Noah' as soon as Mara meets him. And their relationship, just like Bella and Edward's, is borderline abusive at best. The paranormal aspect feels like a crutch to excuse Noah's intense and sudden interest in Mara.
And, no offense to Mara, but I find it hard to believe that so many kids are that interested and paying attention to everything you do, with or without Noah.
I think that I just didn't understand it well enough. It kept my interest, but it is a very confusing book.
I waited way too long to post my review (I finished this book a few weeks ago), so now I barely remember what happened. But I do know that I really enjoyed this book, the main characters and the overall plot...except toward the end when things got a little weird and scattered and confusing.
perfect example of a series in which the author has an amazing concept in the first book but ruins it by the third because they have to make it make sense