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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another reread. I remember enjoying this book as a kid, probably because I desperately wanted to be Emo and cool. I definitely read this in middle school, and whoever allowed this in my middle school library definitely needs a talking too. The relationship between Mara and Noah was grating at first (as Mara is in general) but got better as we neared the end. I have to assume the second book is better, I think I remember more from that one. 2.5 ⭐️
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It had been some time since the last time I actually read a ''real'' young adult book and The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer made me love them and hate them at the same time all over again.
The story was promising and it promised a lot to me and it had me captivated with just one small sentence. If I love something that is horror films and horror books (Stephen King) and I love the paranormal element, it's what makes me pick up a book most of the time.
The writing was magical. The author achieved an incredible description style that requires few words and leaves the rest to the imagination of the reader, letting the scene free to be comprehended and imagined different from each one of us. It was scary and the element of horror was there.
Mara and Noah as the main characters of the story were real. What I didnt like a lot was the cliché ''troubled girl meets amazingly-rich-British-womanizer-guy who of course happens to hide a secret of its own. Cliche much?(It took me a while to get to like Noah). The conversations between those two were clever and funny with a lot of humor and sarcasm hoping along on the way. The entire story plays around the same school as Twilight, Hush-Hush and every other paranormal YA book out there. Somewhere here I started noticing that the story started taking a different turn.
For me the horror element in the story had a lot of potential. It could take 15 different routes and explote 15 different things and it still would be awesome as long as Mara did not become one of those girls that kind of revolve around their crush. Suddenly, everything was around Noah. Feminism was a book that Mara closed and threw in the garbage in the name of love.
Her mother from an annoying b*** became a lenient girlfriend that did not object Mara going out as long as it was with Noah (15 mins ago she could not even get out of the house to go to school without the usual interrogation).
Apart from the sizzling romance...ok I am joking...the emotions were strong. Fear was there, in a lot of scenes I was trembling with anticipation although, it was pretty obvious what would happen next. Curiosity on Mara's part made me cringe because she was curious about the most obvious get-the-hell-away situations ever. Ugh!
This is your classic Paranormal book that will appeal to all the fans of Hush Hush, Twilight and all the rest of this genre, despite the romance that made me gag at times I will be reading the second book of the series because the ending left me curious and I need to know what will happen.
It had been some time since the last time I actually read a ''real'' young adult book and The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer made me love them and hate them at the same time all over again.
The story was promising and it promised a lot to me and it had me captivated with just one small sentence. If I love something that is horror films and horror books (Stephen King) and I love the paranormal element, it's what makes me pick up a book most of the time.
The writing was magical. The author achieved an incredible description style that requires few words and leaves the rest to the imagination of the reader, letting the scene free to be comprehended and imagined different from each one of us. It was scary and the element of horror was there.
Mara and Noah as the main characters of the story were real. What I didnt like a lot was the cliché ''troubled girl meets amazingly-rich-British-womanizer-guy who of course happens to hide a secret of its own. Cliche much?(It took me a while to get to like Noah). The conversations between those two were clever and funny with a lot of humor and sarcasm hoping along on the way. The entire story plays around the same school as Twilight, Hush-Hush and every other paranormal YA book out there. Somewhere here I started noticing that the story started taking a different turn.
For me the horror element in the story had a lot of potential. It could take 15 different routes and explote 15 different things and it still would be awesome as long as Mara did not become one of those girls that kind of revolve around their crush. Suddenly, everything was around Noah. Feminism was a book that Mara closed and threw in the garbage in the name of love.
Her mother from an annoying b*** became a lenient girlfriend that did not object Mara going out as long as it was with Noah (15 mins ago she could not even get out of the house to go to school without the usual interrogation).
Apart from the sizzling romance...ok I am joking...the emotions were strong. Fear was there, in a lot of scenes I was trembling with anticipation although, it was pretty obvious what would happen next. Curiosity on Mara's part made me cringe because she was curious about the most obvious get-the-hell-away situations ever. Ugh!
This is your classic Paranormal book that will appeal to all the fans of Hush Hush, Twilight and all the rest of this genre, despite the romance that made me gag at times I will be reading the second book of the series because the ending left me curious and I need to know what will happen.
I easily read this book in two days. I gave it four stars because I felt it dragged a little in the middle. But, truthfully, other than that it is very well written. I enjoyed the character development of some characters and the actual stubborn non-development of others. It was very real. You actually feel like you are going down this rabbit hole with the main character which was utterly thrilling.
I wanted to really like it. I wanted to rate this as four stars for trying. I wanted to thank it for breaking the mold of monotonous and clichéd YA Heroines these days (which is why I've been so generally skeptical of reading YA lit recently). I really did. But the middle parts dragged too long and the romance part was distracting. I really liked the psychological-thriller aspect of it, though.
Merged review:
I wanted to really like it. I wanted to rate this as four stars for trying. I wanted to thank it for breaking the mold of monotonous and clichéd YA Heroines these days (which is why I've been so generally skeptical of reading YA lit recently). I really did. But the middle parts dragged too long and the romance part was distracting. I really liked the psychological-thriller aspect of it, though.
Merged review:
I wanted to really like it. I wanted to rate this as four stars for trying. I wanted to thank it for breaking the mold of monotonous and clichéd YA Heroines these days (which is why I've been so generally skeptical of reading YA lit recently). I really did. But the middle parts dragged too long and the romance part was distracting. I really liked the psychological-thriller aspect of it, though.
First few pages bit boring but then got a lot better really fast
¡Me encantó! Noah es un amor<3
Me gusto todo el misterio del libro, casi no pude dejar de leerlo.
Y el final, ¡OH DIOS QUÉ FINAL! Estoy muy ansiosa por leer el siguiente libro.
Me gusto todo el misterio del libro, casi no pude dejar de leerlo.
Y el final, ¡OH DIOS QUÉ FINAL! Estoy muy ansiosa por leer el siguiente libro.
I had this book sitting on my shelf for quite a long time. I picked up because of the cover (kinda creepy) and the plot (kinda creepy as well), by I was not really enthusiastic to read it. Finally, this year being in autumn and wanting to get this Halloween-fall October vibe I read it. And I was surprised. I really enjoyed it. Maybe it not as creepy as you would think but it’s well constructed. The story of Mara leaves you wondering until the last page what’s going to happen and even in the end, plot twists are unexpected. The only thing that didn’t convince me much is Noah as a character. It’s kind of the typical YA book ‘mean looking’ guy, with his appearance and the manners but well, I wasn’t expecting this book to be perfect. Even that, the romance between Mara and him is quite nice. So if you are looking for a book to read in this time of the year to get the chilly Halloween vibe, give it a try. Can’t wait to read the rest of the thrilogy.
This books makes me so MAD because it definitely held my attention and I really enjoyed the main plot but MY GOD that love story is attrocious. Noah disgusted me and I hated how Mara changed when she was around him. I didn't find the end all that surprising and while I'm kind of interested to see what happens next, I don't think I will read the next book for fear of a love triangle.