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ingo_lembcke's review against another edition
4.0
Nice, but more or less ovious cliffhanger at the end. Pesky love triangle.
Still good read, recommended. Sorry for the short review, will write more for the second book in the series. And the third, if I dare to read it, I have already bought both, here's hoping I will not regret it.
Still good read, recommended. Sorry for the short review, will write more for the second book in the series. And the third, if I dare to read it, I have already bought both, here's hoping I will not regret it.
readwithkiekie's review against another edition
5.0
BY FAR THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ SO FAR THIS YEAR!
The writing was great, the characters were relatable, flawed, yet funny. And there was non-stop action. I have no idea why this book doesn't have higher ratings because I honestly felt like I was watching an epic 13 episode television series in my head.
I NEED BOOK 2 NOW!
The writing was great, the characters were relatable, flawed, yet funny. And there was non-stop action. I have no idea why this book doesn't have higher ratings because I honestly felt like I was watching an epic 13 episode television series in my head.
I NEED BOOK 2 NOW!
danielled75's review against another edition
4.0
I've never been a big fan of alien stories, but this I can say I'm glad I picked this up and checked it out.
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
4.5/5
I LOVED this book so much! the only reason why I didn't give it 5/5 stars is because the first 20 pages or so were so boring to me. But after that it got really good. The book is like the tv shows Manifest and Stranger Things combined and I'm so excited to read the next book! In the beginning of the book I also found the main character to be a little annoying.
I LOVED this book so much! the only reason why I didn't give it 5/5 stars is because the first 20 pages or so were so boring to me. But after that it got really good. The book is like the tv shows Manifest and Stranger Things combined and I'm so excited to read the next book! In the beginning of the book I also found the main character to be a little annoying.
ambeesbookishpages's review against another edition
3.0
I loved Kimberly Derting's The Body Finder series. So when I saw that she wrote another novel I was really excited. I was even more excited when my library finally had it.
I really did enjoy The Taking. It was about a young girl accepting her faith, and trying to make her life normal after being "returned" from being abducted five years earlier. There were many things how ever I did not liked and made this harder for me to get into the book.
First, Kyra awakens behind a dumpster 5 years after she is abducted, still in the same clothing (Softball uniform, with her hair entwined with ribbons) and looks exactly the same. Like she hasn't aged in five years. The only person who mentions this is Tyler. I don't know about you but if someone I cared about returned after being abducted for the amount of time and still looked like they did when they were abducted I would be quote curious.
Second, Kyra was 16 when she disappeared, which was five years ago. So now she would be around 21.
"This was Tyler Wahl. Tyler, who looked far too much like his older brother—my seventeen-year-old boyfriend—in looks, in stature...and, most of all, in age.
Tyler, who, the last time I’d seen him just the day before, had been only twelve years old."
Five years and a day to be correct. Whether she looks 16 or not she is still technically 21 years old. I found it kind of weird.
Third, The Taking takes play over eight days. eight days. Saying "I love you" after only eight days doesn't sit right with me. On day two when Kyra started saying how she got butterflies looking at Tyler and how he made her smile I knew what was coming. I just expected it to be a lot slower. Especially she still had to deal with Austin.
Fourth, Kyra didn't make a big attempt to hear Cat or Austin out. She kept saying how they are so important to her but she wouldn't communicate with them. She avoids Cat's phone calls, when she comes to see her Kyra runs inside. I was expecting Cat to be in more of the book were she was really only in five pages. Austin was in like three.
This review and more can be found at The Book Bratz
Enough with what I didn't like. There was a lot I did like about this book. The idea especially. Alien's seem so cliche and overdone so I wasn't expecting much from this. The last thing I expected was fire flies.
I grew up with these little bugs living in my backyard. I have caught jars and jars full of them. But aliens? I really liked that idea. Though I was a bit confused. Were the fireflies aliens? Or like transporters? Lets just say I will never look at the little suckers the same again. (Though I am now really itchy after reading a certain part in the book. That would be my worst nightmare. No matter how harmless they are.)
Though I was unhappy with how fast Tyler and Kyra's romance progressed I did enjoy it, I always enjoy romance. It was cute and simple, not much of a science behind it. Never mind the fact it is her ex-boyfriend's kid brother. How crazy is that? Like the ultimate F you.
Kimberly knows how to leave us all hanging. That ending? Oh my. My heart is pounding. I need to know what happens. Like now.
All in all I did enjoy The Taking very much and I am eager for the second book in the trilogy to come out. (So far no release date)
I really did enjoy The Taking. It was about a young girl accepting her faith, and trying to make her life normal after being "returned" from being abducted five years earlier. There were many things how ever I did not liked and made this harder for me to get into the book.
First, Kyra awakens behind a dumpster 5 years after she is abducted, still in the same clothing (Softball uniform, with her hair entwined with ribbons) and looks exactly the same. Like she hasn't aged in five years. The only person who mentions this is Tyler. I don't know about you but if someone I cared about returned after being abducted for the amount of time and still looked like they did when they were abducted I would be quote curious.
Second, Kyra was 16 when she disappeared, which was five years ago. So now she would be around 21.
"This was Tyler Wahl. Tyler, who looked far too much like his older brother—my seventeen-year-old boyfriend—in looks, in stature...and, most of all, in age.
Tyler, who, the last time I’d seen him just the day before, had been only twelve years old."
Five years and a day to be correct. Whether she looks 16 or not she is still technically 21 years old. I found it kind of weird.
Third, The Taking takes play over eight days. eight days. Saying "I love you" after only eight days doesn't sit right with me. On day two when Kyra started saying how she got butterflies looking at Tyler and how he made her smile I knew what was coming. I just expected it to be a lot slower. Especially she still had to deal with Austin.
Fourth, Kyra didn't make a big attempt to hear Cat or Austin out. She kept saying how they are so important to her but she wouldn't communicate with them. She avoids Cat's phone calls, when she comes to see her Kyra runs inside. I was expecting Cat to be in more of the book were she was really only in five pages. Austin was in like three.
This review and more can be found at The Book Bratz
Enough with what I didn't like. There was a lot I did like about this book. The idea especially. Alien's seem so cliche and overdone so I wasn't expecting much from this. The last thing I expected was fire flies.
I grew up with these little bugs living in my backyard. I have caught jars and jars full of them. But aliens? I really liked that idea. Though I was a bit confused. Were the fireflies aliens? Or like transporters? Lets just say I will never look at the little suckers the same again. (Though I am now really itchy after reading a certain part in the book. That would be my worst nightmare. No matter how harmless they are.)
Though I was unhappy with how fast Tyler and Kyra's romance progressed I did enjoy it, I always enjoy romance. It was cute and simple, not much of a science behind it. Never mind the fact it is her ex-boyfriend's kid brother. How crazy is that? Like the ultimate F you.
Kimberly knows how to leave us all hanging. That ending? Oh my. My heart is pounding. I need to know what happens. Like now.
All in all I did enjoy The Taking very much and I am eager for the second book in the trilogy to come out. (So far no release date)
carladelgado's review against another edition
3.0
The Taking - 3 stars (lotsa spoilers) :)
It was a great plot from the common concept of humans being abducted by aliens, but it's not just doing it for me. I still find the whole idea so ridiculous that even though the author has done the plot so well, I still can't dismiss that everything is so preposterous. The story is okay though, but aliens? Okay. :| Great effort of the author though. :) It was really a great idea formed from the theories of aliens, I just didn't like it. It's one of those books that either you like it or you don't. I just read this because I read in epicreads that Tyler is a good book boyfriend, but after reading the book I didn't feel like he was. Yes, he stayed with her through thick and thin, but really? After 5 years of disappearance you still love her? After very few days of her being back you make your move? What? And she falls in love with him as well after being in love with his older brother just few days ago? Besides the alien shiz, their romance was also very slightly ridiculous.
Still give it 3 stars though. :)
It was a great plot from the common concept of humans being abducted by aliens, but it's not just doing it for me. I still find the whole idea so ridiculous that even though the author has done the plot so well, I still can't dismiss that everything is so preposterous. The story is okay though, but aliens? Okay. :| Great effort of the author though. :) It was really a great idea formed from the theories of aliens, I just didn't like it. It's one of those books that either you like it or you don't. I just read this because I read in epicreads that Tyler is a good book boyfriend, but after reading the book I didn't feel like he was. Yes, he stayed with her through thick and thin, but really? After 5 years of disappearance you still love her? After very few days of her being back you make your move? What? And she falls in love with him as well after being in love with his older brother just few days ago? Besides the alien shiz, their romance was also very slightly ridiculous.
Still give it 3 stars though. :)
christiana's review against another edition
3.0
I have mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, I never got bored of this story and I appreciated that Kyra was pretty ordinary and not a special snowflake. On the other, I feel like this book takes a weird turn which paired with the pretty prominent romance part of the story, makes me unsure who I would give this to. But this was science fiction I didn't hate, which is always worth noting.
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ie. ALIENSserru's review against another edition
1.0
The premise is intriguing enough but most of the book is incredibly slow, and deals more with the main character's adjustment to normal life rather than exploring the supernatural mystery. I'm sure there are interesting ways to write about that but the author failed to do so here, and Kyra was such an immature main character that most of the book is eye-rollingly exasperating. The budding romance between her and Tyler had its cute moments but it happened so quickly that it was difficult to believe. I couldn't understand how Kyra so easily forgot about her previous boyfriend, whom she was absolutely in love with. Not a book I would ever recommend, but I'm intrigued enough by the ending that I may check out the next book in the trilogy. (Also, my guess for the title of the second book: The Returned.)