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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
5/5 slow burn
5/5 plot
5/5 writing
5/5 plot
5/5 writing
My absolute favorite book in high school. I had the hardback and absolutely destroyed the book due to the amount of times I read and reread it. Not sure if I would enjoy it now, but if I do end up reading it I will update this review.
When I started reading this book, I was completely intrigued by the concept of two different people sharing one body. That is what kept me turning the pages. However, I soon realized that Meyer rambled on with unnecessary descriptions and emotions more than was necessary. There were big chunks of the book that made me bored and I almost gave up on it. But Meyer managed to keep the storyline interesting enough, though barely and I kept reading. My biggest problem with the book was that even though the storyline was interesting enough, some of the major moments felt too unreal. Whenever I anticipated something would go dangerously wrong, the conflict would be resolved almost too easily by Meyer.
*SPOILER ALERT* When Wanda, Mel and Jared were stopped by Seeker cops I thought that was it for Jared. But of course, Wanda managed to talk their way out of the situation. Even though the book talks about the over-trusting nature of the souls, it also repeatedly focuses on how bad of a liar Wanda is. So when they were safely back on their way home, it just seemed to good to be true. Similarly, all the times when Wanda checked into a motel with Jared, Ian and Kyle (during the raid), I expected some soul to notice, somebody to mess up that would raise a red flag, but nope. Everything went almost too perfectly for it to be believable. Then there was the incident with the kiss between Ian and Wanda in her new body. i expected that there would still be confusion and old unresolved feelings connected to the bodies and though it seemed like that was the case at first,but like everything else in the book, Ian and Wanda just seemed to resolve that in a few sentences. They both denied their feelings for Jared/Mel and that seemed to be good enough for the author to turn them into an "inseparable couple" despite all the awkwardness that had followed them up until that point. Finally, there was the very last scene where it seemed like Jared, Mel, Wanda, Ian, Aaron and Brandt had been caught by seekers. I readied myself for the final climactic moment, after all it made sense for the author to end the book this way after all the previous incidents that were smoothed over too quickly. However, of course that does not happen, instead we find that the group of people facing them was just another colony of humans. The book almost ended anti-climatically with Burns and Wanda introducing themselves to each other. And, don't even get me started about all the times Wanda and Jared went to the hospitals or healing facilities. The first time Wanda stole more than half the cabinets for each type of "drug" and I'm expected to believe that the healers did not find that at all suspicious? I get that they are gentle, trusting souls but come on! They just got robbed by one of their own kinds and pretty close to where Wanda initially went missing too. Nobody put two and two together and nobody thought to alert the seekers? It was just all very unbelievable. And the whole business about stealing the cryotanks and putting Wanda's seeker in a spaceship that took cryotanks to the exact planet where Wanda wanted to send her seeker. Jeez! I was literally screaming at the author to introduce some sort of conflict or accident at that point. Finally, I had a lot of problem with Jared's manner sin the book. So, I get that he hates souls with the bottom of his heart at the beginning when they find Wanda and he especially hates Wanda because she is the one to have taken over Mel's body but for a guy who's supposedly madly in love with Mel to punch her physical body and harm the body repeatedly is a little too hard to digest. All the violence that Jared wreaked on Wanda at the beginning of the book was too much for my taste. What's more is that even over time until the very end he put Wanda's needs second except for the last moment that the two shared before Wanda gave herself up to Doc for her "release from Mel's body." Speaking of which, I also found Wanda's altruistic behavior downright irritating after the first half of the book. The girl kept taking and tolerating abuse, both mental and physical. Not only did this pain me, but it also angered me to see her behave this way willingly, what with keeping her eyes downcast when Jared and her went to steal some medicine to save Jamie's life among other incidents.
All in all I continued reading the book because the author managed to keep my interest sparked enough to want to know what ultimately happens to Wanda and Mel. I wanted to know how the author would resolve the "problem of two souls?/persons?/creatures? and one body". I knew Jared, Mel, Jamie, Ian, Jeb, and Doc would not let her die but I wanted to know whether the group of humans would put her in a cryotank and ship her off to another planet making way for a sequel that would only continue with Wanda's story or whether they would find a way to put Wanda in another body that would be acceptable to her and pave the way for the current characters to continue the story in the sequel. I guess the latter storyline won.
*SPOILER ALERT* When Wanda, Mel and Jared were stopped by Seeker cops I thought that was it for Jared. But of course, Wanda managed to talk their way out of the situation. Even though the book talks about the over-trusting nature of the souls, it also repeatedly focuses on how bad of a liar Wanda is. So when they were safely back on their way home, it just seemed to good to be true. Similarly, all the times when Wanda checked into a motel with Jared, Ian and Kyle (during the raid), I expected some soul to notice, somebody to mess up that would raise a red flag, but nope. Everything went almost too perfectly for it to be believable. Then there was the incident with the kiss between Ian and Wanda in her new body. i expected that there would still be confusion and old unresolved feelings connected to the bodies and though it seemed like that was the case at first,but like everything else in the book, Ian and Wanda just seemed to resolve that in a few sentences. They both denied their feelings for Jared/Mel and that seemed to be good enough for the author to turn them into an "inseparable couple" despite all the awkwardness that had followed them up until that point. Finally, there was the very last scene where it seemed like Jared, Mel, Wanda, Ian, Aaron and Brandt had been caught by seekers. I readied myself for the final climactic moment, after all it made sense for the author to end the book this way after all the previous incidents that were smoothed over too quickly. However, of course that does not happen, instead we find that the group of people facing them was just another colony of humans. The book almost ended anti-climatically with Burns and Wanda introducing themselves to each other. And, don't even get me started about all the times Wanda and Jared went to the hospitals or healing facilities. The first time Wanda stole more than half the cabinets for each type of "drug" and I'm expected to believe that the healers did not find that at all suspicious? I get that they are gentle, trusting souls but come on! They just got robbed by one of their own kinds and pretty close to where Wanda initially went missing too. Nobody put two and two together and nobody thought to alert the seekers? It was just all very unbelievable. And the whole business about stealing the cryotanks and putting Wanda's seeker in a spaceship that took cryotanks to the exact planet where Wanda wanted to send her seeker. Jeez! I was literally screaming at the author to introduce some sort of conflict or accident at that point. Finally, I had a lot of problem with Jared's manner sin the book. So, I get that he hates souls with the bottom of his heart at the beginning when they find Wanda and he especially hates Wanda because she is the one to have taken over Mel's body but for a guy who's supposedly madly in love with Mel to punch her physical body and harm the body repeatedly is a little too hard to digest. All the violence that Jared wreaked on Wanda at the beginning of the book was too much for my taste. What's more is that even over time until the very end he put Wanda's needs second except for the last moment that the two shared before Wanda gave herself up to Doc for her "release from Mel's body." Speaking of which, I also found Wanda's altruistic behavior downright irritating after the first half of the book. The girl kept taking and tolerating abuse, both mental and physical. Not only did this pain me, but it also angered me to see her behave this way willingly, what with keeping her eyes downcast when Jared and her went to steal some medicine to save Jamie's life among other incidents.
All in all I continued reading the book because the author managed to keep my interest sparked enough to want to know what ultimately happens to Wanda and Mel. I wanted to know how the author would resolve the "problem of two souls?/persons?/creatures? and one body". I knew Jared, Mel, Jamie, Ian, Jeb, and Doc would not let her die but I wanted to know whether the group of humans would put her in a cryotank and ship her off to another planet making way for a sequel that would only continue with Wanda's story or whether they would find a way to put Wanda in another body that would be acceptable to her and pave the way for the current characters to continue the story in the sequel. I guess the latter storyline won.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This was a rough annotated reread… maybe at some point I’ll go back and finish it but I was not having a good time and it was making my slump worse
رواية مثيره بكل ماتحمله الكلمة من معنى.. أنهيت حوالي نصفها في يومين فقط!
adventurous
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Ik heb dit verhaal vroeger (deels) gelezen en de film heb ik meerdere keren gezien. Ik vind het sowieso een megagoed verhaal en het was zeker de moeite waard om het nu nog eens helemaal te lezen. Het boek is wel wat langer dan nodig was, maar daardoor voelde alle ontwikkelingen en emoties wel realistischer. Dus als je een stiekeme twilightfan bent en een sci fi verhaal van dezelfde schrijfster wil lezen, raad ik dit boek zeker aan.
4.5 stars.
This was a really nice experience for me, it had been many years since I first read it. It fully held up to my expectations.
The main character (Wanda) drove me a little crazy with how willing she was to hurt herself for everyone around her constantly. That was definitely giving Bella from Twilight. But… she was still loveable. As were basically all the characters. They felt distinct enough for the most part too, which is impressive for such a large cast.
The overall plot was simple but fairly well paced, for me this was much more of a character study. Technically, this book could be half the size it is and still do the job, but we’d have lost alot of the connection between everyone.
The mentions of the other planets were super fun, I loved learning about them. I could have easily read 10x the amount about them.
Another aspect I enjoyed was the feeling of stocking up and building a base, I loved all the bits of them going to get supplies and farming and such. There’s something comforting about it.
The ending was very sweet and wrapped everything up in a satisfying way, I do hope someday we get more from this world!
This was a really nice experience for me, it had been many years since I first read it. It fully held up to my expectations.
The main character (Wanda) drove me a little crazy with how willing she was to hurt herself for everyone around her constantly. That was definitely giving Bella from Twilight. But… she was still loveable. As were basically all the characters. They felt distinct enough for the most part too, which is impressive for such a large cast.
The overall plot was simple but fairly well paced, for me this was much more of a character study. Technically, this book could be half the size it is and still do the job, but we’d have lost alot of the connection between everyone.
The mentions of the other planets were super fun, I loved learning about them. I could have easily read 10x the amount about them.
Another aspect I enjoyed was the feeling of stocking up and building a base, I loved all the bits of them going to get supplies and farming and such. There’s something comforting about it.
The ending was very sweet and wrapped everything up in a satisfying way, I do hope someday we get more from this world!