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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
It is so beautifully written that I would read and re read bits and pieces of it every now and then...
The story was so good, I mean, there were no eye rolling parts for me, no super rich guy and virgin girl going all kinky and well...you know the drill, no, it had its own original plot, a 32 year old teacher dating a very damaged 18 year old girl....
How did I feel about it? I am not sure, there were moments when I hated E and then I had moments when I wanted them to work it out. She was not the typical teenage girl who may be infatuated with a dreamy teacher, she had had a tough life and in consequence she had an old soul and a needy heart, she needed love, she needed a family and she needed to be taken care of...She wouldn't be able to date young kids like herself because she was too old for her own age...I can totally relate to that, when life gives you a shitty set of cards you just grow old despite your age, and the stupid little things don't strike you anymore. Anyway, I was quite shocked with the "big revelation" towards the end of the book, I knew there had to be something sketchy about E since the very beginning, but his utter heartbrokesness after their break up finally convinced me that there had been real love all the time, and that simple line that he gives her as a way if explanation totally worked for me, he was just another old guy as much as she wasn't his first teenage girl....so, I am older than them both, I belong to the parents age, being in my late 30's but having a toddler not a teenager leaving for college, I felt close to them all, the young ones and the secondary characters as well.
There were moments when I went teary eyed, her description of her shitty childhood, as I say, being a mom of a 3 year old boy gives me the parent perspective and having a girl waiting and waiting, feeling lonely and hungry, it broke my heart to pieces....I just can't face the fact that it is more real than not. I felt for her big way, I wanted her to go away, start all over again and have a healthy environment....I felt the story so close to my heart that I couldn't or didn't want to see it as what it was, fiction.
I would have like an epilogue, I found the ending really good though, it came to a full circle but some "5 years later" would have been great.
The story was so good, I mean, there were no eye rolling parts for me, no super rich guy and virgin girl going all kinky and well...you know the drill, no, it had its own original plot, a 32 year old teacher dating a very damaged 18 year old girl....
How did I feel about it? I am not sure, there were moments when I hated E and then I had moments when I wanted them to work it out. She was not the typical teenage girl who may be infatuated with a dreamy teacher, she had had a tough life and in consequence she had an old soul and a needy heart, she needed love, she needed a family and she needed to be taken care of...She wouldn't be able to date young kids like herself because she was too old for her own age...I can totally relate to that, when life gives you a shitty set of cards you just grow old despite your age, and the stupid little things don't strike you anymore. Anyway, I was quite shocked with the "big revelation" towards the end of the book, I knew there had to be something sketchy about E since the very beginning, but his utter heartbrokesness after their break up finally convinced me that there had been real love all the time, and that simple line that he gives her as a way if explanation totally worked for me, he was just another old guy as much as she wasn't his first teenage girl....so, I am older than them both, I belong to the parents age, being in my late 30's but having a toddler not a teenager leaving for college, I felt close to them all, the young ones and the secondary characters as well.
There were moments when I went teary eyed, her description of her shitty childhood, as I say, being a mom of a 3 year old boy gives me the parent perspective and having a girl waiting and waiting, feeling lonely and hungry, it broke my heart to pieces....I just can't face the fact that it is more real than not. I felt for her big way, I wanted her to go away, start all over again and have a healthy environment....I felt the story so close to my heart that I couldn't or didn't want to see it as what it was, fiction.
I would have like an epilogue, I found the ending really good though, it came to a full circle but some "5 years later" would have been great.
Elliot Wake (previously known as Leah Raeder) is truly my favourite author of all time. His writing is very adult for the YA genre, and I just love its explicit nature. It flows perfectly and makes you desperately crave things you didn’t even know you wanted. Unteachable (and even Cam Girl & Black Iris) made me ache for a different kind of love. Something real and passionate and intense.. Something life changing. Unteachable is so incredibly well written, it played out like a movie, on the pages right in front of my eyes. I could see and feel every word. So fucking outstanding!!!
Hooooo boy this book was... not good. The heroine was immature and annoying, and the hero wasn't much better. I stopped reading at 32%, skipped to the end, and whatever that last chapter was: I'm really glad I didn't read everything before that. Waste of time and money.
"I feel like I'm waking from a long dream, and everything is so much more beautiful than I remembered."
That's how I felt while reading Unteachable: like the world became beautiful again, every scene opening my eyes a little more. Leah Raider uses words as her paintbrush and creates stunning images. And not just rosy images of love, but a number of complex feelings. It is beautiful without reaching. I never found the prose to be over-the-top (though it definitely was very intense at times). It is sharp, descriptive, sensory, the kind of novel that pulls me out of my body and into the story.
The blurb will tell you that the book is about a teacher/student relationship, and while that is true, that's not the heart of the novel. This is a story about learning how to be human. About how we see the world and how we see ourselves.
I could go on forever, quoting this book and praising it, but I'm gonna stay brief this time:
I loved this book.
taboos and even more taboos
This is a dark taboo age gap teacher/student romance. Itâs ok, though, because sheâs 18. They on equal footing (yeah right) and the power dynamics are completely understated (queue sarcasm). Chapter 1 was good. But with the foreshadowing of doom that lingered, I spent half the book waiting for Wesley to become a school shooter. Or for Evan or Maise to be hit by a car with their St. Louis street conversations. But alas, no such twists. I stayed up until 5am reading this book. It could have given me something to shock me. But nope, ended on a HEA
This is a dark taboo age gap teacher/student romance. Itâs ok, though, because sheâs 18. They on equal footing (yeah right) and the power dynamics are completely understated (queue sarcasm). Chapter 1 was good. But with the foreshadowing of doom that lingered, I spent half the book waiting for Wesley to become a school shooter. Or for Evan or Maise to be hit by a car with their St. Louis street conversations. But alas, no such twists. I stayed up until 5am reading this book. It could have given me something to shock me. But nope, ended on a HEA
I was captivated by this book and thought it was intensely impressive as far as genre busting, acknowledging character tropes, and more. I would give this to anyone who says New Adult can't also be beautifully written.
I gave up about a third of the way through. Couldn't stand the voice of the main character. They both seemed so trashy. I'm sure this worked for some people but I just couldn't get into it.
This book was a lot more than I expected. I admit that I judge books by their covers, and this one would never really pulled me in, neither did the premise, it sounded like too much drama, a definitely dnf… but, since it kept popping up on lists and the reviews are really good, I gave it a chance.
Firstly, is not every day that a New-Adult book has beautiful and lyrical writing, fascinating characters and an interesting well-paced story. And good smut…
Right away, I loved the author's vivid description of the carnival and Maisie's badass personality. Maisie is a very well written character, intoxicating, complex, flawed…
The writing is very raw and emotional, it just pulls you in. But although, it is fantastically written, at times some of the descriptions felt like they were too much; too much use of figure of speech and some slightly over-the-top descriptions that I couldn't help but to roll my eyes at…
As for the love story, I enjoyed it. There wasn't a sense of an adult taking advantage of some kind of power dynamic. Instead Evan, ended up feeling immature. I always felt unsure of what was going on with him, maybe because we spend so much time in Maisie's head…
I had a big issue with Eric's secret once it was revealed. I kept anticipating a crazy twist, that maybe he’d turn out to be a psychopath at the end, he did sometimes came off a bit creepy and aloof to me. But this isn't a thriller…
Was I rooting for them and their love in the end? Honestly no. Age gaps, don't bother me, but I really can't imagine those relationships last very long… Yes, I get that Maise was very mature for her age, but in the long run, what does a 18 year old have in common with a 33 year old? Other than physical attraction?
The end was too wrapped up in a neat bow, I couldn’t get past Eric's twist, I felt like he's just going to do the same thing.
Firstly, is not every day that a New-Adult book has beautiful and lyrical writing, fascinating characters and an interesting well-paced story. And good smut…
Right away, I loved the author's vivid description of the carnival and Maisie's badass personality. Maisie is a very well written character, intoxicating, complex, flawed…
The writing is very raw and emotional, it just pulls you in. But although, it is fantastically written, at times some of the descriptions felt like they were too much; too much use of figure of speech and some slightly over-the-top descriptions that I couldn't help but to roll my eyes at…
As for the love story, I enjoyed it. There wasn't a sense of an adult taking advantage of some kind of power dynamic. Instead Evan, ended up feeling immature. I always felt unsure of what was going on with him, maybe because we spend so much time in Maisie's head…
I had a big issue with Eric's secret once it was revealed. I kept anticipating a crazy twist, that maybe he’d turn out to be a psychopath at the end, he did sometimes came off a bit creepy and aloof to me. But this isn't a thriller…
Was I rooting for them and their love in the end? Honestly no. Age gaps, don't bother me, but I really can't imagine those relationships last very long… Yes, I get that Maise was very mature for her age, but in the long run, what does a 18 year old have in common with a 33 year old? Other than physical attraction?
The end was too wrapped up in a neat bow, I couldn’t get past Eric's twist, I felt like he's just going to do the same thing.
Very different from my normal reads, it was unique in almost every aspect from the main characters personalities, subject material, and how it all ended. I couldn't guess what was going to happen and that was a major plus!! The story could have went anywhere but it transitioned into something that nobody would ever guess!! I just wish it would have given me some kind of FEELS, I didnt feel the passion like I wanted too! If it would have done that, I would have given this a definite 5!!! =)