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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
My feelings about this book are conflicted. I couldn't put it down, but when I finished, I kind of felt like I'd wasted my time.
I was surprised by this book. Good surprise. I like when books good surprise me.
I guess I didn't give it a review before. This is the most relatable book to me that I have ever read. I went through a similar situation with a guy as she did especially towards the end of the book. Going to Belzhar for her was really important because she needed to get in touch with reality. I get it because I make up stories in my head when life isn't giving me what I want. The difference is I understand it's not real. But I feel like I understood her because I know what it's like to be in love with someone and that person not be interested and you have nothing with them. I was completely heart broken for years even though it didn't make sense. Her situation didn't make much sense either. I loved being in her mind and seeing her find Reeve and have this romance with him in another world but then we find out the truth and we see the true story of what happened with Reeve. I also loved hearing all these other peoples tragic life stories and see them get better and move on. In one situation a girl was able to get her kidnapped brother back. We got to see them all get so close. I loved our main character with Griffin. He made mistakes but he was such a good guy and helped her out. His story of how he accidentally burned down a farm of lambs was so sad. But it made me love him. Anyway this story means so much to me and it probably always will.
3.5
I read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar first to get prior knowledge before reading Belzhar. Much to my dismay, the characters did not delve into her writings. There are only a few scenes where Plath's life story and poem were touched slightly. Well, the book is about Belzhar, not Bell Jar. What was I thinking?
Belzhar is a satisfactory story. It is told from the point of view of the main character, Jam, which limits the in-depth characterization of other characters because they are described through her eyes. She is an unreliable narrator in the beginning especially when she talks about Reeve but, eventually, she became honest and told her true story that I didn't expect at all.
I like the message of the book- journaling is a powerful tool that helps us get a better understanding of the whole situation we are in and see the things that we can change and can't change. It's up to us to be honest and to take appropriate steps to make our circumstances better.
I read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar first to get prior knowledge before reading Belzhar. Much to my dismay, the characters did not delve into her writings. There are only a few scenes where Plath's life story and poem were touched slightly. Well, the book is about Belzhar, not Bell Jar. What was I thinking?
Belzhar is a satisfactory story. It is told from the point of view of the main character, Jam, which limits the in-depth characterization of other characters because they are described through her eyes. She is an unreliable narrator in the beginning especially when she talks about Reeve but, eventually, she became honest and told her true story that I didn't expect at all.
I like the message of the book- journaling is a powerful tool that helps us get a better understanding of the whole situation we are in and see the things that we can change and can't change. It's up to us to be honest and to take appropriate steps to make our circumstances better.
It was a pretty good YA. I think better for 13/14 year olds, than 17 year olds. Parts were a bit predictable, other times, Just a little too simplistic. Not as good as John Green, but well-paced with an interesting premise.
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I was not expecting that at all. I don't know if I'm disappointed or impressed...
Well, if my feelings about this book are not evidenced in my rating then the fact it took me 10 months to read it should. I planned to give it 1 star but I was actually surprised by some facets of the ending so I gave it an extra half star rounded up. I read this because my daughter loved it. I can see why teens would enjoy it.
a quick read, interesting and engaging, but the twist/reveal at the end annoyed me enough that i liked the whole book less. still recommended, but not outstanding.
Liked but did not love. I loved the setting and the set-up, but I never connected to any of the characters and I felt like their dialogue was really stilted and weird. The whole book was pretty weird, which is just fine by me, but it just didn't super do it for me. I could tell something was hinky the whole time, so I wasn't surprised by the way things played out, and I usually never see anything coming! Never!