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owls_rainbow's review
Cough Cough, Chicken Angel, X-Ray? What kind of stupid names are these? And don't get my started on general grammar 'fizzio'... Ugh it makes my brain hurt. And the chapters within chapters are odd too. Lets just say I couldn't even finish one whole 'regular' chapter.
hobbitsbooksandbeyond's review
3.0
I recieved this book as a proof copy a year or so ago and it took me a while to get round to reading it. it was well written in my opinion though I found it a bit hard to connect with the main characters, and it doesn't have the same power as the maximum ride series which is quite similar.
reginacattus's review
3.0
This book is seriously creepy. I mean, hybrid people being hunted b a facility. They're just kids, but they're created in a lab and they're the lab's property. This book was very, very weird.
pixiefairy15's review
5.0
If you have read my other reviews, you will know that I usually start with the blurb of the book. but, seeing as the blurb of this book gives the whole plot away, I'll write my own blurb. Here goes.
The nurses call this place the Bin. They call us spooks even though they're not supposed to. Cough Cough says this is because we spooked them. Doctor Dearly calls us Geminis because we came in twos. There's only four of us left now. Cough Cough says we have to leave before we go takeaway like Mrs Murdoe. Doctor Dearly says that it's for our own welfare.
...hmmmmm, not the best i've ever done, but I think it describes it pretty well. One of the reasons I love this book is because it's told (for the most part) in very child-like language, even though the children are around twelve. It's this dream-like language that makes this book both fantastic and chilling. It's hard to describe, so just read it. Please?
The nurses call this place the Bin. They call us spooks even though they're not supposed to. Cough Cough says this is because we spooked them. Doctor Dearly calls us Geminis because we came in twos. There's only four of us left now. Cough Cough says we have to leave before we go takeaway like Mrs Murdoe. Doctor Dearly says that it's for our own welfare.
...hmmmmm, not the best i've ever done, but I think it describes it pretty well. One of the reasons I love this book is because it's told (for the most part) in very child-like language, even though the children are around twelve. It's this dream-like language that makes this book both fantastic and chilling. It's hard to describe, so just read it. Please?
nipomuki's review
5.0
I read this a while ago, and it stuck with me for a long time. But I forgot the title. Thanks to Goodreads I found it again!
I am usually more of a happily ever after person. And with this book you know from the beginning that it will not turn out happy. But while the ending made me sad, I could accept it. They got to enjoy life, even if for a short while, they probably changed the way some of the people who met them would go on living, and the end was of their own choosing.
I was impressed by the world building at the beginning. All was told from the POV of one of the children living in „the bin“, and since their experience is so different to that of children raised in the outside world, it reads like a foreign place.
This book has some deeply cruel moments, and yet it is also full of kindness and hope. It may not be for everyone, and if I’d known more about the content I might not have read it. But I am glad I did. One of the books that I would describe as life altering. Because of the way it let me enter into the world of those wonderful children.
I am usually more of a happily ever after person. And with this book you know from the beginning that it will not turn out happy. But while the ending made me sad, I could accept it. They got to enjoy life, even if for a short while, they probably changed the way some of the people who met them would go on living, and the end was of their own choosing.
I was impressed by the world building at the beginning. All was told from the POV of one of the children living in „the bin“, and since their experience is so different to that of children raised in the outside world, it reads like a foreign place.
This book has some deeply cruel moments, and yet it is also full of kindness and hope. It may not be for everyone, and if I’d known more about the content I might not have read it. But I am glad I did. One of the books that I would describe as life altering. Because of the way it let me enter into the world of those wonderful children.
sanamun's review
3.0
I really enjoyed the premise of this book, it was definitely intriguing. Unfortunately it also answered absolutely none of my questions, which is kind of unsatisfying.
kunalmathela's review
4.0
3.5/5
Angel Blood was a bit slow to grab my interest but the characters did eventually engage me enough to care about their story. At times, it gets simplistic but there are some moments of profundity where the writer really pulls at your heartstrings. Overall, it's not a bad book but it's not great either - an okay read if you don't have something better.
Also, I don't think the title is a great fit for this book.
Angel Blood was a bit slow to grab my interest but the characters did eventually engage me enough to care about their story. At times, it gets simplistic but there are some moments of profundity where the writer really pulls at your heartstrings. Overall, it's not a bad book but it's not great either - an okay read if you don't have something better.
Also, I don't think the title is a great fit for this book.
littlebirdbooks's review
5.0
A fantastic, heartbreaking book. This is about the lives of children with bizarre illnesses and the lengths they go to to get out of their hospital.
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