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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
It was so sweet. Just that they love each other so much, yet their world drive them apart. Like Romeo and Juliet without all the confusing words and death.
Summary: Viola and Lawrence have been best friends and now a couple for a year. But when he comes out, necessitating their break-up, she feels broken. She spends her time wishing to feel fixed and accidentally summons a genie who will grant her three wishes. Things get complicated as they fall in love.
This book is told in alternating points of view as Viola struggles to make her wishes and Jinn as he comes to be known undergoes a transformation from disinterested genie to reciprocating Viola's love. But I didn't really like either of them. Viola was so lame, as she harped on how broken she felt. I get that it sucks to have your heart broken especially when it's by your only friend and I know that she's only a teenager and can't necessarily be expected to stay true to herself (as she abandons her art for a boy). Jinn was a genie, who didn't really have a personality at first (as they are there to serve the humans) and he changes as he falls in love with her but he's still pretty boring.
I did like the maturation of their romantic feelings. I didn't really like either of them but I enjoyed seeing how they expressed how their feelings changed. Jinn describes Viola as very different from his other masters and I also liked his descriptions of what genies do when they're not on earth. I also liked Viola's best friend Lawrence who is a really good friend and has an interesting dynamic with Jinn. Jinn's relationship with someone from the genie world is also good but I was less interested in the romantic (and primary) relationship than in any others.
The cover model reminds me of someone I know who isn't at all like Viola.
Overall: 3.5/5-just okay.
This book is told in alternating points of view as Viola struggles to make her wishes and Jinn as he comes to be known undergoes a transformation from disinterested genie to reciprocating Viola's love. But I didn't really like either of them. Viola was so lame, as she harped on how broken she felt. I get that it sucks to have your heart broken especially when it's by your only friend and I know that she's only a teenager and can't necessarily be expected to stay true to herself (as she abandons her art for a boy). Jinn was a genie, who didn't really have a personality at first (as they are there to serve the humans) and he changes as he falls in love with her but he's still pretty boring.
I did like the maturation of their romantic feelings. I didn't really like either of them but I enjoyed seeing how they expressed how their feelings changed. Jinn describes Viola as very different from his other masters and I also liked his descriptions of what genies do when they're not on earth. I also liked Viola's best friend Lawrence who is a really good friend and has an interesting dynamic with Jinn. Jinn's relationship with someone from the genie world is also good but I was less interested in the romantic (and primary) relationship than in any others.
The cover model reminds me of someone I know who isn't at all like Viola.
Overall: 3.5/5-just okay.
A while back I grabbed this off an Amazon deal-of-the-day book list and was really excited when it showed up. ... Then it sat on my shelf and I constantly was getting books from the library.
AS YOU WISH was super cute, guys. I knocked it out in a shift at work and 30mins at home. It would be a great summer read for when you want to lie in the sun and burn while reading.
AS YOU WISH was super cute, guys. I knocked it out in a shift at work and 30mins at home. It would be a great summer read for when you want to lie in the sun and burn while reading.
After reading Jackson's other two books, I knew I had to read her first book. At first, it looked a little ho-hum, nothing to make it stand out from another YA book with magic in it. Jackson Pearce being Jackson Pearce, I opened it anyway.
It was completely different than I had expected and rang very true to real life.
If I was given three wishes, I'd immediately think to wish for something like a jar of nutella, or maybe a brand new book. After I'd gotten over the initial shock of a bored (although verrryyy handsome jinn) appearing in my life, I'd realise that these are stupid, pointless wishes. Even if I tried to wish for something that wasn't stupid and pointless, it would have awful repercussions.
As I continued to dive deeper into As You Wish, I fell in love with Jinn (and followed his mood-swings), smiled and cried with Viola, and looked on the whole thing much as Lawrence did.
When I reached the final page, I was terribly sad that it was over, however satisfying the ending was.
I cannot wait to read it again!
It was completely different than I had expected and rang very true to real life.
If I was given three wishes, I'd immediately think to wish for something like a jar of nutella, or maybe a brand new book. After I'd gotten over the initial shock of a bored (although verrryyy handsome jinn) appearing in my life, I'd realise that these are stupid, pointless wishes. Even if I tried to wish for something that wasn't stupid and pointless, it would have awful repercussions.
As I continued to dive deeper into As You Wish, I fell in love with Jinn (and followed his mood-swings), smiled and cried with Viola, and looked on the whole thing much as Lawrence did.
When I reached the final page, I was terribly sad that it was over, however satisfying the ending was.
I cannot wait to read it again!
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http://janasbooklook.blogspot.de/2010/12/drei-wunsche-hast-du-frei-jackson.html
http://janasbooklook.blogspot.de/2010/12/drei-wunsche-hast-du-frei-jackson.html
I READ THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF I LIKED IT OR NOT #TRAGIC
This is a beautiful book about love and growth. It's so sweet it'll make your teeth rot. If you're looking for a book to sit down with that will make you laugh, cry, and leave you with a warm feeling then this is the one.
Everyone relates to the "invisible girl," but this novel is a little bit of a miss, I think. It's good for a debut from an otherwise AMAZINGLY talented author. <3
I didn't hate this book. The main character was easy to relate to. I was drawn to the idea of this book but I was a little disappointed with the execution. Overall the writing is solid and the characters are good it just felt like this book was missing that piece of magic that turns a good book into a great book.