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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
Such a wonderful book. I cried, laughed, giggled like a silly school-girl, and couldn't stop reading until I had finished it.
Siendo sinceros este libro merece como tres estrellas, pero me gusto mucho, así que son cuatro.
Tengo mucho sueño así que voy a hacer esto rápido, el libro es una historia de amor de esas cursis, muy cursis, del tipo que me gustan... con giros bastante interesantes y un gran cambio de eventos al llegar casi al final. Si les gusto The Boy who Sneaks in my Bedroom window es muy probables que les guste este.
Nos leemos luego.
Tengo mucho sueño así que voy a hacer esto rápido, el libro es una historia de amor de esas cursis, muy cursis, del tipo que me gustan... con giros bastante interesantes y un gran cambio de eventos al llegar casi al final. Si les gusto The Boy who Sneaks in my Bedroom window es muy probables que les guste este.
Nos leemos luego.
Wow, this book was terrible.
I got about 30% through and I was all 'nope, this is ridiculous'.
I got about 30% through and I was all 'nope, this is ridiculous'.
I really enjoyed this book but I did find Riley a little frustrating at times. The book is about a developing love story between Riley and her best friend Clay. They go through some very adult situations but the end is lovely and you really enjoy their story!
I don't know what to think about this book. ''Always You'' wasn't that bad, but it didn't amaze me either. I liked the story, but it could've been shorter. I didn't like the main characters and some elements in this book were stupid. Really-really stupid.
Anyway, not good, not bad - I think I'll forget about Kirsty Moseley's book very quickly.
Anyway, not good, not bad - I think I'll forget about Kirsty Moseley's book very quickly.
if i could do a negative this would be it. i think i am officially done reading (or attempting to read anything by kirsty moseley) i hated TBWSIMBW (first off that was a long title). i liked the idea of this so i decided to give it a try. nope never again. i literally was on pg 8 when i had to stop reading. specifically the part where clay calls her name and she drops her backpack and literally jumps on him. yeah no im done
I finished it and it wasn't entirely bad, but I wouldn't exactly call this one good either.
I guess I'll begin first with the language used. The setting is in the US, I'm pretty sure they said California, though it wasn't mentioned enough to stick in my mind. Vegas was mentioned a whole lot more often then the town and state they actually live in, but not my point. The characters are born and raised in the US, there's no mention of British relatives in any way. The author however is clearly English and not American and unfortunately doesn't realize both countries may speak English, but the language isn't exactly the same. The only American born and raised people that I've heard refer to the bathroom as the loo or diapers as nappies are ones that watch WAY too much BBC (or someone who's doing it be cute, or possibly rude depending on the scenario, regardless those words don't really pop up in conversation or thoughts that often). The entire book is told from a first person pov, so the supposedly California born and raised characters are the ones describing the setting, the action. They're going to think and speak in the American brand of the English language, not in the British one. It's not just those two words, there are multiple words and word spelling that clearly mark the story as made in the UK, not the USA. The language differences would have been fine if the characters summered in the UK, grew up in the UK then moved to America, had a parent from the UK, some sort of connection outside of the US that would give them enough exposure the differences to pick up the UK way of saying things, however not a single one of those things are mentioned. It's just supposed to be accepted that California teens randomly started speaking and spelling like someone that lives in the UK. Clearly that doesn't really work for me.
Touching on language editing for spelling and grammar is appreciated in a book. Knowing the difference between your and you're should be a requirement if you're going to publish one. I'm sure my book comments or sort of reviews are filled with typos because that's human nature, but they're not books people are spending money on.
Second football season is in the Fall, it ends in the January/February time frame. Can I give you exact dates? No, I didn't go to a high school that had a football team and I don't know if high school football follows the exact same time frame as professional football. It wouldn't however be that difficult to find in a google search. School usually gets done between Mid-May or Late June depending on the school district, it really depends on when school starts. That said if he got injured right before the championship football game, he would not have graduated a mere four months later. If he missed as much school as it reads like he would not have graduated on time at all. He would have had to make up the missed time in summer school or repeat his senior year. They don't just graduate you for the hell of it, you actually need to be in school and turn in the work to receive your diploma. Additionally I've never met an engineer who didn't have to have a college degree first, apprenticeship or not. College football is not the only reason to attend college, and I know of very few kids, whether they have dreams of playing pro ball or not that would turn down a college scholarship. There's no way on earth the characters could work in robotics after high school without first getting a college degree. In fact there are very few decent paying careers left, at least in this country, that don't require a college degree to even get your foot in the door. Many employers don't care if you've known how to do the job since kindergarten and have been doing it all your life, without that piece of paper that proves you've been to college you aren't getting a job there. And don't even get me started on everything wrong with the Vegas wedding with fake ids that people even for a second thought might be legal. There's a laundry list of mistakes like this, all things that could be cleared up as fast as doing a google search (that takes like what 30 seconds?) and the author didn't bother.
Stepping back on language, I find it ridiculous how many times the characters curse, but when writing the words sex or climax there are symbols in the middle of the word instead of the actual letters. SERIOUSLY?! If you can write the words fuck or ass, you can write the word sex.
Next if this is supposed to be a YA novel, why do the characters behave like adults? I mean it's understood that Middle Grade and YA novels don't really include the most attentive parents, but this kind of crosses the line. Teens are supposed to go to class, if they plan to graduate they go to class. They don't get tons of weekends alone at home walking around naked with their boyfriends. They don't get to skip whenever they feel like it if they intend to pass. In fact if a kid misses more than a couple of days of school parents start getting letters home about the dangers of their child failing. And I don't mean a couple of days in a row, I mean a couple of days in a matter of months. If my kids stay home sick three times between September and March, I've got school officials calling my house and I probably got a letter in the mail after the second time. I mean pretty much all the stuff these characters regularly do are things that aren't going to happen.
And on that note of being a YA novel geared toward teen girls, it's sending all the wrong messages. This is not the 1950s, we shouldn't be encouraging our daughters to get married in high school then drop out of college to have babies because they're happily married of course. And why exactly would it take seven years for someone to complete 1 year of high school and then go to college? Unless she's planning to earn some type of graduate degree, she should have finished college two years prior to when she dropped out.
The characters take Mary Sue to a whole new level, the plot is completely unbelieveable. Because yeah every high school student weekends in Vegas and wins $172,000 and has a Vegas wedding with an underage bride, without anyone catching them. With winnings that size it has to be reported on taxes. You're not going to get through tax forms with a fake id. It's just not happening. And the whole scenes involving police. I mean yeah there's a lot of tension at the moment between some of the civilian populace and police, but over 30 minutes to arrive at the scene of a kidnapping? Give me a freaking break. Or a cop just standing there and watching someone get stabbed then arresting them AFTER witnessing the crime that they could have easily prevented. That's so far off it's laughable. Forget unbelievable, the entire plot borders on downright ridiculous. The book includes poor editing, no research whatsoever and honestly reads as if it's a horny teen's fantasy scribblings. I can't in good faith actually recommend it.
I guess I'll begin first with the language used. The setting is in the US, I'm pretty sure they said California, though it wasn't mentioned enough to stick in my mind. Vegas was mentioned a whole lot more often then the town and state they actually live in, but not my point. The characters are born and raised in the US, there's no mention of British relatives in any way. The author however is clearly English and not American and unfortunately doesn't realize both countries may speak English, but the language isn't exactly the same. The only American born and raised people that I've heard refer to the bathroom as the loo or diapers as nappies are ones that watch WAY too much BBC (or someone who's doing it be cute, or possibly rude depending on the scenario, regardless those words don't really pop up in conversation or thoughts that often). The entire book is told from a first person pov, so the supposedly California born and raised characters are the ones describing the setting, the action. They're going to think and speak in the American brand of the English language, not in the British one. It's not just those two words, there are multiple words and word spelling that clearly mark the story as made in the UK, not the USA. The language differences would have been fine if the characters summered in the UK, grew up in the UK then moved to America, had a parent from the UK, some sort of connection outside of the US that would give them enough exposure the differences to pick up the UK way of saying things, however not a single one of those things are mentioned. It's just supposed to be accepted that California teens randomly started speaking and spelling like someone that lives in the UK. Clearly that doesn't really work for me.
Touching on language editing for spelling and grammar is appreciated in a book. Knowing the difference between your and you're should be a requirement if you're going to publish one. I'm sure my book comments or sort of reviews are filled with typos because that's human nature, but they're not books people are spending money on.
Second football season is in the Fall, it ends in the January/February time frame. Can I give you exact dates? No, I didn't go to a high school that had a football team and I don't know if high school football follows the exact same time frame as professional football. It wouldn't however be that difficult to find in a google search. School usually gets done between Mid-May or Late June depending on the school district, it really depends on when school starts. That said if he got injured right before the championship football game, he would not have graduated a mere four months later. If he missed as much school as it reads like he would not have graduated on time at all. He would have had to make up the missed time in summer school or repeat his senior year. They don't just graduate you for the hell of it, you actually need to be in school and turn in the work to receive your diploma. Additionally I've never met an engineer who didn't have to have a college degree first, apprenticeship or not. College football is not the only reason to attend college, and I know of very few kids, whether they have dreams of playing pro ball or not that would turn down a college scholarship. There's no way on earth the characters could work in robotics after high school without first getting a college degree. In fact there are very few decent paying careers left, at least in this country, that don't require a college degree to even get your foot in the door. Many employers don't care if you've known how to do the job since kindergarten and have been doing it all your life, without that piece of paper that proves you've been to college you aren't getting a job there. And don't even get me started on everything wrong with the Vegas wedding with fake ids that people even for a second thought might be legal. There's a laundry list of mistakes like this, all things that could be cleared up as fast as doing a google search (that takes like what 30 seconds?) and the author didn't bother.
Stepping back on language, I find it ridiculous how many times the characters curse, but when writing the words sex or climax there are symbols in the middle of the word instead of the actual letters. SERIOUSLY?! If you can write the words fuck or ass, you can write the word sex.
Next if this is supposed to be a YA novel, why do the characters behave like adults? I mean it's understood that Middle Grade and YA novels don't really include the most attentive parents, but this kind of crosses the line. Teens are supposed to go to class, if they plan to graduate they go to class. They don't get tons of weekends alone at home walking around naked with their boyfriends. They don't get to skip whenever they feel like it if they intend to pass. In fact if a kid misses more than a couple of days of school parents start getting letters home about the dangers of their child failing. And I don't mean a couple of days in a row, I mean a couple of days in a matter of months. If my kids stay home sick three times between September and March, I've got school officials calling my house and I probably got a letter in the mail after the second time. I mean pretty much all the stuff these characters regularly do are things that aren't going to happen.
And on that note of being a YA novel geared toward teen girls, it's sending all the wrong messages. This is not the 1950s, we shouldn't be encouraging our daughters to get married in high school then drop out of college to have babies because they're happily married of course. And why exactly would it take seven years for someone to complete 1 year of high school and then go to college? Unless she's planning to earn some type of graduate degree, she should have finished college two years prior to when she dropped out.
The characters take Mary Sue to a whole new level, the plot is completely unbelieveable. Because yeah every high school student weekends in Vegas and wins $172,000 and has a Vegas wedding with an underage bride, without anyone catching them. With winnings that size it has to be reported on taxes. You're not going to get through tax forms with a fake id. It's just not happening. And the whole scenes involving police. I mean yeah there's a lot of tension at the moment between some of the civilian populace and police, but over 30 minutes to arrive at the scene of a kidnapping? Give me a freaking break. Or a cop just standing there and watching someone get stabbed then arresting them AFTER witnessing the crime that they could have easily prevented. That's so far off it's laughable. Forget unbelievable, the entire plot borders on downright ridiculous. The book includes poor editing, no research whatsoever and honestly reads as if it's a horny teen's fantasy scribblings. I can't in good faith actually recommend it.