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uutopicaa's review
3.0
Nunca me ha gustado Lauren Oliver. Ninguno de sus libros anteriores me parecieron buenos. Sin embargo, muchas personas que opinaban igual que yo le estaban dando cuatro y cinco estrellas a Panic. Debatí con mi billetera por meses, hasta que lo encontré de casualidad, usado y ya no tuve excusas para evadirlo. Me alegra haberle dado una oportunidad.
Ahora bien, vayamos en orden.
El libro empieza sin tener mucho sentido. Los primeros dos o tres capítulos son confusos y un tanto aburridos porque todavía no conocemos a los personajes, no sabemos qué carajo es “Panic”; además tampoco nos lo explican todavía.
Luego, a medida que avanza la historia —y una vez que comienza Pánico—, las explicaciones se van dando y la novela está en un constante climax que parece nunca acabar. Cada capítulo es más atrapante que el anterior. La historia es interesante y casi obliga al lector a seguir leyendo hasta que lo termina.
Leé la reseña completa en mi blog http://pardonmispanglish.blogspot.com/2016/06/resena-panico-lauren-oliver.html
Ahora bien, vayamos en orden.
El libro empieza sin tener mucho sentido. Los primeros dos o tres capítulos son confusos y un tanto aburridos porque todavía no conocemos a los personajes, no sabemos qué carajo es “Panic”; además tampoco nos lo explican todavía.
Luego, a medida que avanza la historia —y una vez que comienza Pánico—, las explicaciones se van dando y la novela está en un constante climax que parece nunca acabar. Cada capítulo es más atrapante que el anterior. La historia es interesante y casi obliga al lector a seguir leyendo hasta que lo termina.
Leé la reseña completa en mi blog http://pardonmispanglish.blogspot.com/2016/06/resena-panico-lauren-oliver.html
mehsi's review
3.0
Short Review so I can at least say my thoughts on this book.
What I liked:
1. The game, at least at the beginning I loved the game, it was an interesting idea. But eventually I started thinking people are just damn crazy to participate in a game that might eventually kill you.
2. How the game was played was well written, so much that I wanted to continue reading and know more. Also how the game worked and the history of it was very interesting to me.
3. The fact that someone had tigers on their farm. o.0
What I didn't like:
1. We have 2 POVs, while actually there are 4 people. And all of the get quite a bit of time. So I think the book was better written if it just had 4 POVs, or just kept to those 2 and stopped making the other 2's side roles so big.
2. Again the game, and how dangerous is. I cannot for life understand how there haven't been more people who died. The challenges were just crazy and at times messed up.
3. The Main characters and also their friends. Dear Lord, what a bunch that was. At times I liked them, but at other times I just wanted to scream at how stupid and idiotic they were.
In overall a decent book, but I expected more.
What I liked:
1. The game, at least at the beginning I loved the game, it was an interesting idea. But eventually I started thinking people are just damn crazy to participate in a game that might eventually kill you.
2. How the game was played was well written, so much that I wanted to continue reading and know more. Also how the game worked and the history of it was very interesting to me.
3. The fact that someone had tigers on their farm. o.0
What I didn't like:
1. We have 2 POVs, while actually there are 4 people. And all of the get quite a bit of time. So I think the book was better written if it just had 4 POVs, or just kept to those 2 and stopped making the other 2's side roles so big.
2. Again the game, and how dangerous is. I cannot for life understand how there haven't been more people who died. The challenges were just crazy and at times messed up.
3. The Main characters and also their friends. Dear Lord, what a bunch that was. At times I liked them, but at other times I just wanted to scream at how stupid and idiotic they were.
In overall a decent book, but I expected more.
kat7890erina's review
5.0
Lauren Oliver writes YA so well. The concept for Panic grabbed me immediately and I was engaged right through to the final page. The TV adaptation was great as well.
tilaa's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
kkoerth613's review
5.0
This book was amazing. It tests your worst fears and makes you go against them. I think that if I were a character in this book, participating in Panic, I would NOT last very long.
Heather is amazing. I love how strong she is through everything thing that happens. She went through not only the Panic crap, but also the crap in her life, her mom, Lily, Nat, and Bishop.
I personally wanted to slap Bishop so much. But whatever.
Heather is amazing. I love how strong she is through everything thing that happens. She went through not only the Panic crap, but also the crap in her life, her mom, Lily, Nat, and Bishop.
I personally wanted to slap Bishop so much. But whatever.
akookieforyou's review
2.0
*2.5*
O.W.L.'s Readathon 2019
This book was just okay. It had an interesting premise, but the delivery left a lot to be desired. The characters were fine, nothing too special. The game aspect ending up being one of the less interesting aspects of the actual story, which was disappointing, especially since that was the main reason I picked this up. I wished this could have been that novel for me, but sadly, it was not.
O.W.L.'s Readathon 2019
This book was just okay. It had an interesting premise, but the delivery left a lot to be desired. The characters were fine, nothing too special. The game aspect ending up being one of the less interesting aspects of the actual story, which was disappointing, especially since that was the main reason I picked this up. I wished this could have been that novel for me, but sadly, it was not.
carriesouthard's review
5.0
Kept me on the edge of my seat to see how far these kids will go to win the game, Panic. Great read.
suedas_books's review
3.0
I wanted to get this book for a very long time but the reviews always made me second guess the decision and postpone the purchase.
When I got my Ereader I finally got myself “Panic“
The general idea of the book is really good. I also liked the characters a lot since they all were different. They had cool features but all of them were toxic in their own ways. So basically teenagers. Miss Lauren Oliver portrayed that very well.
I enjoyed to see the real struggle of Heather and Lily in an abusive home and how they tried to survive on their own.
The challenges were really exciting and thrilling and the settings were spot on to give the whole challenge a more sinister twist.
However, I found this book very predictable. That Bishop was part of the jury, that the tigers were incorporated into the games (like why tf were there just tigers in the garden of a random lady in a small town in America Whaatt) and that one of the tigers would kind of get in the middle of the duel.
Talking about the duel it was written very well.
I was scared to read the next lines but read them in record time because I needed to see if the car would explode or not and if Heather would make it out in time.
While all of that was written so well and hectic and exciting, that segment ended very suddenly.
She just faced the tiger AND WASNT AFRAID ANYMORE EXCUSE ME MISS GIRL?!
Also, I know there are main characters and side characters but some were mentioned pretty frequently but they or their actions didn’t had such an impact (I. e. Dodge‘s mother (she maybe had one talking segment), Ricky (did he end up with Dayna?), Kristas boyfriend (what was he all about anyways, except for drugs?) some things just didn’t go in depth the way I hoped they would.
Lastly, what happened to dayna? Did she manage to walk again? Miss Lauren Oliver I need an answer, thank you :)
Therefore, I’ll give this book 3,5 stars.
When I got my Ereader I finally got myself “Panic“
The general idea of the book is really good. I also liked the characters a lot since they all were different. They had cool features but all of them were toxic in their own ways. So basically teenagers. Miss Lauren Oliver portrayed that very well.
I enjoyed to see the real struggle of Heather and Lily in an abusive home and how they tried to survive on their own.
The challenges were really exciting and thrilling and the settings were spot on to give the whole challenge a more sinister twist.
However, I found this book very predictable. That Bishop was part of the jury, that the tigers were incorporated into the games (like why tf were there just tigers in the garden of a random lady in a small town in America Whaatt) and that one of the tigers would kind of get in the middle of the duel.
Talking about the duel it was written very well.
I was scared to read the next lines but read them in record time because I needed to see if the car would explode or not and if Heather would make it out in time.
While all of that was written so well and hectic and exciting, that segment ended very suddenly.
She just faced the tiger AND WASNT AFRAID ANYMORE EXCUSE ME MISS GIRL?!
Also, I know there are main characters and side characters but some were mentioned pretty frequently but they or their actions didn’t had such an impact (I. e. Dodge‘s mother (she maybe had one talking segment), Ricky (did he end up with Dayna?), Kristas boyfriend (what was he all about anyways, except for drugs?) some things just didn’t go in depth the way I hoped they would.
Lastly, what happened to dayna? Did she manage to walk again? Miss Lauren Oliver I need an answer, thank you :)
Therefore, I’ll give this book 3,5 stars.
rosies_elfhame's review
4.0
Something just won't let me give it 5☆. Lauren is a great writer, I admit that, but something was really missing in this book. Other than it, this was a pretty interesting and tense story. I liked it ♡