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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I usually love Neal Shusterman, but not this time. All the ideas are made too explicit--too much telling, not enough showing.
Just as I was getting to the end of the book and thinking: Okay, I'm ready to move onto another series the final 40 or so pages changed my mind. I'm definitely interested in seeing what happens in the last two books. Nice amount of twists you don't find out until the end.
I've been thinking and thinking of what I should say in my review but I just keep coming to a blank. All I can really think about is how the characters changed: How Nick became the 'Night in shining Armour (The Cholate Ogre)' and Mary Megan became 'The sky witch'. I loved the whole Beauty and the Beast mini arc.
I really really really liked it.
I really really really liked it.
This isn't just another book about dying. It has a whole different view on what happens to you when you die and don't leave the earth. My students love this book.
For the first 100 pages or so the narration was off for me, but I liked the story and the characters so I kept with it. Overall, I really liked this...but I will update my review when I have more time.
3.5 Stars
Shusterman's whimsically creative afterlife tale was equally well thought-out and original, but the protagonists especially were in many ways lacking. Allie, described initially as practical and organized, morphs almost immediately into a spunky rebel seeking a goal well beyond the limits of practicality and sense. After the pessimistic outsider Nick meets the matronly, decidedly unromantic Mary, he simply becomes uncharacteristically shy, romantic and sweet. Yet the other characters, the aforementioned Mary, the creepy childlike Haunter, the zenlike Lief, and the illusive McGill, all were just bizarre enough to suit the story, and all shared their equal amount of flaws and attributes to make wonderfully complex characters.Kudos, Mr. Shusterman, for reforming your villain instead of killing him off! Everlost succeeded, in my opinion, by taking someone like me who dislikes afterlife tales, despises horror, and compels them to continue and read the series. Perhaps its the [a:Gaiman|1221698|Neil Gaiman|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1234150163p2/1221698.jpg]-like macabre of Shusterman's humor and all-around story, or maybe it's the compelling storyline. Less likely, afterlife queens have come down to bless Shusterman's writing. In any case, Everlost is a treasure worth exploring.
Shusterman's whimsically creative afterlife tale was equally well thought-out and original, but the protagonists especially were in many ways lacking. Allie, described initially as practical and organized, morphs almost immediately into a spunky rebel seeking a goal well beyond the limits of practicality and sense. After the pessimistic outsider Nick meets the matronly, decidedly unromantic Mary, he simply becomes uncharacteristically shy, romantic and sweet. Yet the other characters, the aforementioned Mary, the creepy childlike Haunter, the zenlike Lief, and the illusive McGill, all were just bizarre enough to suit the story, and all shared their equal amount of flaws and attributes to make wonderfully complex characters.
This is a re-read for me, but it holds up. The world building is just complex enough to be fascinating without being overwhelming. creative and endearing.
This book is good, not the best because sincerely I thought it could have done so much more; I mean the book description left me with such high expectations that it wasn't met that it kind of let me down but the book in itself is good. I will continue reading the story. It is not bad, yet it only covers fluffy and superficial parts of the story that I had pictured in my mind, it has the adventure and "danger" if you can call it that but it is very pged if you know what I mean. The story is made as if it was meant for kids showing danger but never actually bad bad things happen, they get away, the danger was not as dangerous as it could have been. Oh well, it really is a nice story to pass time but it wasn't what I had imagined. I gave it a 2.5 out of 5 stars. I liked it but it was not what I had hoped
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes