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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
The plot and the world were great, original and the best aspect of the book. I loved it. The characters, however, were...not good. None of them felt real at all. None of them made that leap from the pages of the book that so many good characters make. I felt no particular attachment to any of them, and the only thing that made me care if the author suddenly decided for them all to just sink through the ground to the center of the Earth was that it would screw with the plot. I didn't like Mary from the start and my dislike just grew from there, especially toward the end. I could never take the McGill seriously. Allie and Nick were the best of the bunch, though that isn't saying much. The rest of the characters were forgetable.
What this book lacks in the character department, however, it makes up for somewhat in the world and plot. I liked it a lot. This book would've been five stars if I didn't have to take the characters into consideration.
If you wanna read a book with a great story, read this. But if you're looking in the pages for friends to hold near to your heart, look somewhere else.
What this book lacks in the character department, however, it makes up for somewhat in the world and plot. I liked it a lot. This book would've been five stars if I didn't have to take the characters into consideration.
If you wanna read a book with a great story, read this. But if you're looking in the pages for friends to hold near to your heart, look somewhere else.
oaky this rare. i rarely choose really liked a book, especially when it's a youth novel. but this book is really cool. the writing is a step above what i have come to expect from a young adult novel; as i have said before, it's not book thief or borges, but it is all grammatically correct and there is a mastery there that allows some fun word play.
it's the story that really works so well here. everlost is the place between life and "wherever you are going." you get there by being young and bumped off your path on the way to the white light at the end of the tunnel. shusterman does a smashing job of creating a whole afterlife without making any specific comments about religion or morality. he also does a great job of creating morally ambiguous characters, but you love them because of their faults and weaknesses.
i'm not going to go too far into it, but this book makes some pretty sophisticated statements about cognitive development, intentions, and emotional needs.
i was impressed and entertained.
it's the story that really works so well here. everlost is the place between life and "wherever you are going." you get there by being young and bumped off your path on the way to the white light at the end of the tunnel. shusterman does a smashing job of creating a whole afterlife without making any specific comments about religion or morality. he also does a great job of creating morally ambiguous characters, but you love them because of their faults and weaknesses.
i'm not going to go too far into it, but this book makes some pretty sophisticated statements about cognitive development, intentions, and emotional needs.
i was impressed and entertained.
was quite good. more aimed at a young reader, I will read the others though to see what happens with Mary and the Magill
I think I liked it enough to read the next one. But I think it's definitely aimed at a younger age group. Middle/high school. It was pretty good though.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Everlost by Neal Shusterman is about loss, closure, and moving on. It plays with memory and pov very effectively, developing dueling narrators to trust (or not). When I first read it the rest of the trilogy didn’t exist so I’m looking forward to reading the rest.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
CW for child death.
Loveable characters:
Yes
An interesting concept, but it lacks that sense of being emotionally immersed in the world that Unwind and Scythe have.
THIS BOOK SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!