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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A good book to read in its entirety on a plane! Entertaining! And did not scar me as much as Life As We Knew It so thank goodness for that.
How (or possibly why) I’ve read this book twice now as someone with crippling anxiety is a mystery, but reading it at 13 and at 22 were two very different experiences. This book comes across as far more sexist than I remember, almost like the author really doesn’t like women but isn’t aware of the fact that he doesn’t like women and thinks everyone is a little sexist. For a book about the end of the world it’s so focused on high school stereotypes (and honestly feels like it’s just shaming and ridiculing every character), obviously it’s from the pov of high schoolers but was far more difficult to get through as someone who graduated HS a while ago. This book is presumably trying to say something but often comes across as hollow and predictable, and at times pretentious or condescending. It’s honestly everything I was running away from in HS and everything I don’t miss.
So this is going to be a tough one to review. I'm so conflicted. It was bitter-sweet. I loved the author's writing style and would happily read something from him again, I loved some of the deeper and more profound moments in the novel. On the other hand, this was a slow read. Super slow. I got into a slump that lasted three weeks and pushed through it slow. Not sure what to make of it.
Check out my full review here:
http://confessionsofabookgeek.com/2015/04/27/review-we-all-looked-up/
I received a copy of this book from this publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Check out my full review here:
http://confessionsofabookgeek.com/2015/04/27/review-we-all-looked-up/
I received a copy of this book from this publisher in exchange for an honest review.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I read this in middle school and at the time, it was a wonderful book I think it deserves the 3.25 rating.
It was fine but at the same time I just didn't really care.
El concepto del libro es exelente, que tanto una tragedia puede cambiar a la humanidad, pero ciertas cosas como el triangulo am0roso con desenlace predecible, o la prision me parecieron forzadas, ademas de que no era necesario nombrar las marcas de las cosas que los rodean, es un libro, no un comercial.
A transphobic, misogynistic piece of shit. Thank god it's over
We've seen the films before - Armageddon, Deep Impact or my favourite: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. but have you READ any 'meteor heading for Earth' stories? I haven't. And this one tells the tale from the point of view of four wildly different teenagers, just before they are due to graduate and start their adult lives. Great idea.
Peter's a jock, but one dissatisfied with only being a sports star. Eliza's a photographer with a bad reputation. Andy's a slacker. And Anita's headed for Princeton. All have secrets and issues. All help to tell the story.
This is one of those 'what might happen IF' books, where we get to see ahead how mankind reacts to such a potential cataclysmic event. There's a 66% chance Ardor will hit our planet. Just what will our protagonists do with the last weeks of their lives?
Love triangles feature highly in this, as does violence. There are also some touching scenes of family, friendship and acceptance.
I quite liked Eliza and Anita but didn't really warm to either of the male characters very much. Andy seems so dense not to notice someone in love with him under his nose. And Peter seems a little too perfect and Christ-like in certain scenes.
It's the plot that kept me going - how would mankind go down? how would it all end? I liked Wallach's vision of our potential last days.
The very last lines weren't to my taste but I did like the general direction of the story and the end Wallach chose to finish with.
A thoughtful YA apocalypse novel, with a little-seen plot.
Review of a NetGalley advance copy.
Peter's a jock, but one dissatisfied with only being a sports star. Eliza's a photographer with a bad reputation. Andy's a slacker. And Anita's headed for Princeton. All have secrets and issues. All help to tell the story.
This is one of those 'what might happen IF' books, where we get to see ahead how mankind reacts to such a potential cataclysmic event. There's a 66% chance Ardor will hit our planet. Just what will our protagonists do with the last weeks of their lives?
Love triangles feature highly in this, as does violence. There are also some touching scenes of family, friendship and acceptance.
I quite liked Eliza and Anita but didn't really warm to either of the male characters very much. Andy seems so dense not to notice someone in love with him under his nose. And Peter seems a little too perfect and Christ-like in certain scenes.
It's the plot that kept me going - how would mankind go down? how would it all end? I liked Wallach's vision of our potential last days.
The very last lines weren't to my taste but I did like the general direction of the story and the end Wallach chose to finish with.
A thoughtful YA apocalypse novel, with a little-seen plot.
Review of a NetGalley advance copy.