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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
About halfway through the book, I started to wonder; “are authors paid by the word? Do editors ever red line entire paragraphs and declare that it could be finished in half the time? Does the Mormon church know about this author? Is this a treatise on Stockholm syndrome? “ If you are in the airport, some of the gift shops refund half you money on trade ins of books and for some reason, the next book might be $2.00. This is a great book for reading in an airport, the first 100 pages are interesting..... until the guys show up. Sigh. I don’t think it passes the Betchdel test.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Audiobook is easy to listen to
Spies (and boring science stuff)! and then Instalove Between Mary Sue and The Bland Nice Guy. And then Spies Again! That's pretty much what I made of this book. I didn't love it, and I didn't even like it. I read it because I loved the Twilight series (excluding Breaking Dawn) and really enjoyed The Host, but The Chemist was way too boring and way too long.
Stephenie Meyer är en författare som jag faktiskt aldrig trodde att jag skulle läsa, hennes Twilight-serie är alldeles långt ifrån vad jag kan tänka mig. Därför blev jag väldigt glad när jag fick erbjudande om att läsa Kemisten, som ska vara ett fullständigt genrebyte; thriller för vuxna. Jag hade alltså ingen som helst relation till Meyer innan jag började läsa denna. Läs mer på min blogg
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There was a lot of repetition in this book, which is quite annoying. However, the action sections of the book were interesting. I rolled my eyes at just about all of the romance in the book; if she would've left a lot of that crap out, it would've gotten at least 4 stars.
It was a decent book. I got tired of Alex's inner dialogue. The book could have done with more action. And the dogs - why did they have to go there with the dogs? At least they didn't kill the main ones (killing any of them still sucks). But leaving them behind is just about as bad.
Glad it was a stand alone story. Not sure I care enough about the characters to read another one.
Glad it was a stand alone story. Not sure I care enough about the characters to read another one.
I really liked this book. Fast moving, interesting, and thankfully nothing like Twilight- no sparkly vampires here. Ending was a bit predictable, but still enjoyable.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes