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3.13 AVERAGE
3.13 AVERAGE
Gut Instinct Rating - 3
Characters - 3
Believability for type and topics - 3
Similarity to other books - 5
Writing Style - 4
Excitement Factor - 2
Story Line - 3
Title Relevance - 5
Cover art - 3
Dust Jacket Art - 5
To read or not to read? Meh. It wasn't horrible, but it certainly wasn't good either.
Movie? None.
Goodreads users gave this book a 3.40. I think it was more deserving of a 3.6.
Published on April 21, 2015
Pages: 372
Publishing Company: Balzer & Bray
Number of books by author: 10 Novels
Genre: YA Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Referred By: book_and_cranny
So this book was just insanely repetitive. I thought people were cheating and being real assholes in The Good Goodbye, which is the last book I read, so maybe I'm just over the stupidity? Also, I'm going to tell you everything that happens, so if you don't want to know... just stop reading.
SPOILER ALERT!!!
The characters in this book, were easy to hate. Which is nice, to have feelings towards a character. But the problem was that I hated literally everyone, except for maybe Imogean? You've got the main character, Molly, who's from a small town and in the same night her long time beau breaks up with her, she screws his brother. She goes off for a year to another high school on a track scholarship (or so it seems), and then returns to date the older brother, hated by the twin sister and everyone else in town. So, this all seems fine and dandy, but the level of hate is just so dramatic, and kind of ridiculous. And then the cheating starts up and it's just kind of an immature story line, with immature characters, and lots of cheating. There's not even like, this revelation that things were going wrong and that a confession needed to happen. None of it. It was just ridiculously immature, the entire thing.
I don't even know how believable all this is anyways. I mean, I was raised an only child, but I do have some siblings. And quite frankly, it'd be really fucked up of me to screw my sisters' ex-boyfriend of less than an hour, and then not tell him, let them get back together the next morning, and then a year later, date the same girl. Oh, but revenge is in store -- can you guess what it is? Yup. There's a three-way-triangle between the brothers and Molly, before everyone finds out on the last few days of summer break. SHOCKING! Right? Not so much. I mean, the writing style was done in a nice enough way that it was entertaining, I suppose. But the entire time, I felt like she was either gonna get knocked up and not know who the father was, or she was just gonna keep screwing both of them. (Which is basically what happened.)
The whole book was wah, everyone hates me. And then half way through, everyone kind of adapts to her dating Gabe, the older brother, and then Patrick decides he has to break up with his girlfriend for Holly, and they fool around several times before she puts an end to it - but only because Gabe found out. So, the book is about 50% everyone hates me, 20% everything is great with Gabe, and then 30% turmoil and fall out at the end of the summer.
If nothing else, the artwork on the dust jacket and the hardback cover itself were both nice. The dust jacket was really what drew me to this book initially.
Characters - 3
Believability for type and topics - 3
Similarity to other books - 5
Writing Style - 4
Excitement Factor - 2
Story Line - 3
Title Relevance - 5
Cover art - 3
Dust Jacket Art - 5
To read or not to read? Meh. It wasn't horrible, but it certainly wasn't good either.
Movie? None.
Goodreads users gave this book a 3.40. I think it was more deserving of a 3.6.
Published on April 21, 2015
Pages: 372
Publishing Company: Balzer & Bray
Number of books by author: 10 Novels
Genre: YA Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Referred By: book_and_cranny
So this book was just insanely repetitive. I thought people were cheating and being real assholes in The Good Goodbye, which is the last book I read, so maybe I'm just over the stupidity? Also, I'm going to tell you everything that happens, so if you don't want to know... just stop reading.
SPOILER ALERT!!!
The characters in this book, were easy to hate. Which is nice, to have feelings towards a character. But the problem was that I hated literally everyone, except for maybe Imogean? You've got the main character, Molly, who's from a small town and in the same night her long time beau breaks up with her, she screws his brother. She goes off for a year to another high school on a track scholarship (or so it seems), and then returns to date the older brother, hated by the twin sister and everyone else in town. So, this all seems fine and dandy, but the level of hate is just so dramatic, and kind of ridiculous. And then the cheating starts up and it's just kind of an immature story line, with immature characters, and lots of cheating. There's not even like, this revelation that things were going wrong and that a confession needed to happen. None of it. It was just ridiculously immature, the entire thing.
I don't even know how believable all this is anyways. I mean, I was raised an only child, but I do have some siblings. And quite frankly, it'd be really fucked up of me to screw my sisters' ex-boyfriend of less than an hour, and then not tell him, let them get back together the next morning, and then a year later, date the same girl. Oh, but revenge is in store -- can you guess what it is? Yup. There's a three-way-triangle between the brothers and Molly, before everyone finds out on the last few days of summer break. SHOCKING! Right? Not so much. I mean, the writing style was done in a nice enough way that it was entertaining, I suppose. But the entire time, I felt like she was either gonna get knocked up and not know who the father was, or she was just gonna keep screwing both of them. (Which is basically what happened.)
The whole book was wah, everyone hates me. And then half way through, everyone kind of adapts to her dating Gabe, the older brother, and then Patrick decides he has to break up with his girlfriend for Holly, and they fool around several times before she puts an end to it - but only because Gabe found out. So, the book is about 50% everyone hates me, 20% everything is great with Gabe, and then 30% turmoil and fall out at the end of the summer.
If nothing else, the artwork on the dust jacket and the hardback cover itself were both nice. The dust jacket was really what drew me to this book initially.
I could not put this book down. I bought it on July 28; finished on July 30. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
This was one of those books I kept reading because I wanted to see what would happen in the end. In the end, I was disappointed. I think. I still don't know how I feel about this ending. It left me empty. I guess that is a good thing because now I MUST read the sequel, 9 Days and 9 Nights. I need closure.
Also, how does everyone feel about Molly? I can't decide if I like her.
Ms. Cotugno has done an excellent job with this book. I feel as confused as the lead character right now.
This was one of those books I kept reading because I wanted to see what would happen in the end. In the end, I was disappointed. I think. I still don't know how I feel about this ending. It left me empty. I guess that is a good thing because now I MUST read the sequel, 9 Days and 9 Nights. I need closure.
Also, how does everyone feel about Molly? I can't decide if I like her.
Ms. Cotugno has done an excellent job with this book. I feel as confused as the lead character right now.
99 Days is the kind of book that you sort of hate because what it's about.
Second read: May 10, 2018
I originally rated this 5 stars, but it should maybe be more of a 4. I really like it, despite the unlikable characters and decisions those characters make.
First Read: April 26, 2015
I originally rated this 5 stars, but it should maybe be more of a 4. I really like it, despite the unlikable characters and decisions those characters make.
First Read: April 26, 2015
This book was absolutely horrible. Molly Barlow is one of the worst characters I have ever encountered. What kind of person is attracted to two brothers at the same time and actively cheats on both of them throughout the course of this book? Quite frankly, I was disgusted by some of the decisions that were made by Molly and some of the other characters. Their behavior was totally uncalled for and it very difficult to relate to.
I like to read books I can recommend to my students. I will not be recommending this one as it promotes cheating, lying, and avoiding talking things out - all things I hope my students aren’t doing.
I like to read books I can recommend to my students. I will not be recommending this one as it promotes cheating, lying, and avoiding talking things out - all things I hope my students aren’t doing.
The ending of this book is the only part that satisfied me. Good lesson overall, but the characters are ridiculous and pissed me off. 2/5 stars. This was a ride.
This book broke my heart a bit. I hated all the characters in it because they were selfish and cruel, but I still felt for Molly. I wish it had a happy ending, but I'm sure I'd have been disappointed if it did because Molly didn't really deserve to end up with one of these guys and they definitely didn't deserve her. They're all much better off without each other.
With this book, you can either end up loving it or hating it and because the weirdo I am, I ended up in between love and hate. Usually, I try to run away from triangle love because they're too complicated and gives me a headache. I still enjoyed it thought and understood Molly. Yes, she made a big mistake and repeat it but how many of us do sometimes keeps repeating a mistake? If you put yourself on someone else's shoes you might understand a little bit more their situation. Eventhought, I kind of cursed at Molly when she did it again. And I totally loved the message of the book about double standards, blame both or blame no one. Also, the characters were real and the story is well written so props to Cotugno for that. But the ending is not my favorite, I expected something else, hope there might be another book telling what happened next if she ever sees them again.
There are not enough words to describe how beautiful this book is. From reading many contemporary young adult books, I've learned that they don't have perfect endings, yet at the same time they do. Because contemporary books are realistic and set in the modern world, they don't have to have happily-ever-after endings; they just end in the most natural way that best fits the storyline of how it would happen in real life. "99 Days" is in many ways a book that really shows the realities of what it means to be a teenager/young adult. I'm not saying that everything that happened in this book is what all teenagers/young adults experience, but, it does have the raw emotions that come with being in love. Like her previous book "How To Love," Katie has done an amazing job with writing in past and present tense; it's fluid and always serves as an important part of her writing style to help the reader really understand what the main character went through and how the past is affecting him or her in the present.
As a fan of Katie Cotugno, I will say this; she has done an incredible job, as usual, writing about the difficulties that some people do go through in life that they have to face and learn to grow from it. I love how Katie writes about the beauty and pain of what it means to be in love because that's the truth, when it comes to love, it's not perfect; love is messy and painful and confusing, but that's what makes it so worth it.
As a fan of Katie Cotugno, I will say this; she has done an incredible job, as usual, writing about the difficulties that some people do go through in life that they have to face and learn to grow from it. I love how Katie writes about the beauty and pain of what it means to be in love because that's the truth, when it comes to love, it's not perfect; love is messy and painful and confusing, but that's what makes it so worth it.