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emilia_r's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
loiereads's review
3.0
Beast is a YA thriller by Ally Kennen that follows 17 year old Stephan, a foster child with a complicated past. Stephan is hiding a secret. A pet, that was given to him by his father. But this pet isn’t like your cat or my dog. No, this pet it much larger, and much more dangerous. During the story, we see the ways in which Stephan has to secretly feed this pet, and the worries he has surrounding it. If it will get out, if it will kill someone. If it will kill him. There’s a lot of mystery going on in the first half of the book, which keeps you reading and wanting to find out more.
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POSITIVES:
* interesting storyline
* nice, quick and easy read
* mysteriousness of the storyline makes you want to carry on reading
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NEGATIVES:
* pretty slow at the start
* a lot of passages that felt a little unnecessary
* nothing stood out majorly to me
* there's probably some bigger metaphorical meaning behind this book, but I'm probably just too plain-thinking to see it
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Nevertheless, this was an interesting one, with a storyline that I’ve never seen before so kudos for Ally Kennen for that!
You can read an extended version of his review on my Wordpress blog at:
https://loiereads.wordpress.com/?p=1680
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POSITIVES:
* interesting storyline
* nice, quick and easy read
* mysteriousness of the storyline makes you want to carry on reading
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NEGATIVES:
* pretty slow at the start
* a lot of passages that felt a little unnecessary
* nothing stood out majorly to me
* there's probably some bigger metaphorical meaning behind this book, but I'm probably just too plain-thinking to see it
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Nevertheless, this was an interesting one, with a storyline that I’ve never seen before so kudos for Ally Kennen for that!
You can read an extended version of his review on my Wordpress blog at:
https://loiereads.wordpress.com/?p=1680
thelibraryofethos's review
3.0
I did like this book.
I was looking forward to reading it, and I was disappointed when I started it. In the beginning, the book seemed to have no plot, our character seemed to have no ability to form many thoughts, and to be honest I didn't really like Stephen that much (that's another thing - what was with the names? I can't just about cope with Stephen , but Carol?? I'm pretty sure I've never met a Carol under the age of 70)
But then the book started to pick up. It began to make more sense, have a bit more life to it as well. In the end I began to like Stephen, and to be able to hear his voice with his thoughts, rather than only the cold narration the book began with. So technically, I'm giving this book 3.5 stars, but it wasn't quite good enough to round up. There's not many people I would recommend this to, because of the quickness of it I would recommend it to younger readers but then I wouldn't be able to do that because of the amount of swearing in it. Not really sure who I would recommend this to. Another thing, I expected this book to take me about 2 days to read... it took me a week. It just wasn't gripping enough to convince me to read it, so I kept on putting in off.
I was looking forward to reading it, and I was disappointed when I started it. In the beginning, the book seemed to have no plot, our character seemed to have no ability to form many thoughts, and to be honest I didn't really like Stephen that much (that's another thing - what was with the names? I can't just about cope with Stephen , but Carol?? I'm pretty sure I've never met a Carol under the age of 70)
But then the book started to pick up. It began to make more sense, have a bit more life to it as well. In the end I began to like Stephen, and to be able to hear his voice with his thoughts, rather than only the cold narration the book began with. So technically, I'm giving this book 3.5 stars, but it wasn't quite good enough to round up. There's not many people I would recommend this to, because of the quickness of it I would recommend it to younger readers but then I wouldn't be able to do that because of the amount of swearing in it. Not really sure who I would recommend this to. Another thing, I expected this book to take me about 2 days to read... it took me a week. It just wasn't gripping enough to convince me to read it, so I kept on putting in off.
karenh77's review against another edition
4.0
great easy read, not what I was expecting when i started reading it but it was still enjoyable
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