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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I was surprised how quick this book read. It's a fun look at what might happen after you die focusing on a 16 year old girl who dies. I thought it might be depressing but it was a bit quirky and fun.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What can I say. I haven’t reviewed a book in who knows how long. This wasn’t what I was looking for when it came to a book about the Afterlife. I was hoping for a fleshed out Afterlife with its own customs and history. Kind of like a Harry Potter set in Heaven. The setting was pretty much a carbon copy of life on Earth. This book could have easily taken place on Earth instead of the after life. If I jumped into a random section of the book it would have taken me quite awhile to even realize I was dealing with the Afterlife. This book is aimed at teens. Anyone older would not care for the characters and their day to day.
Les comparacions son inevitables, i no podia parar de comparar-lo amb el magnífic Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow-- i és clar, surt perdent. La Gabrielle Zevin té un estil d'escriptura molt particular i es veu que l'ha anat refinat al llarg dels anys començant amb Elsewhere fins a arribar a la genialitat que és Tomorrow. Fins a la meitat del llibre, no saps cap on vas i, quan et penses que saps la direcció final, sempre et sorpren. M'ha agradat, m'ha deprimit i m'ha fet pensar a parts iguals.
Good concept: poor execution. The book had a lot of potential, but was way too cheesy. I'd recommend this to my freshman, or maybe sophomore, girls. Not a book boys would like.
i really liked this book and read it in a day. i knew it was a good book because it made me cry. it had some interesting concepts and i could relate to the main character being a fifteen-year-old girl 3 months from sixteen.
A unique and interesting way to look at life after death... almost like a combination of the ideas of heaven and reincarnation (wouldn't that do something for modern religion). I was a bit worried after the first chapter that I was stuck reading another book from a dog's perspective, luckily that wasn't the case. :) A bit shallow and simple with regards to language and plot, then again I can't forget it is a YA novel. That said, I wish it would have gone a bit deeper and developed the plot more, as the concept had so much potential.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Elsewhere is one of Gabrielle Zevin’s young adult books and it explores what happens when your life on earth ends.
Liz is 15 years old and living her best life, until she wakes up on a boat called the S.S. Nile. She thinks it’s a dream until she realizes it isn’t. She is dead and the boat takes her to Elsewhere, where you go to live your life in reverse until you reach being a newborn and you go back to earth to start again. Liz is disappointed to say the least when she realizes she will never get her license, watch her brother grow, or learn Shakespeare after Macbeth. What she discovers, though, is there is more to life than moving forward. Living a life in reverse teaches just as much and is just as fulfilling.
This is the fourth book I’ve read by Gabrielle Zevin and I love how each one is completely different from the rest. While Elsewhere is just as compelling and moving as A.J. Fikry, Tomorrow x3, and Young Jane Young, the story is completely different. As with the other 3, I fell in love with all of the characters and I laughed and cried while watching Liz learn about this new life she’s living.
Liz is 15 years old and living her best life, until she wakes up on a boat called the S.S. Nile. She thinks it’s a dream until she realizes it isn’t. She is dead and the boat takes her to Elsewhere, where you go to live your life in reverse until you reach being a newborn and you go back to earth to start again. Liz is disappointed to say the least when she realizes she will never get her license, watch her brother grow, or learn Shakespeare after Macbeth. What she discovers, though, is there is more to life than moving forward. Living a life in reverse teaches just as much and is just as fulfilling.
This is the fourth book I’ve read by Gabrielle Zevin and I love how each one is completely different from the rest. While Elsewhere is just as compelling and moving as A.J. Fikry, Tomorrow x3, and Young Jane Young, the story is completely different. As with the other 3, I fell in love with all of the characters and I laughed and cried while watching Liz learn about this new life she’s living.
if I wasn’t sat on the train right now I’d be crying at this book