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low_income_witch's review against another edition
5.0
This was my favourite book when I was a young teen. Probably haven't read it since I was 12 years old but I remember re-reading this book obsessively.
balkeyeston's review against another edition
4.0
What I love the most about this book (other than the fact that it's set in England) is that in practically every chapter, there are a couple of short paragraphs that contain deep, insightful thoughts about society. You don't know where or when it's going to be said, which makes it refreshing and brilliant. And these thoughts are thoughts that I myself have thought about people I interact with or pass by almost every day, only much clearer and perfectly understandable. There is one passage towards the end that got to me:
"...getting over [the pain of grief] doesn't mean forgetting it, it doesn't mean betraying your feelings, it just means reducing the pain to a tolerable level, a level that doesn't destroy you. I know that right now the idea of getting over it is unimaginable. It's impossible. Inconceivable. Unthinkable. You don't want to get over it. Why should you? It's all you've got. You don't want kind words, you don't care what other people think or say, you don't want to know how they felt when they lost someone. They're not you, are they? They can't feel what you feel. The only thing you want is the thing you can't have. It's gone. Never coming back. No one knows how that feels. No one knows what it's like to reach out and touch someone who isn't there and will never be there again. No one knows that unfillable emptiness. No one but you...We don't want anything. We want to die. But life won't let us."
This reminded me of how I felt when my favourite actress, Elisabeth Sladen, passed away. I couldn't understand why no one else I knew didn't care as much as I did. She meant the world to me, even though she appeared to be a thousand coloured pixels on a television screen. I think it was at this point in the book where I felt a true connection with the main character.
"...getting over [the pain of grief] doesn't mean forgetting it, it doesn't mean betraying your feelings, it just means reducing the pain to a tolerable level, a level that doesn't destroy you. I know that right now the idea of getting over it is unimaginable. It's impossible. Inconceivable. Unthinkable. You don't want to get over it. Why should you? It's all you've got. You don't want kind words, you don't care what other people think or say, you don't want to know how they felt when they lost someone. They're not you, are they? They can't feel what you feel. The only thing you want is the thing you can't have. It's gone. Never coming back. No one knows how that feels. No one knows what it's like to reach out and touch someone who isn't there and will never be there again. No one knows that unfillable emptiness. No one but you...We don't want anything. We want to die. But life won't let us."
This reminded me of how I felt when my favourite actress, Elisabeth Sladen, passed away. I couldn't understand why no one else I knew didn't care as much as I did. She meant the world to me, even though she appeared to be a thousand coloured pixels on a television screen. I think it was at this point in the book where I felt a true connection with the main character.
doomluz's review against another edition
Didn't hold my interest. Got to the point were I felt like I was reading it just to finish it and not because I enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence
efr18's review against another edition
1.0
I loved The Bunker Diaries, but this was too slow for me.
briegle's review against another edition
2.0
This book seemed as contrived as an after-school special to me, with plenty of one-dimensional all "bad" characters to match. I have a feeling that if I were still a teenager, I'd think this YA book was talking down to me.
thisgrrlreads's review against another edition
3.0
Cait McCann lives on a tiny little island where she knows everyone and not much ever happens, until Lucas comes along. Throughout the entire book, we know something bad is going to happen to Lucas but it's one of those stories where by the end, you know why the author wrote all the set up, but you don't really enjoy the book until the end where it all comes together.
xoxo_jess's review against another edition
1.0
I got half way through the book and I was still confused as to what the book was mainly about. And with finishing it I was left with too many questions. Also, the ending was very disappointing. Overall this book was a waste of time, I don't recommend it :(
yashirolevi's review against another edition
5.0
why do people have to be so horrible ugh.
Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge Notes:
- 20. A book with a first name in the title
Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge Notes:
- 20. A book with a first name in the title