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samiism's review against another edition
2.0
No one knew how to screenshot? Lost me there. Too many narrators. Very corny. Predictable.
ginnikin's review against another edition
2.0
An interesting start with some potential, but then it fizzled out.
cactus21050067's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
leyendoconamor's review against another edition
5.0
WOW WOW WOW, ¿QUÉ? ¿CUÁNDO OCURRIÓ TODO ESO? ¿CÓMO NO LO VI VENIR? NI DE CERCA A LO QUE ME PUDE HABER IMAGINADO.
D.E.S.E.O. es la primer novela que leo de Joelle Charbonneau. Las primeras páginas se me hicieron algo pesadas, quería acción... ¡y la tuve! Las muertes empezaron a llegar y yo me emocioné. No me malinterpreten, si fuese una noticia de televisión lo más seguro sería que estuviese súper triste y asustada, pero en los libros... ¡autor, te entrego a todos los personajes, tomá!
En fin, entre tanta gente muriendo y actuando como tontos haciendo cualquier cosa por conseguir cosas gratis, casi que se me olvida de pensar quién podría ser el culpable se todo lo que estaba ocurriendo. Algunos nombres se me vinieron a la mente, pero todos sin fundamentos. Así que se imaginarán que míos ojos se abrieron como platos cuando descubrí quién estaba tras todo esto, ¿no? Y me han dejado con la boca abierta. Es que en verdad podría (creo) haberlo adivinado antes, pero estaba tan concentrada en la historia que lo dejé pasar.
Vamos, estos son los libros que me gustan. Me atan por completo a la historia y me vuelan la cabeza. Está claro que lo voy a recomendar por aquí y por allá... ¡y a la autora! Que sin duda quiero leer otras obras suyas.
Bien merecido se lleva 4,5/5 🌹 y una pronta reseña en el blog Flor de tinta azul y bookstagram @leyendoconamor.
D.E.S.E.O. es la primer novela que leo de Joelle Charbonneau. Las primeras páginas se me hicieron algo pesadas, quería acción... ¡y la tuve! Las muertes empezaron a llegar y yo me emocioné. No me malinterpreten, si fuese una noticia de televisión lo más seguro sería que estuviese súper triste y asustada, pero en los libros... ¡autor, te entrego a todos los personajes, tomá!
En fin, entre tanta gente muriendo y actuando como tontos haciendo cualquier cosa por conseguir cosas gratis, casi que se me olvida de pensar quién podría ser el culpable se todo lo que estaba ocurriendo. Algunos nombres se me vinieron a la mente, pero todos sin fundamentos. Así que se imaginarán que míos ojos se abrieron como platos cuando descubrí quién estaba tras todo esto, ¿no? Y me han dejado con la boca abierta. Es que en verdad podría (creo) haberlo adivinado antes, pero estaba tan concentrada en la historia que lo dejé pasar.
Vamos, estos son los libros que me gustan. Me atan por completo a la historia y me vuelan la cabeza. Está claro que lo voy a recomendar por aquí y por allá... ¡y a la autora! Que sin duda quiero leer otras obras suyas.
Bien merecido se lleva 4,5/5 🌹 y una pronta reseña en el blog Flor de tinta azul y bookstagram @leyendoconamor.
amyreadsbooks917's review against another edition
2.0
What do you need? A new social media site starts making rounds with the teens in a small town. When you join, you submit what you need and then you are given a task to complete. If you complete the task, you're guaranteed to get whatever you've asked for. Kaylee asks for a kidney for her chronically ill brother. What is she willing to do to get it?
Not bad but not really great? The synopsis is incredible but the execution was lackluster. The story itself felt kind of shallow, some of the subplots were a bit overdramatized, and the ending was unsatisfying. 2.5 stars
Not bad but not really great? The synopsis is incredible but the execution was lackluster. The story itself felt kind of shallow, some of the subplots were a bit overdramatized, and the ending was unsatisfying. 2.5 stars
meganmreads's review against another edition
2.0
Review originally published at Love Literature Art and Reason book review blog.
I started reading Need hoping it would be dark and somewhat creepy in anticipation for the Creeptober ReadAThon I’m hosting with Booknerderie. However, Need did not live up to my expectations.
In Need, teens in a small town were introduced to a social network they were prohibited from talking about in which they could enter in what they needed. To get their first need fulfilled, teens had to invite 10 people from their high school to join. Once all the students joined and needs were beginning to be fulfilled, the students could ask for their second need. However, the requirements to fulfill the need were more dangerous or risky or weird and teens continued to meet the requirements to get what they “needed” from the site.
Of course, the novel brought up some great points about the differences between wants and needs, how far people would go for things they coveted, and what makes people good or bad. Is it still murder if you didn’t realize your actions would hurt somebody? I liked those aspects, but the book itself was kind of slow, hard to believe, and it just kept getting more and more over the top until it was just too much.
I didn’t enjoy the book because it was way too over the top and I felt like the main characters were not easily relatable and somewhat naïve. This was one of those times I felt like I was reading a book that I was too old to be reading and I just couldn’t get into it.
I started reading Need hoping it would be dark and somewhat creepy in anticipation for the Creeptober ReadAThon I’m hosting with Booknerderie. However, Need did not live up to my expectations.
In Need, teens in a small town were introduced to a social network they were prohibited from talking about in which they could enter in what they needed. To get their first need fulfilled, teens had to invite 10 people from their high school to join. Once all the students joined and needs were beginning to be fulfilled, the students could ask for their second need. However, the requirements to fulfill the need were more dangerous or risky or weird and teens continued to meet the requirements to get what they “needed” from the site.
Of course, the novel brought up some great points about the differences between wants and needs, how far people would go for things they coveted, and what makes people good or bad. Is it still murder if you didn’t realize your actions would hurt somebody? I liked those aspects, but the book itself was kind of slow, hard to believe, and it just kept getting more and more over the top until it was just too much.
I didn’t enjoy the book because it was way too over the top and I felt like the main characters were not easily relatable and somewhat naïve. This was one of those times I felt like I was reading a book that I was too old to be reading and I just couldn’t get into it.
melissapalmer404's review against another edition
5.0
Book #115 Read in 2015
Need by Joelle Charbonneau
I enjoyed The Testing by this author and jumped at the chance to get this book to review. It did not disappoint. This book had twists and turns throughout the entire book. Need is a new media site where the local high students receive invitations to join it and then they are asked "what do you need?" If it is a true need, their wish will be fulfilled. If it is a want, not a need, as most requests are, the students are giving a task to do to have the need met. A first seemingly harmless, the tasks soon take on a sinister, and often deadly, turn. How many people will be harmed before someone stops this site? This book was a gripping read and both high school boys and girls, as well as adults, would enjoy it. I received a copy of this book from Amazon Vine in exchange for a honest review.
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Need by Joelle Charbonneau
I enjoyed The Testing by this author and jumped at the chance to get this book to review. It did not disappoint. This book had twists and turns throughout the entire book. Need is a new media site where the local high students receive invitations to join it and then they are asked "what do you need?" If it is a true need, their wish will be fulfilled. If it is a want, not a need, as most requests are, the students are giving a task to do to have the need met. A first seemingly harmless, the tasks soon take on a sinister, and often deadly, turn. How many people will be harmed before someone stops this site? This book was a gripping read and both high school boys and girls, as well as adults, would enjoy it. I received a copy of this book from Amazon Vine in exchange for a honest review.
http://melissasbookpicks.blogspot.com
the_cover_contessa's review against another edition
2.0
I'd like to thank HMH Books for Young Readers for providing me with a copy of this book to read and give an honest review. Receiving this book for free has in no way altered my opinion or review.
When I read the blurb for this book it sounded completely intriguing. I will say I wasn't the biggest fan of this author's The Testing series. I had a lot of issues with it, including some issues with the writing. But I figured I would give this one a shot because different genres really bring out different writing for authors. And since the plot felt like it would be interesting, I proceeded, with a bit of caution.
The first thing I will say about this book is that it is in many points of view. I wasn't expecting that at all. And once I started getting into the book I just got totally confused. I found it hard to know who was speaking and this made it harder to connect with any of the characters. I couldn't picture any of them in my mind. And I thought all the POVs took away from the strength we could have see had this been from just a few people's or maybe two people's POV. There was no continuity in how they were presented. Kind of a mish-mash of stream of thought. I don't even remember all the characters, there were that many POVS. Not one was relatable. Not one had a unique enough identity to help me remember who they were.
I thought the plot line was interesting, though fairly predictable. Kids put out there online what they need and it's granted when they accomplish a task set before them. Not long into the book, I knew this was going to be a dark theme. How could it not. The tasks kept getting harder and harder and more and more macabre. People starting doing things they wouldn't normally do just to get what they needed. I understood the rational, and I know people can go to great lengths for things, but there was so much death and destruction left in the wake of it all. Also, it's just not real to me. I blame the execution, which again comes back to too many POVs.
I have to say that I was bored for most of the book. I didn't feel the action that actually did happen. And when I did feel it, I was just disgusted. I'm not a teenager, but is the really how they would react to a suspicious email inviting them to an elite group, etc. etc.? I just don't see it happening. Most of the characters didn't think before they acted. And when they did act, the selfishness was off the charts.
I really wanted to like this book, I really did, but it just was not in the cards. With flat characters, an unrealistic plot, and slow pacing, this book fell short of the greatness it could have been.
When I read the blurb for this book it sounded completely intriguing. I will say I wasn't the biggest fan of this author's The Testing series. I had a lot of issues with it, including some issues with the writing. But I figured I would give this one a shot because different genres really bring out different writing for authors. And since the plot felt like it would be interesting, I proceeded, with a bit of caution.
The first thing I will say about this book is that it is in many points of view. I wasn't expecting that at all. And once I started getting into the book I just got totally confused. I found it hard to know who was speaking and this made it harder to connect with any of the characters. I couldn't picture any of them in my mind. And I thought all the POVs took away from the strength we could have see had this been from just a few people's or maybe two people's POV. There was no continuity in how they were presented. Kind of a mish-mash of stream of thought. I don't even remember all the characters, there were that many POVS. Not one was relatable. Not one had a unique enough identity to help me remember who they were.
I thought the plot line was interesting, though fairly predictable. Kids put out there online what they need and it's granted when they accomplish a task set before them. Not long into the book, I knew this was going to be a dark theme. How could it not. The tasks kept getting harder and harder and more and more macabre. People starting doing things they wouldn't normally do just to get what they needed. I understood the rational, and I know people can go to great lengths for things, but there was so much death and destruction left in the wake of it all. Also, it's just not real to me. I blame the execution, which again comes back to too many POVs.
I have to say that I was bored for most of the book. I didn't feel the action that actually did happen. And when I did feel it, I was just disgusted. I'm not a teenager, but is the really how they would react to a suspicious email inviting them to an elite group, etc. etc.? I just don't see it happening. Most of the characters didn't think before they acted. And when they did act, the selfishness was off the charts.
I really wanted to like this book, I really did, but it just was not in the cards. With flat characters, an unrealistic plot, and slow pacing, this book fell short of the greatness it could have been.
msethna's review against another edition
3.0
Check out my review at https://msethnablog.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/book-review-need-by-joelle-charbonneau/