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beckeal's review against another edition
3.0
I think this might have been better if I hadn’t gone with the audio book. I’m normally pretty forgiving, but the main voice actor was allll kindsa terrible. It says something for the writing, I suppose, that I listened through the whole thing anyway.
vanikr's review against another edition
5.0
Also ich bin eigendlich ein bisschen sprachlos, aber das Wort WOW passt super! Normalerweise finde ich nur Bücher so richtig super wo eine Liebesgeschichte spielt, aber Please don't hate me ist nicht einer dieser Happy End Liebesgeschichten, es ist viel tragischer.
Es steht ja schon von Anfang an fest das Charlie tot ist (im Nachhinein macht mich das immer trauriger) und das ist zwar echt traurig, aber irgendwie kam ich da am Anfang garnicht rein, denn Auf dem Buchrücken steht sie hat ihn gehasst, geliebt und es war ihr bester Freund. Also das mit dem lieben konnte ich garnicht nachvollziehen. Aber je weiter ich gelesen habe desto süchtiger wurde ich von Please don't hate me. Ich konnte es garnicht mehr aus der Hand legen und habe um jede Minute getrauert die ich nicht gelesen habe. Und jetzt bin ich traurig das ich es schon durch habe und das habe ich ganz ganz selten bei einem Buch.
Ich finde Vera ist ein unheimlich starker und guter Mensch sie hat so viel durchgemacht und ich finde sie steckt das gut weg.
Ich finde auch gut das abwechseln aus der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart berichtig wird und am Ende war ich echt gerührt. Charlie ist echt immer bei Vera und ich denke er wird auch immer bei Vera bleiben.
Es stimmt was auf dem Buchrücken steht.
Erschütternd und beruhrend: Ein Roman, der einem das Herz bricht und den man nicht mehr aus der Hand legen kann.
Das trifft auf mich total zu.
Richtig super fand ich auch das Vera Herr der Fliegen liest. Und das Cover ist echt wunderschön.
Also 5 Sterne hat Please don't hate me mindestens verdient.
Es steht ja schon von Anfang an fest das Charlie tot ist (im Nachhinein macht mich das immer trauriger) und das ist zwar echt traurig, aber irgendwie kam ich da am Anfang garnicht rein, denn Auf dem Buchrücken steht sie hat ihn gehasst, geliebt und es war ihr bester Freund. Also das mit dem lieben konnte ich garnicht nachvollziehen. Aber je weiter ich gelesen habe desto süchtiger wurde ich von Please don't hate me. Ich konnte es garnicht mehr aus der Hand legen und habe um jede Minute getrauert die ich nicht gelesen habe. Und jetzt bin ich traurig das ich es schon durch habe und das habe ich ganz ganz selten bei einem Buch.
Ich finde Vera ist ein unheimlich starker und guter Mensch sie hat so viel durchgemacht und ich finde sie steckt das gut weg.
Ich finde auch gut das abwechseln aus der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart berichtig wird und am Ende war ich echt gerührt. Charlie ist echt immer bei Vera und ich denke er wird auch immer bei Vera bleiben.
Es stimmt was auf dem Buchrücken steht.
Erschütternd und beruhrend: Ein Roman, der einem das Herz bricht und den man nicht mehr aus der Hand legen kann.
Das trifft auf mich total zu.
Richtig super fand ich auch das Vera Herr der Fliegen liest. Und das Cover ist echt wunderschön.
Also 5 Sterne hat Please don't hate me mindestens verdient.
reader4evr's review against another edition
5.0
Rating: 4.5
Holy Cow! What a sad and gritty story. The sad thing about this book is that I bet a lot of things that happened to Vera in this book happen to teens everywhere. Most of the topics in the book are not for a younger teen audience (underage drinking, drugs, spousal/sexual abuse) therefore I wouldn't recommend it to them. But junior and seniors would be able to handle them.
This book sucks you in right at the beginning because they don't give you why and how Charlie died, little bit of a mystery. Even though I am not a fan of flash backs in books, I like how the author titled them so I knew when that happened in relation to the funeral that starts the book.
I liked Vera a lot as a character and I thought she was very "real". She had to deal with some of the topics that this book covers at a really young age and that is how it is sometime. Living with just her dad throughout the story I think really affected her both on how she viewed her relationship with her father and also with Charlie. Charlie's ghosts affected her throughout the story and after reading another book that deals with death/dying for a teen, they go through these same kind of feelings with the ghost "talking" with them. After finding out more about the fire and Charlie's death, I felt bad for him. That poor kid went through so much crap in the story that his death didn't really solve things. I hated Jenny, she was cruel and I hate characters that act so mean in the story that I end up hating them.
Overall, I think the book asks a very serious question, if you know something serious is going on in someone elses life do you get involved and tell someone about it or do you stay in the shadows and not speak a word to anyone?
Also, I loved the cover. It is very plain but very strong at the same time too. I had this laying by my computer at school and I had multiple kids as me about it (of course this was before I started reading it and I had to tell them as me next week).
Holy Cow! What a sad and gritty story. The sad thing about this book is that I bet a lot of things that happened to Vera in this book happen to teens everywhere. Most of the topics in the book are not for a younger teen audience (underage drinking, drugs, spousal/sexual abuse) therefore I wouldn't recommend it to them. But junior and seniors would be able to handle them.
This book sucks you in right at the beginning because they don't give you why and how Charlie died, little bit of a mystery. Even though I am not a fan of flash backs in books, I like how the author titled them so I knew when that happened in relation to the funeral that starts the book.
I liked Vera a lot as a character and I thought she was very "real". She had to deal with some of the topics that this book covers at a really young age and that is how it is sometime. Living with just her dad throughout the story I think really affected her both on how she viewed her relationship with her father and also with Charlie. Charlie's ghosts affected her throughout the story and after reading another book that deals with death/dying for a teen, they go through these same kind of feelings with the ghost "talking" with them. After finding out more about the fire and Charlie's death, I felt bad for him. That poor kid went through so much crap in the story that his death didn't really solve things. I hated Jenny, she was cruel and I hate characters that act so mean in the story that I end up hating them.
Overall, I think the book asks a very serious question, if you know something serious is going on in someone elses life do you get involved and tell someone about it or do you stay in the shadows and not speak a word to anyone?
Also, I loved the cover. It is very plain but very strong at the same time too. I had this laying by my computer at school and I had multiple kids as me about it (of course this was before I started reading it and I had to tell them as me next week).
vlookup's review against another edition
4.0
Wait, am I tearing up? The realism and surrealism in this book was unbelievable. It was a slow start and then suddenly I was breezing through it in the middle.
saraema's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
stuckinafictionaluniverse's review
5.0
I wish we could go back in time and climb trees together again. I love you, Vera. I always will.
I’ve been putting off writing this review for a long time. I started typing a few words shortly after I finished the book last year, but by then I was an emotional wreck.
I felt like I couldn’t do it justice. This book hit me hard, right in the heart. I didn’t notice it at first, and was convinced it would be a 4-star rating for me.
Then I read the last 50 pages, and wanted to bawl like a baby.
The story alternates between the past and present. In the first timeline, we see the main character age from her early teens to her later ones.
The second timeline is set shortly after Charlie’s death, when Vera is 18.
We slowly find out what went wrong between the two, how Charlie betrayed Vera, and the cause of his death.
I’m very fond of this structure; it’s the kind that doesn’t completely rely on its ending, and instead provides a good background and then slowly builds up to a reveal.
Out of the two timelines, I prefer the one set in the past. This is where we get to know the characters. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time, and I grew very fond of Vera and Charlie.
Had this only been set in the present, I wouldn't have liked it much. The first timeline is what makes the second enjoyable, if that makes sense.
Please ignore Vera Dietz is a character-driven book. Therefore it takes time to get into it; time to get to know and empathize with the characters. They are not likable, they seriously mess things up often, and they are utterly helpless at times. They are broken, all of them. From Mr Dietz with his habit of running away from problems, to Vera who’s trying her hardest to bot make the same mistakes her parents made, and Charlie with his… Charlie-ness. Yes, Charlie-ness is the only name I have for it.
Charlie Kahn is the main reason why I loved this book. He’s the most complex character of them all, and he makes so many mistakes. I could understand why Vera felt betrayed and hurt by him, yet couldn’t help but love the fucked up person that he was.
We know what’s going to happen straight from the get-go - it’s really the point of the book, but I didn’t expect to grow so attached to him.
It’s like re-watching a very emotional episode of your favorite show. I know that it won’t be pretty, and I know that it will leave me just as heartbroken as the first time. And it has the same shocking effect all the same.
The reason why A.S King is one of my favorite authors is because she writes about teenagers very realistically and creates flawed and fascinating characters. She gets it. It’s not all catastrophic and stressful to be in this particular age, nor an endless party. It simply sucks sometimes, and is great otherwise. To use a cliché; it’s an emotional roller coaster.
Vera and Charlie aren’t the most believable teenagers, but they make extraordinary characters. And I can imagine that some people are like them, without anyone knowing it. That’s why I appreciate this book; it gives us more than just a sneak peak into what happens behind closed doors, the secrets that best friends share, the love that they feel and the stupid, stupid things that they do.
And that is why this book affected me in the best and worst ways.
I’ve been putting off writing this review for a long time. I started typing a few words shortly after I finished the book last year, but by then I was an emotional wreck.
I felt like I couldn’t do it justice. This book hit me hard, right in the heart. I didn’t notice it at first, and was convinced it would be a 4-star rating for me.
Then I read the last 50 pages, and wanted to bawl like a baby.
The story alternates between the past and present. In the first timeline, we see the main character age from her early teens to her later ones.
The second timeline is set shortly after Charlie’s death, when Vera is 18.
We slowly find out what went wrong between the two, how Charlie betrayed Vera, and the cause of his death.
I’m very fond of this structure; it’s the kind that doesn’t completely rely on its ending, and instead provides a good background and then slowly builds up to a reveal.
Out of the two timelines, I prefer the one set in the past. This is where we get to know the characters. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time, and I grew very fond of Vera and Charlie.
Had this only been set in the present, I wouldn't have liked it much. The first timeline is what makes the second enjoyable, if that makes sense.
Please ignore Vera Dietz is a character-driven book. Therefore it takes time to get into it; time to get to know and empathize with the characters. They are not likable, they seriously mess things up often, and they are utterly helpless at times. They are broken, all of them. From Mr Dietz with his habit of running away from problems, to Vera who’s trying her hardest to bot make the same mistakes her parents made, and Charlie with his… Charlie-ness. Yes, Charlie-ness is the only name I have for it.
Charlie Kahn is the main reason why I loved this book. He’s the most complex character of them all, and he makes so many mistakes. I could understand why Vera felt betrayed and hurt by him, yet couldn’t help but love the fucked up person that he was.
We know what’s going to happen straight from the get-go - it’s really the point of the book, but I didn’t expect to grow so attached to him.
It’s like re-watching a very emotional episode of your favorite show. I know that it won’t be pretty, and I know that it will leave me just as heartbroken as the first time. And it has the same shocking effect all the same.
The reason why A.S King is one of my favorite authors is because she writes about teenagers very realistically and creates flawed and fascinating characters. She gets it. It’s not all catastrophic and stressful to be in this particular age, nor an endless party. It simply sucks sometimes, and is great otherwise. To use a cliché; it’s an emotional roller coaster.
Vera and Charlie aren’t the most believable teenagers, but they make extraordinary characters. And I can imagine that some people are like them, without anyone knowing it. That’s why I appreciate this book; it gives us more than just a sneak peak into what happens behind closed doors, the secrets that best friends share, the love that they feel and the stupid, stupid things that they do.
And that is why this book affected me in the best and worst ways.
protoman21's review against another edition
3.0
I wasn't a big fan of this book. I never really cared enough about Vera and the other characters to make the time spent in their world worthwhile. Vera was a self sabotager who consistently made poor decisions and refused help when it was offered. I also didn't like the flow of the story. Knowing about Charlie's death from the beginning took a lot of potential emotional impact out of his character and storyline, and the mystery surrounding it was poorly handled. I don't mind mysteries that take the whole book to unravel, but this one we were told about, then told about again and again, until the very end when it was simply revealed without hints and clues along the way to make it fun.
marieintheraw's review against another edition
3.0
This book was interesting. I really enjoy how it discussed grief, but the formatting took a bit to get into.
yunabean's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know why this took me so long to finish. But I liked it. And I was satisfied with the ending, which is so unusual for me. It seemed to drag on at points, though. All in all good book.