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zimlicious's review against another edition
2.0
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Orijinali, Zimlicious'ta yayınlandı.
Zac & Mia, 50bookpledge'in bu ayki seçimiydi. Eleanor and Park ve Aynı Yıldızın Altında'yı sevenlere tavsiye etmişler. Fangirl'ü okuyup pek sevmediğim için Eleanor and Park'ı okumayı denemedim henüz. O yüzden onunla karşılaştıramıyorum. Ama Aynı Yıldızın Altında, favori kitaplarım arasına girmekle kalmadı, beni John Green'e de hayran bıraktı. Ve Zac & Mia, Aynı Yıldızın Altında'ya çok ama çok benziyor. Ancak onun kadar iyi değil valla.
Zac, lösemi hastası. Onunla ilik naklinin ardından hastanede küçük bir odada, annesiyle tıkılı kalmışken tanışıyoruz. Odaya giren kişiler ve eşyalar sterilize olmak zorunda. Zac'in de odasından çıkması yasak. Bu nedenle annesiyle çeşitli oyunlar oynuyorlar, film ve diziler seyrediyorlar, bir de Zac iPad'inde Facebook'a girerek oradaki tanıdığı, tanımadığı arkadaşlarıyla sohbet ediyor.
Bir gün, bağırış çağırış içerisinde yan odaya Zac'in yaşlarında bir kız geliyor. O da kanser. Kız, çılgınlar gibi Lady GaGa'nın LoveGame şarkısını üstüste 20 küsür kez dinleyince bizim oğlan çıldırıyor. Sonradan da kız için üzülüyor da bir yandan. Müziğin sesini kısması için duvara vurmasıyla, yan odadaki Mia'nın da ona aynı şekilde cevap vermesiyle başlıyor arkadaşlıkları...
Bazı bölümleri Zac'in, bazı bölümleri de Mia'nın gözünden okuma şansını yakalayarak aslında birbirlerine ne kadar zıt tipler olduklarını gözlemleyebiliyoruz. Kanserle bir araya gelen, ilk başlarda birbirlerine biraz gıcık olan, sonra ayrı düşen bu karakterler sonradan yine kanserle bir araya geliyor.
Sonuçta sevimli bir kitaptı ama başta da dediğim gibi Aynı Yıldızın Altında'yı okumuş biri olarak Zac & Mia'dan çok etkilenmedim açıkçası.
Orijinali, Zimlicious'ta yayınlandı.
Zac & Mia, 50bookpledge'in bu ayki seçimiydi. Eleanor and Park ve Aynı Yıldızın Altında'yı sevenlere tavsiye etmişler. Fangirl'ü okuyup pek sevmediğim için Eleanor and Park'ı okumayı denemedim henüz. O yüzden onunla karşılaştıramıyorum. Ama Aynı Yıldızın Altında, favori kitaplarım arasına girmekle kalmadı, beni John Green'e de hayran bıraktı. Ve Zac & Mia, Aynı Yıldızın Altında'ya çok ama çok benziyor. Ancak onun kadar iyi değil valla.
Zac, lösemi hastası. Onunla ilik naklinin ardından hastanede küçük bir odada, annesiyle tıkılı kalmışken tanışıyoruz. Odaya giren kişiler ve eşyalar sterilize olmak zorunda. Zac'in de odasından çıkması yasak. Bu nedenle annesiyle çeşitli oyunlar oynuyorlar, film ve diziler seyrediyorlar, bir de Zac iPad'inde Facebook'a girerek oradaki tanıdığı, tanımadığı arkadaşlarıyla sohbet ediyor.
Bir gün, bağırış çağırış içerisinde yan odaya Zac'in yaşlarında bir kız geliyor. O da kanser. Kız, çılgınlar gibi Lady GaGa'nın LoveGame şarkısını üstüste 20 küsür kez dinleyince bizim oğlan çıldırıyor. Sonradan da kız için üzülüyor da bir yandan. Müziğin sesini kısması için duvara vurmasıyla, yan odadaki Mia'nın da ona aynı şekilde cevap vermesiyle başlıyor arkadaşlıkları...
Bazı bölümleri Zac'in, bazı bölümleri de Mia'nın gözünden okuma şansını yakalayarak aslında birbirlerine ne kadar zıt tipler olduklarını gözlemleyebiliyoruz. Kanserle bir araya gelen, ilk başlarda birbirlerine biraz gıcık olan, sonra ayrı düşen bu karakterler sonradan yine kanserle bir araya geliyor.
Sonuçta sevimli bir kitaptı ama başta da dediğim gibi Aynı Yıldızın Altında'yı okumuş biri olarak Zac & Mia'dan çok etkilenmedim açıkçası.
oliverreads2000's review against another edition
3.0
This novel was cute and with me being on a contemporary kick right now gave me exactly what I wanted. This was nothing spectacular or gravity defying but it was very good and enjoyable while reading, I did guess things that were going to happen in the novel before they did which I don't normally like because I prefer to be surprised. Zac and Mia's story was one that i have read before in better written ways but I did enjoy it which is the point.
stefcore's review against another edition
2.0
it appears that my ability to finish books is getting worse.
i like zac. he seems like a good person. i understand him, and i enjoyed reading his point of view. he is the redeeming factor of this novel. i really did like part one because of him.
who i don't like is mia. i will admit that perhaps i haven't given her enough of a chance. from her first introduction, i was not a fan. she doesn't make sense to me; who blasts music in their hospital room when there are so many others around? how can she be so dismissive of her health? why does she value her image over herself? how can she steal from people, lying through it all in an effort to get her way? i thought that reading her point of view would help me understand her, but it didn't. she is, quite literally, running from her problems. i don't want to be around to see it catch up on her.
i do enjoy a.j. betts' writing. it's her character that i don't enjoy.
(should i be reviewing books that i couldn't finish? probably not. will i stop? probably not.)
i like zac. he seems like a good person. i understand him, and i enjoyed reading his point of view. he is the redeeming factor of this novel. i really did like part one because of him.
who i don't like is mia. i will admit that perhaps i haven't given her enough of a chance. from her first introduction, i was not a fan. she doesn't make sense to me; who blasts music in their hospital room when there are so many others around? how can she be so dismissive of her health? why does she value her image over herself? how can she steal from people, lying through it all in an effort to get her way? i thought that reading her point of view would help me understand her, but it didn't. she is, quite literally, running from her problems. i don't want to be around to see it catch up on her.
i do enjoy a.j. betts' writing. it's her character that i don't enjoy.
(should i be reviewing books that i couldn't finish? probably not. will i stop? probably not.)
thebumblegirl's review against another edition
Full review to be posted soon!...
My heart... I would describe this as: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, with a touch of E. Lockhart's writing and plenty of heartbreak and humor... a dash of John Green(?)
Amazing... unforgettable characters.
My heart... I would describe this as: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, with a touch of E. Lockhart's writing and plenty of heartbreak and humor... a dash of John Green(?)
Amazing... unforgettable characters.
eatreadbreathe's review against another edition
Unfortunately I DNF'd a little over halfway through the audiobook, a decision which was definitely not made due to the narrators, who were pretty good.
Part One was a little slow, but held my attention enough to keep going (probably 2 stars). Now, halfway through, I find myself increasingly annoyed by every Mia chapter; she is so whiny and aggravating! There is also little-to-no chemistry between her and Zac, despite his ridiculous obsession with her, and everything just seems over-the-top-dramatic.
I finally stopped with about 3 hours left of the audiobook, because at that point it was just a struggle to continue to the end, and ain't nobody got time to read bad books. Up until that point, I'd give the book one star book, *maybe* 2 if I'm being optimistic because of Part One and Zac's narrator.
Part One was a little slow, but held my attention enough to keep going (probably 2 stars). Now, halfway through, I find myself increasingly annoyed by every Mia chapter; she is so whiny and aggravating! There is also little-to-no chemistry between her and Zac, despite his ridiculous obsession with her, and everything just seems over-the-top-dramatic.
I finally stopped with about 3 hours left of the audiobook, because at that point it was just a struggle to continue to the end, and ain't nobody got time to read bad books. Up until that point, I'd give the book one star book, *maybe* 2 if I'm being optimistic because of Part One and Zac's narrator.
goldyyy's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Medical trauma
mellyjj's review against another edition
2.0
If I had to sum this book up in one word, it would be this: disappointing. And maybe it was my fault for having such high expectations, but really, this novel was just a good idea with terrible follow through and execution.
Zac is having a relapse. His leukemia is back with a vengeance, so he's back in the hospital getting a bone marrow transplant. And now there's a newbie that's moved into the room next to him. She's moody, has terrible taste in music, and yells at her mother whenever she's in the room. But she's the first person in the cancer wing in a long time that is his age, and he can't help but pay attention to her.
What starts with a knock on the adjoining wall at 3 a.m. turns into a friendship that neither one of them was looking for, a support neither or them could have ever imagined. Zac and Mia are two people in the worst of circumstances, but they have each other. And seems to be the only thing that matters.
This book made me so mad, right from the beginning. First of all, I'm tired of books targeted for fans of The Fault in Our Stars because right away I know that it's not going to live up to it. But worse, the first 100 pages was such a rip off. It felt like the author jumped onto the "kids with cancer" genre because she knew it would give her book attention right off the bat, not because she had a story to tell. There were so many similarities to TFiOS, I almost stopped reading 30 pages in. It was a bad copy of a good thing, and I was so disgusted with it.
But I powered through the shit, promising myself that I would at least get to 100 pages before I quit. And of course, it was right at that point when the novel decided to get a little bit interesting. It was branching off in a way I hadn't expected, and I wanted to know how it was going to play out. I regret that decision. This book went nowhere interesting.
And I hated Mia. She was a spoiled brat who was so completely self-centered that it made me sick. I dreaded her narration so much because I despised hearing her stupid, immature thoughts. I understand that the idea that everyone who has cancer is a saint isn't actually true, and that there is a long of anger with this disease, but it wasn't just that Mia was immensely angry about her situation. She was just a bitch.
This book wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but there's not a single person I would recommend it to.
Zac is having a relapse. His leukemia is back with a vengeance, so he's back in the hospital getting a bone marrow transplant. And now there's a newbie that's moved into the room next to him. She's moody, has terrible taste in music, and yells at her mother whenever she's in the room. But she's the first person in the cancer wing in a long time that is his age, and he can't help but pay attention to her.
What starts with a knock on the adjoining wall at 3 a.m. turns into a friendship that neither one of them was looking for, a support neither or them could have ever imagined. Zac and Mia are two people in the worst of circumstances, but they have each other. And seems to be the only thing that matters.
This book made me so mad, right from the beginning. First of all, I'm tired of books targeted for fans of The Fault in Our Stars because right away I know that it's not going to live up to it. But worse, the first 100 pages was such a rip off. It felt like the author jumped onto the "kids with cancer" genre because she knew it would give her book attention right off the bat, not because she had a story to tell. There were so many similarities to TFiOS, I almost stopped reading 30 pages in. It was a bad copy of a good thing, and I was so disgusted with it.
But I powered through the shit, promising myself that I would at least get to 100 pages before I quit. And of course, it was right at that point when the novel decided to get a little bit interesting. It was branching off in a way I hadn't expected, and I wanted to know how it was going to play out. I regret that decision. This book went nowhere interesting.
And I hated Mia. She was a spoiled brat who was so completely self-centered that it made me sick. I dreaded her narration so much because I despised hearing her stupid, immature thoughts. I understand that the idea that everyone who has cancer is a saint isn't actually true, and that there is a long of anger with this disease, but it wasn't just that Mia was immensely angry about her situation. She was just a bitch.
This book wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but there's not a single person I would recommend it to.
bunnibelle87's review against another edition
Just didn’t get into it as someone who’s sister had cancer it just didn’t appeal to me as much as I thought :(
almo's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. I didn't like Mia very much, but I could totally understand where she was coming from. Full review to come together with the other Sync audiobooks once I've finished more of them!
macmower's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0