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lumos_libros's review
3.0
I'm having a hard time remembering why exactly I decided to read this book. It wasn't the cover, title, or premise. I actually didn't know what the book was exactly about to be honest. This hasn't happened to me in a long time. Anyways no matter, just have to come to terms with my senile self. Onto the real review...
Connelly keeps to herself mostly. She isn't anti-social just not very social. She also isn't a dork but she isn't popular. No, Connelly prefers to sit in the middle of the cafeteria and observe the high school royalty in all their glory. If there was going to be a prince for this school, it would be Jeremy Cole. Girls practically hang on his every word and guys idolize him, but then he does something that makes no sense. He sits next to Connelly. That one decision changes both their lives, but not in the way you would assume. Through helping one another with schoolwork they find out some hard facts about growing up, and learning how to deal with the truth.
The book is set in New York, and Connelly goes to a private school where the socialites of the city go to. Can't say I'm a fan of this kind of setting but it did fit the characters. The author managed to tell the story well. Connelly is an odd narrator, not bad just odd. She makes a lot of good correlations between fairy tales and her everyday life. The problem I had is that I felt she was a little too detached for me. That is probably the effect the author wanted though. This girl is carrying around a huge emotional weight. She doesn't know how her father died, and her mother and she have come to a silent agreement that they won't talk about it. Jeremy also has a secret his hiding, and all is not so easy in the prince's world. Throughout the book you are privy to the information, and see the relationship between Connelly and Jeremy grow. Their relationship is weird, not in a bad way, but definitely not conventional. The weirdest thing though is that it felt realistic, which surprised me.
I can't compare this book with anything else I have ever read. This is good but I'm having a hard time finding out how I feel about it. The book isn't funny, modern, or cliché. It has a serious undertone to it because it deals a lot with loss. It's getting a 3.5 from me because I'm confused about how exactly feel about it, but that may be a good sign? I'd like to see what other people think about it.
Here's what I took: Having at least one good friend is important, and knowing the truth may change things but it's better than living in fear of it.
Connelly keeps to herself mostly. She isn't anti-social just not very social. She also isn't a dork but she isn't popular. No, Connelly prefers to sit in the middle of the cafeteria and observe the high school royalty in all their glory. If there was going to be a prince for this school, it would be Jeremy Cole. Girls practically hang on his every word and guys idolize him, but then he does something that makes no sense. He sits next to Connelly. That one decision changes both their lives, but not in the way you would assume. Through helping one another with schoolwork they find out some hard facts about growing up, and learning how to deal with the truth.
The book is set in New York, and Connelly goes to a private school where the socialites of the city go to. Can't say I'm a fan of this kind of setting but it did fit the characters. The author managed to tell the story well. Connelly is an odd narrator, not bad just odd. She makes a lot of good correlations between fairy tales and her everyday life. The problem I had is that I felt she was a little too detached for me. That is probably the effect the author wanted though. This girl is carrying around a huge emotional weight. She doesn't know how her father died, and her mother and she have come to a silent agreement that they won't talk about it. Jeremy also has a secret his hiding, and all is not so easy in the prince's world. Throughout the book you are privy to the information, and see the relationship between Connelly and Jeremy grow. Their relationship is weird, not in a bad way, but definitely not conventional. The weirdest thing though is that it felt realistic, which surprised me.
I can't compare this book with anything else I have ever read. This is good but I'm having a hard time finding out how I feel about it. The book isn't funny, modern, or cliché. It has a serious undertone to it because it deals a lot with loss. It's getting a 3.5 from me because I'm confused about how exactly feel about it, but that may be a good sign? I'd like to see what other people think about it.
Here's what I took: Having at least one good friend is important, and knowing the truth may change things but it's better than living in fear of it.
paperbackwritter's review
1.0
No se que me pasa ultimamente, pero me estoy encontrando con muchos libros con los que no logro engancharme, y este fue uno de esos. Leí 20 páginas y fue suficiente para darme cuenta que no era para mi. Estoy un poco cansada de las protagonistas que repiten lo siguiente cada dos vocablos "soy fea, no entiendo como se pudo fijar en mi, nunca se va a fijar en mi " . Entiendo los problemas de autoestima ( yo los tengo) pero algunos escritores creen que haciendo a la protagonista con tan poco amor propio van a "pegarla" más en el ambito literario ? Yo les digo que no ! Hagan personajes con fortaleza y con sus propias falencias, no este tipo de personajes que te dan ganas de sarandearlo para ver si va a responder en algun momento !
bookwormbytheghostlight's review
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
theaprilnichole's review
3.0
Connelly gets befriended by who she deems as the prince of the school, Jeremy. They are able to help each other. Jeremy is able to help Connelly face something and ask questions about something that she has been too scared to before now.
This was an okay book. It was kind of slow paced. From the description and Connelly talking about how she feels like Rapunzel I thought I was going to get a fairy-tale kind of story but it really wasn’t. Through out as she talks about what is going on she will compare people to characters in fairy-tales from princes’, princesses’, step-mother and step-siblings and whoever else. So, it ended up being different than I thought it would be.
(won on randombuzzers)
This was an okay book. It was kind of slow paced. From the description and Connelly talking about how she feels like Rapunzel I thought I was going to get a fairy-tale kind of story but it really wasn’t. Through out as she talks about what is going on she will compare people to characters in fairy-tales from princes’, princesses’, step-mother and step-siblings and whoever else. So, it ended up being different than I thought it would be.
(won on randombuzzers)
tepidgirlsummer's review
2.0
You know how you read something hungrily because you are always waiting for the plot twist that makes it interesting? And then the interesting part never comes?
Yeah.
Yeah.
loveleareads's review
4.0
This book is all around beautiful. It's deffinatly one of the better books that I've read in a while.
I was sucked in from the first page. The writing was well-formed and wonderful. It was a real emotional read, for sure.
All the characters in this book were very lovable and relatable. I'd have to say my favorite character was Kate. She was so sweet and genial. She's what brings Connelly and Jeremy together, as well as the story.
The Beautiful Between was a truly inspiration story.
I was sucked in from the first page. The writing was well-formed and wonderful. It was a real emotional read, for sure.
All the characters in this book were very lovable and relatable. I'd have to say my favorite character was Kate. She was so sweet and genial. She's what brings Connelly and Jeremy together, as well as the story.
The Beautiful Between was a truly inspiration story.
indywonder05's review
4.0
I just wrote a beautiful review and lost it. I hate it when I hit the wrong button. But here it goes again. I liked this book. I didn't like the smoking or the partying but I guess it is a moderately realistic view of high school life (although I never drank or smoked in high school). I loved that the relationship between Connelley and Jeremy was about friendship and building trust, not about teenage hormones and sex. I liked the discovery and the honesty. I love Kate. I cried. I recommend.
everydayreading's review
4.0
The best of the books I've read from ALA so far. Some swearing, but otherwise really clean, and just quite well-written. Really nicely done.