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2.95 AVERAGE
2.95 AVERAGE
Love, love, love this.
Easy yet captivating read. Mystery yet not.
Great all-year read.
Easy yet captivating read. Mystery yet not.
Great all-year read.
All I’m going to say is Connor made this book a 4 star for me.
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
The ending to this book wasn’t near as exciting as I hoped it would be. I couldn’t really connect with Enzo and I’m not sure how I feel about it. Easy, quick read though!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide
This was not what I expected at all. Really. Nothing. I was shocked.
It's a good book, weird but in a good way.
The characters are not likable and that is something that bothered me, I like to like at least the main characters and in this book I just couldn't. Believe me, "like" for me is more close to "find interesting" because I like characters that are assholes and characters that are crazy or boring, as long as they have something that I like, something that attracts me.
The main characters in this book were just plain bizarre.
The whole story is a mess, the ending is the worst of all, you keep waiting after all the twists and turns for a crazy ending, but sorry, spoiler alert, it is just a MESS.
I did like it though, it kept me on the edge of the seat, it felt like reading a crazy-person's diary. It was cool after all.
My review is messy, too, so maybe I shouldn't complaint, but I am not a published author so, yeah.
It's a good book, weird but in a good way.
The characters are not likable and that is something that bothered me, I like to like at least the main characters and in this book I just couldn't. Believe me, "like" for me is more close to "find interesting" because I like characters that are assholes and characters that are crazy or boring, as long as they have something that I like, something that attracts me.
The main characters in this book were just plain bizarre.
The whole story is a mess, the ending is the worst of all, you keep waiting after all the twists and turns for a crazy ending, but sorry, spoiler alert, it is just a MESS.
I did like it though, it kept me on the edge of the seat, it felt like reading a crazy-person's diary. It was cool after all.
My review is messy, too, so maybe I shouldn't complaint, but I am not a published author so, yeah.
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Hawthorn is a high school senior loner and I personally pictured her dressed like a goth. Hawthorn is misunderstood like goths can be in that kind of life. She pretends things do not bother her, or that she doesn’t care about things when she actually does. One day Lizzie Lovett disappears. She is three years older than Hawthorn, was the popular teenager when she was in high school, and her older brother had dated Lizzie briefly.
Everyone at school comes up with their own theories as to what happened to Lizzie, including Hawthorn. She also beings to immerse herself in Lizzie’s life which includes getting a job where Lizzie works and beginning to hang out with Lizzie’s boyfriend. Hawthorn does this so much it becomes an obsession. I found it odd, especially since Hawthorn barely knew Lizzie. I couldn’t help but wonder why she was doing this. At some times, it seemed like she wanted to become Lizzie.
As you read in the book description above, Hawthorn’s theory about Lizzie is described as ‘absurd’. It truly is absurd, much to the detriment of the book, especially for a book in the YA (Young Adult) contemporary genre. Hawthorn seemingly believes her theory and word about her theory gets around town.
The only reason I kept reading The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett was that I really wanted to know what happened to Lizzie. I did not have any kind of attachment to Lizzie. We do find out the answer to what happened to her. Once we find out what happened, the book and Hawthorn take a different turn. The last 13% of the book deals with an important issue for teenagers. If only the rest of the book was like the last 13%. That last 13% held my attention more than the other 87%.
I can not recommend The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett.
I received an arc copy from NetGalley.
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Hawthorn is a high school senior loner and I personally pictured her dressed like a goth. Hawthorn is misunderstood like goths can be in that kind of life. She pretends things do not bother her, or that she doesn’t care about things when she actually does. One day Lizzie Lovett disappears. She is three years older than Hawthorn, was the popular teenager when she was in high school, and her older brother had dated Lizzie briefly.
Everyone at school comes up with their own theories as to what happened to Lizzie, including Hawthorn. She also beings to immerse herself in Lizzie’s life which includes getting a job where Lizzie works and beginning to hang out with Lizzie’s boyfriend. Hawthorn does this so much it becomes an obsession. I found it odd, especially since Hawthorn barely knew Lizzie. I couldn’t help but wonder why she was doing this. At some times, it seemed like she wanted to become Lizzie.
As you read in the book description above, Hawthorn’s theory about Lizzie is described as ‘absurd’. It truly is absurd, much to the detriment of the book, especially for a book in the YA (Young Adult) contemporary genre. Hawthorn seemingly believes her theory and word about her theory gets around town.
The only reason I kept reading The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett was that I really wanted to know what happened to Lizzie. I did not have any kind of attachment to Lizzie. We do find out the answer to what happened to her. Once we find out what happened, the book and Hawthorn take a different turn. The last 13% of the book deals with an important issue for teenagers. If only the rest of the book was like the last 13%. That last 13% held my attention more than the other 87%.
I can not recommend The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett.
I received an arc copy from NetGalley.
The werewolf plotline broke the book for me. I’m glad that the author didn’t mention Hawthornes theory in her synopsis because I would have thought twice before picking this one up if she had.
Warning! This whole review will contain spoilers, so please be warned.
Hawthorn Creely quickly becomes engrossed in the disappearance of one local girl named Lizzie Lovett. Lizzie was the popular girl. The one who on the surface looked like she had everything together and was the definition of perfect to anyone who had at least heard her name. Hawthorn was one of those girls who thought Lizzie was perfect, she was jealous of her and that showed.
Throughtout the WHOLE ENTIRE BOOK.
I cannot begin to describe my dislike for Hawthorn. She was this obnoxious, idiotic, self-centered teenager that couldn't understand why people didn't like her. She refused to go to school dances without a date and didn't even want to go to school after the dance because she was certain the whole school would poke fun that she didn't go because she didn't have a date. Hawthorn seemed to think that the whole world revolved around her and nothing seemed to change that.
Hawthorn made me want to scream because she was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she couldn't think about what others might be thinking. She came up with this idea that Lizzie was a werewolf and that is why she was missing, she wrote about it and didn't understand why people were making fun of her or talking about her because of it. She could not grasp how that was inappropriate and I wanted to rattle her.
Lizzie's boyfriend then came into the picture and that is when I nearly lost it. I don't know how I finished the book after he came in because her self-centeredness became even worse. SHE GOT WORSE! She was frustrated and angry with him because he didn't feel the same way about her as he felt about Lizzie. I was so close to throwing my phone across the room as this began to transpire. If anyone was watching me listen to this they probably wondered what was wrong with me because I could not help but mock this and roll my eyes.
I kept waiting for Hawthorn to change and became a better person, but we never got to see that. The book ends with her saying all the things that she is going to do differently because of what she learned. We get to see none of this in action and that frustrated the daylights out of me. People say they are going to change all the time, but that doesn't mean they are going too. After I sat through this book, disliking Hawthorn as much as I did, I wanted to see her change, but I felt robbed of that and I'm still incredibly irritated about that.
Hawthorn Creely quickly becomes engrossed in the disappearance of one local girl named Lizzie Lovett. Lizzie was the popular girl. The one who on the surface looked like she had everything together and was the definition of perfect to anyone who had at least heard her name. Hawthorn was one of those girls who thought Lizzie was perfect, she was jealous of her and that showed.
Throughtout the WHOLE ENTIRE BOOK.
I cannot begin to describe my dislike for Hawthorn. She was this obnoxious, idiotic, self-centered teenager that couldn't understand why people didn't like her. She refused to go to school dances without a date and didn't even want to go to school after the dance because she was certain the whole school would poke fun that she didn't go because she didn't have a date. Hawthorn seemed to think that the whole world revolved around her and nothing seemed to change that.
Hawthorn made me want to scream because she was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she couldn't think about what others might be thinking. She came up with this idea that Lizzie was a werewolf and that is why she was missing, she wrote about it and didn't understand why people were making fun of her or talking about her because of it. She could not grasp how that was inappropriate and I wanted to rattle her.
Lizzie's boyfriend then came into the picture and that is when I nearly lost it. I don't know how I finished the book after he came in because her self-centeredness became even worse. SHE GOT WORSE! She was frustrated and angry with him because he didn't feel the same way about her as he felt about Lizzie. I was so close to throwing my phone across the room as this began to transpire. If anyone was watching me listen to this they probably wondered what was wrong with me because I could not help but mock this and roll my eyes.
I kept waiting for Hawthorn to change and became a better person, but we never got to see that. The book ends with her saying all the things that she is going to do differently because of what she learned. We get to see none of this in action and that frustrated the daylights out of me. People say they are going to change all the time, but that doesn't mean they are going too. After I sat through this book, disliking Hawthorn as much as I did, I wanted to see her change, but I felt robbed of that and I'm still incredibly irritated about that.
bittersweet but i really enjoyed it
hawthorn was painfully relatable at times im just like girl ur me but it's sad bc she was mostly a lonely erratic angry escapist and i'm just thinking abt what that says abt me lmao
but seriously this book was really good the closure at the end was interesting bc it coincided with the main theme/conflict of the story and that was cool i like how we got enough to be satisfied and usually i'm craving more info but i like leaving it here
also in the best predicter in the entire world just lettin y'all know i saw some Stuff coming im a Genius
side note: hawthorn seems like one of the realest teen narrators i've read in a long while bc yes she's judgmental and stuff but hell im super judgmental in my brain and i'm not eloquent 90% of the time and hawthorn would trip over her words and doubt herself and she seems very legit and i just knew if i knew her irl we'd prob be best buds and be able to be strange together and i just want to be her friend really badly
sorry for the rambling i'm brain dead rn but i'm just trying to let y'all know this is a good book and hawthorn is a great Relatable character for all us outsiders out there
hawthorn was painfully relatable at times im just like girl ur me but it's sad bc she was mostly a lonely erratic angry escapist and i'm just thinking abt what that says abt me lmao
but seriously this book was really good the closure at the end was interesting bc it coincided with the main theme/conflict of the story and that was cool i like how we got enough to be satisfied and usually i'm craving more info but i like leaving it here
also in the best predicter in the entire world just lettin y'all know i saw some Stuff coming im a Genius
side note: hawthorn seems like one of the realest teen narrators i've read in a long while bc yes she's judgmental and stuff but hell im super judgmental in my brain and i'm not eloquent 90% of the time and hawthorn would trip over her words and doubt herself and she seems very legit and i just knew if i knew her irl we'd prob be best buds and be able to be strange together and i just want to be her friend really badly
sorry for the rambling i'm brain dead rn but i'm just trying to let y'all know this is a good book and hawthorn is a great Relatable character for all us outsiders out there
Personally this book did not satisfy me. The writing and some parts of it were just not suiting my own reading preference.