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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
I expected a bit more from this book. The synopsis sounded so interesting.
I guess my problem was I pretty much knew what was going on less than halfway through the book and had to read through over 200 pages knowing where it was all leading. That can be pretty annoying.
The main character, Grace, was not exactly someone you could really gain anything from. It's nice to see a character grow or change in some way but I didn't get that with Grace. There was the slightest change in her at the end that was pretty miniscule. She was not exactly likable in any way and she didn't become likable at any point.
She is basically a girl who has had a few bad things happen to her. And I'm not talking anything out of the ordinary. Just basic "bad" things that a lot of people go through. However, she deals with these things by cutting herself and at the beginning of the book, she is planning to kill herself in the park. This is not giving anything away as she tells you pretty much right away she wants to kill herself.
Then she gets kidnapped by a strangely beautiful male named Ethan. She is kept in an immaculate(mostly white) room where she is given paper and pens. She begins to write about what led to her wanting to commit suicide.
It's mostly a dragged out story that has (for me) a predictable ending. I found Grace really unlikable. Maybe I'm just callous but she seemed to fall apart too easily. I can't summon much sympathy for people who self injure, even if they have a good reason. Grace was always screaming for attention. She was selfish and self-involved. Destructive and obnoxious.
I think my main problem with this book was my dislike of Grace, and also the fact that I could guess the entire plot almost right away.
I actually liked her friend Sal better. She wasn't perfect but she seemed like a good person caught in an awkward situation.
For the male characters, there were Ethan, Nat and Devon. Ethan was weird, for more than one reason. Nat was a bit of a twat, really, and I can't see what Grace really saw in him. And Devon wasn't in the book much but he seemed like a decent guy.
The writing in this book was okay. I wouldn't say there was anything bad about it, but there was nothing beautiful or awe-inspiring about it either.
So I rate it a 3, maybe stretching to a 3 1/2 stars. It wasn't awful but I wouldn't read it again.
I guess my problem was I pretty much knew what was going on less than halfway through the book and had to read through over 200 pages knowing where it was all leading. That can be pretty annoying.
The main character, Grace, was not exactly someone you could really gain anything from. It's nice to see a character grow or change in some way but I didn't get that with Grace. There was the slightest change in her at the end that was pretty miniscule. She was not exactly likable in any way and she didn't become likable at any point.
She is basically a girl who has had a few bad things happen to her. And I'm not talking anything out of the ordinary. Just basic "bad" things that a lot of people go through. However, she deals with these things by cutting herself and at the beginning of the book, she is planning to kill herself in the park. This is not giving anything away as she tells you pretty much right away she wants to kill herself.
Then she gets kidnapped by a strangely beautiful male named Ethan. She is kept in an immaculate(mostly white) room where she is given paper and pens. She begins to write about what led to her wanting to commit suicide.
It's mostly a dragged out story that has (for me) a predictable ending. I found Grace really unlikable. Maybe I'm just callous but she seemed to fall apart too easily. I can't summon much sympathy for people who self injure, even if they have a good reason. Grace was always screaming for attention. She was selfish and self-involved. Destructive and obnoxious.
I think my main problem with this book was my dislike of Grace, and also the fact that I could guess the entire plot almost right away.
I actually liked her friend Sal better. She wasn't perfect but she seemed like a good person caught in an awkward situation.
For the male characters, there were Ethan, Nat and Devon. Ethan was weird, for more than one reason. Nat was a bit of a twat, really, and I can't see what Grace really saw in him. And Devon wasn't in the book much but he seemed like a decent guy.
The writing in this book was okay. I wouldn't say there was anything bad about it, but there was nothing beautiful or awe-inspiring about it either.
So I rate it a 3, maybe stretching to a 3 1/2 stars. It wasn't awful but I wouldn't read it again.
Une conclusion que l'on devine trop facilement et qui, donc gâche le livre. J'ai beaucoup aimé le concept de l'enlèvement et d'Ethan, mais ce que l'auteure en a fait...
I just wrote a long bloody review about this book and it all got erased. so, I'm starting from scratch here and I'm a bit pissed.
this book turned out to be a disappointment, to be honest. at first, it was good and fast-paced and exciting. as it neared the end, it got a bit boring, a bit trivial, a bit annoying and a bit predictable (what I thought was gonna happen actually happened but not in the specific way I imagined it would happen. but, I was proved wrong and there was an unexpected twist. it caught me off guard. I like surprises whilst reading). I was also disappointed for its lack of closure. there were still so many things I didn't get. what happened to Ethan? who was Ethan, really? was he just an appration or an angel? why wouldn't Ethan answer any of the questions she asked? what really happened to her dad? was the white room heaven or purgatory or her subconscious? why did the end seem hurried? I NEED CLOSURE.
what I liked the most about this book, though, is the way it's been written. I've always admired the colorful vocabularies of the English and the Aussies. but I still fret upon the sad realization that this book just ended to become a cliffhanger. it's rather upsetting.
this book turned out to be a disappointment, to be honest. at first, it was good and fast-paced and exciting. as it neared the end, it got a bit boring, a bit trivial, a bit annoying and a bit predictable (what I thought was gonna happen actually happened but not in the specific way I imagined it would happen. but, I was proved wrong and there was an unexpected twist. it caught me off guard. I like surprises whilst reading). I was also disappointed for its lack of closure. there were still so many things I didn't get. what happened to Ethan? who was Ethan, really? was he just an appration or an angel? why wouldn't Ethan answer any of the questions she asked? what really happened to her dad? was the white room heaven or purgatory or her subconscious? why did the end seem hurried? I NEED CLOSURE.
what I liked the most about this book, though, is the way it's been written. I've always admired the colorful vocabularies of the English and the Aussies. but I still fret upon the sad realization that this book just ended to become a cliffhanger. it's rather upsetting.
I got confused by the end of this book, but I love the fact that it was left on a cliffhanger so you can decide your own ending. After all that Grace had been through I think that was the only way that would be satisfying because I don't think she could have been happy automatically and I would have hated her to have a bad ending.
I got really emotional throughout this book as it reminded me strongly of my relationship with my best friend; she struggles with depression and I do find it extremely difficult to help her and sometimes she seems okay and I find it hard to understand. However,Entangled really helped me to understand her a bit more and it's brought us a lot closer as friends, so if you know someone struggling I think this is a must-read to be able to help them a bit more. I thank Cat Clarke for writing this.
I got really emotional throughout this book as it reminded me strongly of my relationship with my best friend; she struggles with depression and I do find it extremely difficult to help her and sometimes she seems okay and I find it hard to understand. However,Entangled really helped me to understand her a bit more and it's brought us a lot closer as friends, so if you know someone struggling I think this is a must-read to be able to help them a bit more. I thank Cat Clarke for writing this.