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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Again...I'm not REALLY finished with this book. But I'm just finished reading it. If that makes any sense. And I don't think I'm gonna rate this book either, since there is a chance that I will one day pick this book up. Because it wasn't entirely dumb or boring. It's about this stupid British girl named Gemma(how do you pronounce that? Like a 'j' or an actual 'g'). Anyway, I didn't like her name. So...she's at the airport being a brat with her parents and she goes and gets some coffee(note: she's like...16?). And then this guy is like eying and he comes up behind her and pays for her coffee because she doesn't have the right kind of money. Right. So he puts 'sugar' and 'cream' into her drink while she finds a seat and...guess what? When she drinks it, it turns out that it wasn't 'sugar' and 'cream'! He drugged her! Oh gosh(sarcastically). Somehow, he(this creep named Ty) talks her into going to Australia(not that she can really argue)...and she ends up getting on a plane(s) and ends up in Australia. And then she learns to like him and blah blah.
The thing is, I could see that plot coming miles away. I mean, Ty is like this attractive looking 20 year old or something, who's in love with her or something. And this Gemma girl is like 16, so of course SOMETHINg's gonna happen. Sigh...I just wish that she hadn't spent so much time talking about how everything looked. I know that's the point of the story. But still...it was annoying anyway. Oh, and it was written in letter form(obviously), which means that it was in second person(i.e. 'you are' 'you did'). I guess that was okay but...I don't know. Overall, it wasn't a bad book(at least the half I read) but it had a few problems(that, and it was due at the library).
~After finally REALLY finishing this darn book~
(July, 2011)
Okay, so now I'm rating this book, because I actually honestly finished it. It was rough. I've been reading it since April for gosh sakes. APRIL! While I liked Ty and Gemma as characters and even thought that Ty's passion for the desert was cute and all, it just didn't do it for me.
I think the description of scenery and the fact that it was in 2nd person threw me off. And I just now realized how really much older Ty is than Gemma(however you say her darn name). Nine years! So she's 15 and he's a bout 24. Wow....
Anyway, to put it shortly, I didn't HATE this book as much as I thought I did. In fact, I read the last 100 pages in about five hours. But overall, it wasn't very captivating until the end (and parts of the beginning), and by then I just wanted to finish the darn thing.
The thing is, I could see that plot coming miles away. I mean, Ty is like this attractive looking 20 year old or something, who's in love with her or something. And this Gemma girl is like 16, so of course SOMETHINg's gonna happen. Sigh...I just wish that she hadn't spent so much time talking about how everything looked. I know that's the point of the story. But still...it was annoying anyway. Oh, and it was written in letter form(obviously), which means that it was in second person(i.e. 'you are' 'you did'). I guess that was okay but...I don't know. Overall, it wasn't a bad book(at least the half I read) but it had a few problems(that, and it was due at the library).
~After finally REALLY finishing this darn book~
(July, 2011)
Okay, so now I'm rating this book, because I actually honestly finished it. It was rough. I've been reading it since April for gosh sakes. APRIL! While I liked Ty and Gemma as characters and even thought that Ty's passion for the desert was cute and all, it just didn't do it for me.
I think the description of scenery and the fact that it was in 2nd person threw me off. And I just now realized how really much older Ty is than Gemma(however you say her darn name). Nine years! So she's 15 and he's a bout 24. Wow....
Anyway, to put it shortly, I didn't HATE this book as much as I thought I did. In fact, I read the last 100 pages in about five hours. But overall, it wasn't very captivating until the end (and parts of the beginning), and by then I just wanted to finish the darn thing.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Could someone please tell me where the author first introduced Anna and Ben. I still don't really know who they are.
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
2/5 – not bad, but definitely boring for me story-wise. The pacing is super fast in the first 2–3 chapters, but after that it turns into a long, drawn-out stream of thoughts. I get that this book was written for a younger audience, but if I struggled to get through it—even at 1.75x speed—and it still took me six weeks to finish… I honestly don’t know how younger readers are supposed to get through it.
I also really wish we got to see more about what happened in her family’s and friends’ lives after she was kidnapped. And I don’t get why, at the end, she was missing him and even defending him? I guess Stockholm syndrome had really kicked in at that point.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i mean i guess this was exactly what i was expecting to happen? still didn’t like it though.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Childhood favorite, i love how its hard to feel at the end of the story and gemmas character
This unique novel about a young girl's abduction explores the complicated relationship between captor and captive, written as a letter from the girl to her kidnapper. Read my full review at:
http://greatbooksforkidsandteens.blogspot.com/2013/03/teenya-review-stolen.html
http://greatbooksforkidsandteens.blogspot.com/2013/03/teenya-review-stolen.html