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alilovesbooks4170's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
krista_billings's review against another edition
3.0
A fun little foray into what it might be like to be an actor in the same story day after day. Nothing too especially deep here.
sam_hartwig's review against another edition
4.0
A fairytale prince falling in love with the reader, isn't that what every girl who crushes on a fictional character wants? An interesting idea that I liked but felt wasn't done as well as I would've hoped.
I really like Jodi Picoult's books and looked forward to reading this. I thought the story was nice enough, but felt it was very simple. When I say simple, it's not a bad thing, just that I felt like the dialogue etc was plain/basic.
I give this an extra star for the illustrations alone. They are gorgeous and really make Prince Oliver jump off the page, I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of the illustrated edition if you're going to read it.
I really like Jodi Picoult's books and looked forward to reading this. I thought the story was nice enough, but felt it was very simple. When I say simple, it's not a bad thing, just that I felt like the dialogue etc was plain/basic.
I give this an extra star for the illustrations alone. They are gorgeous and really make Prince Oliver jump off the page, I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of the illustrated edition if you're going to read it.
iaproton's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.75
Wasn't expecting some occult. 2nd narrator was unpleasant.Slow beginning almost DNF gets better with modern times girl rather than Prince & his father's death...
It can get quite dark with fairies that suck blood to extract secrets and mermaids with a corpse that drowns someone they try to force into marriage.
There are some weird tangents into dentistry and for whatever reason the author seems to want to emphasize some gross events like frog dissection,leeches...
The only reason to read on was to know what happened if he was able to go outside of the book and the dialogue between Delilah and Oliver in the book was quite good,mildly funny . The story does skip around in chapters alternating between two plot lines which end abruptly so it can get quite confusing as to what is happening.
It also had some weird things like the horse called Socks being afraid of being too fat and very self-conscious and depressed.
Although the misunderstandings at the beginning were cute and amusing because they lived in different times, it got tedious , them not understanding each other over and over, wasn't funny anymore.
The ending which was hard to guess didn't feel like it fit the style of the book because it had some sci-fi type of things in it. It did end quite abruptly but on purpose for book 2 which looks a lot funnier from the one-hour sample available on Google Books.
It can get quite dark with fairies that suck blood to extract secrets and mermaids with a corpse that drowns someone they try to force into marriage.
There are some weird tangents into dentistry and for whatever reason the author seems to want to emphasize some gross events like frog dissection,leeches...
The only reason to read on was to know what happened if he was able to go outside of the book and the dialogue between Delilah and Oliver in the book was quite good,mildly funny . The story does skip around in chapters alternating between two plot lines which end abruptly so it can get quite confusing as to what is happening.
It also had some weird things like the horse called Socks being afraid of being too fat and very self-conscious and depressed.
Although the misunderstandings at the beginning were cute and amusing because they lived in different times, it got tedious , them not understanding each other over and over, wasn't funny anymore.
The ending which was hard to guess didn't feel like it fit the style of the book because it had some sci-fi type of things in it. It did end quite abruptly but on purpose for book 2 which looks a lot funnier from the one-hour sample available on Google Books.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and War
revenge,battle,harleyrae's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this. I started out really like it at the beginning, but the farther the story went the less I liked it, but that being said I really enjoyed the book overall. I liked how it was like three stories in one. I loved how there was pictures and colored words throughout the entire thing. I just had so much fun reading this. We all wish that our fictional boyfriends were real, and Delilah gives up a glimpse into what could happen.
All in all I really enjoyed this book. It was just such a fun and exciting read, and I can't wait to read the companion novel to this.
All in all I really enjoyed this book. It was just such a fun and exciting read, and I can't wait to read the companion novel to this.
mdpbernal's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
katykelly's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
A perfect read for the perfect-aged reader... There will be a precise market for this and it's not Picoult's usual one. I've never read Picoult's before, but I have to admit to being intrigued by the idea of both the writer collaborating with her daughter on this, and the notion of a fairytale character trying to escape the confines of his story.
Oliver knows nothing of the world outside of his fairy tale, but longs for something more than the happily ever after with Seraphima, his fairytale princess (who is actually rather vapid). He can see the readers of his book, he and his friends live when the pages are closed but he wants to leave.
Delilah is the book's latest reader, drawn to the book time and again by the handsome and enigmatic prince she somehow feels a connection to. And one day - he talks to her.
It could have been a mess, it could have been simply little-girl-wish-fulfilment. But it's actually a cleverly thought-through plot, where characters have their own lives and hobbies when the reader shuts the book, where the consequences of trying to change a book are acted out.
Delilah is a teenager who doesn't really fit in, her mother worries about her obsession with a children's story, and I found her very easy to identify with. It's not that Delilah wants to be a fairytale princess - she simply feels an attraction to someone who happens to be both a prince and a character in a book.
I might have felt it myself as a teenager, now I simply see Oliver as a young man trying to break free of the confines of his life and choose one for himself.
The story ends on a note that could be considered an end, but leaves room for more tale to tell, and indeed, as I write, the sequel/companion piece is being published (Spring 2016), which I plan on sampling.
It's a world I want to know more about, the inclusion of snippets of the fairy tale make it almost two stories in one, but makes the world of Oliver's kingdom and his longtime friends and (so called) family (who are almost actors in roles) just as appealing as the 'real' world of Delilah.
Will Oliver make it out of the fairy story? And will he and Delilah manage to maintain their connection?
Impressive idea, well executed, and begging for a screen treatment.
A perfect read for the perfect-aged reader... There will be a precise market for this and it's not Picoult's usual one. I've never read Picoult's before, but I have to admit to being intrigued by the idea of both the writer collaborating with her daughter on this, and the notion of a fairytale character trying to escape the confines of his story.
Oliver knows nothing of the world outside of his fairy tale, but longs for something more than the happily ever after with Seraphima, his fairytale princess (who is actually rather vapid). He can see the readers of his book, he and his friends live when the pages are closed but he wants to leave.
Delilah is the book's latest reader, drawn to the book time and again by the handsome and enigmatic prince she somehow feels a connection to. And one day - he talks to her.
It could have been a mess, it could have been simply little-girl-wish-fulfilment. But it's actually a cleverly thought-through plot, where characters have their own lives and hobbies when the reader shuts the book, where the consequences of trying to change a book are acted out.
Delilah is a teenager who doesn't really fit in, her mother worries about her obsession with a children's story, and I found her very easy to identify with. It's not that Delilah wants to be a fairytale princess - she simply feels an attraction to someone who happens to be both a prince and a character in a book.
I might have felt it myself as a teenager, now I simply see Oliver as a young man trying to break free of the confines of his life and choose one for himself.
The story ends on a note that could be considered an end, but leaves room for more tale to tell, and indeed, as I write, the sequel/companion piece is being published (Spring 2016), which I plan on sampling.
It's a world I want to know more about, the inclusion of snippets of the fairy tale make it almost two stories in one, but makes the world of Oliver's kingdom and his longtime friends and (so called) family (who are almost actors in roles) just as appealing as the 'real' world of Delilah.
Will Oliver make it out of the fairy story? And will he and Delilah manage to maintain their connection?
Impressive idea, well executed, and begging for a screen treatment.
geenag90's review against another edition
3.0
Clever and original idea, the ending felt a little rushed though.
maureencloonan's review against another edition
3.0
Cute. Definitely more of a YA novel than a regular Jodi Picoult. I did appreciate a character sharing my name, not very common!