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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
I know kids talked like this in high school, but the themes, story line and stereotypes were all cliche and overdone. The day that kept repeating was so dull it was actually painful to have to keep hearing variations of the same dull day. It felt like Mean Girls all over again but somehow that movie felt unique when this did not.
The audio book narrator was also not the best. Her main character voice was fine, but every other character sounded like a caricature so I couldn't even attempt to take the story seriously.
The audio book narrator was also not the best. Her main character voice was fine, but every other character sounded like a caricature so I couldn't even attempt to take the story seriously.
I hated this book... and yet I loved it. It portrayed one of the most real high school characters I'd ever read about in a book. I felt myself completely fall into Samantha's story, not that I even liked her. Sam was, for lack of a better word, a bitch. I couldn't stand her and even found myself not feeling sorry for her. Is that horrible? Despite her "tragic" end I couldn't help but feel like she got exactly what she deserved. And what's even worse is that I saw a lot of myself in her character: she was shallow, cruel, uncaring... all things that I used to be. This book made me both ashamed of the person I was and proud of the person I've become. Throughout the novel, I became less critical of Samantha's actions and more critical of my own. It put into perspective the idea that what goes around comes around and that no matter how much you wish it to be so, the world does not revolve around you.
sad
medium-paced
I liked this book and would read it again, I liked the author’s exploration of how everything that happens to us is intertwined and the complexity of the characters. The author managed to make every day interesting and different without making the same day boring with repetition. The ending was powerful but I wish I could know what happened after.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I liked it, I enjoyed the sense of self-realisation that Samantha grew into. However, it seemed so pointless, that whatever she tried had little effect. And in the very end, why really did she have to be the one that stopped it happening? Why her?
She could have made great ripples throughout her own group, encouraged them to turn inward to see how hurtful they could be sometimes. This message is lost because she never got the chance to explore it with them.
This seems almost a kind of religious story, that her sacrifice is necessary to enable someone else, with a great purpose, to live. It's never put that way really, but without some greater being guiding all of this, why would it ever have been imperative that Sam keep reliving this day?
Enjoyable, but not quite satisfying.
She could have made great ripples throughout her own group, encouraged them to turn inward to see how hurtful they could be sometimes. This message is lost because she never got the chance to explore it with them.
This seems almost a kind of religious story, that her sacrifice is necessary to enable someone else, with a great purpose, to live. It's never put that way really, but without some greater being guiding all of this, why would it ever have been imperative that Sam keep reliving this day?
Enjoyable, but not quite satisfying.
Rate: 3.5 stars. I reread this book after the movie has been released finally. I read it about 5 years ago and definitely liked it. After reading it again now that I'm older there were certain things that I was annoyed with that the characters did. That's more of a personal preference though and not the lack of writing ability of the author. It's not a book I recommend to people, but it's a good book to read still.
What can I say about this book. I went into it thinking it would be such a nice fun, teen type of read, and it was so much more. I don't know if the timing was such that I am more aware of this right now due to the loss of a good friend this week, or if the novel is just that good at getting you to think more about the choices you make every single day of your life and thinking about how you would want to live your life if today happened to be your last day. Because we never really know when we will have our last hug or last kiss or say goodbye to someone for the last time. It really made me take a step back and really think about how I am living my life every day, to learn to let the small things go and sometimes even the big things if you can't change them, to make the positive changes that need to be made so that your last days on this earth are filled with you being the person you are and want to be, not the person that other circumstances and choices have changed you into. I really enjoyed the author's writing style and would love to get my hands on her new series Delirium to see if I enjoy it just as much. Great read and I read it in 2 plane rides and couldn't get enough!
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
I really wanted to like this book, since I've heard so many great things about it. However, I found the tone to be boring and a little childish. I've ready plenty other teen books that were mature enough for me to relate even as an adult, but this one just didn't do it for me. I did enjoy the ending though.