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4.5/5
OVERALL IMPRESSION: This was such a great book. I was sucked into the story line right from the beginning. Nothing seems to go right for Roz (the main character) and I felt for her and was rooting for her the whole way through.
CHARACTERS: Tricia was an interesting character. She had her ups and downs and I wasn't sure if I liked her or if I didn't like her. I loved to hate Mr. Dellian. I was appalled at the way he treated Roz and was fascinated to see the things he was able to get away with.
COVER: I love the cover! It's so so creepy and made me open the book to find out what it was all about.
*I received an advanced copy of this book from Amazon Vine for Review.
OVERALL IMPRESSION: This was such a great book. I was sucked into the story line right from the beginning. Nothing seems to go right for Roz (the main character) and I felt for her and was rooting for her the whole way through.
CHARACTERS: Tricia was an interesting character. She had her ups and downs and I wasn't sure if I liked her or if I didn't like her. I loved to hate Mr. Dellian. I was appalled at the way he treated Roz and was fascinated to see the things he was able to get away with.
COVER: I love the cover! It's so so creepy and made me open the book to find out what it was all about.
*I received an advanced copy of this book from Amazon Vine for Review.
"Winter stopped hiding Tricia Farni on Good Friday." Awesome first line. Mostly cuz Tricia is dead, and we all know I'm into that kind of thing...in fiction.
Enjoyed this book, couldn't put it down, even when a character really infuriated me. The ending tied itself up a bit too neatly (characters went from being awful to nice in a heartbeat) but otherwise good.
Welcome to Derpfest 2012!
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet one of the contestants for the Derpiest Book of the Year award!
Look at that cover! No, go look at it! It's creepy! It's haunting! It's mysterious! It promises all kind of weirdand possibly kinky fun!
And that premise! It promises action! Thrills! Fun with handcuffs!
Well, folks, it's a big fat ugly liar.
What we get is a mediocre mystery with a main character that is so utterly stupid she's not only handicapped by her blindness, but by her total naivety as well.
We the reader are gifted with over 200 pages of something that goes a little bit like this:
"WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING ME LIKE I'M HANDICAPPED!? I'M NOT HANDICAPPED!!!!
"Roz, you're blind...."
"WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE ME?!! I'M BLIND!!
"Roz, it's because you're stubborn and won't let anyone help you and you're almost too stupid to live."
"WELL, MR. DELLIAN IS A BIG FAT MEAN STUPID HEAD AND I HATE HIM CAUSE HE'S MEAN FOR NO REASON!"
"Roz, he is rather hateful for no reason...But you're starting to bring it on yourself.
"WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT! AT LEAST THE MOST POPULARIST HANDSOMEST GOD-LIKE GUY IN SCHOOL LIKES ME!!!
Charming, I know. The actual interaction is much more painful to read. I found myself (several times, aloud) going, "OH GAWD!!!" in a rather exasperated fashion.
This book rates an 8 on the Derp Scale for me. The author had a really interesting idea and just fucked it all up.
Skip this book, is my recommendation.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet one of the contestants for the Derpiest Book of the Year award!
Look at that cover! No, go look at it! It's creepy! It's haunting! It's mysterious! It promises all kind of weird
And that premise! It promises action! Thrills! Fun with handcuffs!
Well, folks, it's a big fat ugly liar.
What we get is a mediocre mystery with a main character that is so utterly stupid she's not only handicapped by her blindness, but by her total naivety as well.
We the reader are gifted with over 200 pages of something that goes a little bit like this:
"WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING ME LIKE I'M HANDICAPPED!? I'M NOT HANDICAPPED!!!!
"Roz, you're blind...."
"WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE ME?!! I'M BLIND!!
"Roz, it's because you're stubborn and won't let anyone help you and you're almost too stupid to live."
"WELL, MR. DELLIAN IS A BIG FAT MEAN STUPID HEAD AND I HATE HIM CAUSE HE'S MEAN FOR NO REASON!"
"Roz, he is rather hateful for no reason...But you're starting to bring it on yourself.
"WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT! AT LEAST THE MOST POPULARIST HANDSOMEST GOD-LIKE GUY IN SCHOOL LIKES ME!!!
Charming, I know. The actual interaction is much more painful to read. I found myself (several times, aloud) going, "OH GAWD!!!" in a rather exasperated fashion.
This book rates an 8 on the Derp Scale for me. The author had a really interesting idea and just fucked it all up.
Skip this book, is my recommendation.
I'm sorry. I just couldn't bring myself to finish this book.
It wasn't at all what I was expecting. I picked it up expecting to read a thrilling murder mystery only to find a fluffy high school romance novel.
It wasn't at all what I was expecting. I picked it up expecting to read a thrilling murder mystery only to find a fluffy high school romance novel.
This book sounded so good. A missing girl. A girl with a physical impairment as the main character. Some creepiness. I thought I'd fly through it because it would be so hard to stop reading.
Wow, was I ever wrong.
The main character has macular degeneration, a condition I am fairly familiar with as two of my college friends had that same condition. Her teacher must spend time reading "Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun" for fun, because he's crazy. Just plain crazy. And not following her IEP, which is illegal. And the principal believes him, not her. But I digress.
The main character doesn't have anyone in her corner except this one kid named Greg, and she doesn't even know he's the only one on her side.
The bulk of the book is filled with high school drama. Girls going out with guys to make other girls jealous, etc. etc. It was ridiculous. Between that, the mom who doesn't care about her daughter, and the freaky teacher who markes the main character absent because she won't sit in the back row ... I didn't like it.
It wasn't thrilling. The murder mystery wasn't mysterious - the reader knows who did it, and we spend the entire book waiting for the characters to catch up. This one's not worth your time, folks.
Wow, was I ever wrong.
The main character has macular degeneration, a condition I am fairly familiar with as two of my college friends had that same condition. Her teacher must spend time reading "Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun" for fun, because he's crazy. Just plain crazy. And not following her IEP, which is illegal. And the principal believes him, not her. But I digress.
The main character doesn't have anyone in her corner except this one kid named Greg, and she doesn't even know he's the only one on her side.
The bulk of the book is filled with high school drama. Girls going out with guys to make other girls jealous, etc. etc. It was ridiculous. Between that, the mom who doesn't care about her daughter, and the freaky teacher who markes the main character absent because she won't sit in the back row ... I didn't like it.
It wasn't thrilling. The murder mystery wasn't mysterious - the reader knows who did it, and we spend the entire book waiting for the characters to catch up. This one's not worth your time, folks.
Amazing novel! So hard to put down, and I didn't want it to end. Read it in just a couple days because I had to keep reading to find out what happened to the victim in this mystery and whether the bad guys would get caught.
dark
mysterious
tense