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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
This is marketed as a murder-mystery featuring a disabled protagonist. It’s not. It’s a romance. I don’t like romance, so I was pretty strongly put off by that. Overall, I think there are too many stories going on here. Is it about coping with disability, fitting in, romance, or mystery? All of them and none of them, really, and although the book touches on many themes, I did not feel it fully realized any of them besides romance. That’s annoying, since it isn’t marketed as a romance.
This was a too busy, too ambitious a work.
This was a too busy, too ambitious a work.
Roz might be legally blind, but do not let her hear you say she is disabled. Roz hates being treated any differently than anyone else in her school, and in fact has managed to live with the same group of people her whole life, and until recently no one even really knew she was legally blind.
You're probably thinking, "how stupid could people be to not know she was blind?". Maybe it's because she's not blind, she's legally blind and yes there is a difference. She doesn't need a service dog or a cane. Her level of blind is comparable to you looking into a bright light and then having that black blind spot floating around for awhile. Image that ALL the time. If she sits in the front of class she can take notes, and if she focuses really hard she can even make eye contact when talking to someone....
See my full review here: http://www.memyshelfandi.com/2014/06/review-giveaway-blind-spot-by-laura.html
You're probably thinking, "how stupid could people be to not know she was blind?". Maybe it's because she's not blind, she's legally blind and yes there is a difference. She doesn't need a service dog or a cane. Her level of blind is comparable to you looking into a bright light and then having that black blind spot floating around for awhile. Image that ALL the time. If she sits in the front of class she can take notes, and if she focuses really hard she can even make eye contact when talking to someone....
See my full review here: http://www.memyshelfandi.com/2014/06/review-giveaway-blind-spot-by-laura.html
Tahle knížka není tím, čím se zdá být. Místo mrazivého příběhu se mi dostalo podprůměrné středoškolské vztahovky s otravnými postavami. Je mi líto, ale tohle mi fakt nesedlo.
There is not a single rational human being to be found in the entirety of the book. It's also extremely mis-marketed as a mystery suspense when most of the plot is melodrama and teen angst. When the mystery finally becomes relevant, however, it rolls along quite nicely until the ending which is a pretty cheap letdown not because it's ambiguous but because a key player appears from nowhere to take the blame for much of the miscellaneous wrongdoings. It's kind of cool how everyone gets the chance to explain their own perspective on what happened and it's possible they're all telling the truth but all confused about some of the details, but it's not cool enough to make the whole first half of the book worth the wait. Clearly influenced by Veronica Mars but lacks the wit or humor. Apparently takes place in Alaska, but I wouldn't know it except that I was surprised every time the location was mentioned.
yep, this was a pretty good read. the characters are perfect teens: full of confusion, contradictions, angst, passion, and jump to conclusions--usually the wrong ones--just as mich as any person you meet in daily life. awesome, and by the end, i was ignoring everything around me to get to the story's conclusion.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I thought the mystery was well done and kept me guessing until the end. The way the book spoke about the character with autism wasn’t kind and I didn’t like most of the characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Roz has macular degeneration. A condition that results in the loss of vision in the center of the eye. This usually makes it hard for the person to see very well. In fact Roz is considered “legally blind” by the DMV. With this condition, Roz can come off as being snobbish as she does not make eye contact with anyone. Roz just wants to be normal. That is hard to do with you are stuck taking “Life Skills” class. A class for people with disabilities to learn how to interact with others. One plus about being stuck in the class is the student aide. His name is Jonathan. Also known as “Zeus” for his good looks.
Roz is paired up with Tricia in her Life Skills class. Tricia is into drugs. So that is why when Tricia goes missing after homecoming Roz thinks nothing about her disappearance. That is until she hears the report on the radio about Tricia’s body being found in the river. Now Roz is trying to piece together all of the events leading up to Tricia’s disappearance.
Blind Spot is the first novel by new author, Laura Ellen. I thought it was a good first book but there is room for improvement. For example, I thought that Roz was going to have more special abilities with her macular degeneration. Instead I got a pretty good story, characters that at times were like mean girls, and an ending that made me go…WTF! That was it?
I mean there was no real surprise as to who was the responsibility party in the disappearance of Tricia but I was expecting more in the end. Roz was fine but very gullible. After a while I only tolerated her. Overall though, I did finish this book as there was promise and I wanted to know how the ending would go. Hopefully the next book by Mrs. Ellen will be better. I will keep an eye on this author and try her again.
Roz is paired up with Tricia in her Life Skills class. Tricia is into drugs. So that is why when Tricia goes missing after homecoming Roz thinks nothing about her disappearance. That is until she hears the report on the radio about Tricia’s body being found in the river. Now Roz is trying to piece together all of the events leading up to Tricia’s disappearance.
Blind Spot is the first novel by new author, Laura Ellen. I thought it was a good first book but there is room for improvement. For example, I thought that Roz was going to have more special abilities with her macular degeneration. Instead I got a pretty good story, characters that at times were like mean girls, and an ending that made me go…WTF! That was it?
I mean there was no real surprise as to who was the responsibility party in the disappearance of Tricia but I was expecting more in the end. Roz was fine but very gullible. After a while I only tolerated her. Overall though, I did finish this book as there was promise and I wanted to know how the ending would go. Hopefully the next book by Mrs. Ellen will be better. I will keep an eye on this author and try her again.
Roswell Hart can't remember anything about the night her classmate Tricia Farni died, and she needs to start remembering soon - her life depends upon it.
Roz is used to living in a hazy world. Macular degeneration has caused her vision to fail her on many occasions, but on the night Tricia disappeared, it's Roz's memory that fails her, not her vision. All Roz can remember from that night is that she and Tricia had a fight. What happens after that is completely erased from her memory.
But when Tricia's body is pulled from the Birch River six months after she disappeared, Roz is now a suspect in a variety of crimes, including Tricia's death. Soon Roz finds herself being questioned by the police to which she doesn't have any answers, other than just one: she didn't do it. And she's determined to get to the bottom of who did in order to clear her name.
Blind Spot is an amazing story that helps to fill a hole in modern YA literature: the mystery. There just aren't that many YA writers doing mystery these days and I love that Laura Ellen is helping to change that. While I did have some issues with the story, on the whole, it was heart-pumping and page-turning. It took me a while to get into the book, but then once I did, I stayed up until 2 a.m. finishing it, which I haven't done with a book in a long time.
Read the rest of my review here.
Roz is used to living in a hazy world. Macular degeneration has caused her vision to fail her on many occasions, but on the night Tricia disappeared, it's Roz's memory that fails her, not her vision. All Roz can remember from that night is that she and Tricia had a fight. What happens after that is completely erased from her memory.
But when Tricia's body is pulled from the Birch River six months after she disappeared, Roz is now a suspect in a variety of crimes, including Tricia's death. Soon Roz finds herself being questioned by the police to which she doesn't have any answers, other than just one: she didn't do it. And she's determined to get to the bottom of who did in order to clear her name.
Blind Spot is an amazing story that helps to fill a hole in modern YA literature: the mystery. There just aren't that many YA writers doing mystery these days and I love that Laura Ellen is helping to change that. While I did have some issues with the story, on the whole, it was heart-pumping and page-turning. It took me a while to get into the book, but then once I did, I stayed up until 2 a.m. finishing it, which I haven't done with a book in a long time.
Read the rest of my review here.
Read this in one day. Loved the writing. I hope Laura Ellen has many more books to come!