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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
Interesting concept, but I'm not sure if the execution was done the best way. For me, this cost most of the enjoyment of the book. Something in the story didn't 'flow', and the story read flat. I still enjoyed the story, though, and want to know what happens in the next few books.
is it possible to love a series more when you're in middle school? I thought this was wild and I loved Reed/Reid (sp?) - oh gosh, is this why I love thrillers now??
1.5 stars. This was one of my favorite books as a kid. Turns out, I was a dumb kid. This book was awful!! No one was making logical decisions and Reeve?!?! He plays the boyfriend of the main character who just found out that she's been kidnapped, and rather than being supportive he complains because she talks about it too much (?!?!) and he just wants to have sex?!? I have no idea why I liked this book so much. It gets the half a star though for the cool concept. But that's literally where the good things end with this one.
This book was interesting, but could have been better in my opinion. I love the plot line of being taken as a child, and finding out that you're actually a missing child. However, I feel like the story was too simple and boring. I'm not sure if this is just because of the age group its aim at or not, but I did not enjoy it as much as I had hoped. While the idea is interesting, I do not care enough to read on and see what happens to Janie and her families.
3.5
I didn’t love it as much as I did when I was younger, which I guess happens sometimes. I was always interested in learning what happens next, but I never did before because I only own the first one, and at that time I was not really using the library, and I just never continued on. I still do want to find out what happens but I am also on the fence about whether I really want to put a lot of time and effort into reading the rest because there are so many other series that I would like to read, and I felt that this book was just okay. I am also uncertain whether I will be keeping this one or donating it, because I’ve read it so many times and I don’t like it that much anymore. What I will do is get the second book from the library and see if I like it, if I don’t I will dnf the series and donate this one.
Spoilers!
I felt like Janie acted irrationally at times, like the angsty teenager she is. I never noticed it when I was younger, but after she hears the story from her parents about Hannah she cried with them and believes it, but then the next day she decides that they’re lying and that they did kidnap her. She never considered the fact that it might have been Hannah who kidnapped her, since according to her parents Hannah was the one who brought her there, until Reeves told her what Lizzie said. The only possibility that she considered was that her parents kidnapped her, even though she did not believe them to be capable of it, even though Hannah had been brainwashed by the cult and probably did not know right from wrong and did not understand what she was doing when she kidnapped Jennie from the New Jersey mall. Janie did not want to leave her parents and have another family, but she also did not try to come up with another explaination, like maybe Hannah had been traveling with her husband from the cult and broke away from him to visit her family and told him that his daughter was kidnapped. There could have been some other explainations for it, but she only thought about her parents.
Janie also believed she was a horrible daughter because she had traded her family for ice cream and then forgot them, but she was only 3 when it happened. I doubt she would have understood what was going on, especially because Hannah was so nice to her. And she doubts herself so much, even though she begins to have these very clear memories of another life, and being loved by another set of parents. And she internalizes everything so much that she was literally losing her mind. The majority of the book was Janie internalizing what she learned, not really looking for clues or a solution, which I didn’t really like.
At first, I felt like her relationship with Reeve seemed forced, and it sort of still does, but it has grown on me now.
I didn’t love it as much as I did when I was younger, which I guess happens sometimes. I was always interested in learning what happens next, but I never did before because I only own the first one, and at that time I was not really using the library, and I just never continued on. I still do want to find out what happens but I am also on the fence about whether I really want to put a lot of time and effort into reading the rest because there are so many other series that I would like to read, and I felt that this book was just okay. I am also uncertain whether I will be keeping this one or donating it, because I’ve read it so many times and I don’t like it that much anymore. What I will do is get the second book from the library and see if I like it, if I don’t I will dnf the series and donate this one.
Spoilers!
I felt like Janie acted irrationally at times, like the angsty teenager she is. I never noticed it when I was younger, but after she hears the story from her parents about Hannah she cried with them and believes it, but then the next day she decides that they’re lying and that they did kidnap her. She never considered the fact that it might have been Hannah who kidnapped her, since according to her parents Hannah was the one who brought her there, until Reeves told her what Lizzie said. The only possibility that she considered was that her parents kidnapped her, even though she did not believe them to be capable of it, even though Hannah had been brainwashed by the cult and probably did not know right from wrong and did not understand what she was doing when she kidnapped Jennie from the New Jersey mall. Janie did not want to leave her parents and have another family, but she also did not try to come up with another explaination, like maybe Hannah had been traveling with her husband from the cult and broke away from him to visit her family and told him that his daughter was kidnapped. There could have been some other explainations for it, but she only thought about her parents.
Janie also believed she was a horrible daughter because she had traded her family for ice cream and then forgot them, but she was only 3 when it happened. I doubt she would have understood what was going on, especially because Hannah was so nice to her. And she doubts herself so much, even though she begins to have these very clear memories of another life, and being loved by another set of parents. And she internalizes everything so much that she was literally losing her mind. The majority of the book was Janie internalizing what she learned, not really looking for clues or a solution, which I didn’t really like.
At first, I felt like her relationship with Reeve seemed forced, and it sort of still does, but it has grown on me now.
Re-read this for some childhood memories. This isn't the best written book but as a child I was not worried about that. I loved the mystery. I discovered this after the Nancy Drew books and they all started my love for mystery. Maybe I'll go back and finish the series too.
First off, how great is the idea for this book? I've seen those ads looking for kids who disappeared years ago and its true who would recognize the child except the person themselves. This plot had me hooked from the very beginning.
Janie is just a normal, lactose intolerant girl. She has a crush on her next door neighbor Reeve, a great life with parents who love her and she loves them back. But then she sees herself on the milk carton and her world is turned upside down. Did her parents kidnap her? Are they horrible people or was it just a lapse of judgement? Who is this other family of hers in New Jersey? What if they want her back? What if she has to leave her parents who she still loves?
I liked how Caroline used flashbacks through out the books. I liked how Janie slipped into them and didn't realize what else was happening around her. In other books I've read, flashbacks happen while the character is sleeping so it is not noticeable to the other characters.
Even though I didn't love this book I will definitely read the rest of the series.
www.anibelle.blogspot.com
Janie is just a normal, lactose intolerant girl. She has a crush on her next door neighbor Reeve, a great life with parents who love her and she loves them back. But then she sees herself on the milk carton and her world is turned upside down. Did her parents kidnap her? Are they horrible people or was it just a lapse of judgement? Who is this other family of hers in New Jersey? What if they want her back? What if she has to leave her parents who she still loves?
I liked how Caroline used flashbacks through out the books. I liked how Janie slipped into them and didn't realize what else was happening around her. In other books I've read, flashbacks happen while the character is sleeping so it is not noticeable to the other characters.
Even though I didn't love this book I will definitely read the rest of the series.
www.anibelle.blogspot.com
When a book ends on a cliff hanger and you just don't care, that's a problem.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I found this book at a book fair at my school. I loved this book so much and i always wanted to read the rest of the series but i always forgot, but it's never to late to read a book no matter how old you are. at least that's my opinion.