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Man sollte meinen, dass ich nach [b:Perfect Chemistry|4268157|Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)|Simone Elkeles|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1316637352s/4268157.jpg|4315675] gelernt habe, dass diese Teenieliebesschnulzen in Buchformat nichts für mich sind. Pushing The Limits war aber schon auf dem Kindle (99 Cent Schnäppchen), also wieso kein zweiter Versuch?
Ich erklär euch wieso:
1. Protagonistin Echo hat schreckliche Freunde. Hin und wieder flattern sie zwar besorgt um sie rum, aber meistens dreht sich bei ihren Gesprächen alles um Echos Ruf und wie man den bloß wieder herstellen kann. Lila ist angeblich Echos beste Freundin, aber das wirkte mehr wie „ach ja, Echo ist ein Teenager, klar hat die ne beste Freundin“. In keiner Situation habe ich diese Freundschaft spüren können.
Ganz zu schweigen von ihrer „Freundin“ Grace, die nach außen immer so tut als hätte sie nichts mit Echo am Hut, um dann ab und zu heimlich mit ihr zu reden. Außerdem versuchen ihre „Freundinnen“ ihr ständig einzureden, dass sie wieder mit Oberarschloch Luke (ihr Exfreund) zusammenkommen soll. Nur des guten Rufes wegen. Es interessiert niemanden, ob Echo überhaupt etwas für Luke empfindet.
2. Die Familiensituation ist so klischeebehaftet, dass sie nicht zu überraschen weiß. Ashley mimt die böse Stiefmutter (und es ist unglaublich wie unverschämt Echo sie behandelt), ihr Vater ist leistungsorientiert und hat verlernt Zuneigung zu zeigen. Blabla. Das einzig spannende ist Echos psychisch kranke Mutter, doch selbst die schießt am Ende den Vogel ab (zugegeben, nicht nach Klischeevorlage, dafür einfach nur bescheuert).
3. Echos Besessenheit mit ihren Narben. Ich verstehe, dass es für Echo wichtig ist und dass es sich hier um einen zentralen Punkt im Plot handelt, aber irgendwann ging es mir nur noch auf die Nerven. Echo denkt ununterbrochen über ihre Narben nach und was die Leute von ihr denken könnten. Hätte sie nicht ein bisschen mehr Selbstvertrauen abbekommen können? Das war ja schlimm. Oder hätten ihre Gedanken nicht ein wenig vielschichtiger sein können? Es schien immer nur darum zu gehen, was andere über sie denken.
4. Echo sagt nie, was sie denkt. Vielleicht bin ich verwöhnt, weil ich kurz zuvor Confessions of An Angry Girl gelesen habe und da sagt die Protagonistin immer laut, was sie denkt. Hier war es echt nicht mehr lustig. Man bekommt live mit, was Echo denkt und wie sie genau das Gegenteil davon laut sagt. Wieso? GEBT DEM MÄDCHEN DOCH ETWAS SELBSTVERTRAUEN BITTE!
5. Noah nennt Echo „baby“. Ungefähr zwanzig Mal zu oft.
6. Während die Beziehung zwischen Echo und Noah am Anfang noch ein angenehmes Tempo anschlägt, ist nachdem sie – wie lange? Eine Woche? – zusammen sind, schon von Liebe die Rede. Unrealistisch und blöd. Vor allem, weil die Story auch funktioniert, wenn man sich damit mehr Zeit gelassen hätte.
7. Da Noah den Bad Boy mimt, muss er hin und wieder auch fluchen. Wirkte für mich total aufgesetzt.
8. Diese kitschigen, pathetischen Formulierungen:
Bäääh.
Zugegeben, insgesamt fand ich das Buch immerhin noch besser als Perfect Chemistry. Die Charaktere waren zugänglich und nett. Außerdem fand ich Echos Backstory mit ihrer Mutter originell und interessant.
Aber nichtsdestotrotz weiß ich jetzt, dass diese ziemlich hoch gelobten YA Romanzen nicht mein Fall sind. Da bleibe ich lieber bei meinen Contemporary-Favoriten.
Ich erklär euch wieso:
1. Protagonistin Echo hat schreckliche Freunde. Hin und wieder flattern sie zwar besorgt um sie rum, aber meistens dreht sich bei ihren Gesprächen alles um Echos Ruf und wie man den bloß wieder herstellen kann. Lila ist angeblich Echos beste Freundin, aber das wirkte mehr wie „ach ja, Echo ist ein Teenager, klar hat die ne beste Freundin“. In keiner Situation habe ich diese Freundschaft spüren können.
Ganz zu schweigen von ihrer „Freundin“ Grace, die nach außen immer so tut als hätte sie nichts mit Echo am Hut, um dann ab und zu heimlich mit ihr zu reden. Außerdem versuchen ihre „Freundinnen“ ihr ständig einzureden, dass sie wieder mit Oberarschloch Luke (ihr Exfreund) zusammenkommen soll. Nur des guten Rufes wegen. Es interessiert niemanden, ob Echo überhaupt etwas für Luke empfindet.
2. Die Familiensituation ist so klischeebehaftet, dass sie nicht zu überraschen weiß. Ashley mimt die böse Stiefmutter (und es ist unglaublich wie unverschämt Echo sie behandelt), ihr Vater ist leistungsorientiert und hat verlernt Zuneigung zu zeigen. Blabla. Das einzig spannende ist Echos psychisch kranke Mutter, doch selbst die schießt am Ende den Vogel ab (zugegeben, nicht nach Klischeevorlage, dafür einfach nur bescheuert).
3. Echos Besessenheit mit ihren Narben. Ich verstehe, dass es für Echo wichtig ist und dass es sich hier um einen zentralen Punkt im Plot handelt, aber irgendwann ging es mir nur noch auf die Nerven. Echo denkt ununterbrochen über ihre Narben nach und was die Leute von ihr denken könnten. Hätte sie nicht ein bisschen mehr Selbstvertrauen abbekommen können? Das war ja schlimm. Oder hätten ihre Gedanken nicht ein wenig vielschichtiger sein können? Es schien immer nur darum zu gehen, was andere über sie denken.
4. Echo sagt nie, was sie denkt. Vielleicht bin ich verwöhnt, weil ich kurz zuvor Confessions of An Angry Girl gelesen habe und da sagt die Protagonistin immer laut, was sie denkt. Hier war es echt nicht mehr lustig. Man bekommt live mit, was Echo denkt und wie sie genau das Gegenteil davon laut sagt. Wieso? GEBT DEM MÄDCHEN DOCH ETWAS SELBSTVERTRAUEN BITTE!
5. Noah nennt Echo „baby“. Ungefähr zwanzig Mal zu oft.
6. Während die Beziehung zwischen Echo und Noah am Anfang noch ein angenehmes Tempo anschlägt, ist nachdem sie – wie lange? Eine Woche? – zusammen sind, schon von Liebe die Rede. Unrealistisch und blöd. Vor allem, weil die Story auch funktioniert, wenn man sich damit mehr Zeit gelassen hätte.
7. Da Noah den Bad Boy mimt, muss er hin und wieder auch fluchen. Wirkte für mich total aufgesetzt.
8. Diese kitschigen, pathetischen Formulierungen:
„This girl owned my soul and stole my heart. She’d opened herself to me, giving me love and never asked for anything in return.“
Bäääh.
Zugegeben, insgesamt fand ich das Buch immerhin noch besser als Perfect Chemistry. Die Charaktere waren zugänglich und nett. Außerdem fand ich Echos Backstory mit ihrer Mutter originell und interessant.
Aber nichtsdestotrotz weiß ich jetzt, dass diese ziemlich hoch gelobten YA Romanzen nicht mein Fall sind. Da bleibe ich lieber bei meinen Contemporary-Favoriten.
This was a really good book. I finished it in a day because I refused to put the book down.
emotional
hopeful
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I fell in love with this book the moment I opened it
This books is simply mind blowing <3 !!!
This books is simply mind blowing <3 !!!
I had seen and heard about Pushing The Limits before it's release and I really liked the sound of it so was very excited to receive a copy from the publisher. Echo is still coming to terms with the death of her brother, Aires, and all she has left of him is his 1965 corvette that he was fixing up, and she refuses to give it up without a fight. To keep it she needs a job, and her clinical social worker has the perfect job, tutoring Noah Hutchins.
When I began reading a few things jumped out at me immediately. I loved echo. I didn't like her Father. Her Stepmother was self-absorbed.
We don't get to know straight away what exactly happened to Echo, but as the gaps are filled in and we learn alongside Echo, then we get to see the whole picture, some of her Fathers behaviour towards Echo can then be rationalised and accounted for, but not all of it. Even after it was all revealed I still think he went about things the wrong way, and his controlling attitude was not healthy for Echo. I do have to say though, that to go through what she went through and still be able to mostly function in the real world is amazing.
As I made my way through Pushing The Limits I loved how we get to see Echo come out of herself more, thanks to Noah and a supportive friend, Lila. Echo begins to believe in herself more, not only her talents but also her own physical appearance, and I loved watching it happen before my eyes.
My fist impression of Noah was I didn't like him much, his whole attitude, not only towards others, but towards life stunk, but as his background is revealed I began to feel sorry for him and slowly understood why he had the attitude he does. As the story progress it was hard not to fall in love with Noah, how he acts around Echo and wants to be there for her makes up for his bad first impression. Noah's brothers, Jacob and Tyler, are both in foster care. Noah gets supervised visits to see them but he wants them back for good. To do this he needs to stop his attitude and get better in school to prove he is responsible.
Although Noah and Echo know each other a little, they do not get on initially and wind each other up, pushing all the right buttons to get a bad reaction off each other. As this duo learns more about each other they begin to open up to each other, and what starts out as dislike end up being something more.
Pushing The Limits was an amazing read that I could not put down. I love the dynamics each character has with their own friends, Isaiah,Beth, and Lila, but I also loved the relationship Noah has with his brothers. Each characters individuality and personality made it very interesting when they were together and I loved seeing the sparks fly, good and bad, whenever they were around each other.
The world that Katie has created is believable it was so easy to fall into the pages. By the end of the book you are so emotionally invested in the characters that you don't want to see the book come to an end. There is a teaser for a new book, Dare You To, and it makes me want to read it even more, to want get back to this world and the characters and take another journey with them. Pushing The Limits is a must read.
When I began reading a few things jumped out at me immediately. I loved echo. I didn't like her Father. Her Stepmother was self-absorbed.
We don't get to know straight away what exactly happened to Echo, but as the gaps are filled in and we learn alongside Echo, then we get to see the whole picture, some of her Fathers behaviour towards Echo can then be rationalised and accounted for, but not all of it. Even after it was all revealed I still think he went about things the wrong way, and his controlling attitude was not healthy for Echo. I do have to say though, that to go through what she went through and still be able to mostly function in the real world is amazing.
As I made my way through Pushing The Limits I loved how we get to see Echo come out of herself more, thanks to Noah and a supportive friend, Lila. Echo begins to believe in herself more, not only her talents but also her own physical appearance, and I loved watching it happen before my eyes.
My fist impression of Noah was I didn't like him much, his whole attitude, not only towards others, but towards life stunk, but as his background is revealed I began to feel sorry for him and slowly understood why he had the attitude he does. As the story progress it was hard not to fall in love with Noah, how he acts around Echo and wants to be there for her makes up for his bad first impression. Noah's brothers, Jacob and Tyler, are both in foster care. Noah gets supervised visits to see them but he wants them back for good. To do this he needs to stop his attitude and get better in school to prove he is responsible.
Although Noah and Echo know each other a little, they do not get on initially and wind each other up, pushing all the right buttons to get a bad reaction off each other. As this duo learns more about each other they begin to open up to each other, and what starts out as dislike end up being something more.
Pushing The Limits was an amazing read that I could not put down. I love the dynamics each character has with their own friends, Isaiah,Beth, and Lila, but I also loved the relationship Noah has with his brothers. Each characters individuality and personality made it very interesting when they were together and I loved seeing the sparks fly, good and bad, whenever they were around each other.
The world that Katie has created is believable it was so easy to fall into the pages. By the end of the book you are so emotionally invested in the characters that you don't want to see the book come to an end. There is a teaser for a new book, Dare You To, and it makes me want to read it even more, to want get back to this world and the characters and take another journey with them. Pushing The Limits is a must read.
what a loverly book. Has just a bit of everything, quite enjoyable.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Echo has no memories of the event that left her arms horribly scared. Once part of the popular crowd, she now hides away from the rumours flying around school about her. Her so-called friends think if she would only get back together with her ex-boyfriend, Luke, everything would go back to normal. But for Echo, all she wants to know is what really happened to her so that she can fill the black hole inside.
Noah has been in foster care since his parents died in a fire. He was separated from his younger brothers and wants nothing more than to be a family again. He knows what the system is like and he can’t leave them to suffer but can an 18 year old boy really become a single father? At school, he’s an outcast, known for a string of one-night stands, until he and Echo are forced together and he gets a glimpse of the broken girl underneath the girl he thought was stuck-up.
The overriding theme of Pushing the Limits is a desire to be normal, whatever normal may be. Both Echo and Noah have been struck by tragedy more than once. Echo lost her brother to the war, her mother to mental illness and her popularity to an event she can’t even remember. It’s incredibly frustrating for her that no one will just tell her but her on-going therapy is realistic and there is no sudden revelation. Noah not only lost his parents, but also access to his remaining family, his brothers that he loves so much and, like Echo, has also lost the acceptance of his peers.
After the first few chapters, I wasn’t sure if I was going to love it as it starts off with typical school politics on the battlefield that is the cafeteria, but as soon as Echo and Noah started their awkward friendship, I was hooked. Every character has their flaws and, what seem like stereotypes at the start, get prised apart as little truths come out. Every moment of honesty seems like a success and Echo starts to see that her world isn’t black and white; there are things she is too self-absorbed to understand. And yes, teenagers in general are self-absorbed so this isn’t a criticism of her as a character, more that her growing awareness echoes her steps to becoming an adult.
Whilst Echo’s overcoming tragedy story is not uncommon in young adult fiction, it was good to see the topic of custody tackled. There are thousands of young adults that do take on the role of caregivers, whether or not their parents are still alive, and Katie McGarry highlights the stark reality of what it involves. Life in the system has made Noah grow up faster than other kids but he has to grow up a lot more before he can really see what’s in front of him.
The central relationship is a gripping rollercoaster ride, whilst moments may be predictable I was never sure if they’d get their happy ending or not. After all, how many of us have normal? I loved Noah character except half way through he started calling Echo baby all the time and it just sound insincere. Maybe this is just my older, more cynical mind but wish it had been toned down a bit. These teenagers swear, drink, smoke pot and have sex. It’s refreshing not to skirt around the things that everyone knows is going on without endorsing the behaviour. Contemporary young adult writing at its best.
Noah has been in foster care since his parents died in a fire. He was separated from his younger brothers and wants nothing more than to be a family again. He knows what the system is like and he can’t leave them to suffer but can an 18 year old boy really become a single father? At school, he’s an outcast, known for a string of one-night stands, until he and Echo are forced together and he gets a glimpse of the broken girl underneath the girl he thought was stuck-up.
The overriding theme of Pushing the Limits is a desire to be normal, whatever normal may be. Both Echo and Noah have been struck by tragedy more than once. Echo lost her brother to the war, her mother to mental illness and her popularity to an event she can’t even remember. It’s incredibly frustrating for her that no one will just tell her but her on-going therapy is realistic and there is no sudden revelation. Noah not only lost his parents, but also access to his remaining family, his brothers that he loves so much and, like Echo, has also lost the acceptance of his peers.
After the first few chapters, I wasn’t sure if I was going to love it as it starts off with typical school politics on the battlefield that is the cafeteria, but as soon as Echo and Noah started their awkward friendship, I was hooked. Every character has their flaws and, what seem like stereotypes at the start, get prised apart as little truths come out. Every moment of honesty seems like a success and Echo starts to see that her world isn’t black and white; there are things she is too self-absorbed to understand. And yes, teenagers in general are self-absorbed so this isn’t a criticism of her as a character, more that her growing awareness echoes her steps to becoming an adult.
Whilst Echo’s overcoming tragedy story is not uncommon in young adult fiction, it was good to see the topic of custody tackled. There are thousands of young adults that do take on the role of caregivers, whether or not their parents are still alive, and Katie McGarry highlights the stark reality of what it involves. Life in the system has made Noah grow up faster than other kids but he has to grow up a lot more before he can really see what’s in front of him.
The central relationship is a gripping rollercoaster ride, whilst moments may be predictable I was never sure if they’d get their happy ending or not. After all, how many of us have normal? I loved Noah character except half way through he started calling Echo baby all the time and it just sound insincere. Maybe this is just my older, more cynical mind but wish it had been toned down a bit. These teenagers swear, drink, smoke pot and have sex. It’s refreshing not to skirt around the things that everyone knows is going on without endorsing the behaviour. Contemporary young adult writing at its best.
I loved everything about this book - I honestly don't think there is anything that I would change. My favorite was the characters, they all felt real and believable. Overall I think I found a new favorite book :)