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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-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
This book was one of those contemporaries that has you screaming at the top of your lungs one second and grinning from ear to ear the next. I loved how creepy things got with Echoe's mind accident problems. Fricking noah Hutchins is L I F E, but I say that about all of my fictional boys so… There were only a few times I wanted to punch the idiot in the face because he was either being too selfish or saying the wrong things. To me Echo felt a little flat, but I kind of grew towards liking her personality so much I felt like by the end of the book we were bffs. I loved how everything just tied up perfectly at the end and how DARE YOU TO IS ABOUT BETHH OMG.
Dios, que puedo decir?
Este libro se ha vuelto uno de mis favoritos, la historia me ha enganchado desde el principio, tanto con lo las ganas de saber que le paso a Echo como con la historia de amor entre Noah y Echo
Noah es un amor de chico, aunque intente dar imagen de chico malo, tiene su corazoncito (que porcierto es un corazon enorme), a mi me ha enamorado desde el principio ^^
Me gusta mucho que el libro este narrado por Noah y Echo, le da dos perspectivas y hace que entres en la mente de cada personaje
Recomiendo mucho este libro 5/5, no os vais a arrepentir si lo leeis ;)
Este libro se ha vuelto uno de mis favoritos, la historia me ha enganchado desde el principio, tanto con lo las ganas de saber que le paso a Echo como con la historia de amor entre Noah y Echo
Noah es un amor de chico, aunque intente dar imagen de chico malo, tiene su corazoncito (que porcierto es un corazon enorme), a mi me ha enamorado desde el principio ^^
Me gusta mucho que el libro este narrado por Noah y Echo, le da dos perspectivas y hace que entres en la mente de cada personaje
Recomiendo mucho este libro 5/5, no os vais a arrepentir si lo leeis ;)
4.5 car bon, j'ignore si c'est un peu problème de traduction ou si c'était déjà comme ça en VO, mais j'ai eu quelques soucis avec l'écriture. Pour le reste, luuuuuve it! ^^
oh wow! this book was sooooo good. it made my laugh, almost made me cry, made me smile, and made me feel love that wasn't mine. beautiful book, beautiful story, and beautiful characters.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Review: http://heartfullofbooks.com/2014/10/12/review-black-ice-by-becca-fitzpartick/
"You're not alone... You're not alone because you have me."
This is a love story. I mean, let’s be honest, they’re all love stories… But this one… this one. I’m not even sure how to go about conveying my emotions to you, because there are a lot of them, or my thoughts about this story, because there are a lot of those, too. I may possibly be in love with this book. And Noah, but mostly the book.
This is a story about love, yes, but also grief and betrayal and forgiveness and family and growing up. It’s powerful and emotional. It’s supported by two beautiful main characters, infectious writing, and a wonderful romance–the kind that makes you pause for a second and just grin until you return to the utter amazingness of the moment. Yeah, you know the ones. I love those. So much.
If you've read the summary, you probably think you’ve read this story before. Boy beaten down by the world meets broken girl drowning in the shreds of her life, and they fall miraculously and hopelessly in love for no other real reason than that they're both inexplicably gorgeous. Yeah? No. Katie McGarry has created an original, breathtaking story about–dare I say it?–the power of love. OH, THE CHEESE IS PRACTICALLY RUNNING OUT OF MY EARS. Just kidding, that would be gross… But seriously.
This book is many things, but it is not cheesy. Which I fully appreciate. I’ve read my fair share of contemporaries, and, as much as I love them, there can be a fair amount of cheese inhabiting their pages. Pushing the Limits thankfully lacks said cheese. This is real. These are two teenagers dealing with real problems and going through real situations that real teenagers experience. I am a teenager (shocking, I know), and this is high school. There are social hoops to jump through and crappy friends and mean stares and pressure and rumors and gossip and sex and drugs and alcohol (DUN DUN DUN). In this story, there just happens to be an extra layer: all of the crap Noah and Echo have to deal with. I don’t know how they do it. I’m barely surviving high school, and my only real problem is my complete lack of social skills and desire to live in fictional worlds with fictional boyfriends.
As aforementioned, I am a hormonal teenager, and so I was unapologetically loving the romance between Noah and Echo. Both of them felt extremely real to me. We have a dual POV here (hallelujah!), and I was absolutely riveted by both sides of this story. When reading from Echo, I was completely absorbed in her problems (and descriptions of Noah). I loved her snark, I loved her personality, I loved watching her character develop as she fights to deal with her issues. When reading from Noah, I was completely captivated by his half of the story. I loved his drive, I loved his relationships with various members of his “family” (air-quotes because…. you’ll see) and how those shift over the course of the story, I loved his secret thoughts about Echo. I loved watching them interact, loved picturing Noah running his fingers through Echo’s hair, loved imagining the scene in which Echo is painting and Noah finds her with blue specks on her face. I’m using the verb “love” here a lot. I think we can safely say that I loved this book.
It was just spectacular to witness these two characters work through their many issues and find comfort in each other. It’s one of those heart-warming stories that remind me I can push through life, no matter what hands I get dealt. I guess I’d say it was empowering for me. Even though I–thankfully–have never had to face adversity like these two do, I felt a connection with both of them. This is what contemporaries are supposed to be. A million rounds of applause to Katie McGarry and a million hugs for creating these beautiful characters (can you create me my own personal Noah?). A million more for this wonderful, interesting plot that kept me up until 3am and an overall phenomenal story. Is this one of my favorites? Quite possibly. I just wish I could read this for the first time again and again…
I didn't know much about this book when I started it but it didn't take me long to realise that this was a book for me! Simone Elekeles blurbs the book, and I love Simone's Perfect Chemistry series (Fuentes brothers...be still my beating heart) and Pushing the Limits is written with the same feelings. A good girl, Echo, who used to be popular experiences a devastating event and is then shunned by the popular crowd. A bad boy, Noah, who spokes dope, has tattoos, sleeps with a different girl every week...who woulda thought that these two could become intertwined so strongly. Me, me, me! I was holding my breath, ripping through the pages and savoring their interactions. What really held it together for me was the journey that each of these characters were taking. Both had major hurdles to get across including family, mental health, death and grieving and I felt that neither really believed in themselves. They believed in each other but when it came to themselves, they each felt they were weak and worthless. There were many times that I was choked up with tears, many times that I sighed with swoon and Echo and Noah definitely took me along for an emotional rollercoaster of a ride, which when I was finished, I was very satisfied.