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probablyytori's review against another edition
3.0
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Wick is a computer hacker--a very good one at that. So when she gets a diary on her front doorstep that have the words "find me" written inside of it on a sticky note, that's exactly what she plans on doing. The journey belonged to a girl named Tessa Waye that Wick used to be friends with. Keyword used to be friends with.
Along Wick's journey to finding Tessa's killer (because of course this YA and a suicide can't actually just be a suicide. There's always a deeper meaning. Just FYI: I'm not hating. I'm just saying) she makes a few friends. Okay, just one friend. Griff. Let's start this review off with Griff.
One thing in particular really annoying me about Griff: he didn't really care about Wick. In Find Me he was supposed to care about Wick, but it really didn't seem like he did. First off, their first kiss was forced. Sure, Wick sort of wanted to kiss him (it was floating around her mind but she didn't straight out say kiss me now, Griff) but it was still forced. Not in a sense that she was raped, but in a sense that she was blackmailed. I didn't like that Griff had to blackmail her to get her to kiss him. Then there was the fact that he pined. This is an old technique in YA books, in my opinion. There's always that one guy that's been pining after a girl for the longest time... Now, this would've worked for me if Griff wasn't so confident once he actually got to know Wick.
Seriously. It took a week or two for Griff's confidence to suddenly spike after three years of "admiring from afar." That just didn't work for me. I just found Wick and Griff's romance to fall flat, and it really didn't do anything for me. There were a few aww moments, but I don't ship them. And I ship everyone.
There were a few instances where things (statements, mostly) were repeated or information didn't math up. For example, Wick says that Todd never called her 'Wick' when in fact he called her 'Wick' a few paragrpahs earlier. At first this tripped me up, but eventually it just annoyed me. It was on the same page. Come on.
Now let's talk about suspects for Tessa's murder. I have to admit I was confused and genuinely in the gray area as to who the killer was...for about the first third of the book. There's just this part that makes everything so obvious. There's several parts actually. But at first I suspected Carson, the detective. But once I noticed the thinly veiled foreshadowing, I realized that Carson was the obvious choice, and that's why I thought it was him. Hell, I even suspected Griff at one point or another. I kind of wanted it to be Griff. It would've been so perfect. I don't know. Carson just gave me the chills. (The blurb for the sequel to this book. Oh my god. There are so many things that can go wrong with it, but it sounds so good. I can't wait. Seriously. Okay, I've gotten sidetracked.)
I thoroughly enjoyed Wick's character. She was hilarious, I thought. She had the right amount of humor and sarcasm to keep me entertained for the whole book. She's probably my favorite character other than Carson, who--although is creepy--is really interesting to read about.
Overall, this book was entertaining and exciting. It's not extremely thrilling or anything, but it's a fairly easy read. The hacking wasn't too in-depth and Wick wasn't a "hacking genius" but I liked the plot, and I thought the pace was alright. I'm not overly excited about this book, but I don't not like it either (oops, double negatives). I probably won't be reading it again, but I'm definitely picking up the second book that comes out next year, Remember Me.
Definitely worth the read!
Wick is a computer hacker--a very good one at that. So when she gets a diary on her front doorstep that have the words "find me" written inside of it on a sticky note, that's exactly what she plans on doing. The journey belonged to a girl named Tessa Waye that Wick used to be friends with. Keyword used to be friends with.
Along Wick's journey to finding Tessa's killer (because of course this YA and a suicide can't actually just be a suicide. There's always a deeper meaning. Just FYI: I'm not hating. I'm just saying) she makes a few friends. Okay, just one friend. Griff. Let's start this review off with Griff.
One thing in particular really annoying me about Griff: he didn't really care about Wick. In Find Me he was supposed to care about Wick, but it really didn't seem like he did. First off, their first kiss was forced. Sure, Wick sort of wanted to kiss him (it was floating around her mind but she didn't straight out say kiss me now, Griff) but it was still forced. Not in a sense that she was raped, but in a sense that she was blackmailed. I didn't like that Griff had to blackmail her to get her to kiss him. Then there was the fact that he pined. This is an old technique in YA books, in my opinion. There's always that one guy that's been pining after a girl for the longest time... Now, this would've worked for me if Griff wasn't so confident once he actually got to know Wick.
Seriously. It took a week or two for Griff's confidence to suddenly spike after three years of "admiring from afar." That just didn't work for me. I just found Wick and Griff's romance to fall flat, and it really didn't do anything for me. There were a few aww moments, but I don't ship them. And I ship everyone.
There were a few instances where things (statements, mostly) were repeated or information didn't math up. For example, Wick says that Todd never called her 'Wick' when in fact he called her 'Wick' a few paragrpahs earlier. At first this tripped me up, but eventually it just annoyed me. It was on the same page. Come on.
Now let's talk about suspects for Tessa's murder. I have to admit I was confused and genuinely in the gray area as to who the killer was...for about the first third of the book. There's just this part that makes everything so obvious. There's several parts actually. But at first I suspected Carson, the detective. But once I noticed the thinly veiled foreshadowing, I realized that Carson was the obvious choice, and that's why I thought it was him. Hell, I even suspected Griff at one point or another. I kind of wanted it to be Griff. It would've been so perfect. I don't know. Carson just gave me the chills. (The blurb for the sequel to this book. Oh my god. There are so many things that can go wrong with it, but it sounds so good. I can't wait. Seriously. Okay, I've gotten sidetracked.)
Dad was in charge of everything. Norcut says that was probably why my mom jumoed. She thought she'd never get control of her life again, and suicide was the only choice she had left that didn't involved him.
I think it's nice that Norcut has an explanation for everything. Ever since that little comment, I've been pouring coffee into her office orchids. We'll see if she can explain why they all die.
I thoroughly enjoyed Wick's character. She was hilarious, I thought. She had the right amount of humor and sarcasm to keep me entertained for the whole book. She's probably my favorite character other than Carson, who--although is creepy--is really interesting to read about.
"Because you have an answer for everyting." Carson pulls a little clsoer, and I have to stab my feet into the hardwood floor to stand my ground. "You see, nice girls don't. They dont' kno whwo to work law enforcement or social services because they've never been in them. Trash like you always has an answer.
Overall, this book was entertaining and exciting. It's not extremely thrilling or anything, but it's a fairly easy read. The hacking wasn't too in-depth and Wick wasn't a "hacking genius" but I liked the plot, and I thought the pace was alright. I'm not overly excited about this book, but I don't not like it either (oops, double negatives). I probably won't be reading it again, but I'm definitely picking up the second book that comes out next year, Remember Me.
Definitely worth the read!
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leesuh's review against another edition
4.0
Find Me by Romily Bernard is a book I would say is out of my comfort range. It’s not uncomfortable, per se, because I’m open to read anything, but it’s a YA mystery/thriller… and I’d be lying if I said I read lot of those. Find Me was like a YA version of one of those action movies with badass characters you watch after everyone said it’s really good. The difference: no one had to tell me this one was going to be good. I mean, mystery and computer hacking? That already sounds super awesome.
I’ve read a lot of books in my day, but I don’t think I’ve ever read one about a hacker—teenage or otherwise. I’ll admit that’s the very first thing that reeled me in. Before I knew anything else I knew I was going to read Find Me if only for the hacking aspect. While the hacking aspect was super awesome (It’d be cool to know how to hack… except it can be illegal. Oh well. I wouldn’t know what to do with the skill anyway.) there were a handful of other storylines that I found intriguing.
I don’t know about you guys, but I want to learn more about Griff and Bren. Griff was totally that good person capable of kicking ass and I loved him for it. I feel like he’s such a good compliment to Wick, who is feisty and suuuuper independent (to a fault). I love Bren for a totally different reason, though. I don’t know what it was about her—because she wasn’t really in the novel too much—but I couldn’t help loving her. She was Wick and Lily’s foster mom who could never have kids and… barfbarfbarf. You know, all that sentimental shit. Generally I’m apathetic to characters like that, but Bren’s character had several sides that I wish I could discover more fully. She seemed like the type of woman who tries to do the right thing and generally just be a kind person, but won’t hesitate to rip you a new one if you deserve it. God, I loved her. Can you tell?
I had a lot of fun reading Find Me. I was a little bummed near the end when the rapist was revealed. I had suspected a person from the very get go and they turned out to be exactly who I thought they were. It didn’t make the story any better or worse—I was suspicious, not positive—but I was definitely a little bummed that my mind wasn’t blown like some other people said theirs were. But honestly, now I can toot my horn because I was right. You give some you get some. It all works out.
Anyway, I didn’t know until right before I wrote this review, but Find Me is actually the first book in a trilogy. The end let on to it (which is why I Googled it, actually) but now that it’s for sure I’m stoked. I’ll definitely be picking up the next installments when they release. Until then, I urge you to read Find Me if you want something a little dark and mysterious. Maybe it will blow your mind. Maybe you’ll be able to puff your feathers, like me. Either way: read it, love it, come talk to me about it.
I’ve read a lot of books in my day, but I don’t think I’ve ever read one about a hacker—teenage or otherwise. I’ll admit that’s the very first thing that reeled me in. Before I knew anything else I knew I was going to read Find Me if only for the hacking aspect. While the hacking aspect was super awesome (It’d be cool to know how to hack… except it can be illegal. Oh well. I wouldn’t know what to do with the skill anyway.) there were a handful of other storylines that I found intriguing.
I don’t know about you guys, but I want to learn more about Griff and Bren. Griff was totally that good person capable of kicking ass and I loved him for it. I feel like he’s such a good compliment to Wick, who is feisty and suuuuper independent (to a fault). I love Bren for a totally different reason, though. I don’t know what it was about her—because she wasn’t really in the novel too much—but I couldn’t help loving her. She was Wick and Lily’s foster mom who could never have kids and… barfbarfbarf. You know, all that sentimental shit. Generally I’m apathetic to characters like that, but Bren’s character had several sides that I wish I could discover more fully. She seemed like the type of woman who tries to do the right thing and generally just be a kind person, but won’t hesitate to rip you a new one if you deserve it. God, I loved her. Can you tell?
I had a lot of fun reading Find Me. I was a little bummed near the end when the rapist was revealed. I had suspected a person from the very get go and they turned out to be exactly who I thought they were. It didn’t make the story any better or worse—I was suspicious, not positive—but I was definitely a little bummed that my mind wasn’t blown like some other people said theirs were. But honestly, now I can toot my horn because I was right. You give some you get some. It all works out.
Anyway, I didn’t know until right before I wrote this review, but Find Me is actually the first book in a trilogy. The end let on to it (which is why I Googled it, actually) but now that it’s for sure I’m stoked. I’ll definitely be picking up the next installments when they release. Until then, I urge you to read Find Me if you want something a little dark and mysterious. Maybe it will blow your mind. Maybe you’ll be able to puff your feathers, like me. Either way: read it, love it, come talk to me about it.
breerashel's review against another edition
3.0
I guessed who the "killer" was within the first 80 pages and my first thought was it can't be that easy. It turns out that it was that easy. The villain was interesting and it made sense but I would have liked to have had to try harder to figure it out.
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siobhan27's review against another edition
4.0
I really cannot say how much I loved this book. I have already tweeted that this book was probably my favorite debut of the year, and as of right now that still stands. I have never been this impressed with a story in a long time and to put that into perspective, I have read over 100 books so far this year, and this one blows all of those out of the water.
This is not your ordinary YA novel because our main character, Wick, is your normal teenager. She is a hacker, and she and her sister have been put into foster home when their father is suspected of being part of a criminal organization, one that Wick knows all too much about. It is only when a distant friend somics suicide that her worlds turns even more upside down. She find her diary with a note that says FIND ME. Wick knows that someone made her do what she did, all she had to do was find out.
And oh does she find out. I pride myself o figuring out the ends of mystery novels. I watch way too many episodes of Castle and Criminal Minds to not be. But honestly I thought I knew who the bad guys was BUT NO! Romaly had to go and turn everything on its head and make me question everything i just read. WELL DONE.
But seriously, besides the reveal at the end, what I loved most about this book was the sub plots that seemed to crop up everywhere! I am not saying there were a lot, but there were enough to makes this story incredible complex and engaging. Evey chapter revealed something else, which in turn revealed something else. It was like a stack of dominoes that was falling slowly but you knew everything would happen eventually.
I loved everything about this book. There was no part that I thought was underdeveloped or overdeveloped. Every character served a purpose and every scene lead to the ultimate end. I loved this book more than this review could ever express. It was amazing.
This is not your ordinary YA novel because our main character, Wick, is your normal teenager. She is a hacker, and she and her sister have been put into foster home when their father is suspected of being part of a criminal organization, one that Wick knows all too much about. It is only when a distant friend somics suicide that her worlds turns even more upside down. She find her diary with a note that says FIND ME. Wick knows that someone made her do what she did, all she had to do was find out.
And oh does she find out. I pride myself o figuring out the ends of mystery novels. I watch way too many episodes of Castle and Criminal Minds to not be. But honestly I thought I knew who the bad guys was BUT NO! Romaly had to go and turn everything on its head and make me question everything i just read. WELL DONE.
But seriously, besides the reveal at the end, what I loved most about this book was the sub plots that seemed to crop up everywhere! I am not saying there were a lot, but there were enough to makes this story incredible complex and engaging. Evey chapter revealed something else, which in turn revealed something else. It was like a stack of dominoes that was falling slowly but you knew everything would happen eventually.
I loved everything about this book. There was no part that I thought was underdeveloped or overdeveloped. Every character served a purpose and every scene lead to the ultimate end. I loved this book more than this review could ever express. It was amazing.
radruby's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 I really enjoyed this book, and flew through it, as it's hard to put down.
i do have to say that this book deals with some very heavy subject matter and emotions, that were done in a good way, but i definitely didn't expect to come across.
defiantly worth checking out if you like thrillers, and i may do a video review in a little more depth on my youtube channel, but i can't recommend this book without also giving it a strong abuse trigger warning.
good book though, i would read other books by this author for sure, though i just found out this is the first in a series and i feel this would have been really good as a standalone. but we'll see!
i do have to say that this book deals with some very heavy subject matter and emotions, that were done in a good way, but i definitely didn't expect to come across.
defiantly worth checking out if you like thrillers, and i may do a video review in a little more depth on my youtube channel, but i can't recommend this book without also giving it a strong abuse trigger warning.
good book though, i would read other books by this author for sure, though i just found out this is the first in a series and i feel this would have been really good as a standalone. but we'll see!
wiltingroses's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
knallen's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked this book and it surprised me. I expected to like it from the summary on the book flap and the book trailer, but when I first started reading it, I was a little disappointed. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't what expected then it took off and wow. I adored the whole thing. Also this woman knows how to write a kissing scene that isn't cliched and schmoopy but unique, funny and how every one wants to be kissed. It was thrilling, exciting and I had to be reminded that my lunch hour was up because I got entirely lost in reading this book.
bookishgrrrl's review against another edition
3.0
The writing was very good--tight, with clever dialogue. Pacing was also nice and I like where the story (series, right?) is going. I think the next book will be even better. This had a few issues with characters being a little stereotypical IMO. I knew who the culprit was waaaayyyy too soon and the ending was a little nicely wrapped. However, having said that, I still finished it and I would pick up the next one to see the character's development.