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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
This book was better than 5 & 6, but it was still annoying.
Spencer- found out Alison was her sister, and found out that her parents used a surrogate for her. Her relationship with Melissa is actually a lot better than in the show and I like that.
Aria- dates someone her own age and think's Alison's ghost is haunting her. I feel bad for the reporters harassing her.
Hanna- actually has mental problems and PTSD from what Mona did and got help for it, the help wasn't really that good though, Iris turned out to be a b*tch even though she could have been a friend first. Hanna really does care about popularity than actual friendship and I kind of can't stand her.
Emily- Cosplays an Amish girl?????
Overall: Not terrible, still gonna keep going on with the series. The plot twist with Jenna at the end was surprising and I liked that.
Spencer- found out Alison was her sister, and found out that her parents used a surrogate for her. Her relationship with Melissa is actually a lot better than in the show and I like that.
Aria- dates someone her own age and think's Alison's ghost is haunting her. I feel bad for the reporters harassing her.
Hanna- actually has mental problems and PTSD from what Mona did and got help for it, the help wasn't really that good though, Iris turned out to be a b*tch even though she could have been a friend first. Hanna really does care about popularity than actual friendship and I kind of can't stand her.
Emily- Cosplays an Amish girl?????
Overall: Not terrible, still gonna keep going on with the series. The plot twist with Jenna at the end was surprising and I liked that.
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I started on this series when I came across quite a number of fair reviews on it.
The novels revolve around the lives of 4 girls of Rosewood Day School -- Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily. They were almost nonentities in their school till Alison chose them to be a part of her posse. Together they became the most enviable group and suddenly the girls found themselves to be the center of attraction at Rosewood. Then, Allison went missing and the girls fell apart even though they were bound by a few secrets.
Alison is continuously described as the most popular girl at Rosewood Day school. She chose the other girls to be a part of her posse and thus giving them whole new identities. However, as the story progresses, we find that she was not very kind to her friends and often held their secrets on their heads. She emerges as this popular, unkind and manipulative girl with a hell lot of secrets of her own.
Aria is again maybe the most confused girl in the series. She is someone who wants to stand out and always feels misunderstood. She is connected with a lot of guys, including a teacher, her friend’s ex and even her mother’s boyfriend.
Hanna starts out as a chubby girl who wanted to be like Alison. Her fixation with becoming the “It” girl, leads her to developing Bulimia. She is prepared to give everything else up for becoming someone like Alison. So much so that even though she starts of as the girl obsessed with winning the love of her childhood crush, yet over the time she even gives up true love for her fixation of becoming the “it” girl.
Spencer is supposed to be a very talented academic, yet someone never seen to sit down with a book. Instead she cheats and lies her way through. She is very competitive with her elder sister Mellissa, another excellent academic person, but is shown to take it out only by going out with elder sister’s boyfriends. Later on she has problems with her identity crisis.
Emily is obsessed with Alison. As a person who is confused about her own sexuality, Emily is in love with Alison. She then proceeds to date both girls and boys in an attempt to understand herself.
To be frank, after reading the first three books, I wanted to dump the series. But I do not like leave things unfinished and so I toiled through the rest of the books. I was amazed to see how the central characters always focused on only boys and fashion while there were surrounded by murders, suicide and threats at any point of time. I could not relate to even one character in the book, whether it be a boy or a girl or even an animal!!! The girls were more concerned about what brand handbag was in fashion rather than the murders of their friends. While murder investigation was on or someone was on trial, all they could think of was who they could hook up with. And, then there are the parent-children relationships that were so appalling that made me wonder if my parents are abnormal!
The only positive thing about this series is that the title is appropriate for it as the characters are pro at 'lying, cheating and stealing'. I would not recommend anyone to read this series, unless they are interested in making a list of branded products or ways of committing infidelity & adultery.
The novels revolve around the lives of 4 girls of Rosewood Day School -- Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily. They were almost nonentities in their school till Alison chose them to be a part of her posse. Together they became the most enviable group and suddenly the girls found themselves to be the center of attraction at Rosewood. Then, Allison went missing and the girls fell apart even though they were bound by a few secrets.
Alison is continuously described as the most popular girl at Rosewood Day school. She chose the other girls to be a part of her posse and thus giving them whole new identities. However, as the story progresses, we find that she was not very kind to her friends and often held their secrets on their heads. She emerges as this popular, unkind and manipulative girl with a hell lot of secrets of her own.
Aria is again maybe the most confused girl in the series. She is someone who wants to stand out and always feels misunderstood. She is connected with a lot of guys, including a teacher, her friend’s ex and even her mother’s boyfriend.
Hanna starts out as a chubby girl who wanted to be like Alison. Her fixation with becoming the “It” girl, leads her to developing Bulimia. She is prepared to give everything else up for becoming someone like Alison. So much so that even though she starts of as the girl obsessed with winning the love of her childhood crush, yet over the time she even gives up true love for her fixation of becoming the “it” girl.
Spencer is supposed to be a very talented academic, yet someone never seen to sit down with a book. Instead she cheats and lies her way through. She is very competitive with her elder sister Mellissa, another excellent academic person, but is shown to take it out only by going out with elder sister’s boyfriends. Later on she has problems with her identity crisis.
Emily is obsessed with Alison. As a person who is confused about her own sexuality, Emily is in love with Alison. She then proceeds to date both girls and boys in an attempt to understand herself.
To be frank, after reading the first three books, I wanted to dump the series. But I do not like leave things unfinished and so I toiled through the rest of the books. I was amazed to see how the central characters always focused on only boys and fashion while there were surrounded by murders, suicide and threats at any point of time. I could not relate to even one character in the book, whether it be a boy or a girl or even an animal!!! The girls were more concerned about what brand handbag was in fashion rather than the murders of their friends. While murder investigation was on or someone was on trial, all they could think of was who they could hook up with. And, then there are the parent-children relationships that were so appalling that made me wonder if my parents are abnormal!
The only positive thing about this series is that the title is appropriate for it as the characters are pro at 'lying, cheating and stealing'. I would not recommend anyone to read this series, unless they are interested in making a list of branded products or ways of committing infidelity & adultery.
Wow, this one ended up with a twist they didn't have in the show!! I don't think it would have worked out as well there, but it sure caught me off guard in the book!
I'm seeing that while Spencer & Aria are a little stronger and a little smarter in this book, it doesn't mean they don't both get duped. I realized that Emily is like a lost little puppy, just following Ali's memory around & that Hanna is just really pathetic. She HAS to be the prettiest & most stylish and MUST have people around her that validate that or she just crumbles. I hate this version of Hanna more than I can say. I'm really glad the writers made changes to the characters for the show or I would not have stayed with it.
I still want to know how this all ends, but it doesn't mean the girls won't drive me nuts in the meantime.
I'm seeing that while Spencer & Aria are a little stronger and a little smarter in this book, it doesn't mean they don't both get duped. I realized that Emily is like a lost little puppy, just following Ali's memory around & that Hanna is just really pathetic. She HAS to be the prettiest & most stylish and MUST have people around her that validate that or she just crumbles. I hate this version of Hanna more than I can say. I'm really glad the writers made changes to the characters for the show or I would not have stayed with it.
I still want to know how this all ends, but it doesn't mean the girls won't drive me nuts in the meantime.
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
OH...MY...GAWD!!!!! I always thought in the back of my mind that Jenna wasn't really blind and that somehow she had something to do with the whole thing. It would have made sense for Jenna and Mona to have conspired together. But now, both Jenna and Mona are dead.
Having some creepy guy be the murder is a little too convenient. Obviously, this is not the end and this guy might be guilty. Probably is not. But wow. I wonder what's going to happen next. And who did Aria pull from the woods?
This book was so suspenseful. I did like the more serious angle it took. Definitely a departure from previous books. But wow. When it's all said and done, Shepard is a brilliant story teller. How she's been able to a single murder and stretch it this far is mind-boggling. Especially all the "little reveals" that come out along the way. Traditional soap operas should take a note - this is how it should be done!
Having some creepy guy be the murder is a little too convenient. Obviously, this is not the end and this guy might be guilty. Probably is not. But wow. I wonder what's going to happen next. And who did Aria pull from the woods?
This book was so suspenseful. I did like the more serious angle it took. Definitely a departure from previous books. But wow. When it's all said and done, Shepard is a brilliant story teller. How she's been able to a single murder and stretch it this far is mind-boggling. Especially all the "little reveals" that come out along the way. Traditional soap operas should take a note - this is how it should be done!