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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
I love poems. I love novels. I do not like novels written in poems.
Maybe some books are done very well like this but I did not care for it at all with this one. It seemed very pointless and made it feel choppy.
Now, the book itself wasn't bad but to me Ruby seemed like she was 12 instead of 15. Are 15-year-olds really that over dramatic and whiny? I mean, I understand why she hates her life but there were several times I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
Good for a quick read and nothing more.
Maybe some books are done very well like this but I did not care for it at all with this one. It seemed very pointless and made it feel choppy.
Now, the book itself wasn't bad but to me Ruby seemed like she was 12 instead of 15. Are 15-year-olds really that over dramatic and whiny? I mean, I understand why she hates her life but there were several times I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
Good for a quick read and nothing more.
If the title alone does not pull you in, the writing will. Sones once again tackles a difficult plot in verse fiction providing the reader with a heart wrenching tale. Readers will love Ruby, empathizing with her as she deals with the cards life has dealt her. They will rejoice with her as she finds out what life can be.
Sonya Sones is a great storyteller. She writes in verse, which makes this a quick and easy read. I liked that she interspersed emails in with the rest of the story; it added another layer to the writing. The story itself was okay, and I thought that the author did a good job of describing Ruby's feelings toward everything after her mother's death.
This was one of my absolute favorite books in high school. I read it probably once a month. I loved the writing style and how it was heartbreaking in subtle ways.
Man, I'm on a verse-novel kick lately!
This is the first Sones book I've ever read, and it really reminded me of [a:Alyson Noel|200317|Alyson Noel|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1360452950p2/200317.jpg]'s beginning novels. The tone similarity was striking. Granted, Noel's books weren't written in verse, but they were very similar.
So, with that said, I really enjoyed it.
I've always liked a little contemporary. I really liked how in this book, the plot started thin, and then it thickened right before your eyes, until all the plot lines blurred before your eyes. I love the theme of separated best friends and couples, along with the trust issues that come with them. The twist at the end of this book I TOTALLY called, by the way, but enjoyed it nevertheless. The end's resolution was cute and cheesy, and this book provided what I've been needing: something light, fluffy and enjoyable.
This is the first Sones book I've ever read, and it really reminded me of [a:Alyson Noel|200317|Alyson Noel|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1360452950p2/200317.jpg]'s beginning novels. The tone similarity was striking. Granted, Noel's books weren't written in verse, but they were very similar.
So, with that said, I really enjoyed it.
I've always liked a little contemporary. I really liked how in this book, the plot started thin, and then it thickened right before your eyes, until all the plot lines blurred before your eyes. I love the theme of separated best friends and couples, along with the trust issues that come with them. The twist at the end of this book I TOTALLY called, by the way, but enjoyed it nevertheless. The end's resolution was cute and cheesy, and this book provided what I've been needing: something light, fluffy and enjoyable.
Favorite Quote about snow:
and the way
the whole world
just seems to white
to a halt
and the way
the whole world
just seems to white
to a halt
This is an average story told in blank verse. It's good and a quick read.
15 year old Ruby is bitter and angry - her mother died, she has to go live with her mega movie-star father in Los Angeles (who I've never even met / because he's such a scumbag / that he divorced my mother / before I was even born) and she is torn away from her boyfriend Ray, her best friend Lizzie, and her beloved Aunt Ruby, who are all left behind in Boston, and all of whom betray her in some fashion during the course of the novel.
Ruby's first few months in LA are explored in a series of one to two page free style poems - some told as emails to her friends and her dead mother (which she sends and then gets back with a "fatal error" message), others as ruminations on her life, and others as straight narration of her daily life. Even though she is bitter and angry, she is also very sensitive and has a wicked sense of humour that comes through often, even during her bitterest disappointments and most painful times. Even though there is a lot of pain, bright spots abound, such as her friendship with her father's right hand man, Max, her increasing interest in Wyatt, and her attachment to a tree in her yard in Boston, in the branches of which many good things happened for her.
This novel is well worth the read, even though much of it is predictable and holds few surprises (the surprise is really that Ruby is so caught up in her own emotions that she cannot see some of the obvious things that are going on around her). The writing style, and the sharp wit make this an excellent choice as we watch Ruby work through her grief, isolation, and sense of betrayal.
Ruby's first few months in LA are explored in a series of one to two page free style poems - some told as emails to her friends and her dead mother (which she sends and then gets back with a "fatal error" message), others as ruminations on her life, and others as straight narration of her daily life. Even though she is bitter and angry, she is also very sensitive and has a wicked sense of humour that comes through often, even during her bitterest disappointments and most painful times. Even though there is a lot of pain, bright spots abound, such as her friendship with her father's right hand man, Max, her increasing interest in Wyatt, and her attachment to a tree in her yard in Boston, in the branches of which many good things happened for her.
This novel is well worth the read, even though much of it is predictable and holds few surprises (the surprise is really that Ruby is so caught up in her own emotions that she cannot see some of the obvious things that are going on around her). The writing style, and the sharp wit make this an excellent choice as we watch Ruby work through her grief, isolation, and sense of betrayal.
I love the novel-in-verse genre, especially for kids who read slowly. This book moves so fast, I could easily finish it in two sittings. There are several lessons about resentment, forgiveness, and the complications of family.
Fun, but not one of Sonya's better books. Her other works are much more deep and poetic than this.