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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
You may already know the story, but every story has two sides. Travis Maddox is a lover and a fighter. Being the youngest of 5 boys taught him how to be tough and fierce. This also means he was raised by his father and older brothers without any female influence. When his mother was on her deathbed he promised her that he wouldn't settle for just any girl and that he wouldn't stop fighting for her after he found her.
Travis has found his pigeon. A girl who only worries about her own business and doesn't want to pull everyone else down because of her own needs and habits. Pigeon, or Abby Abernathy to everyone else on campus, has crashed into his life and wants nothing more than to just be friends. After she loses a bet with Travis she must live in his apartment for 30 days. Tempers flare, emotions soar and hearts are stretched to their limits.
Readers of Beautiful Disaster have already experienced this story though Abby's eyes, but whether you are starting with this book or reading it after the first readers will not be disappointed. Jamie McGuire does a wonderful job with this parallel story line while pulling in facts that only Travis knew about and subsequently were not in the first book. I found myself anticipating certain parts of the story as I remembered how the story went, but I was still surprised at times because it is a new view and more nuggets of the story were revealed. Although the reader can read this book without reading the first, I can't say whether or not the first book would have been enjoyable if I read it second. The best part of the entire book is the epilogue, but don't read it first! If any of my readers read these books out of sequence, feel free to comment and let me know.
Travis has found his pigeon. A girl who only worries about her own business and doesn't want to pull everyone else down because of her own needs and habits. Pigeon, or Abby Abernathy to everyone else on campus, has crashed into his life and wants nothing more than to just be friends. After she loses a bet with Travis she must live in his apartment for 30 days. Tempers flare, emotions soar and hearts are stretched to their limits.
Readers of Beautiful Disaster have already experienced this story though Abby's eyes, but whether you are starting with this book or reading it after the first readers will not be disappointed. Jamie McGuire does a wonderful job with this parallel story line while pulling in facts that only Travis knew about and subsequently were not in the first book. I found myself anticipating certain parts of the story as I remembered how the story went, but I was still surprised at times because it is a new view and more nuggets of the story were revealed. Although the reader can read this book without reading the first, I can't say whether or not the first book would have been enjoyable if I read it second. The best part of the entire book is the epilogue, but don't read it first! If any of my readers read these books out of sequence, feel free to comment and let me know.
Interesting to read the same book with the same story from a males point if view. Unfortunately it didn't make me like Travis any more and found the relationship probably more controlling from this point. However I did demolish this book in one sitting so it must have had some redeeming features.
I really liked Beautiful Disaster. It was the first new adult book that I had read, and it had me hooked on the genre immediately. However, it has been a while since I read Beautiful Disaster. Because of that, I had a hard time remembering and understanding some parts of Walking Disaster. There were several places in the book where I think certain thoughts were left out which made it a little confusing. However, I still enjoyed hearing the story told through Travis' perspective. It's always interesting to get both sides of the story. If I were recommending this to someone else, I would tell them to read or re-read Beautiful Disaster first, so they could understand where some of the lapses were (for me) in Walking Disaster.
me recuso a acreditar que tinha dado 5 estrelas originalmente
La autora tiene el talento para atrapar a sus lectores, pero sus personajes son de lo más frustrante, sufren de una completa inmadurez.
I'm not the biggest fan of this trend wherein authors are "obligated" to retell the first book in a series from the guy's point of view rather than, you know, just making the narrative dual POV in the first place.
Regardless, I still loved the story and I loved the epilogue, which goes 11 years further than Beautiful Disaster's epilogue. I adored this story and I can't wait to continue with the rest of the Maddox family.
Regardless, I still loved the story and I loved the epilogue, which goes 11 years further than Beautiful Disaster's epilogue. I adored this story and I can't wait to continue with the rest of the Maddox family.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not believable lovey fluff but hey, we all need some fluff now and again and this did the job.
Ya he hablado de Maravilloso Desastre y este libro es prácticamente lo mismo salvo por el hecho de que está narrado desde la perspectiva de Travis, así que básicamente mi opinión es exactamente igual.
"Le dio un beso en los labios y pase de sentirme como un rey a un hombre a punto de cometer un asesinato."
Es básicamente lo que Travis hacia mientras Abby no estaba, podemos conocerlo más, porque hacia lo que hacía, lo que pensaba en momentos al estar con Abby, incluso podemos conocer un poco más de la familia de Travis.
"Decidí hace mucho tiempo que sería yo quien me alimentará de los buitres, hasta que llegara una paloma."
Siento que el prólogo está escrito para que podamos conocerlo de mejor manera y así poder entender porque era de esa manera, pero siento decir que yo no puedo tomar como una especie de justificación o razón para muchas de las cosas que hizo, a pesar de todo no quiero tratarlo como una clase de villano, solo es un chico que cometió muchos errores, pero demostró un cambio y es por eso que le deje tres estrellas.
"Tal vez era solo yo. Tal vez solo éramos ella y yo. Tal vez juntos formábamos este ente volátil que podría explotar o fundirse entre sí. De cualquier modo, parecía que desde el momento en que la conocí mi vida había dado un vuelco. Y yo no quería que fuese de otra forma."
De cierta manera es básicamente para darte a conocer más a Travis y tal vez cambiar tu opinión sobre él, debo admitir que tal vez en algunos momentos lo veía diferente, pero nada cambio, quiero decir al menos ahora sabemos que aceptaba completamente que tenía problemas, no es que eso cambie algo.
"Lucha por lo que amas."
El epilogo fue simplemente loco, no le encontré razón alguna de ser, simplemente para mí no tenía ningún sentido y es que no quiero spoilear algo de esa parte, pero toma lugar varios años después del final y puedo decir que no tenía ni idea de que era lo que estaba leyendo.
"Le dio un beso en los labios y pase de sentirme como un rey a un hombre a punto de cometer un asesinato."
Es básicamente lo que Travis hacia mientras Abby no estaba, podemos conocerlo más, porque hacia lo que hacía, lo que pensaba en momentos al estar con Abby, incluso podemos conocer un poco más de la familia de Travis.
"Decidí hace mucho tiempo que sería yo quien me alimentará de los buitres, hasta que llegara una paloma."
Siento que el prólogo está escrito para que podamos conocerlo de mejor manera y así poder entender porque era de esa manera, pero siento decir que yo no puedo tomar como una especie de justificación o razón para muchas de las cosas que hizo, a pesar de todo no quiero tratarlo como una clase de villano, solo es un chico que cometió muchos errores, pero demostró un cambio y es por eso que le deje tres estrellas.
"Tal vez era solo yo. Tal vez solo éramos ella y yo. Tal vez juntos formábamos este ente volátil que podría explotar o fundirse entre sí. De cualquier modo, parecía que desde el momento en que la conocí mi vida había dado un vuelco. Y yo no quería que fuese de otra forma."
De cierta manera es básicamente para darte a conocer más a Travis y tal vez cambiar tu opinión sobre él, debo admitir que tal vez en algunos momentos lo veía diferente, pero nada cambio, quiero decir al menos ahora sabemos que aceptaba completamente que tenía problemas, no es que eso cambie algo.
"Lucha por lo que amas."
El epilogo fue simplemente loco, no le encontré razón alguna de ser, simplemente para mí no tenía ningún sentido y es que no quiero spoilear algo de esa parte, pero toma lugar varios años después del final y puedo decir que no tenía ni idea de que era lo que estaba leyendo.