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labraden's review against another edition
2.0
At the beginning of Deadly Pink, the main character, Grace, is pulled out of her high school class by her mother and told that her sister, Emily, has purposely put herself into a virtual reality game and doesn't want to ever come back out. Grace is to go into the game and talk her sister into leaving the game to save her life. As interesting as this idea is, by the middle of the book, the story changes. Emily and Grace are fighting to escape the game by outsmarting dragons and sprites. As the story goes on, it becomes more and more unbelievable from Emily's dramatic change in personality to the ridiculous actions of characters both in and out of the game. It seemed as though the author had a great idea but didn't know where to go with it. Unfortunate since this story could have been so much better.
rainbowbookthief's review against another edition
3.0
It was really interesting. The voice is kind of similar to Maximum Ride, the main character Grace is very sarcastic and funny.
booksnorkel's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoy this series, and am going to have to get the final one. This book follows the story of a Grace who has an older sister who is interning at the prestigious Rasmussem company. They make the best VR games in the world. But now Grace has to go into one and bring her older sister Emily out of the game that she locked herself into. Everyone is starting to worry, Emily has changed the game and doesn't have any plans on leaving ever again. The VR games were never meant to be played for longer than an hour at a time, safely you can be in one for 8 hours but Emily has been in for longer and they don't know what it will do to her brain. Grace has to go into the video game and find out why Emily is doing this and how to get her to come out.
sc104906's review against another edition
4.0
Grace's sister works for the Rasmussem Corporation and she is stuck in one of their virtual reality games. Emily, Grace's sister, has ensured that she will be trapped in the game, as a sort of futuristic suicide. Grace goes into the game to save her sister. However, beating the game and saving her sister have become more difficult with Emily and the game fighting her at every step.
This wasn't as good as Heir Apparent, but was a great Sci-fi without a romantic storyline (like none at all, which will be helpful to know when recommending).
This wasn't as good as Heir Apparent, but was a great Sci-fi without a romantic storyline (like none at all, which will be helpful to know when recommending).
troacctid's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.5
missprint_'s review
3.0
When Grace's mother pulls her out of class Grace knows something is wrong. What she never would have guessed is that it's Grace's smart, talented, generally better sister Emily who is in trouble.
After working at Rassmussem as a game programmer for college credit, Emily has inexplicably decided to go into the game she was building. According to the note she left behind, Emily doesn't plan to come out. Ever.
With time running out before the immersive reality game equipment does permanent damage to Emily, Rassmussem is running out of options to get Emily out of a game she clearly doesn't want to leave. They hope Grace might be able to help.
But inside the game is nothing Grace expected. Her sister has taken refuge inside a game designed for little girls complete with frilly dresses and unicorns. Worse Emily wants nothing to do with Grace and she definitely doesn't want to leave.
Grace always considered herself the average sister compared to Emily. But with her sister in real danger, this average girl will have to think her way out of this problem before it's too late in Deadly Pink (2012) by Vivian Vande Velde.
Deadly Pink is Vande Velde's third novel featuring Rassmussem games with the first and second being Heir Apparent and User Unfriendly respectively.
Fourteen-year-old Grace is an authentic narrator with equal parts sarcasm and (especially later in the novel) ingenuity. While the game itself is not the most interesting, or well-developed, setting Vande Velde does an excellent job presenting Grace's complicated relationship with her older sister.
Unlike Heir Apparent the focus of this book is more on the characters than the game play. With most of the non-playing characters playing minor roles in the plot, most of the story deals with Grace trying to convince Emily to leave the game.
While both sisters are well-rounded characters, the lack of setting and secondary characters for the majority of the novel is a major weakness. The game is never explained to Grace or the reader giving the effect of Grace running blindly through the game with little understanding of where she is supposed to go or how she is going to save Emily. Grace's constant plodding through the game while never asking advice from anyone makes for a plodding plot that drags.
The story picks up in the last third of Deadly Pink as Grace comes into her own. Finally embracing her strengths andalso using the limitations of the game's play to her own advantage, Grace proves at last that she is a heroine worth reading about. If the entire book had been like this small part, it would have been a definite winner.
Unfortunately the story falters once again with a rushed ending to explain Emily's motivations to go into the game as well as a hurried explanation of what happens after the game is over.
If there are more Rassmussem stories to be told, one can only hope they will return to the style of Vande Velde's earlier novels.
Possible Pairings: Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci, Dramacon by Svetlana Chmakova, Alter Ego by Robbie Cooper, Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly
After working at Rassmussem as a game programmer for college credit, Emily has inexplicably decided to go into the game she was building. According to the note she left behind, Emily doesn't plan to come out. Ever.
With time running out before the immersive reality game equipment does permanent damage to Emily, Rassmussem is running out of options to get Emily out of a game she clearly doesn't want to leave. They hope Grace might be able to help.
But inside the game is nothing Grace expected. Her sister has taken refuge inside a game designed for little girls complete with frilly dresses and unicorns. Worse Emily wants nothing to do with Grace and she definitely doesn't want to leave.
Grace always considered herself the average sister compared to Emily. But with her sister in real danger, this average girl will have to think her way out of this problem before it's too late in Deadly Pink (2012) by Vivian Vande Velde.
Deadly Pink is Vande Velde's third novel featuring Rassmussem games with the first and second being Heir Apparent and User Unfriendly respectively.
Fourteen-year-old Grace is an authentic narrator with equal parts sarcasm and (especially later in the novel) ingenuity. While the game itself is not the most interesting, or well-developed, setting Vande Velde does an excellent job presenting Grace's complicated relationship with her older sister.
Unlike Heir Apparent the focus of this book is more on the characters than the game play. With most of the non-playing characters playing minor roles in the plot, most of the story deals with Grace trying to convince Emily to leave the game.
While both sisters are well-rounded characters, the lack of setting and secondary characters for the majority of the novel is a major weakness. The game is never explained to Grace or the reader giving the effect of Grace running blindly through the game with little understanding of where she is supposed to go or how she is going to save Emily. Grace's constant plodding through the game while never asking advice from anyone makes for a plodding plot that drags.
The story picks up in the last third of Deadly Pink as Grace comes into her own. Finally embracing her strengths andalso using the limitations of the game's play to her own advantage, Grace proves at last that she is a heroine worth reading about. If the entire book had been like this small part, it would have been a definite winner.
Unfortunately the story falters once again with a rushed ending to explain Emily's motivations to go into the game as well as a hurried explanation of what happens after the game is over.
If there are more Rassmussem stories to be told, one can only hope they will return to the style of Vande Velde's earlier novels.
Possible Pairings: Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci, Dramacon by Svetlana Chmakova, Alter Ego by Robbie Cooper, Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly
colouradeaux's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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? No
2.5
This was very average and largely forgettable, though admittedly I'm not the target audience!
book_nut's review
3.0
Girl has to enter killer virtual reality (that started out all fluffy ponies and unicorns) to rescue big sister. Cool.
k_lee_reads_it's review
2.0
Grace has to go into a virtual reality game to save her suicidal sister.
It could be scary or funny or suspenseful but it isn't.
If you want to read a great book along the same lines pick Van Velde's Heir Apparent.
It could be scary or funny or suspenseful but it isn't.
If you want to read a great book along the same lines pick Van Velde's Heir Apparent.