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A review by believedcrazy
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
4.0
I liked this book quite a lot whilst reading it; it’s got great pacing and a well thought out storyline that made me want to keep reading as quickly as possible.
The characters are my problem with this story; they are just too boring and predictable. It seems like a lot of authors are creating character dynamics of a shy character having some sort of relationship with an extroverted character, and while in some cases that works (I think [b:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda|19547856|Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda|Becky Albertalli|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1402915678s/19547856.jpg|27679579] handled the dynamic well, as well as [b:The Perks of Being a Wallflower|22628|The Perks of Being a Wallflower|Stephen Chbosky|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363910637s/22628.jpg|2236198]), I felt like these characters were just carbon copies of every other character like this.
That being said I did enjoy the storyline a lot, and it definitely saved this book for me. I loved Craig’s passion about his animals, and I did appreciate that at times he did get frustrated at Lio instead of letting him just be the shy guy. I also love that whilst this book does mention 9/11, it isn’t just another 9/11 book. The sniper plot was also fantastic.
I think the problem was that I was reading this to find out if Craig would find his animals, if the sniper would shoot anyone, and what had happened to Craig’s ex-boyfriend. I never once actually cared about Craig and Lio as a couple, in fact I was kind of hoping one of them would be killed by the sniper, not because I hated the characters and wanted them to die, just because I needed something to make me care about them and I would never class this as a romance book.
All that said I think Hannah Moskowitz is a great writer and I definitely want to read more from her in the future, she uses fantastic pacing and language, and she had unique ideas I hadn't encountered in other books before.
The characters are my problem with this story; they are just too boring and predictable. It seems like a lot of authors are creating character dynamics of a shy character having some sort of relationship with an extroverted character, and while in some cases that works (I think [b:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda|19547856|Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda|Becky Albertalli|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1402915678s/19547856.jpg|27679579] handled the dynamic well, as well as [b:The Perks of Being a Wallflower|22628|The Perks of Being a Wallflower|Stephen Chbosky|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363910637s/22628.jpg|2236198]), I felt like these characters were just carbon copies of every other character like this.
That being said I did enjoy the storyline a lot, and it definitely saved this book for me. I loved Craig’s passion about his animals, and I did appreciate that at times he did get frustrated at Lio instead of letting him just be the shy guy. I also love that whilst this book does mention 9/11, it isn’t just another 9/11 book. The sniper plot was also fantastic.
I think the problem was that I was reading this to find out if Craig would find his animals, if the sniper would shoot anyone, and what had happened to Craig’s ex-boyfriend. I never once actually cared about Craig and Lio as a couple,
All that said I think Hannah Moskowitz is a great writer and I definitely want to read more from her in the future, she uses fantastic pacing and language, and she had unique ideas I hadn't encountered in other books before.