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A review by littlethief
Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith
1.0
Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this book in the first place. The only reason I read it was because I didn't want to spend money, and I was bored, and I found it for free in the iBooks store.
And it turned out that I was almost expecting too much. And I wasn't expecting at ALL- that's how bad I found it. It seemed like a badly written, non-supernatural fanfiction of the Twilight books (not that the Twilight books are written well.) The female character was dull and boring, even though the author tried REALLY hard to make her fiesty and interesting. She failed miserably. I couldn't stand Charli twenty pages into the novel. Adam was so much like Edward Cullen, it annoyed the crap out of me. A guy who likes to fix stuff, who speaks different languages as if they were integrated into his brain the moment he was born, a guy who was so insanely gorgeous and mysterious that he could get anyone he could ever want, but the only one he wanted was a stupid, drab little girl who no one gave a crap about. Surprise surprise. They fell in love within hours of meeting each other. Hurray! Another ridiculously fickle love story that makes you want to cringe whenever they kiss or touch or when either one of them hyperventilates.
I mean, COME ON. The only cute part of their love story in the entire book was the fact that Adam called her Coccinelle. And, what? It took her around a week to figure out what that means? That really doesn't sound like any seventeen year old I know. SPOILER AHEAD. SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH. The biggest plot twist of the entire book was the fact that Alex turned out to be her father, and that's not even a well-developed plot twist. NOTHING HAPPENS to complement the story, except the fact that she can finally provide the birth certificate for her passport. And that is it.
The side characters were filler devices. And that was it. When the author felt like there was too much Adam in the pages, she decided to put in another character to give the illusion to the reader that there are not just three characters in the entire book. No character had a defined personality. Nicole was one thing, and then another thing. Even Charli was ridiculously bipolar. One moment she hated Mitchell, and then the other moment, she was running off on a world tour with him. FANTASTIC.
Poorly written, shallow characters, shallow story, overly-cheesy love that ended up going nowhere: these are the things that define this book. Honestly, I don't know HOW this book got an average rating of over-four stars. I fail to understand.
If I had a physical copy of this book, I would burn it. I honestly would. But, thank God I don't.
And it turned out that I was almost expecting too much. And I wasn't expecting at ALL- that's how bad I found it. It seemed like a badly written, non-supernatural fanfiction of the Twilight books (not that the Twilight books are written well.) The female character was dull and boring, even though the author tried REALLY hard to make her fiesty and interesting. She failed miserably. I couldn't stand Charli twenty pages into the novel. Adam was so much like Edward Cullen, it annoyed the crap out of me. A guy who likes to fix stuff, who speaks different languages as if they were integrated into his brain the moment he was born, a guy who was so insanely gorgeous and mysterious that he could get anyone he could ever want, but the only one he wanted was a stupid, drab little girl who no one gave a crap about. Surprise surprise. They fell in love within hours of meeting each other. Hurray! Another ridiculously fickle love story that makes you want to cringe whenever they kiss or touch or when either one of them hyperventilates.
I mean, COME ON. The only cute part of their love story in the entire book was the fact that Adam called her Coccinelle. And, what? It took her around a week to figure out what that means? That really doesn't sound like any seventeen year old I know. SPOILER AHEAD. SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH. The biggest plot twist of the entire book was the fact that Alex turned out to be her father, and that's not even a well-developed plot twist. NOTHING HAPPENS to complement the story, except the fact that she can finally provide the birth certificate for her passport. And that is it.
The side characters were filler devices. And that was it. When the author felt like there was too much Adam in the pages, she decided to put in another character to give the illusion to the reader that there are not just three characters in the entire book. No character had a defined personality. Nicole was one thing, and then another thing. Even Charli was ridiculously bipolar. One moment she hated Mitchell, and then the other moment, she was running off on a world tour with him. FANTASTIC.
Poorly written, shallow characters, shallow story, overly-cheesy love that ended up going nowhere: these are the things that define this book. Honestly, I don't know HOW this book got an average rating of over-four stars. I fail to understand.
If I had a physical copy of this book, I would burn it. I honestly would. But, thank God I don't.