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Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
4.0
Well, I think this was better than the last Gallagher girls book. It was full of plot twists and emotion, Ally Carter did it pretty well. it was exciting, it actually did have parts you weren't expecting.
My only problem is that I felt like I'd read it all before in All Fall Down (although I guess technically this one came first). Both books were pretty similar, to say the least.
I did enjoy it, definitely. I'm excited for the next book, but I also don't want to finish it because it's the last book. I hope it had a good ending.
So yeah, I would recommend this book.
My only problem is that I felt like I'd read it all before in All Fall Down (although I guess technically this one came first). Both books were pretty similar, to say the least.
I did enjoy it, definitely. I'm excited for the next book, but I also don't want to finish it because it's the last book. I hope it had a good ending.
So yeah, I would recommend this book.
Paper Towns by John Green
3.0
This is the first ever John Green book I've read, so I kind of had high hopes - another example of don't trust the hyped up books.
I read this book because my friend wants to watch the movie with me, and I'm more of a read-the-book-first-watch-the-movie-after person. Plus I've been wanting to read a John Green book for a while, and also I forgot my book when going to college so I got this one out of the college library to keep my sane for the day.
I found this book surprisingly boring. Quentin was the main problem, he was ridiculously boring and had nothing else in his life apart from Margo Roth Speigelman. He got annoyed when his friends actually had things to do in their lives, other than search for the oh-so-wonderful Margo Roth Speigelman. He was an absolute pushover, like at the start of the book he's with Margo and is like, "Oh no Margo I'm not going to do that, that's a bad thing." And Margo is like "Please?" And Q is like, "Oh fine then, if you insist." But then he wouldn't stop having a go at Ben just because Ben got a real girlfriend, not an imaginary one like Q's, and then had actual things to do with his time, unlike Q who seemed to have nothing going on in his life.
Radar was an amazing friend, I really don't know who to pick for best character between Ben and Radar.
Another problem I had with this book was there wasn't much background information until the last chapter. Like, everyone's acting like Margo's parents are insensitive pigs, and maybe it might have been true, but there wasn't enough evidence of what they were like to start portraying them as insensitive pigs. I could kind of understand their point of view, because a young person running away is not as glamorous as this book seems to indicate. I don't know how to explain it, but sometimes I think it is more important to look after the kids who stay home than the ones who run away constantly.
I also found that I didn't like Margo that much and couldn't connect with her either, so that made it a pretty terrible story for me - the 2 main characters are the 2 I disliked the most.
I did like the references to poetry, and the metaphors about life, and the interesting bits, but basically, it's not one I'd recommend to many people because it just wasn't worth it - not to me, anyway.
I read this book because my friend wants to watch the movie with me, and I'm more of a read-the-book-first-watch-the-movie-after person. Plus I've been wanting to read a John Green book for a while, and also I forgot my book when going to college so I got this one out of the college library to keep my sane for the day.
I found this book surprisingly boring. Quentin was the main problem, he was ridiculously boring and had nothing else in his life apart from Margo Roth Speigelman. He got annoyed when his friends actually had things to do in their lives, other than search for the oh-so-wonderful Margo Roth Speigelman. He was an absolute pushover, like at the start of the book he's with Margo and is like, "Oh no Margo I'm not going to do that, that's a bad thing." And Margo is like "Please?" And Q is like, "Oh fine then, if you insist." But then he wouldn't stop having a go at Ben just because Ben got a real girlfriend, not an imaginary one like Q's, and then had actual things to do with his time, unlike Q who seemed to have nothing going on in his life.
Radar was an amazing friend, I really don't know who to pick for best character between Ben and Radar.
Another problem I had with this book was there wasn't much background information until the last chapter. Like, everyone's acting like Margo's parents are insensitive pigs, and maybe it might have been true, but there wasn't enough evidence of what they were like to start portraying them as insensitive pigs. I could kind of understand their point of view, because a young person running away is not as glamorous as this book seems to indicate. I don't know how to explain it, but sometimes I think it is more important to look after the kids who stay home than the ones who run away constantly.
I also found that I didn't like Margo that much and couldn't connect with her either, so that made it a pretty terrible story for me - the 2 main characters are the 2 I disliked the most.
I did like the references to poetry, and the metaphors about life, and the interesting bits, but basically, it's not one I'd recommend to many people because it just wasn't worth it - not to me, anyway.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
4.0
I had heard about this book before, but wasn't going to read it because it looked too sad. Surprisingly though, I did not cry at any point in this book.
A very interesting way to write a story, with two people narrating the book at once. Very clever.
The writing style was amazing in the way that you could almost hear Hannah deteriorating throughout the book, starting off as a normal hopeful teenage girl and ending up... well, yeah.
I did like the way that the book quite obviously had something to learn from it, and I liked the ending. Very thought provoking.
The book was kind of exhausting to read, more and more sad as it went on.
I wouldn't be able to read too many of these books, and I also wouldn't recommend it to everyone.
A very interesting way to write a story, with two people narrating the book at once. Very clever.
The writing style was amazing in the way that you could almost hear Hannah deteriorating throughout the book, starting off as a normal hopeful teenage girl and ending up... well, yeah.
I did like the way that the book quite obviously had something to learn from it, and I liked the ending. Very thought provoking.
The book was kind of exhausting to read, more and more sad as it went on.
I wouldn't be able to read too many of these books, and I also wouldn't recommend it to everyone.