I got this book from a book fair at my grandson's school. And for a middle grade 'scary' story it was not too bad. However, I am pretty sure that it would not scare my 8 year old grandson. The writing itself was ok, and I enjoyed the plot, but the characters were a bit to be desired.
I found the 'ghost' in the story very annoying, when she was alive and dead. I am sure that is how the author intended her to be. She is one of those kids who uses being bullied to her advantage, and that part I did not really like at all. She was not your typical bullied student that's for sure. In fact it seemed to me that she too was a bully. The other character, Annie, was also a bit annoying to me. I was hoping that she would use her head a bit more, stand up for herself or just maybe just be a bit stronger than she was.
I do realize that this is a kids book, but I am not sure that it would hold the attention of those targeted with this one, especially if they are specifically wanting a ghost story. It definitely works for the younger crowd.
I had heard a lot about this book so when my book club offered this as one of the selections, I jumped on it. I thought the mystery in the book was absolutely great. It really had me asking a lot of questions, even so, I think the book lacked excitement. I am used to reading high adrenalin based mystery/thrillers. I did not get that with this one until the last 80 or so pages. I do think that it was worth the wait, I was just a little disappointed thinking that the whole story could have been that way.
I did enjoy the characters, all of them, good and bad. They almost felt like a cast of characters from the game clue, or maybe characters straight out of an Agatha Christie novel. I think they were created and developed very well, and the characters, to me, are just as important as the plot itself if not more so. At one point I thought I had figured out the mystery of the woman in Cabin 10 to find that I was completely wrong, and I am glad I was wrong because then I would have felt that the characters and plot was predictable, but neither is true.
I will definitely read more from this author in the future. She does have a talent and she definitely has the ability of roping her readers in pretty good, because even though I felt it lacked excitement I was pretty engrossed by the story and characters anyway. Like I said, the ending excitement was worth the waiting.
I have had this book for quite some time and I try and make a habit of not reading books that are super hyped up, this way you can't be too disappointed when it is not everything you expected it to be, however this book was a pretty decent read for me. I did enjoy the writing style because it is very fluid and I found the book to be quite engaging. This is the authors adult book, she also has several young adult novels as well that I would like to read.
I did expect a little more excitement when it came to her discovering that she was talking to her husband in the past. I also found that their relationship was somewhat toxic throughout the relationship, and I did not like that she took most of the blame for the problems they were having. A relationship is supposed to be 50/50 and it did not seem fair that she was the focal point of the problems. I respected her attempts to fix things by way of the 'landline' and then when she did finally come to realize that she had to make some changes to make it work.
Overall it was a good read, although a little sappy at times, but who doesn't need some sappiness once in awhile. I also think it kind of teaches the do's and don'ts of relationships. Just know that relationship problems should not be laid on the shoulders of only one person, you work as a team to make a realtionship fulfilling.
This installment was certainly better than the first one. I was so happy about that. I liked that there was so much more action in this one as well. I can't lie, it was pretty engaging and there were some 'gasp' moments and some pretty good twists that I did not expect as well. I also enjoyed how this one ended, it pushed me a bit more towards tolerating Juliette. Please read below.
The only problem I really have with this series right now is the main character Juliette. Something about her I do not like. I realize she is a 17 year old girl trying to calm the chaos in the world and maybe therein lies the problem. She is always doubting someone or something, she gets into this 'woe is me' routine that drives me crazy. She is also a little wishy washy at times. I don't know, maybe it was the authors intention to have her portray a sniveling, just out of diapers, character, but really can we grow up a bit? There is an up to all of this though, and that is how this book ended and how everything that has happened has affected and altered Juliette's attitude hopefully towards something a little more positive. How about a strong, kick ass character, who can cause an earthquake at the drop of a dime.
Now if you are looking for a full blown out war in this book, sorry to say you don't get to witness any of that, sorry if that is a spoiler, but just trying to warn readers right from the start. Maybe that will come with the next book, who knows, I guess we just wait and see. Anyway, The focus in this book, is mostly on Juliette (oh yay) and Warner. But still I am keeping my fingers crossed as I plunge into the next book, Ignite Me
Wow I don't really read a lot of Alien books. I really enjoyed The Host, about 6 years ago, so I thought it was about time for another one. So I decided to give this one a shot. This has got to be my favorite book for the year. It definitely captured my attention from the start. It is such fluid story telling, and I loved that! I absolutely loved the story here and I am so excited for the next book to be released.
This setting is a post apocalyptic, alien invaded world right here on earth. I loved the action so much. It is such an engaging story. If we were to be invaded by aliens, this is how I would see it happening. The aliens themselves are created very uniquely. Quite different from most aliens we read about.
And wow the characters!! I found that the characters were just, simply put, amazing, and they are developed so very well! I enjoyed them all so much. And for a book like this, with aliens, I thought that the characters were so believable and relatable. All of them really made me believe in aliens living among us.
There is a super great twist in the end of this book which has me biting at the bit for the next installment, which is not out yet, but I certainly hope that is comes out soon. Don't leave me hanging for too long Gabrielle!
My husband got me this series for my birthday. I thought it would be interesting to read, and now that all the hype is gone, I figured now would be the perfect time to pick it up and give it a try. For the most part I thought it was decent.
I enjoyed the story that was being told in this book, but I was hoping for more adventure and a bit more drama than I got. So that was a bit disappointing, but even so, it was still pretty engaging, making it a pretty quick read. I am impressed with the writing as well since this was the authors debut novel. Nicely done.
The characters were pretty well developed, some more realistic than others. I do hope, that as I move along through the series, these characters will continue to develop even more and become really strong characters.
I received this book from Book of the month club. I really did enjoyed the mystery there was in this story, but I was hoping maybe for a just little more. I did find that book flowed well and that is always a plus. There are two different stories that are being told here. I was hoping though, that the two stories would have somehow come together more than they did.
I really liked the characters in the story, both past and present. I think they were the best part of the story, and gave this book what it needed. All of them so different and unique and I thought that they were very well developed. I think my favorite was probably Katie. She really stood up for herself and did not take crap from anyone, but still managed to have some pretty good friendships.
Although I don't feel like the paranormal aspects of the story hurt it in anyway, I do kind of think that is was unnecessary, although some readers will probably enjoy that part of it. I really don't feel like it affected the story all that much in regards to how it progressed. I felt like it was just kind of there to maybe add a little flair to the story.
