Kari
There were moments that grabbed a hold of me and hooked me right in, but then about two-thirds of the way in I just didn't care who killed Lexie and I wanted this to be over. Cassie lost her mind and became so obnoxious and the Fab four were just as insufferable. And it seemed like the book was never going to end. Nothing surprising was revealed but the case was more or less solved and yet there were still more chapters. Ugh.
I did not expect to love this book as much as I did.
I mostly wanted to read it because of the title and curiosity about how Jennette McCurdy turned out. My youngest daughter watches iCarly and Sam & Cat on Netflix often (in fact, was just watching iCarly when I started this book) so I think about the cast from time to time.
McCurdy seems very honest and the results are heartbreaking. I hope all the good things come her way.
I enjoy how I can't figure out who to root for. Each character has their good sides and bad sides, though Kitty is probably the best of the bunch!
It was interesting. Not sure if I would have picked up the book if it wasn't chosen in my book group. It easily blended science & the supernatural together while throwing in martial arts and other forms of fighting. I liked the characters, but in the end I felt as if something was missing. I'm not sure what it was, but it lacked something.
I feel like there was some bait and switch business going on with that description of a “funny” book. It wasn't really fun. Dark, desperate and sad, but tinged with hope. Larry is sweet and pretty close to a typical teenage male who is trying to find his place while dealing with some pretty heavy mental baggage.
For lack of a better description this was quite a coming-of-age book that I wish had been a little longer so I could follow Larry along for a little while longer.
I really enjoyed Lore's story. How she ended up married to two men, the life that spun out of control. But Cassie's story was more frustrating to me. Her relationship with Duke for one. When he finds out about her childhood and then blames a 9 year old girl for not telling anyone, not stopping it, was absurd. When she mentions how he had a good childhood so asking about his life was easy and he says something along the lines of “it's my fault because I had a good childhood” I wanted to smack him. No asshole, it's your fault for making it about you. Once again, the asshole boyfriend/fiance/husband ruins everything.
Was the name of the company Unfair Games foreshadowing? Because that was just unfair.
I love/hate this book. I wanted to like Sadie and Sam, I really did, but I could not. Marx was truly the best of them and brought out the best in both.
I enjoyed the different ways Zevin told this story, though sometimes it read pretentiously. Pioneer was bittersweet and I think I cried through most of the last third of the book.
Even now I sit here thinking about how I wish I could go back and restart. Maybe there would be a different outcome?
I got to about page 330, to the “confession time” and realized I did not care.
But I finished so I should get a medal.
I picked this up thinking it would be funny and it was. I wasn't expecting it to be one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time.
Loved the setting. I felt like I was in the forest with the Nakamura crew. A touch of magic and a hint of romance, but mostly it was a story about an almost hidden village and their quirky inhabitants.
Yamada Murasaki write so honestly about being a mother and wife. Despite being written decades ago, it feels pretty timeless.
Fun and cute, but I didn't fall in love with any of the characters. I actually can't remember any of their friends' names. This was just a fun read with a little mild spice. Maybe don't read this before or right after a Talia Hibbert book.
This was around 430 pages and nothing happened until about page 320. I don't think I've ever rated a Nora Roberts book lower than three stars, but I was just so bored with this one!
This is, in my second reading, still one of my favorite Davenport books. Letty is the best thing that ever happened to Lucas.
I am in the minority, but this was garbage. Everyone was awful, we learned nothing about Zoe, no mystery was solved except maybe where the Rolex ended up? Actually, no! It went missing again in the end! Knox's inclusion of himself in the story was the most unnecessary thing and a true waste of time. So much of this story was a waste of time and important points brought up were never followed up on. And then all of sudden a killer is revealed and end scene. Blech.
I read books in chunks. I read a third then move on to the next and rotate. It helps me get through books I might not love as much, I think. I knew I loved this book when I got to the time I should stop and switch and I just kept reading until the end. Loved.
This was so bad. There was nothing realistic about this at all. Everyone who was fun last time was a bad caricature of an Asian person this time. And everyone acted so dumb! It was so frustrating.
I find it sad that so many women reading this book and giving it one star say things like ‘Why didn't she just get a divorce?' It is 2016 and divorce still does hold some stigma for women. In 1899 a woman could be cast out just because she is SEEN on the street with a certain man!
But Edna didn't necessarily want a divorce. She does care for her husband. What she wants mostly is a role that is not mother/wife. She wanted to be more than that. I thought Chopin captured this desire for self and depression quite well.
While I don't think this was the greatest book I've ever read, I do think Chopin wrote very well about something that during her time wasn't something women talked about.
The beginning really caught me, but then about halfway through it lagged. When Part Three starts it really picks up again and I found myself sucked in again. I like the whole premise of the story, though I'm not sure if I really care for the setting or the characters too much if that makes sense.
This series makes me hate everyone. Why do I do this to myself? This one ended on a cliffhanger if you at all give a shit about anyone in this book and I don't so this has to be the last one. I just can't take it anymore.
Why is it 1982 in Lake Eden? Why doesn't anyone know anything. Is Boursin cheese really a fancy French cheese? I usually eat it with Wheat Thins. Maybe I need to up my cracker game. Why does everyone say everyone's names ALL THE TIME? Why are all the recipes just opening packages?! Why are there so many recipes? Hannah is basically living with Norman but is worried what people will think when they're staying at the same hotel??? How did Andrea not know her husband liked to fish? And why wouldn't the lead detective call the chief of police and let him know there was a murder? Why is the police department so incompetent? Nevermind, that's not necessarily unusual.
AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always feel like the solution to every mystery in Alex and Milo's lives gets pulled straight out of Alex's imagination and this time it couldn't have been more far fetched. Somehow, still pretty entertaining.
