chanda

Could not put this book down when I started getting into it! Finished it in record time.

This was a sweet love story, and the first pick in Life's Library. Even though I had predicted what was going to happen, it didn't make it any easier to read once it finally happened. I found the text towards the end, after Miah's death, relatable due to my own personal life experience, and found everyone's reactions to be believable, human, and not contrived.

i purchased this book as the first pick for the book club in a fitness coaching group that i'm participating in. unfortunately i did not realize what the subject matter of the book was, and i did not enjoy it. i found it hard to stay engaged, didn't find the author relatable or sympathetic, and actually found her presumptuous at times in what she was saying to me, the reader. i get it though. it's a self help book wrapped in another person's life story. you can't possibly speak to everyone, and she certainly did not speak to me.

I really enjoyed reading from Ferdinand's perspective, but boy was Miranda boring.

hard to follow sometimes as the text is intentionally withholding at points, but still really enjoyable, especially after having played the witcher games

Soul crushingly difficult to read and yet absolutely gripping

Instantly drew me in

I really liked Ethan and I also enjoyed when the author set up the environment since she was wonderfully descriptive. I hated Claire though - she's so damn selfish and self righteous. She knows what it's like for a family to be torn apart so why would she thoughtlessly have an affair with her son's BEST FRIEND'S dad? why take away Ethan's only friend? it was also hard to read about her interactions with Mark as she was infuriatingly mixed with her signals and then blamed Mark for her own dumb advances. at points I felt a strong inclination to just put the book down and stop reading because she aggravated me so much.

I liked Ethan but damn was that masturbation scene really necessary? It wasn't enough for him to prove he wasn't a kid anymore by the sheer quantity of knowledge he possesses about science and physics? Gross.

It was a surprise to find out that Mark did after all shake Ethan. I was rooting for him (probably because I hated Claire) but yeah, that sucks. I can appreciate that the book is realistic and accepting about the harsh reality of SBS.

disturbingly on point.

I liked the art style, but none of the characters. Didn't find anything endearing or appealing about any of them to make me care about their problems.

i really didn't like lilly.

still crap. still hate Lilly and don't give a hoot about her and her new beau.

LOVED IT!

I just couldn't get into this book, although I really wanted to since I absolutely adored Fault in our Stars. I practically hated both Pudge and Alaska - I found them both boring. Pudge had this neat personality trait where he enjoyed famous people's last words but he never really had any kind of interesting dialogue... or interesting thoughts, for that matter. He just thought about how hot Alaska was and counted the number of layers of clothes between him and the nearest girl. Alaska was this moody, super-sexualized cock-teasing bitch and does it make me a terrible person when I say that I didn't really care at all and also saw it coming when she died? Well, I guess, it is a John Green Book lol. Anyway, I can't count the number of times I felt uncomfortable about Pudge's overly fantastical description of Alaska's top straining against her breasts or the heat of Alaska's hand on Pudge's thigh. These moments literally made me stop reading and just stare at the book, thinking, “really?”

I did love the Colonel and his mother though. They were cool. The ending actually kinda made me think the book was okay, instead of absolutely hating it, since it showed that actually, and obviously, Pudge wasn't the only one affected by Alaska's presence. I found him incredibly self-centered, especially with what he did with Lara, so I felt better about Takumi leaving that last letter for Pudge to read.

It was all right. There was a lot of fluff and it was hard to believe Mattie was 22 or Kyra was 3. Sometimes it felt like King was just rambling.

so short! so sad. :x

I found the story line to be really interesting, but certain features of the author's writing style didn't sit quite right with me.

I loved the final book to this amazing series. I couldn't stop reading once it finally got to the trial. The ending was also very cute, but I'm a bit disappointed with who Blomkvist ended up with. I'm a blomkvist x salander shipper. :Db

I think there may be something wrong with me because I always seem to fall into the trap of believing the pedophile, of sympathizing with them, of thinking that they're right when they say that they're not wrong, the rest of the world is. Man.

I wasn't expecting this book to be .. like it was, since it was something that seemed to flare in popularity in terms of the public's eye :D But I did like it. I'd be reading this on my nook for hours. :D Time for the next one!

I wish it wasn't ending! I like how things ended up with Phillip but not with Lee ..

how many times can an author use, “good grief” before it becomes really, really irritating?

in any case, i found the first of this new series to be a lot more interesting and realistic than the original yada yada series. jodi's story was full of fluff, but gabby's story .. now this is an actual life story.

i loved the ending & how they met jesus. for some reason i totally did not see that coming. :)

better than usual? i actually wanted to keep reading. squirrelpaw still annoys me, though. actually, so does firestar ..

One of my real first reads for Christian chick lit. Like most chick lit, a lot of it was mindless, filled with the heroine's daily nothings –cooking dinner, worrying about what the neighbors think, social events that in the end, don't pertain to the plot at all.

Despite this, I guess it was still a heartwarming story .. Although it really feels as if the author totally copped out at the end, just to make it a happy ending. Or was that supposed to prove the supremacy of God's power? Either way, the crisis was resolved as quickly as it was formed, leaving me unsatisfied. I was really expecting it to break off with a cliffhanger & lead into the 2nd book.