Michelle
Amazing. I loved how the author weaved the stories of all of the characters together. Such a great story :)
I own Hosseini's first two novels, but I STILL have not read them. I will be getting to those soon!
This was my first Maeve Binchy novel, and I was kinda disappointed. I loved the characters, but I didn't get enough. Each chapter was from a different character's POV and just as I was getting attached ... BAM! New chapter. I kept hoping that it would come back and tie them all together somehow. Maybe there was some bigger unifying idea that I just missed.
This book is a slow burn, but if you can hang in there it is SO worth it.
This is ultimately a story about revenge. It's told from dual perspectives, one is a young female fox shifter and the other is an older man that is working as an investigator. Since this is not a plot-driven story, you really get to know these two characters and everyone they meet along the way.
It is such a beautiful story based on Asian mythology and I'm glad I stuck with it.
I had to force myself to finish this book - all 640 pages. The writing was beautiful, but there was absolutely no story until the last 1/3 of the book. I almost bailed on this book several times, but I kept thinking that it must be building towards something. Right??
I think that this might have worked as a short story or novella.
Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts expressed are my own.
Good follow up in a promising series!
I would give this 5 stars, but there are several parts that are hard to buy into. I know teenagers can be impulsive and dumb, but some of their decisions went beyond dumb.
Ends in a MONSTER cliff-hanger :(
I received this ARC through First Reads from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
I love dogs. Namely, my own dogs :). I am a complete pushover for a good story about a great dog. And this is most certainly that.
This is a simply amazing story of a rescued puppy named Pax, his life and the lives of those he touched. Rick is the professional baseball player that first found Pax and Francesca joins the family shortly after when she and Rick are married. When Rick is called off to war, they decide to allow Pax to “do his bit” as well by joining the K-9 corps. His partner in the war is Keller and they form a very tight bond. When the war is over, everyone wants to keep Pax. Through this dilemma, it is decided that they will all stay with Pax.
I loved and hated each of these characters (except for Pax - only love for Pax). I really loved when the narrative switched back to Pax and we got to see his point of view. It is heart wrenching and heartwarming and I honestly didn't know how Susan Wilson would wrap up this story without making me angry.
I would recommend this book to any and all animal lovers. If you don't care for animals, you should also read this book.
Maybe I'm too old to understand the hype with this book. It was just okay, but I probably would have loved this in middle or high school.
Dark and twisty!!!
I really enjoyed the unique storyline. I was expecting another typical vampire story with less romance and more scare. That was not what I got at all!
The entire time I was reading, I couldn't get this image of Matthew McConaughey as Jake Brigance out of my head.
Stopped reading on pg 146.
I'm definitely missing something, because It looks like I'm in the minority when I say that I can't stand this book.
Animals get sick of humans and decide to take over the world. Sounded interesting, but Patterson and his co-author of the month didn't make it work. I never connected with the characters and towards the end of the book I found myself rooting for the animals to win.
I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 since it apparently kept me interested long enough to finish the book.
Cute book, but I can't for the life of me figure out why the author decided to put all the questions in the back.
The main character takes part in an online survey about her marriage, but we are only shown her answers. Quite a few do not make any sense without the context of the question. I found myself continuously flipping back and forth from the question list and the story, so I took off one star for irritating the crap out if me.
There is no real plot or character development in this book, but that did not prevent me from devouring it in one sitting. I literally laughed out loud from start to finish and I LOVE Earl and Greg's interactions.
If you have a sense of humor that can be considered slightly immature, this book is for you. If your moral and social compass is questionable at best, this book is for you. If you laugh out loud at jokes made in inappropriate situations, this book is for you.
Wow. I read the entire book today because I couldn't put it down! And I was a crying, laughing idiot through most of the second half. It's not just a sad cancer story, though. These characters are just amazing and the story is so well written.
This book definitely lives up to the hype.
I really wanted to like this book. The premise was unique, the dystopian genre is fantastic, and it has a beautiful cover. So it should have been awesome.
Sadly, I was only left frustrated by the usual insta-love triangle scenario and confusing descriptions. I didn't feel attached or connected to either of the love interests so the romance certainly didn't reel me in. The weaving descriptions were strange and almost ridiculous. During the climactic ending I found myself visualizing the main character shooting spidey-webs from her wrists to save herself and her two boy toys. This high suspense cliff-hanger ending only left me laughing at the overall bizarreness.
I started this book with pretty high hopes. I absolutely loved [b:Mudbound 2138727 Mudbound Hillary Jordan https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1296591096s/2138727.jpg 2144215] by Jordan and I really liked this premise. A dystopian future where law-breakers are color-coded by the type of crime they commit? Sounds bizarre - sign me up!Ultimately, I ended up with mixed feelings about this book. The first half was great and a fantastic start for a [b:The Scarlet Letter 12296 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327879100s/12296.jpg 4925227] retelling. The main character wakes up to find that she has been “chromed” red. All of her skin is as red as a fire truck to symbolize that she is a murderer. She had an affair with a married man and was caught having an illegal abortion, so now she is doomed to be red for 16 years.The second half is where I feel that the book loses steam. It stops being about racism and the extreme religious-right type government and tries being an action packed adventure with a lot of preachy dialogue. The whole story just seemed rushed and the main character seemed to evolve too fast to be believable.
A fantastic conclusion to a great series. I couldn't put the book down and couldn't read it fast enough!
Started out very slow, but I'm glad I stuck it out. I love a book that can make me laugh AND cry!
It really makes you think about how you grow and change throughout your life, and whether those changes are for the better.
