Excellent read. This story does seem to move a bit slow, but that's to be expected, I guess, since there are so many books in this series.
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. I'm surprised by how well Condie writes her characters and how much I came to care about Cassia's and Ky's story. I look forward to reading more of their story.
This was a pretty quick read. Even though I found it quite predictable and there were a few unnecessary storylines, I still enjoyed the book. I would definitely read another book by this author.
The book scared me just as much as the movie did! I enjoyed the book quite a bit and would love to read more books by Blatty.
While I feel badly about what this poor girl endured, I didn't particularly like this book. I just didn't think it was all that well-written and I had a very hard time getting into it.
This book was absolutely TERRIBLE. Again, I'm glad I only paid $1.99 for it instead of full price, otherwise, I might be more than a little ticked. Now, if I could only get the time back that I spent reading this nonsense, I'd be golden. I found not a single likable character in this book. You have Veronika, who attempts suicide for stupid, selfish reasons. Mari, who suffers from panic attacks and wants to continue staying on at the hospital after she loses her job and her husband divorces her, Eduard, the schizophrenic son of a diplomat, and Zedka who is clinically depressed and longs for a married lover or some nonsense like that. There's also Dr. Igor (oh, what a lovely name) who is not likable at all, and decides to do some experiment on the suicidal Veronika, by telling her that her overdose has messed up her heart and she has only a week to live, when in fact she is fine. Knowing she is to die soon, she embraces life and does things she wouldn't normally do (masturbating in front of the schizophrenic Eduard, whom she barely knows. Hello, wtf was that scene? I'm all for embracing your sexuality, but please.) The whole book is just foolishness. I'd give it zero stars if I could.
This book was pretty much the same as the first season of True Blood. There were a few differences, but for the most part, it was the same. Some scenes from the book, it felt like they were taken out perfectly and put into the TV show.
But, I do have to say, all in all, I enjoy the TV show better than the book. I love how Lafayette and Tara have a bigger presence in the show. Tara is totally absent from this book.
I wasn't aware of this case at all before I picked up this book. Even with my not being familiar with any aspect of the case, I still felt this book was too long. Had the author not repeated over and over how obsessed Nicole was with Billy and how in love they thought they were, the book could've easily been a 100 pages shorter. It also threw me off having to see the author overuse quotation marks. Seems like every other word, he felt the need to put quotes around, even if it wasn't dialogue.
I've read this book more times than I can count and it still manages to give me nightmares.
I pretty much said all I needed to say about this book through the status updates I gave while reading it. It feels like it took forever to finish reading this book. While there were a few interesting parts, for the most part, the book just seemed to drag by. It got tiresome reading about her conflict over Bundy's guilt and the bits and pieces of her personal life. She came across as being too sympathetic toward Bundy and did not give nearly enough information about the victims. It ticked me off at one point in the book when she went to Florida and said that “Ted could never go home again.” Well, neither could his victims - what about them? I love reading Ann Rule's books, but this one was a disappointment, because she just came across as a “Ted groupie” to me, except toward the very end when she finally stated her opinion on his guilt.
I read this when I was probably 10 or 11 and I forgot all about it until now. Cute little book.
These books are good, and I'm flying through them, but it gets annoying how they seem to drag on in spots.
This definitely isn't as good as Palahniuk's earlier books, but all-in-all, not bad.
I didn't think I was ever going to finish this book. I had to force myself to finish. To me, it seemed as if there was very little story, but a whole lot of preaching (not that there's a thing wrong with preaching, I just wanted less of it in THIS book, and more actual story). The book seemed too drawn out as well. This one was definitely the worst one of the series, and thankfully, the last one that I'm reading.
This is truly one of the most boring books I've ever tried to read. I didn't even finish it. This is definitely one instance where the movie was better than the book.
It feels like the series is starting to slow down in pace. Maybe this is so the author(s) could stretch this out into as many books as possible?
This book started out great, but as it went on, it turned into merely “okay.” One of those books that you finish just to be done with it. I have to say, I think I'll pass on anything else by this author.
The subject matter is disturbing, yes. That's not what put me off of this book though. The author just came across as whiny, annoying and way too dramatic. I don't care for her writing at all.
Not one of the best V.C. Andrews book. The first book in this series was wonderful, but by the time I reached this one, I was just glad to see this series end.
I didn't finish it. I watched the movie & it was just as disappointing as what I imagine the book would've been.
I read this book in several hours. It was amazing. While some parts were hard to read (like the part where Jonas's father releases the twin & when his father talks about how Gabriel will be released the next morning), the book is still well worth reading.
I was glad to see this book end, but WTH? When I reached the last page, I was certain that there was more to come. Come on, that couldn't REALLY be the last page. I feel cheated. Whomever it was that told Brad Meltzer he could tell a good story, well, they LIED. I know he set it up for a sequel at the end, but he could've went about it in a MUCH better way. And what the hell with all the weird character names? If he was trying to make a character by giving them a memorable name, he did the exact opposite for me. I won't remember these odd names at all, other than the fact that they were odd. I will NOT be reading another book by him, EVER. The book gets two stars from me, because there were times during the book that I was curious as to what happened next. But then, sure enough, it just got silly.
I really liked this book, even though I wasn't crazy about how it ended. It's definitely one I could read, and enjoy, again.