Living Dead Girl Review.

 


THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR TEENS! I REPEAT, THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR TEENS. IT IS PRECIOU'S SISTER BUT WITH A WHITE GIRL. BOTH BOOKS ARE HOPELESS AND DISGUSTING AND USE RAPE FOR SHOCK VALUE. THERE IS NO HOPE IN THIS STORY, NO LESSON TO BE LEARNED, NOTHING. DO NOT READ THIS EXCEPT YOU LOVE SADISTIC RAPE PORN, AND WELL TORTURE PORN. GEE, I FORGOT TO ADD PEDOPHILIA.
THIS IS MY FIRST REVIEW IN CAPS, BUT I'M SORRY I JUST HAD TO DO IT

Shiver by Maggie Steifvater Review

Maggie, Maggie, Maggie. What can I say? I read her blog sometimes and she is really nice. SHIVER wasnt bad, even though I am not a fan of poetic writing. I like my steak plain and rare, no sweet talk and onions, and sauce, ... you get the point.
Shiver is slow, and not the kind of book you can read on the subway with some strange guy trying to bump on you. It took me 9 weeks to read shiver, and that was the second time around. Sam is okay, a little weird, and too much talk about his wolf and background. I like Grace better, I think.
The point is Shiver is good, depending on the mood you are in, and maybe because I like Maggie so much, I am not going hard on this book, as I should.
She does have writing talent, and I bought linger on kindle already, just havent read it and dont know when I would

Fallen by Lauuren Kate Review. DNF

Complete waste, utter rubbish. Definitely taking this book back to barnes and nobles to get my money back. The author's writing is not so bad, but I have to wonder where she gets her inspiration from. Bella from Twilight looks like a hero compared to this crap. Please am not even going to wast my time to write a long review about this, however, I advise you to stay away from this, nothing happens for over four hundred pages.

Anna and the French Kiss Review

First, let me start by saying I just lost respect for all my goodreads friends that have been giving this book five stars and then turn around and bash books like Twilight, Fallen, House of Night, Halo and so on. This book is the exact same thing, except we have no paranormal creatures. The main character is the most annoying, selfish, and whiny bitch I have ever read in YA. This book is nothing special. I find it weird that the main girl behaves in the same manner as other paranormal main characters that so many of my goodreads friends bash. What is different about Anna? She is just as annoying. She is BELLA Swan's preppy sister ( the same low self esteem syndrome, trying to make smart remarks, and the fainting and nervousness thing around the main guy) but even more annoying. She goes on and on and on and on about how beautiful St. clair (isnt this the name of a chocolate bar?) is and reviewers dont complain? These are the same people that bash S.Meyer and other paranormal writers for making their female MC talk about the guy's beauty. Double standard much?

Maybe because I spend half the year in Paris, the charm of a book written in Paris is nothing special to me. Maybe because my mother is French and I technically find most french people annoying. Who knows what it is? I just didn't connect with the book. Americans and people who still view Paris as something special will love this. However, if I walk into any book store in France, I can find light fiction with way better setting about Paris.

Book Review: Matched by Ally Condie

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.




MY TAKE:
Warning: There might be some spoilers. 
Wow, it's a tough one with this book. First, the beginning is really, really slow. If you are reading this review and thinking of giving up, then I urge you to skip to page 250 and continue there. I wont go on about the story or what it is about since the blurb already tells you that. I will just touch on a couple of things.

Yes, the world is very much like the giver. Even up to the getting your assignment and growing apart from your friends stage.
Does it take away from the book? In the beginning yes, but as you read on, I think Condie redeems herself and you can see her own world shinning through.
Cassia on the other hand was better than Nora and Luce and all the other stupid airhead clouding YA lately. For some reason she reminds me of Grace from Shiver, so if you liked Grace you might like her. I still dont know if I like her or not. What do I mean by this? I would have felt the same way by anyone else in her shoes. By this I mean, that I love how she grew and matured, but I didnt think her personality shown through enough to captivate me.
Matched is by far one of the best books of 2010, but it isnt an easy ready. It reminds me a lot of The Time Traveler's wife. And most of all, it isnt Twilight. Touting this book as the next twilight is bad for this book, it would only turn people away from it. Why? There is no escapism whatsoever in this book. In Twilight you close your eyes, and you imagine having a beautiful, rich boyfriend who worships you. Prince Charming. The kinds of thing young girls like. But this isnt the case with this book. The love interest that Cassia loves so much, Ky is in a very bad situation. This might be extreme, but why would anyone want to fantasize about having a love interest who is serving a life sentence in prison with possibility of Parole? You get the point, it's harsh, and its a little too real for teens these days to adopt this book because of this. The pain is there and the truth is all around us in life, we see pain. We see the hurt love can bring in a harsh way, with no chance of anything good. This book is that. Twilight is good, as in daydreamish fantasy. So, I fear comparing this to Twilight might make people read it, however the Twilight crowd will pretty much turn away from it or start blasting it with bad reviews. Of course that is if they can get past the very slow beginning and middle.
Older people though, those who are more matured might be more drawn to this book. This book flirts with being literary fiction. Cassia does a LOT of thinking and then more thinking and some more thinking, for pages and pages. I confess, I skipped some of it because they were repetitive.
The internal monologues should have been cut short, the pace reworked, some urgency added to it, the tone  more informal, a little more passion in a physical way, (not saying they should get down and dirty) but something burning, because lets face it, if you love someone like that, except there is a reason, (a.k.a Edward killing Bella if he does her.) then the physical attraction would be crazy. Here, is very tame.
Why Ally is obviously a gifted writer, her type of writing isnt my thing. Very very descriptive, a lot of comparisons and just too damn poetic for me. I have never been a big fan of poetic writing, because I always feel they take away from character development. A lot of reviews  you would read about this book, both positive and negative will tell you the same thing. Its hard to connect with Cassia or her family members because of the writing. I will definitely recommend this. My rating: 3.5/5 Also, for lovers of happy endings, know there is no happy ending here.

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But when she violates her masters laws by saving a beautiful human boy out for a hike, Calla begins to question her fate, her existence, and the very essence of the world she has known. By following her heart she might lose everything--including her own life. Is forbidden love worth the ultimate sacrifice?

My Take:
Warning: There might be spoilers.
First let me say that if I was the president of all publishing houses, who would I pick to constantly churn out stuff every month, (apart from the love of life, the late Mr. Awesome Chekov) it will be Andrea Cremer.
 Dont get it wrong here, she has raw writing talent. Words are not thrown around, neither do they try to stuff you with so much poetic stuff, you keep rolling your eyes, (Shiver, Matched), so not my thing. Andrea's words are sweet, and all have punch and meaning. It's like word porn, you just can't get enough. Alright, I will get to the story. I hate rehearsing what the book is about since the blurb can tell you so I will just jump right in with the good and the bad.
The Good:
Her writing. (hehe, I already mentioned that.)
Andrea does a good job of creating a complex heirachy in her world. I like that the wolves are controlled by the Keepers. They drink blood to heal, so vampirish and awesome. Calla is no Luce, but I dont know if she is really as strong as I would have liked her to be. I think Andrea did this on purpose to show that despite all the responsibilities on Calla she is still a young girl. Ren just didnt do it for me. The biting Calla's neck to keep her in place was gross and botherline no-no for me. And the constant groping and so on he forced on Calla ... Not sexy in anyway but I think I am in the minority as all you have to do is check twitter for all the #teamRen. Shay was sweet and delicious.  #TEAMSHAY forever. Yes, Shay was that hot. Curious about knowledge, beautiful, but yet still like a real boy who every young girl wants as her ideal boyfriend. The lovliness when both he and Calla are in wolf form is beyond amazing. I would say it again, AMAZING. Not sure why but I sort of liked Logan too, she wrote him so well, I could picture him so clearly.
I am so happy she included gay characters who were not loud, obnoxious or cross dressing and have a female as their best friend. They are gay, but awesome gay characters. This might make me sound perverted but I loved Logan too much to feel bad about what he was doing.
Overall, the story is complex, the world building is strong, the mythology is fascinating, and the characters are interesting. This doesn't mean the book is without flaws. Calla's inability to control her hormones is grating and sometimes add a lust like feel because you forget you are reading a young adult novel. But its a conflicting emotion,  Andrea writes so well, you feel hot reading the scenes, but just when you start fearing that Calla might be acting based on sexual tension instead of Love, Andrea spuns your head around. But the truth is sex is very much a part of love and at that age your hormones are raging. 2010 is almost over, but there is no doubt Nightshade is one of the best books of the year. Most importantly, Andrea wasn't scared to go there, she touched on topics people have been crying to see in YA, without making them seem like an outcast or something bad. My rating- 4.5/5 A must read!

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I have always been a big tumblr head because of the short posts format, but it seems most people that like the things I do are either on blogger or Livejournal, so I have decided to join. I am new here, and my goal is to make friends and learn from the wonderful people here. If I befriend you, please be kind enough to return the favor if you can.

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