Three and a Half Stars
Now this was one fun book to read! Liza is such a great character!
This book takes place in England, in 1836. Liza is a lady, but when both her parents die inexpertly in a carriage crash, she is left a orphan. She has to find a way to make her own in the world, but her parents left her with money debts with many people. Liza finds a place as a maid to the princess, and also finds out that things are not as they seem.
What's so great about it?
Hands down, the plot. Figuring out what was happening, that was amazing. And then waiting for everything to resolve, I was just like, "Come on Liza!!! Yeah! You can do it!" I would definitely recommend this book. To just about anybody, it was such a fun read.
I loved the characters. When a villain makes me want to smack them, to just yell in their face, I know the character is good. There were more than a couple of characters in this book that made me react like that. And sometimes it was very hard to tell with a few characters: were they on Liza's side?
The character development was very good also. Many of the characters changed throughout the book drastically, but it was very plausible.
The romance = Very cute!
What's not so great about it?
There weren't that many things that I didn't like about this book, overall I enjoyed it.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Nevermore by James Patterson
Three Star Rating
I read this book yesterday, and I think I'm going to have to read it again sometime, or discuss it, or something, because I'm not really clear on some things.
This is the last book in the Maximum Ride series, the very last. It kind of alarmed me when I got the book and on the cover there was a sticker that said R.I.P on it. Were people going to die?
What's so great about it?
The book flipped between Max's first-person point of view, Fang's third-person point of view, and Angel's third-person point of view. I liked Max's the best, as she is always so sarcastic and hilarious.
The writing did hold me in, with the combination of Max's point of view and the pretty much non-stop action, which I liked a lot. In some of the previous books, the action had gone down a bit, and I was glad to see it back. I did cry, though not as much as when I was reading Fang and Angel.
I would have never guessed some things that happened. I started reading this book, got stuck, and was surprised every other chapter. It was like all of the predictions that I had made where not even relevant anymore.
I realized how much I am attached to these characters. They are truly phenomenal, and I am so sad to know that there are no more adventures to go on with them.
What's not so great about it?
At the end of the book, I asked myself, was Max's goal accomplished? I felt as if I needed some explanatory page at the end of the book to tell me what had happened. The whole series has been turned around in this one book, and I feel like Max has been forced to do what she never wanted to do.
The fact that I got no scientific explanation about a certain event bothered me. I will wonder forever now why this happened. I will still be thinking in twenty years, in fact, if no one clears it up for me.
I wanted more scenes with the whole Flock in them, not just ones with Fang, Max, and Dylan. The whole book was pretty much centered around those three.
I read this book yesterday, and I think I'm going to have to read it again sometime, or discuss it, or something, because I'm not really clear on some things.
This is the last book in the Maximum Ride series, the very last. It kind of alarmed me when I got the book and on the cover there was a sticker that said R.I.P on it. Were people going to die?
What's so great about it?
The book flipped between Max's first-person point of view, Fang's third-person point of view, and Angel's third-person point of view. I liked Max's the best, as she is always so sarcastic and hilarious.
The writing did hold me in, with the combination of Max's point of view and the pretty much non-stop action, which I liked a lot. In some of the previous books, the action had gone down a bit, and I was glad to see it back. I did cry, though not as much as when I was reading Fang and Angel.
I would have never guessed some things that happened. I started reading this book, got stuck, and was surprised every other chapter. It was like all of the predictions that I had made where not even relevant anymore.
I realized how much I am attached to these characters. They are truly phenomenal, and I am so sad to know that there are no more adventures to go on with them.
What's not so great about it?
At the end of the book, I asked myself, was Max's goal accomplished? I felt as if I needed some explanatory page at the end of the book to tell me what had happened. The whole series has been turned around in this one book, and I feel like Max has been forced to do what she never wanted to do.
The fact that I got no scientific explanation about a certain event bothered me. I will wonder forever now why this happened. I will still be thinking in twenty years, in fact, if no one clears it up for me.
I wanted more scenes with the whole Flock in them, not just ones with Fang, Max, and Dylan. The whole book was pretty much centered around those three.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey
Four Star Rating
Tess lives with her mother and father near the Dragonswood. She goes there, against what she is supposed to do, to cry after her father hurts and scolds her. But going into the Dragonswood is said to be a sign of being a witch. Lady Adela comes, the witch hunter, and Tess is grabbed and accused of being a one. She escapes and goes on the run, along with Meg and Poppy, her two friends.
What's so great about it?
I couldn't stop reading. The story grabbed me and held be glued to the pages of the book. I thought that it was even better than its companion book, Dragon's Keep. There are dragons, and fairies, and will o' the wisps, and magic. It was well written, too. When the main character, Tess, felt an emotion, I felt it also. Every time she was sad, or hurt, or angry, I felt it along with her.
Tess is a very strong character. She is brave, and loyal, and learns from the honorable and not so honorable deeds that people do for her and for others. She will risk just about anything to save her friends.
Every character had their own personality. Tess's friends are completely different. I might not have liked all of their personalities, but that doesn't mean that I didn't like them in the story. They all played crucial parts in the plot. Without those characteristics, the story probably wouldn't have gone the same way.
What's not so great about it?
There honestly weren't any major things that I did not like about this book. The only one was that I had trouble picturing certain scenes. There weren't many detailed descriptions of places.
Tess lives with her mother and father near the Dragonswood. She goes there, against what she is supposed to do, to cry after her father hurts and scolds her. But going into the Dragonswood is said to be a sign of being a witch. Lady Adela comes, the witch hunter, and Tess is grabbed and accused of being a one. She escapes and goes on the run, along with Meg and Poppy, her two friends.
What's so great about it?
I couldn't stop reading. The story grabbed me and held be glued to the pages of the book. I thought that it was even better than its companion book, Dragon's Keep. There are dragons, and fairies, and will o' the wisps, and magic. It was well written, too. When the main character, Tess, felt an emotion, I felt it also. Every time she was sad, or hurt, or angry, I felt it along with her.
Tess is a very strong character. She is brave, and loyal, and learns from the honorable and not so honorable deeds that people do for her and for others. She will risk just about anything to save her friends.
Every character had their own personality. Tess's friends are completely different. I might not have liked all of their personalities, but that doesn't mean that I didn't like them in the story. They all played crucial parts in the plot. Without those characteristics, the story probably wouldn't have gone the same way.
What's not so great about it?
There honestly weren't any major things that I did not like about this book. The only one was that I had trouble picturing certain scenes. There weren't many detailed descriptions of places.
The Enchantress by Michael Scott
Rating: Three Stars
When I started this book, as it was the last book in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel series, I had a picture in my mind of what I was expecting. Oh, boy, was I wrong. When I finished the book, I wasn't quite sure what had happened. I'm pretty sure I was in shock.
It all comes down to this book. Will the world be saved?
There were many things that I liked about this book, especially how much the ending surprised me. I was thinking that the series would end with everything turning out perfectly, everyone all right, the world is saved and all that. Sure, some of that did still happen, I won't give anything away. But how some characters turned out, especially in the last sections of the book, really changed everything I thought about them and flipped the story completely. Turns out that certain characters were hiding their real personalities, their back stories, and in general what they really wanted out of life. Or, in some cases, their appearance.
That's not to say there weren't parts of this book that I didn't like. The book ends, but there are still characters that you don't know what happened to. The major plots ended suddenly, but I think that there should have been more before the final page of the book to sort of tie it all together. But then again, I did like it like that, in a way. It left a mystery behind, for the reader to wonder about.
The partof the book that bothered me was some of the conversations between the two main characters, Sophie and Josh. I just couldn't picture them saying what they said.
But, in all, I did enjoy reading this book, and I liked the ending of the series.
When I started this book, as it was the last book in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel series, I had a picture in my mind of what I was expecting. Oh, boy, was I wrong. When I finished the book, I wasn't quite sure what had happened. I'm pretty sure I was in shock.
It all comes down to this book. Will the world be saved?
There were many things that I liked about this book, especially how much the ending surprised me. I was thinking that the series would end with everything turning out perfectly, everyone all right, the world is saved and all that. Sure, some of that did still happen, I won't give anything away. But how some characters turned out, especially in the last sections of the book, really changed everything I thought about them and flipped the story completely. Turns out that certain characters were hiding their real personalities, their back stories, and in general what they really wanted out of life. Or, in some cases, their appearance.
That's not to say there weren't parts of this book that I didn't like. The book ends, but there are still characters that you don't know what happened to. The major plots ended suddenly, but I think that there should have been more before the final page of the book to sort of tie it all together. But then again, I did like it like that, in a way. It left a mystery behind, for the reader to wonder about.
The partof the book that bothered me was some of the conversations between the two main characters, Sophie and Josh. I just couldn't picture them saying what they said.
But, in all, I did enjoy reading this book, and I liked the ending of the series.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Yes, I have been reading
Hello!
As the title of this post says, yes, I have been reading, I was just in the middle of trying to format this blog. But, it's all done now, so I can post without the post showing up in some weird color. What have I been reading? Here's the list, I will post reviews on some of them later:
~Bookworm
As the title of this post says, yes, I have been reading, I was just in the middle of trying to format this blog. But, it's all done now, so I can post without the post showing up in some weird color. What have I been reading? Here's the list, I will post reviews on some of them later:
- Inside Out/ Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
- The Last Dragon Slayer by Jasper Fforde
- The Vindico by Wesley King
- From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson
- Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card
- Journey to the Fringe by Kelli Swofford Nielsen
- Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
- Worldbinder by David Farland
- The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
~Bookworm
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