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Entangled
From a Zoella Book Club 2017 author
Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott and Jandy Nelson.
Seventeen-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got there.
As Grace starts writing, pouring her tangled life onto the page, she is forced to remember everything she's tried to forget: falling hopelessly in love with Nat, and the unravelling of her friendship with her best mate Sal. But there's something missing. As hard as she's trying to remember, is there something she just can't see?
Grace must face the most important question of all.
Why is she here?
A compulsive thriller of dangerous secrets, intense friendships and electrifying attraction.
Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott and Jandy Nelson.
Seventeen-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got there.
As Grace starts writing, pouring her tangled life onto the page, she is forced to remember everything she's tried to forget: falling hopelessly in love with Nat, and the unravelling of her friendship with her best mate Sal. But there's something missing. As hard as she's trying to remember, is there something she just can't see?
Grace must face the most important question of all.
Why is she here?
A compulsive thriller of dangerous secrets, intense friendships and electrifying attraction.
372 pages, Paperback
First published January 6, 2011
About the author
Cat Clarke
17 books1,155 followersCat was born in Zambia and brought up in Edinburgh and Yorkshire, which has given her an accent that tends to confuse people.
Cat has written non-fiction books about exciting things like cowboys, sharks and pirates, and now writes YA novels. She lives in Edinburgh with a couple of cats, Jem and Scout, who spend their days plotting to spit up furballs at the most inconvenient times. She likes cheese A LOT, especially baked camembert.
Cat has written non-fiction books about exciting things like cowboys, sharks and pirates, and now writes YA novels. She lives in Edinburgh with a couple of cats, Jem and Scout, who spend their days plotting to spit up furballs at the most inconvenient times. She likes cheese A LOT, especially baked camembert.
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September 19, 2011
Okay. I admit. I was freaking confused after I read this book. Really, REALLY confused. (If you are confused too, I have some answers written below)
Why I read this book:
(1) Because of the cover..... Blah! You know me! xD
(2) I found this plot, somehow, interesting, months ago.
(3) My friend gave this book for me to read. THANK-YOU! (:
Lets be honest now, shall we? I didn't love this book... *awkward silence* Yes, I didn't, I just didn't.
After reading so many teen-books-about-real-problems, I wasn't so sad about this book, or whatever.
What I didn't like about this:
(1) The narrator. I didn't like Grace at all. She just handled every situation poorly. I feel that, authors who are writing this type of books should make the heroine's character strong, confident, something which would inspire us.
Her father died. Everyone dies. You just can't be all sad and tell yourself that you are the only one miserable in this life. My sister's friend's mother died during the board exams they had some months ago. And you know what? Half of the school didn't even know that. She was that strong. She acted maturely and yes, shes just 16.
Then her mother was being all shitty and all, like Grace said. Yeah. If Nat would have died, what would have been your reaction girl? It wasn't even like her mother was ignoring her and all. She always told her to tell her anything she was angry or confused about.
One thing for you Grace... go read the book, Forbidden and then you will worship your mother, I guarantee you. You will.
(2) The story.
SEX-BOYS-BFF-CUTS-SEX-BOYS-ALCOHOL-CUTS-SEX-BOYS-BREAKUP-CUTS
Hooray! I told more than half of the book's story to you.
I just don't get it. Why does cutting yourself makes you feel better? Not that I am trying be rude or something, but seriously, you can tell your stuffs to your parents, friends or to your beloved boyfriend. This book reminded me alot of Willow by Julia Hoban. Get new ideas.
The Sex scenes and drinking beers were OVERLOADED. Little bit is okay, no-one minds, but this? This was unbearable. Personally, I think this book should have been lasted about 200-50 pages. But unnecessary things took too many pages.
(3) The writing style. First I was like, WTF is up with the writing style? Then slowly, slowly it got bearable. The author made this book too distracting and confusing. Shes here, then shes there, then shes suddenly nowhere and poor readers are confused like hell.
(4) The Plot was so freaking predictable. Don't tell me you really thought nothing about what happened to Nat and Sal. Don't tell me you never thought the prison was weird. Just don't freaking tell me you never thought that you somehow knew how the story will end till Sal and Nat.
The only things Ifucking loved?
1- The end.
2- DEVON! =D
3- The end...?
I will rate this book 3/5 stars and I really want to know about Grace future after-all. Not like I care, but because of the ending way-way. And I won't stop you from reading this book. You have this book in the library, read it. Don't waste your money on it, thats all. (:
(SPOILER SIDE!)
Now for the readers who already read this book, let me answer some of the questions you might be having.
1- She isn't kidnapped? She didn't suicide? What happened to her?
Ans: Nope. Shes in a coma, in a hospital and she didn't commit suicide. She went to a coma through serious cutting. (After Nat-Sal thing of-course)
2- Ethan was her imaginary bf/friend/helper whatever right? Then what about him on the swings?
Ans: Grace was mental. You know,seeing things. It was something like MPD. Ethan and the white room shes been kept in would be her self consciousness. Her mind can't work out what happened and she goes over her past till she gets to the current and she realizes whats happened. Ethan was made by her.
3- What happened to Devon?
Ans: Remember that person in the end? Playing music and saying he'll come back everyday, that was him. Devon. He loved her! =D
p.s DEVON I LOVE YOU! XD
If you have any more questions, or just want to discuss, just comment. Hope it helped recent readers! :)
Why I read this book:
(1) Because of the cover..... Blah! You know me! xD
(2) I found this plot, somehow, interesting, months ago.
(3) My friend gave this book for me to read. THANK-YOU! (:
Lets be honest now, shall we? I didn't love this book... *awkward silence* Yes, I didn't, I just didn't.
After reading so many teen-books-about-real-problems, I wasn't so sad about this book, or whatever.
What I didn't like about this:
(1) The narrator. I didn't like Grace at all. She just handled every situation poorly. I feel that, authors who are writing this type of books should make the heroine's character strong, confident, something which would inspire us.
Her father died. Everyone dies. You just can't be all sad and tell yourself that you are the only one miserable in this life. My sister's friend's mother died during the board exams they had some months ago. And you know what? Half of the school didn't even know that. She was that strong. She acted maturely and yes, shes just 16.
Then her mother was being all shitty and all, like Grace said. Yeah. If Nat would have died, what would have been your reaction girl? It wasn't even like her mother was ignoring her and all. She always told her to tell her anything she was angry or confused about.
One thing for you Grace... go read the book, Forbidden and then you will worship your mother, I guarantee you. You will.
(2) The story.
SEX-BOYS-BFF-CUTS-SEX-BOYS-ALCOHOL-CUTS-SEX-BOYS-BREAKUP-CUTS
Hooray! I told more than half of the book's story to you.
I just don't get it. Why does cutting yourself makes you feel better? Not that I am trying be rude or something, but seriously, you can tell your stuffs to your parents, friends or to your beloved boyfriend. This book reminded me alot of Willow by Julia Hoban. Get new ideas.
The Sex scenes and drinking beers were OVERLOADED. Little bit is okay, no-one minds, but this? This was unbearable. Personally, I think this book should have been lasted about 200-50 pages. But unnecessary things took too many pages.
(3) The writing style. First I was like, WTF is up with the writing style? Then slowly, slowly it got bearable. The author made this book too distracting and confusing. Shes here, then shes there, then shes suddenly nowhere and poor readers are confused like hell.
(4) The Plot was so freaking predictable. Don't tell me you really thought nothing about what happened to Nat and Sal. Don't tell me you never thought the prison was weird. Just don't freaking tell me you never thought that you somehow knew how the story will end till Sal and Nat.
The only things I
1- The end.
2- DEVON! =D
3- The end...?
I will rate this book 3/5 stars and I really want to know about Grace future after-all. Not like I care, but because of the ending way-way. And I won't stop you from reading this book. You have this book in the library, read it. Don't waste your money on it, thats all. (:
(SPOILER SIDE!)
Now for the readers who already read this book, let me answer some of the questions you might be having.
1- She isn't kidnapped? She didn't suicide? What happened to her?
Ans: Nope. Shes in a coma, in a hospital and she didn't commit suicide. She went to a coma through serious cutting. (After Nat-Sal thing of-course)
2- Ethan was her imaginary bf/friend/helper whatever right? Then what about him on the swings?
Ans: Grace was mental. You know,seeing things. It was something like MPD. Ethan and the white room shes been kept in would be her self consciousness. Her mind can't work out what happened and she goes over her past till she gets to the current and she realizes whats happened. Ethan was made by her.
3- What happened to Devon?
Ans: Remember that person in the end? Playing music and saying he'll come back everyday, that was him. Devon. He loved her! =D
p.s DEVON I LOVE YOU! XD
If you have any more questions, or just want to discuss, just comment. Hope it helped recent readers! :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 7, 2016
This book. Ugh. Where do I start?
First off, I very strongly dislike Grace, the narrator. I didn't really like her at the beginning (she whined too much for my taste), and it got worse as the story went on. I just don't understand how anyone could think she's a likeable character. I know teenagers can be mean and fickle, and I can forgive some selfishness and defensiveness, but this goes way beyond that. She's condescending, rash and tries to balance her insecurities by making other people feel uncomfortable. It got to the point where Grace was going on about her unworthiness and how she didn't deserve such a perfect boyfriend, and all the while I kept thinking "no. No, you don't." Her voice has a certain bite to it that I could have liked if she was less petulant and if the angst wasn't so overdone. But sadly, I pretty much hated her guts half-way through, and no amount of wit would have topped that.
Secondly, this book deals with sensitive matters and I don't feel like the author handled them well at all. Grace's suicidal thoughts are recounted right from the start, without giving us any context. That, added to her whining, makes her look weak since the empathy factor is absent from the reader's perspective. Instead of being heart-broken for her, I was left scratching my head and being frustrated at the lack of information I was given. Furthermore, the cutting matter wasn't broached carefully enough. I just found something lacking in her writing, especially on the emotional front.
Speaking of her writing: the constant switches between flashbacks and present, while enjoyable in the beginning, got extremely aggravating after a while. She wrote a scene, set up a big revelation and then bam! Back to the present. I know it's nothing new, but there are better ways to keep the readers on their toes without resorting to using annoying pseudo cliff-hangers. Her prose is also very clumsy. It doesn't flow naturally at all, in that every detail that's given seems deliberate. The obviousness of it all keeps you thinking, and possibly hoping, that the author is being deliberately misleading. Unfortunately, you're wrong. I figured out the mystery after exactly 16 pages. Yup. So while the reader is supposed to want to turn the pages faster to get a clue of what's going on, I was left feeling irritated at the simplicity of the plot and just wanting to skip to the end to see if I was right.
The only bright spots in this story were Grace's interactions with Sal and Nat. But again, Sal's "mysterious" behaviour is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Finally, I'd like to address the ending. While predictable, the twist was still gut wrenching and, for maybe the first time, I felt truly sorry for Grace. And while this could have been a good thing, considering the writer chose to put it at the end of the book, it just feels like a huge unresolved issue and made me feel frustrated, angry and depressed after closing the book. And NOT in a good way. I honestly just want to forget I ever read it.
First off, I very strongly dislike Grace, the narrator. I didn't really like her at the beginning (she whined too much for my taste), and it got worse as the story went on. I just don't understand how anyone could think she's a likeable character. I know teenagers can be mean and fickle, and I can forgive some selfishness and defensiveness, but this goes way beyond that. She's condescending, rash and tries to balance her insecurities by making other people feel uncomfortable. It got to the point where Grace was going on about her unworthiness and how she didn't deserve such a perfect boyfriend, and all the while I kept thinking "no. No, you don't." Her voice has a certain bite to it that I could have liked if she was less petulant and if the angst wasn't so overdone. But sadly, I pretty much hated her guts half-way through, and no amount of wit would have topped that.
Secondly, this book deals with sensitive matters and I don't feel like the author handled them well at all. Grace's suicidal thoughts are recounted right from the start, without giving us any context. That, added to her whining, makes her look weak since the empathy factor is absent from the reader's perspective. Instead of being heart-broken for her, I was left scratching my head and being frustrated at the lack of information I was given. Furthermore, the cutting matter wasn't broached carefully enough. I just found something lacking in her writing, especially on the emotional front.
Speaking of her writing: the constant switches between flashbacks and present, while enjoyable in the beginning, got extremely aggravating after a while. She wrote a scene, set up a big revelation and then bam! Back to the present. I know it's nothing new, but there are better ways to keep the readers on their toes without resorting to using annoying pseudo cliff-hangers. Her prose is also very clumsy. It doesn't flow naturally at all, in that every detail that's given seems deliberate. The obviousness of it all keeps you thinking, and possibly hoping, that the author is being deliberately misleading. Unfortunately, you're wrong. I figured out the mystery after exactly 16 pages. Yup. So while the reader is supposed to want to turn the pages faster to get a clue of what's going on, I was left feeling irritated at the simplicity of the plot and just wanting to skip to the end to see if I was right.
The only bright spots in this story were Grace's interactions with Sal and Nat. But again, Sal's "mysterious" behaviour is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Finally, I'd like to address the ending. While predictable, the twist was still gut wrenching and, for maybe the first time, I felt truly sorry for Grace. And while this could have been a good thing, considering the writer chose to put it at the end of the book, it just feels like a huge unresolved issue and made me feel frustrated, angry and depressed after closing the book. And NOT in a good way. I honestly just want to forget I ever read it.
January 31, 2012
Sad. Confusing. Heartbreaking. Shocking. Emotional. Perfect.
It has lot of swearing, drinking, self-harming and sex (including teen pregnancy and abortion).
The story is told from a first person point of view from Grace. She is in self destruct mode. She has so many emotions that she just doesn't know how to deal with and this shows in the way she acts. In many ways she comes across as a normal teen - she seems friendly and outgoing and is doing well at school, but this is just a front that she puts on. Underneath it all she is messed up - she uses alcohol to escape from reality, sleeps with boys she has just met and resorts to cutting as a way to feel in control of her life.
I could hear Grace's voice so clearly. There was humour, happiness and love, fear, confusion and sadness - such bone crushing sadness that it made my eyes fill with tears.
It was frank, open, brutally honest and tender. Cat Clarke is an author to look out for! I know I'll be on the lookout for all of her future books.
Overall, one of the most amazing, unpredictable, incredible, beautiful books.
It has lot of swearing, drinking, self-harming and sex (including teen pregnancy and abortion).
The story is told from a first person point of view from Grace. She is in self destruct mode. She has so many emotions that she just doesn't know how to deal with and this shows in the way she acts. In many ways she comes across as a normal teen - she seems friendly and outgoing and is doing well at school, but this is just a front that she puts on. Underneath it all she is messed up - she uses alcohol to escape from reality, sleeps with boys she has just met and resorts to cutting as a way to feel in control of her life.
I could hear Grace's voice so clearly. There was humour, happiness and love, fear, confusion and sadness - such bone crushing sadness that it made my eyes fill with tears.
It was frank, open, brutally honest and tender. Cat Clarke is an author to look out for! I know I'll be on the lookout for all of her future books.
Overall, one of the most amazing, unpredictable, incredible, beautiful books.
January 21, 2020
What you need to know is Courtney Summers gave this book 5 stars. Enough said? Yep.
Snarky, funny, compulsive, reckless and troubled heroine?
Me: LOVE.
I listened to this and what an engaging audiobook. Loved the British accent and that teenage sarcasm. Stunningly ON POINT.
That title is also perfectly perfect for the book.
I am a bit dubious about that ending but I have dearly enjoyed the book so, not too salty about that.
Audiobook narrated by Elloise Thomson.
Snarky, funny, compulsive, reckless and troubled heroine?
Me: LOVE.
I listened to this and what an engaging audiobook. Loved the British accent and that teenage sarcasm. Stunningly ON POINT.
That title is also perfectly perfect for the book.
I am a bit dubious about that ending but I have dearly enjoyed the book so, not too salty about that.
Audiobook narrated by Elloise Thomson.
January 5, 2011
When Grace wakes up locked in a plain white room she has no idea how she got there. Held captive by the mysterious Ethan the only distraction she has is some pens and paper so she starts writing her story. As she writes about her friendship with Sal and falling in love with her boyfriend Nat we begin to unravel the mystery of how she ended up in the white room.
Entangled is a captivating and powerful debut and one that will take the reader on a roller coaster of emotions from laughter to tears and everything in between. When I sat down to read I was only intending to read a couple of chapters but I became so caught up in Grace's tale that I finished the entire book in one sitting. This is a dark and uncomfortable read at times but that just makes it even more compelling and it does manage to leave you feeling hopeful by the end. I really admire the fact that Cat Clarke made me laugh out loud despite the difficult topics covered.
I've seen several reviewers say that they didn't find Grace very likable in the beginning but I have to say I didn't have the same problem with her. I didn't like some of the things she was doing or her attitude at times but her character really spoke to me on a personal level and in some ways she reminded me a lot of myself as a teenager. Grace is in self destruct mode, she has so many emotions that she just doesn't know how to deal with and this shows in the way she acts. In many ways she comes across as a normal teen - she seems friendly and outgoing and is doing well at school but this is just a front that she puts on. Underneath it all she is messed up - she uses alcohol to escape from reality, sleeps with boys she has just met and resorts to cutting as a way to feel in control of her life.
Her reasons might be different to mine and her behaviours differ to some degree but at her age I was in a very similar destructive pattern. Grace's voice was so real real to me and made for painful reading as I watched her make similar mistakes to me & I just wanted to reach into the book and be the voice of experience to tell her that things can and will get better. This particular quote has stayed with me for days since reading the story and for me it captures the essence of Grace perfectly:
"It's when I'm alone that the doubt sets in. It's been that way for years. As long as there are people around, I can pretend everything's OK. But I need that audience to pretend for, otherwise it doesn't work. Alone, I'm not that easy to fool." Page 214
It is hard to go into too much detail about the rest of the story without giving spoilers, I really do think that this is one of those books that the less you know about before going in the better the reading experience will be. I will say that although I thought I'd figured out the twist at the end (well I had several theories anyway and was sure one of them would be correct) Cat Clarke still managed to surprise me. Entangled is a gripping and powerful read and one that I would thoroughly recommend, I know this is a story that will stay with me and one that I'm looking forward to reading again now I know how it ends.
Entangled is a captivating and powerful debut and one that will take the reader on a roller coaster of emotions from laughter to tears and everything in between. When I sat down to read I was only intending to read a couple of chapters but I became so caught up in Grace's tale that I finished the entire book in one sitting. This is a dark and uncomfortable read at times but that just makes it even more compelling and it does manage to leave you feeling hopeful by the end. I really admire the fact that Cat Clarke made me laugh out loud despite the difficult topics covered.
I've seen several reviewers say that they didn't find Grace very likable in the beginning but I have to say I didn't have the same problem with her. I didn't like some of the things she was doing or her attitude at times but her character really spoke to me on a personal level and in some ways she reminded me a lot of myself as a teenager. Grace is in self destruct mode, she has so many emotions that she just doesn't know how to deal with and this shows in the way she acts. In many ways she comes across as a normal teen - she seems friendly and outgoing and is doing well at school but this is just a front that she puts on. Underneath it all she is messed up - she uses alcohol to escape from reality, sleeps with boys she has just met and resorts to cutting as a way to feel in control of her life.
Her reasons might be different to mine and her behaviours differ to some degree but at her age I was in a very similar destructive pattern. Grace's voice was so real real to me and made for painful reading as I watched her make similar mistakes to me & I just wanted to reach into the book and be the voice of experience to tell her that things can and will get better. This particular quote has stayed with me for days since reading the story and for me it captures the essence of Grace perfectly:
"It's when I'm alone that the doubt sets in. It's been that way for years. As long as there are people around, I can pretend everything's OK. But I need that audience to pretend for, otherwise it doesn't work. Alone, I'm not that easy to fool." Page 214
It is hard to go into too much detail about the rest of the story without giving spoilers, I really do think that this is one of those books that the less you know about before going in the better the reading experience will be. I will say that although I thought I'd figured out the twist at the end (well I had several theories anyway and was sure one of them would be correct) Cat Clarke still managed to surprise me. Entangled is a gripping and powerful read and one that I would thoroughly recommend, I know this is a story that will stay with me and one that I'm looking forward to reading again now I know how it ends.
April 11, 2011
TBR Reduce Challenge #21- 2011 (Stefanie)
As much as I wanted to like Entangled I had the hardest time connecting with Grace and even though I wanted to sympathize with her endless issues I couldn't bring myself to care for her.
I also didn't like the way this was written. At first I thought it was a neat way to tell a story and I did like the memory flashbacks, but there was a lot of hard issues in this book that wasn't handled very well and it felt flat. The concept is intriguing in a madding mysterious way, but the way it was delivered was basically confusing and frustrating and by the end of the book, I still felt lost.
Nope, not a me book.
As much as I wanted to like Entangled I had the hardest time connecting with Grace and even though I wanted to sympathize with her endless issues I couldn't bring myself to care for her.
I also didn't like the way this was written. At first I thought it was a neat way to tell a story and I did like the memory flashbacks, but there was a lot of hard issues in this book that wasn't handled very well and it felt flat. The concept is intriguing in a madding mysterious way, but the way it was delivered was basically confusing and frustrating and by the end of the book, I still felt lost.
Nope, not a me book.
February 18, 2011
What an infuriating book! And I mean that in the best possible way. Does that make any sense? Let me explain.
Grace wakes up to find her herself in a white room with white everything and three reams of paper and lots of pens waiting for her on the desk. She’s pretty sure how she got there; she just doesn’t know where she is or why she’s there. Grace wonders why her kidnapper, Ethan, (who looks familiar to her although she can’t place how she might know him) is being so nice to her. Not sure what else to do, Grace writes about her best friend Sal and boyfriend Nat. Through her writing Grace looks back and uncovers truths that ultimately led her to her current predicament.
So, Entangled is one of those books where the cover copy really doesn’t explain the book at all and in this case I was happy about that because I was expecting a different story than the one I read. And to be honest, I really much rather prefer the story I read to the story I was expecting.
Grace is a train wreck of a girl. She’s clever, beautiful, impulsive, sad, madly in love with her boyfriend Nat, occasionally happy, and not sure about her relationship with her mom. I liked her from the first page or on day three of her ordeal because that’s where the book starts, and found her journey to be fascinating. Starting on day three, made me wonder what happened those first two days and why Grace didn’t tell us about them.
I found the initial setting of the white room to be a genius choice because it forced Grace to fill the space with her story. But, at the same time, the room felt like a blank slate, a chance to start over; a way for Grace to identify and fix what wasn’t working in her life before. As Grace writes, the reader is introduced to Sal and Nat, her best friend and boyfriend respectively. Through her relationships with them, the reader learns a lot about Grace and how she deals with life. Grace’s voice felt real and I never doubted for a second that she was an actual teen dealing with problems many teens face.
About more than relationships, Entangled deals with some tough subjects - depression, suicide, cutting, and teen pregnancy are all touched upon by Grace as she writes. At times, it was a hard book to read. But, it was also one of those books that worms its way into your head so that it’s all you can think about for days, even after you've finished reading. It was a book that made me laugh and cry, okay I cried more than I laughed and the last 20 pages or so tore me to pieces, but I had to make it through so that I could find out how Grace’s story ended.
Entangled was a dark, engrossing read. It was a book I couldn't put down and when I got to the last page, I wanted to know what happened next. It was a fabulous debut all around. I can’t wait to see what’s next for Cat Clarke.
Grace wakes up to find her herself in a white room with white everything and three reams of paper and lots of pens waiting for her on the desk. She’s pretty sure how she got there; she just doesn’t know where she is or why she’s there. Grace wonders why her kidnapper, Ethan, (who looks familiar to her although she can’t place how she might know him) is being so nice to her. Not sure what else to do, Grace writes about her best friend Sal and boyfriend Nat. Through her writing Grace looks back and uncovers truths that ultimately led her to her current predicament.
So, Entangled is one of those books where the cover copy really doesn’t explain the book at all and in this case I was happy about that because I was expecting a different story than the one I read. And to be honest, I really much rather prefer the story I read to the story I was expecting.
Grace is a train wreck of a girl. She’s clever, beautiful, impulsive, sad, madly in love with her boyfriend Nat, occasionally happy, and not sure about her relationship with her mom. I liked her from the first page or on day three of her ordeal because that’s where the book starts, and found her journey to be fascinating. Starting on day three, made me wonder what happened those first two days and why Grace didn’t tell us about them.
I found the initial setting of the white room to be a genius choice because it forced Grace to fill the space with her story. But, at the same time, the room felt like a blank slate, a chance to start over; a way for Grace to identify and fix what wasn’t working in her life before. As Grace writes, the reader is introduced to Sal and Nat, her best friend and boyfriend respectively. Through her relationships with them, the reader learns a lot about Grace and how she deals with life. Grace’s voice felt real and I never doubted for a second that she was an actual teen dealing with problems many teens face.
About more than relationships, Entangled deals with some tough subjects - depression, suicide, cutting, and teen pregnancy are all touched upon by Grace as she writes. At times, it was a hard book to read. But, it was also one of those books that worms its way into your head so that it’s all you can think about for days, even after you've finished reading. It was a book that made me laugh and cry, okay I cried more than I laughed and the last 20 pages or so tore me to pieces, but I had to make it through so that I could find out how Grace’s story ended.
Entangled was a dark, engrossing read. It was a book I couldn't put down and when I got to the last page, I wanted to know what happened next. It was a fabulous debut all around. I can’t wait to see what’s next for Cat Clarke.
April 23, 2012
Oh, where to even begin with this book. Let's start with how there is no remotely likeable character in this except for two side character whose appearances are extremely limited (Devon and Sophie). Let's continue with how the main character especially (Grace) is grating at the best of times. Let's then move on to how big, sensitive topics (teenage pregnancy, depression, self-mutilation, neglect, suicide) are treated as plot devices that have no impact expect to further the personal drama of the central characters. And let's end with how the big mysteries of the book are glaringly obvious long, very long, before they are "revealed" in the book.
I bought the book because I thought the prospect sounded like it could be exciting, with Grace waking up in a white room, imprisoned with a kidnapper who takes good care of her, but with nothing to do all day but write down her story. Except the author clearly had no idea how to use this device to narrate her story. Instead of a gripping, emotional tale I got poorly constructed teenage drama, and let's not even mention how we are supposed to believe we are reading what Grace "wrote down" when it reads more like her own inner narrative at the time things happened. Which would have worked much better than the whole "we read what she wrote down" thing when you can't suspend disbelief for more than half a dozen pages.
The story could have been beautiful and heartbreaking if it had been told differently. Cutting isn't treated as a real problem, but is once again just something a bored teenager with no real problems does to show how sensitive and emotional and troubled she is. Even when she really isn't. Pregnancy? Well, yeah, happens, but other than being a plot device to set up best friends and boyfriends acting shitty nothing comes of it anyway. Depression is apparently no real medical condition, it's just what happens when you fight with your best friend and your boyfriend is unhappy with you. I could go on, but I won't. This book isn't deep, mysterious, emotional, touching. It's just the typical teenage drama you can tune in to every night on every channel, with no originality or emotional impact whatsoever.
I bought the book because I thought the prospect sounded like it could be exciting, with Grace waking up in a white room, imprisoned with a kidnapper who takes good care of her, but with nothing to do all day but write down her story. Except the author clearly had no idea how to use this device to narrate her story. Instead of a gripping, emotional tale I got poorly constructed teenage drama, and let's not even mention how we are supposed to believe we are reading what Grace "wrote down" when it reads more like her own inner narrative at the time things happened. Which would have worked much better than the whole "we read what she wrote down" thing when you can't suspend disbelief for more than half a dozen pages.
The story could have been beautiful and heartbreaking if it had been told differently. Cutting isn't treated as a real problem, but is once again just something a bored teenager with no real problems does to show how sensitive and emotional and troubled she is. Even when she really isn't. Pregnancy? Well, yeah, happens, but other than being a plot device to set up best friends and boyfriends acting shitty nothing comes of it anyway. Depression is apparently no real medical condition, it's just what happens when you fight with your best friend and your boyfriend is unhappy with you. I could go on, but I won't. This book isn't deep, mysterious, emotional, touching. It's just the typical teenage drama you can tune in to every night on every channel, with no originality or emotional impact whatsoever.
July 4, 2017
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March 29, 2011
wow. ok i loved this book,it's so original and you actually have to think about it the plot. it has a psychological twist,and i loved the fact that it made up a world of herself and her life in her head with Ethan, and the idea of how she realised it all by writing it down,wich was why she was there,to finally understand herself.OK,so this is bassically what happens...
Grace is at the point were she's planning on killing herself and at that very moment she meets mysterious Ethan.A strange boy who takes Grace of to a strange place were she's held against her will.Shes taking good care of,locked in a completely sterile room with nothing but paper and pens.She starts to write down about her life,her best friend Sal,the gorgeous Nat and starts to unfold the secret's of why shes here and who she is. Ethan gives nothing away. After a while Grace starts telling the story of why shes here, and she then realises that she can do it.
ok heres why it all happened.
Grace's life is ok,normal as you could say. But that all changes when her best friend Sal gets pregnant and wont tell her anything,they slowly grow further and further apart and then Grace meets Nat. A super hot guy who she falls inlove with, hes the answer to all her problems. He finds out about how she hurts herself and helps her,and grace is feeling amazing.But then everything goes wrong, Nat is super protective over Sal,wich puzzles Grace but she ignores it. Sal and Nat have a weird bond, never saying much to eachother but it seemed like they knew eachother too well.
Nat says he loves Grace, and he finds out about Sal getting pregnant before. He starts acting strange and thats when his younger brother comes into the picture, Devon. He has a weird kind of affection for Grace. Grace finds Sal in bed with Nat,wich was set up by Devon to insure that she finds out. shes completely heartbroken and results in planning to kill herself in spite.
She writes this all down, realising it all as she goes. Ethans slowly fading away,encuraging her to carry on.
she awakes, shes in the hospital,paralised.she cant talk,move,or make any kind of sign of life. The people around her begin to talk to her thinking that she cant hear, and finds out that Sal had met Nat at easter break while Grace was away. they were at a party, they end up really liking eachother but then are forced to hide it as nat goes out with grace. Turns out Sal slept with a guy at the party,got pregnant and was the same guy who Nat beat up at the concert trying to get back at him for being so sleazy to Sal.
Sal's wegded inbetween all this, desprettly trying to tell grace but she knows she cant.
By the end of the book grace knows this and has partly forgiven them after hearing the whole story.
Incase your wondering,the sterile room with Ethan was in her head helping her figure it all out while she was in hospital,wich is why ethan kept edging her on. It ends on a cliffhanger of Grace fighting to wake up, wich is what i thought really good.
overall,i thought the book was amazingly thought out like i said before, it takes a while to understand wich is what i love.
To be honest i loved Nat throughout the book,but to be he seems like abit of a asswhole and in some ways Sal is a seriously shitty bestfriend. I liked grace,she was funny,strong and i felt i could really relate to her.
sooo... PROS:
- beautiful cover
- good charecters,thought out personalities
- amazing twist and cliffhanger
- a nice version of forbidden love
- writen well
- really well thought out
- it covered the teenage language well,wich i liked because not many books do.
CONS:
- Grace seemed abit of a slut at times, i mean she was always bassically gagging for sex with Nat.. eeek!
- Took a while to get what was going on
so bassically.... i loved this book :L
i HIGHLY recomend this book to anyone,its soo original,realist,beautiful and deffinately not that cheesy lovey-dovey all the time crap.
:)
Grace is at the point were she's planning on killing herself and at that very moment she meets mysterious Ethan.A strange boy who takes Grace of to a strange place were she's held against her will.Shes taking good care of,locked in a completely sterile room with nothing but paper and pens.She starts to write down about her life,her best friend Sal,the gorgeous Nat and starts to unfold the secret's of why shes here and who she is. Ethan gives nothing away. After a while Grace starts telling the story of why shes here, and she then realises that she can do it.
ok heres why it all happened.
Grace's life is ok,normal as you could say. But that all changes when her best friend Sal gets pregnant and wont tell her anything,they slowly grow further and further apart and then Grace meets Nat. A super hot guy who she falls inlove with, hes the answer to all her problems. He finds out about how she hurts herself and helps her,and grace is feeling amazing.But then everything goes wrong, Nat is super protective over Sal,wich puzzles Grace but she ignores it. Sal and Nat have a weird bond, never saying much to eachother but it seemed like they knew eachother too well.
Nat says he loves Grace, and he finds out about Sal getting pregnant before. He starts acting strange and thats when his younger brother comes into the picture, Devon. He has a weird kind of affection for Grace. Grace finds Sal in bed with Nat,wich was set up by Devon to insure that she finds out. shes completely heartbroken and results in planning to kill herself in spite.
She writes this all down, realising it all as she goes. Ethans slowly fading away,encuraging her to carry on.
she awakes, shes in the hospital,paralised.she cant talk,move,or make any kind of sign of life. The people around her begin to talk to her thinking that she cant hear, and finds out that Sal had met Nat at easter break while Grace was away. they were at a party, they end up really liking eachother but then are forced to hide it as nat goes out with grace. Turns out Sal slept with a guy at the party,got pregnant and was the same guy who Nat beat up at the concert trying to get back at him for being so sleazy to Sal.
Sal's wegded inbetween all this, desprettly trying to tell grace but she knows she cant.
By the end of the book grace knows this and has partly forgiven them after hearing the whole story.
Incase your wondering,the sterile room with Ethan was in her head helping her figure it all out while she was in hospital,wich is why ethan kept edging her on. It ends on a cliffhanger of Grace fighting to wake up, wich is what i thought really good.
overall,i thought the book was amazingly thought out like i said before, it takes a while to understand wich is what i love.
To be honest i loved Nat throughout the book,but to be he seems like abit of a asswhole and in some ways Sal is a seriously shitty bestfriend. I liked grace,she was funny,strong and i felt i could really relate to her.
sooo... PROS:
- beautiful cover
- good charecters,thought out personalities
- amazing twist and cliffhanger
- a nice version of forbidden love
- writen well
- really well thought out
- it covered the teenage language well,wich i liked because not many books do.
CONS:
- Grace seemed abit of a slut at times, i mean she was always bassically gagging for sex with Nat.. eeek!
- Took a while to get what was going on
so bassically.... i loved this book :L
i HIGHLY recomend this book to anyone,its soo original,realist,beautiful and deffinately not that cheesy lovey-dovey all the time crap.
:)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 21, 2014
I really like this book, more than I thought I would. I liked the beginning because it was mysterious and that kept me reading it. I just couldn’t stop, because I was so interested who's Ethan, how did she got there, and her telling about her past. I liked it was all so linked together.
I didn't really liked Grace at first, as a character she didn't seem all that depressed/suicidal, and then her jokes, she avoids problems.. But then I started to like her, because I've got to know her better; that was just her way of dealing with stuff, she didn't know any better, she was all alone, desperate for someone to care for her, first in Sal she seek that, then in Nat,
Sal I didn't like from beginning, she was always hiding something and seemed dishonest. Grace really told her everything, trusted her, and Sal was just.. I don't know, I didn't like her at all.
Somewhere half way through book, I guessed who Ethan really is, and I knew there was some connection between Sal and Nat, but still, I was so shocked at the end!
Especially since I really liked Nat, he was just so sweet and caring, and then THAT.
I felt so angry, sad, disappointed, I felt like it all happened to me.
I've read this book in a day, it consumed me so much, everything happens so fast. So emotional and sad.. After I've read it I was just stunned, poor Grace!
This is really beautiful book and it won't leave you indifferent, no matter did you hate Grace or not.
I didn't really liked Grace at first, as a character she didn't seem all that depressed/suicidal, and then her jokes, she avoids problems.. But then I started to like her, because I've got to know her better; that was just her way of dealing with stuff, she didn't know any better, she was all alone, desperate for someone to care for her, first in Sal she seek that, then in Nat,
Sal I didn't like from beginning, she was always hiding something and seemed dishonest. Grace really told her everything, trusted her, and Sal was just.. I don't know, I didn't like her at all.
Somewhere half way through book, I guessed who Ethan really is, and I knew there was some connection between Sal and Nat, but still, I was so shocked at the end!
Especially since I really liked Nat, he was just so sweet and caring, and then THAT.
I felt so angry, sad, disappointed, I felt like it all happened to me.
I've read this book in a day, it consumed me so much, everything happens so fast. So emotional and sad.. After I've read it I was just stunned, poor Grace!
This is really beautiful book and it won't leave you indifferent, no matter did you hate Grace or not.
June 12, 2012
OH FINALLY!!
I can't even explain how satisfied I'm right now! In last couple of weeks I've read mostly average book but this one is everything but average!
Right now all feelings are mixed inside of me, this books simply left me speechless!
From the beginning I had some feeling that one thing will happen but hell how much I wanted to be wrong! Why? Just why? How could you? I was so close to throwing my phone out of the window!
Just, for god's sake pick up this book if you want something to shake your world!
I can't even explain how satisfied I'm right now! In last couple of weeks I've read mostly average book but this one is everything but average!
Right now all feelings are mixed inside of me, this books simply left me speechless!
From the beginning I had some feeling that one thing will happen but hell how much I wanted to be wrong! Why? Just why? How could you? I was so close to throwing my phone out of the window!
Just, for god's sake pick up this book if you want something to shake your world!
June 12, 2012
What to say about this book and not to reveal too much? Well, it certainly will leave an impact on readers. Either you love it, like it, or dislike it. You will want to know what happened to Grace and how did she ended up trapped in a white room?
What you need to know about Grace is that she doesn’t know how to deal with pain so she finds the only way she always knew- fight pain with pan. She is suicidal and a cutter. I never understood cutters. Why would you willingly hurt yourself? Teenagers go through so many changes in such a short time they do all sorts of crazy things. But if I had a friend who was a cutter I would do everything in my power to help them. Maybe set them up a meeting with a psychiatrist, a priest or anyone else. Dunno, do something. I certainly wouldn’t keep it to myself.
Because she grew up without a father and her mother is never around she is suffering from the syndrome of invisible parents. She drinks, hooks up, basically does whatever she wants. This is the second thing I didn’t like about the book. I hate it, but the reality is that many parents don’t take care of their children. Sadly there will never be cure for that disease until people grow up and start to discipline them. I am sorry if I am too preachy I just can’t help myself with this kind of things. Aside from that Grace was a new enjoyable voice in YA literature. Sure she was insecure but who wasn’t at seventeen?
What I liked about this book was that the writing style pretty much reminds me of-me. My friends probably know this is true and they are laughing because I get easily distracted with just the most insignificant thing and start talking about it, abandoning the previous topic or simply inserting it in-between. I know, I sound like a mental patient.
Ending was kind of left in the dark. It was open to interpretation and predictable but I didn't have a problem with it. It worked great. I know this review is showing more negative aspects of the book, but trust me, it was freaky and I couldn't put it down. Overall, if you are a fan of realistic novel with a touch of mystery you will enjoy Entangled.
What you need to know about Grace is that she doesn’t know how to deal with pain so she finds the only way she always knew- fight pain with pan. She is suicidal and a cutter. I never understood cutters. Why would you willingly hurt yourself? Teenagers go through so many changes in such a short time they do all sorts of crazy things. But if I had a friend who was a cutter I would do everything in my power to help them. Maybe set them up a meeting with a psychiatrist, a priest or anyone else. Dunno, do something. I certainly wouldn’t keep it to myself.
Because she grew up without a father and her mother is never around she is suffering from the syndrome of invisible parents. She drinks, hooks up, basically does whatever she wants. This is the second thing I didn’t like about the book. I hate it, but the reality is that many parents don’t take care of their children. Sadly there will never be cure for that disease until people grow up and start to discipline them. I am sorry if I am too preachy I just can’t help myself with this kind of things. Aside from that Grace was a new enjoyable voice in YA literature. Sure she was insecure but who wasn’t at seventeen?
What I liked about this book was that the writing style pretty much reminds me of-me. My friends probably know this is true and they are laughing because I get easily distracted with just the most insignificant thing and start talking about it, abandoning the previous topic or simply inserting it in-between. I know, I sound like a mental patient.
Ending was kind of left in the dark. It was open to interpretation and predictable but I didn't have a problem with it. It worked great. I know this review is showing more negative aspects of the book, but trust me, it was freaky and I couldn't put it down. Overall, if you are a fan of realistic novel with a touch of mystery you will enjoy Entangled.
February 9, 2011
I really didn't want to like this book. Honestly. But I do. When I started reading it I hated Grace, she was the kind of girl that I would have avoided like the plague at school - she's an underage drinker who sleeps with anything that moves. But thinking back, that isn't fair to her. I found myself finding things that I liked about her, she's fiercely loyal to her best friend Sal, and she uses falling in love as a reason to start her life over. And I think this is what makes me like the book so much - I took her to heart, and actually wanted to protect her from herself. I can hear you all saying 'but she's just a character!' but you can see her downfall coming before she does, and it's heartbreaking. To the point where I was going to cry whilst reading the end on the train.
For the whole novel you can feel that there's something wrong, that there's things missing, and that fact that you can see things that Grace misses, even though it's from her point of view (which actually is one of the features that really makes the story what it is). I think that there is something in here that everyone will associate with. It's the first book in a long time that I've read that hasn't been paranormal, and it really does make me want to read more simple contemporary fiction. I really hope that there won't be a sequal to this, because it's a perfect form the way it is.
For the whole novel you can feel that there's something wrong, that there's things missing, and that fact that you can see things that Grace misses, even though it's from her point of view (which actually is one of the features that really makes the story what it is). I think that there is something in here that everyone will associate with. It's the first book in a long time that I've read that hasn't been paranormal, and it really does make me want to read more simple contemporary fiction. I really hope that there won't be a sequal to this, because it's a perfect form the way it is.
July 4, 2011
I don't normally like these kinds of YA books but this one grabbed me and completely sucked me in. It's really quite well told and moves along nicely.
Grace isn't really my kind of girl... she gets drunk pretty much every night of the week, throws up, constant hangovers, lots of boys and sleeping around, swearing, drama left, right and centre, etc. etc. But underneath there's this incredible pain and hurt that's just so tangible and almost leaps off the page that my heart literally hurt for her. It's a sad story of a wasted teenage life, a broken home, and deep hurt... Not something where you can say "I enjoyed it" but it touched me and keeps me thinking about how much we hurt each other because we are hurting ourselves...
Grace isn't really my kind of girl... she gets drunk pretty much every night of the week, throws up, constant hangovers, lots of boys and sleeping around, swearing, drama left, right and centre, etc. etc. But underneath there's this incredible pain and hurt that's just so tangible and almost leaps off the page that my heart literally hurt for her. It's a sad story of a wasted teenage life, a broken home, and deep hurt... Not something where you can say "I enjoyed it" but it touched me and keeps me thinking about how much we hurt each other because we are hurting ourselves...
October 18, 2010
It isn't often that I remark on book covers during book reviews (since I believe it is the contents of the book that are important) but in this case I really have to! The cover to Entangled is simply beautiful and I'm sure will have people reaching for the book from the shelf.
And this is the story that they will read when they do: Grace is a rather bolshy teenager with her fair share of problems. However, they seem to have faded into significance rather when she wakes up in a featureless white room, kidnapped by a mysterious individual called Ethan. While she is kept captive, she is provided paper and pen and starts to write her recent history as a way to pass the time, telling the reader about her best friend Sal and her gorgeous boyfriend Nat. As the story reaches its conclusion, we learn the truth about Grace and her relationships in heartbreaking fashion.
This is not an easy book to read. It has funny moments, and the voice of Grace is strong and snarky, but it is more in the vein of Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma than anything more light-hearted - dealing in delicate matters with great sensitivity.
Cat Clarke writes the voice of a teenage girl perfectly, with all of the paranoia, and sulks, and constant feelings of being misunderstood, as well as the attitude and cheek and fun. Grace is a hard character to like in the beginning - she is spiky and rebellious, enjoys fun with boys a little too much, and cuts herself... It takes the course of the book to understand Grace and her motivations, and the ending, when it comes, is truly harrowing - as well as somewhat hopeful.
To start with I wasn't at all sure about the sequences involving Ethan - I didn't know why he would have kidnapped Grace. As the mystery unfolds, I found myself gripped and then I admired Clarke's method of delivering the rest of Grace's tale via flashbacks as she writes down what had happened. By the end, Ethan is a very integral part of the novel and I couldn't see how Clarke could have achieved the same without him.
The one part of the novel I struggled with was Grace's friendship with Sal - I know that Sal was going through tough times during the course of the novel, but I honestly couldn't see why Grace would really like Sal. Of course, I might be forgetting the way that I made friends as a teenage age - simply orientating myself with those who liked the same things I did - but I do wish we'd seen more of Grace's and Sal's friendship beginning and then growing before the events of the book happened.
Also, as mentioned, I did find myself wanting to shake Grace at times - I guess I can attribute this to the skill of Clarke's writing, but it does make it hard to care about a character when they are so stubborn and bitchy.
The prose was delivered in first person, which ended up driving the plot forward at a sharp pace. I read the book in just one sitting, and found myself compelled to discover the mystery of Ethan and just what had happened to put Grace in her position. Clarke has delivered a very current, fresh debut novel and I look forward to reading more of her output.
And this is the story that they will read when they do: Grace is a rather bolshy teenager with her fair share of problems. However, they seem to have faded into significance rather when she wakes up in a featureless white room, kidnapped by a mysterious individual called Ethan. While she is kept captive, she is provided paper and pen and starts to write her recent history as a way to pass the time, telling the reader about her best friend Sal and her gorgeous boyfriend Nat. As the story reaches its conclusion, we learn the truth about Grace and her relationships in heartbreaking fashion.
This is not an easy book to read. It has funny moments, and the voice of Grace is strong and snarky, but it is more in the vein of Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma than anything more light-hearted - dealing in delicate matters with great sensitivity.
Cat Clarke writes the voice of a teenage girl perfectly, with all of the paranoia, and sulks, and constant feelings of being misunderstood, as well as the attitude and cheek and fun. Grace is a hard character to like in the beginning - she is spiky and rebellious, enjoys fun with boys a little too much, and cuts herself... It takes the course of the book to understand Grace and her motivations, and the ending, when it comes, is truly harrowing - as well as somewhat hopeful.
To start with I wasn't at all sure about the sequences involving Ethan - I didn't know why he would have kidnapped Grace. As the mystery unfolds, I found myself gripped and then I admired Clarke's method of delivering the rest of Grace's tale via flashbacks as she writes down what had happened. By the end, Ethan is a very integral part of the novel and I couldn't see how Clarke could have achieved the same without him.
The one part of the novel I struggled with was Grace's friendship with Sal - I know that Sal was going through tough times during the course of the novel, but I honestly couldn't see why Grace would really like Sal. Of course, I might be forgetting the way that I made friends as a teenage age - simply orientating myself with those who liked the same things I did - but I do wish we'd seen more of Grace's and Sal's friendship beginning and then growing before the events of the book happened.
Also, as mentioned, I did find myself wanting to shake Grace at times - I guess I can attribute this to the skill of Clarke's writing, but it does make it hard to care about a character when they are so stubborn and bitchy.
The prose was delivered in first person, which ended up driving the plot forward at a sharp pace. I read the book in just one sitting, and found myself compelled to discover the mystery of Ethan and just what had happened to put Grace in her position. Clarke has delivered a very current, fresh debut novel and I look forward to reading more of her output.
June 2, 2012
I was deceived by this cover. Yes, I was. I thought it was a paranormal story at first even when I read the summary. Turns out it's far away from being a paranormal story.
Grace Carlyle is a 17 year old who wakes up one day to find herself in a white room alone. She tries to figure out what happens to her & how can she escape from that room. Grace used to deal with her problems by scratching/cutting herself to feel pain. And no wonder she'd do that, with a father who committed suicide and a mother who is self-involved & rarely home, for that matter. Her best friend Sal, and later her boyfriend Nat, knew about this and try to get her to stop. However, certain incidents unravel between the bff and bf that leads to something more.
Even though you can predict where the story is headed early on in the book but something about it was mesmerizing. I can say that I can relate to Grace and feel how she's feeling due to my own personal experience with this issue, so some parts (esp. the part where she had a conversation with her mom) were like a sore spot for me. Yes! Grace can be bitchy and controlling but in her case, she gotta feel a sense of control over something/someone. Perhaps people who don't know about this disorder wouldn't really get what Clarke was trying to deliver here but for me, I got it loud and clear. I wish it had ended differently tho.
Grace Carlyle is a 17 year old who wakes up one day to find herself in a white room alone. She tries to figure out what happens to her & how can she escape from that room. Grace used to deal with her problems by scratching/cutting herself to feel pain. And no wonder she'd do that, with a father who committed suicide and a mother who is self-involved & rarely home, for that matter. Her best friend Sal, and later her boyfriend Nat, knew about this and try to get her to stop. However, certain incidents unravel between the bff and bf that leads to something more.
Even though you can predict where the story is headed early on in the book but something about it was mesmerizing. I can say that I can relate to Grace and feel how she's feeling due to my own personal experience with this issue, so some parts (esp. the part where she had a conversation with her mom) were like a sore spot for me. Yes! Grace can be bitchy and controlling but in her case, she gotta feel a sense of control over something/someone. Perhaps people who don't know about this disorder wouldn't really get what Clarke was trying to deliver here but for me, I got it loud and clear. I wish it had ended differently tho.
February 12, 2016
Some people have shelved this under paranormal, but i think that part is just all in her head . oh, and the cover is awesome too.
Right at the start, I knew this book wasn't going to be slow. Grace wakes up in a white room. an asylum-white room. an i'm-going-to-go-insane-because-everything-in-here-is-white kind of room. All she's got to entertain herself is paper and pens. She writes in it, forced to remember through her memories. remember what? well you'll have to read and find out.
i liked this book a lot more than i thought i would. it's got the romance, the mystery, psychological thrills, friendships, depression, dramas...
Clarke has used a kind of epistolary form of writing to present this novel. it's not like the ones i've read though. it doesn't drag on. it doesn't say "this happened" and "that happened", but it's like a first person novel in a way - at some points. there are times when you know that Grace is writing a diary entry, but sometimes you forget. that really worked for me, because i'm not usually one for diary entry-like novels. it blended a good amount of memories and present to keep me engaged, and it let me think about what information i was being given. i could theorize about what she was being forced to remember without everything being fed to me, which was good.
like all protagonists, Grace isn't perfect, but she's certainly a determined character. again like every other character, she's flawed, but it's these flaws that really stood out to me and made me understand her better. i think she's one of those girls that just feels everything so hard. i think she tries to put up a façade that she's this tough girl, but she's really just lost and confused. lots of people are saying they didn't really like Grace at first, but i connected with her instantly - right when she cracked that Twilight joke. i think i had her figured out pretty quickly. actually, i think i had the plot figured out pretty quickly, but it worked into Clarke's favour, because i got to see this character that i so sympathised with, try to put the pieces together, and understand what was going on around her.
Entangled is a roller coaster. Grace has gone through so much that i don't think i could even begin to truly understand the depth of her feelings. She's just 17. I just can't fathom how all that crap can happen to someone so young. I think Grace is an amazing girl, and I'm definitely going to be appreciating my position in life whenever i think of her. She's strong and determined. She's one of those characters i'd like to be friends with because she's fun, and exciting, and she'll help me with any problems i come up against.
I think Clarke tied the book up pretty well, but i do wish that it could have continued. She has created an amazing debut book that will definitely be sticking with me. I wanted to know more, I begged to know more. even as i was turning that last page, knowing that it was the last page, I was hoping that there'd be more. Alas, there was not. But all books must come to an end, and i think enough of my questions about Grace had been answered for my satisfaction.
Right at the start, I knew this book wasn't going to be slow. Grace wakes up in a white room. an asylum-white room. an i'm-going-to-go-insane-because-everything-in-here-is-white kind of room. All she's got to entertain herself is paper and pens. She writes in it, forced to remember through her memories. remember what? well you'll have to read and find out.
i liked this book a lot more than i thought i would. it's got the romance, the mystery, psychological thrills, friendships, depression, dramas...
Clarke has used a kind of epistolary form of writing to present this novel. it's not like the ones i've read though. it doesn't drag on. it doesn't say "this happened" and "that happened", but it's like a first person novel in a way - at some points. there are times when you know that Grace is writing a diary entry, but sometimes you forget. that really worked for me, because i'm not usually one for diary entry-like novels. it blended a good amount of memories and present to keep me engaged, and it let me think about what information i was being given. i could theorize about what she was being forced to remember without everything being fed to me, which was good.
like all protagonists, Grace isn't perfect, but she's certainly a determined character. again like every other character, she's flawed, but it's these flaws that really stood out to me and made me understand her better. i think she's one of those girls that just feels everything so hard. i think she tries to put up a façade that she's this tough girl, but she's really just lost and confused. lots of people are saying they didn't really like Grace at first, but i connected with her instantly - right when she cracked that Twilight joke. i think i had her figured out pretty quickly. actually, i think i had the plot figured out pretty quickly, but it worked into Clarke's favour, because i got to see this character that i so sympathised with, try to put the pieces together, and understand what was going on around her.
Entangled is a roller coaster. Grace has gone through so much that i don't think i could even begin to truly understand the depth of her feelings. She's just 17. I just can't fathom how all that crap can happen to someone so young. I think Grace is an amazing girl, and I'm definitely going to be appreciating my position in life whenever i think of her. She's strong and determined. She's one of those characters i'd like to be friends with because she's fun, and exciting, and she'll help me with any problems i come up against.
I think Clarke tied the book up pretty well, but i do wish that it could have continued. She has created an amazing debut book that will definitely be sticking with me. I wanted to know more, I begged to know more. even as i was turning that last page, knowing that it was the last page, I was hoping that there'd be more. Alas, there was not. But all books must come to an end, and i think enough of my questions about Grace had been answered for my satisfaction.
December 23, 2011
All night I've been thinking: 3stars? 4stars? 5Stars? How do I feel about this?
I originally gave this book 5 stars but after finding out the answers to all my questions i felt dissappointed..........i must say.....everything was predictable and well, i'm just really sad.......
I thought Nat was a great person but after reading the last few scenes....I felt sick and angry.....I'd fallen for him so bad and to find out that he wasn't the boy I thought he was......i don't want to talk any more about this book. I feel sick.
Deeply touching, predictive and heart wretching :|
I originally gave this book 5 stars but after finding out the answers to all my questions i felt dissappointed..........i must say.....everything was predictable and well, i'm just really sad.......
I thought Nat was a great person but after reading the last few scenes....I felt sick and angry.....I'd fallen for him so bad and to find out that he wasn't the boy I thought he was......i don't want to talk any more about this book. I feel sick.
Deeply touching, predictive and heart wretching :|
September 24, 2019
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OH. PURÉE. C'EST. QUOI. CE. LIVRE. Non vraiment, je me pose encore la question. Vous connaissez cette sensation carrément étrange que vous ressentez quand vous terminez un roman juste... Hautement perturbant ? Ce sentiment d'avoir les membres alourdis, la gorge sèche, l'esprit comateux ? C'est exactement mon cas, actuellement. Et c'est... Extraordinaire, j'imagine. Confusion est une véritable surprise, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. Je ne m'étais absolument pas préparé à ça en lisant le résumé. Et je comprends désormais beaucoup mieux pourquoi ce récit a bouleversé l'Angleterre. Je devrais me filmer, là tout de suite, pour que vous réalisiez à quel point je suis ému. Crotte de crotte de crotte de crotte de crotte, comment voulez-vous que j'écrive ma chronique dans un état pareil ?
Le truc, c'est que Confusion m'a vraiment perturbé. Me perturbe. Je sens que l'histoire ne va me quitter de sitôt. C'est assez spécial à décrire, en fait. L'intrigue est enivrante. Obsédante. Poignante. Déchirante. Et magnifiquement troublante. Un huis-clos hantant et dévorant. Une intrigue profonde et intense. Franchement, comment ne pas craquer ? Dès le départ, j'ai bien senti qu'une étincelle avait vu le jour entre l'héroïne du récit, son histoire, et moi. Grace est une adolescente que l'on pourrait qualifier de légèrement dévergondée. Elle boit beaucoup, sort sans prévenir sa mère, couche avec tout le monde et possède une personnalité très originale. OK, on est très loin des critères habituels concernant les héroïnes des romans Young-Adult. Cela peut gêner ( et je comprendrai complètement pourquoi ), mais, me concernant, cet aspect de Confusion m'a juste fait craquer. En effet, Grace est une vraie bouffée d'air frais. De cynisme. D'intensité. De réalité. Son caractère et son attitude font d'elle un personnages vraiment "vrai". On ne peine pas une seconde à croire à ses réactions, à ses sentiments, à ses sanglots et à ses éclats de rire. Elle est là, un point c'est tout. C'est une adolescente comme les autres. Cette jeune fille qui attend le bus juste à côté de vous. Qui boit un peu trop dans un bar. Qui cours pour se défouler. Qui hurle contre sa mère comme votre sœur le fait. Sincèrement, c'est Grace. Juste Grace. Entière. Vraie. Drôle. Émouvante au possible. Attachante malgré ses excès et ses folies. Je me suis tellement lié à elle, c'est dingue !
Grace évolue dans un monde où les autres comptent énormément. Nous avons d'abord sa mère, personnage également très bien construit, qui m'a à la fois inspiré de la peine et de la haine. Pour que je ressente cela face à un protagoniste secondaire, c'est vraiment qu'il y a quelque chose. Et ce "quelque chose" est sans l'ombre d'un doute la capacité de l'auteure à fournir une vraie authenticité à ses héros. Une profondeur rare et pratiquement irréelle qui m'a complètement envoûté et possédé. D'ailleurs, ce don ressort chez d'autres personnes, tels que Sal et Nat. Houlalalalala, Sal et Nat ! Mon dieu, qu'ils m'ont paru vrais eux aussi ! Ils représentent à eux seuls l'univers de Grace. Du coup, nous les rencontrons à de très nombreuses reprises, et c'est toujours un vrai bonheur. Je suis vraiment impressionné par le pouvoir de Cat Clarke. Celui de bâtir des personnages en chair et en os alors qu'ils ne sont en fait que des lettres sur du papier. Le trio Nat, Sal, Grace est juste extraordinairement perturbant et dérangeant. Les liens entre eux sont uniques et palpitants. Une fois pris dans leur piège, impossible d'en sortir indemnes, je vous le jure !
Maintenant que la petite présentation des personnages est faite, je peux ( enfin ! ) vous parler de l'intrigue. Et, là, je suis complètement en droit d'utiliser à l'infinie mes "ouaw". Ouaw ouaw ouaw ouaw ouaw !!! Purée !!! Le truc le plus stressant dans cette affaire, c'est que je ne trouve vraiment aucun mot pour décrire tout ce que j'ai ressenti en lisant Confusion. Les rebondissements ne s'arrêtent jamais ! Et pendant les seuls moments de répit qui nous sont accordés, on retient notre souffle car on sait que quelque chose se prépare ! C'est juste... Merveilleux ! Que feriez-vous à la place de Grace, si vous vous retrouviez dans une pièce seulement faite de blanc immaculé, de feuilles de papier et de milliers de stylos ? Vous écririez. Moi aussi. Grace aussi. Et en découvrant son "journal intime", on pénètre dans un univers époustouflant. Des flash-back intenses. Des souvenirs captivants. Des expériences qui nous brisent le cœur. Sincèrement, tout est parfait dans ce récit. Tout est maîtrisé à la perfection. Tout est tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement attrayant.
Attrayant. Exaltant. Excitant. Grisant. Confusion, c'est tout ça en même temps. Le truc, c'est qu'on se sent sans cesse OBLIGÉS de lire ce livre. Et vous savez pourquoi ? Parce que l'auteure sait comment nous rendre accros. En effet, elle pose un milliards de questions dès le début du livre et n'y répondre qu'au compte-goutte. Elle distille les indices. Et nous mène sur des voies complètement fausses ! Si si, je vous assure. Je m'étais créé plusieurs scénarios en lisant le roman... Tous, absolument tous, se sont révélés être inexactes. Car Cat Clarke a un autre don : celui de rendre l'ambiance de son roman noire et envoûtante. En effet, tout tout tout out tout nous pousse à plonger dans ce récit. L'atmosphère lourde et pensante mais tellement jouissive, les personnages jeunes et pourtant si passionnants, les questions tellement nombreuses qu'elles m'ont rendu fou tout en étant complètement justifiées. Bref, Confusion est une drogue. Une excellente drogue, je dois dire. C'est aussi simple que ça.
Le roman s'avale très ( TROP ) rapidement, et on parvient à comprendre toute la complexité de l'intrigue seulement à dix pages de la fin. Dix pages pendant lesquelles j'écoutais mon cœur battre la chamade tellement fort que j'avais l'impression que toute la maison était en mesure de l'entendre. Mon pouls s'est accéléré, mes lèvres ont tremblé, et je me suis soudain senti très lourd. J'étais abasourdi, stressé, angoissé, je sentais l'adrénaline qui coulait à flot dans chacun de mes membres. Et puis j'ai réalisé ce qui m'arrivait. J'étais en état de choc, tout bêtement. Mais par "état de choc", j'entends VRAIMENT état de choc. Le genre mal-au-ventre-et-au-coeur-les-mains-gelées-la-bouche-grande-ouverte-et-la-mâchoire-prête-à-se-décrocher état de choc. Ouaip, vraiment. Les ultimes retournements de situations m'ont achevé, et j'ai dû reprendre mon souffle plusieurs minutes avant d'avaler d'une traite les dernières pages qui sont, elles, chargées en vérité, en amertume, en douleur, en douceur, en passion et en choques. J'ai reçu assez de toutes ces émotions pour l'année, je crois.
Vous l'aurez compris, Confusion est un énorme coup de cœur. Un coup de cœur particulier car l'histoire est hypnotique et étrangement enivrante, mais un coup de cœur quand même. Grace et son histoire ont bousculé toutes mes convictions et mes idées. Cat Clarke a réellement créé une intrigue rare et puissante, qui va, j'en suis persuadé, rester longtemps gravée dans ma mémoire. Un récit gorgé de ténèbres humains et de fantômes faits de désespoir et de douleur, qui m'a complètement fait craquer. Après, je peux comprendre que l'histoire ne plaise pas à tout le monde. En effet, l'aspect "attente" pour avoir les réponses à nos questions peut paraître assez long, et les excès de Grace peuvent être dérangeants.. Mais, personnellement, je ne l'ai absolument pas senti comme ça. Confusion a été, pour moi, une explosion. C'est une sorte d'OVNI dans la littérature Young-Adult de nos jours. Et je l'ai adoré. Un récit déroutant et frappant, à ne manquer sous aucun prétexte.
OH. PURÉE. C'EST. QUOI. CE. LIVRE. Non vraiment, je me pose encore la question. Vous connaissez cette sensation carrément étrange que vous ressentez quand vous terminez un roman juste... Hautement perturbant ? Ce sentiment d'avoir les membres alourdis, la gorge sèche, l'esprit comateux ? C'est exactement mon cas, actuellement. Et c'est... Extraordinaire, j'imagine. Confusion est une véritable surprise, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. Je ne m'étais absolument pas préparé à ça en lisant le résumé. Et je comprends désormais beaucoup mieux pourquoi ce récit a bouleversé l'Angleterre. Je devrais me filmer, là tout de suite, pour que vous réalisiez à quel point je suis ému. Crotte de crotte de crotte de crotte de crotte, comment voulez-vous que j'écrive ma chronique dans un état pareil ?
Le truc, c'est que Confusion m'a vraiment perturbé. Me perturbe. Je sens que l'histoire ne va me quitter de sitôt. C'est assez spécial à décrire, en fait. L'intrigue est enivrante. Obsédante. Poignante. Déchirante. Et magnifiquement troublante. Un huis-clos hantant et dévorant. Une intrigue profonde et intense. Franchement, comment ne pas craquer ? Dès le départ, j'ai bien senti qu'une étincelle avait vu le jour entre l'héroïne du récit, son histoire, et moi. Grace est une adolescente que l'on pourrait qualifier de légèrement dévergondée. Elle boit beaucoup, sort sans prévenir sa mère, couche avec tout le monde et possède une personnalité très originale. OK, on est très loin des critères habituels concernant les héroïnes des romans Young-Adult. Cela peut gêner ( et je comprendrai complètement pourquoi ), mais, me concernant, cet aspect de Confusion m'a juste fait craquer. En effet, Grace est une vraie bouffée d'air frais. De cynisme. D'intensité. De réalité. Son caractère et son attitude font d'elle un personnages vraiment "vrai". On ne peine pas une seconde à croire à ses réactions, à ses sentiments, à ses sanglots et à ses éclats de rire. Elle est là, un point c'est tout. C'est une adolescente comme les autres. Cette jeune fille qui attend le bus juste à côté de vous. Qui boit un peu trop dans un bar. Qui cours pour se défouler. Qui hurle contre sa mère comme votre sœur le fait. Sincèrement, c'est Grace. Juste Grace. Entière. Vraie. Drôle. Émouvante au possible. Attachante malgré ses excès et ses folies. Je me suis tellement lié à elle, c'est dingue !
Grace évolue dans un monde où les autres comptent énormément. Nous avons d'abord sa mère, personnage également très bien construit, qui m'a à la fois inspiré de la peine et de la haine. Pour que je ressente cela face à un protagoniste secondaire, c'est vraiment qu'il y a quelque chose. Et ce "quelque chose" est sans l'ombre d'un doute la capacité de l'auteure à fournir une vraie authenticité à ses héros. Une profondeur rare et pratiquement irréelle qui m'a complètement envoûté et possédé. D'ailleurs, ce don ressort chez d'autres personnes, tels que Sal et Nat. Houlalalalala, Sal et Nat ! Mon dieu, qu'ils m'ont paru vrais eux aussi ! Ils représentent à eux seuls l'univers de Grace. Du coup, nous les rencontrons à de très nombreuses reprises, et c'est toujours un vrai bonheur. Je suis vraiment impressionné par le pouvoir de Cat Clarke. Celui de bâtir des personnages en chair et en os alors qu'ils ne sont en fait que des lettres sur du papier. Le trio Nat, Sal, Grace est juste extraordinairement perturbant et dérangeant. Les liens entre eux sont uniques et palpitants. Une fois pris dans leur piège, impossible d'en sortir indemnes, je vous le jure !
Maintenant que la petite présentation des personnages est faite, je peux ( enfin ! ) vous parler de l'intrigue. Et, là, je suis complètement en droit d'utiliser à l'infinie mes "ouaw". Ouaw ouaw ouaw ouaw ouaw !!! Purée !!! Le truc le plus stressant dans cette affaire, c'est que je ne trouve vraiment aucun mot pour décrire tout ce que j'ai ressenti en lisant Confusion. Les rebondissements ne s'arrêtent jamais ! Et pendant les seuls moments de répit qui nous sont accordés, on retient notre souffle car on sait que quelque chose se prépare ! C'est juste... Merveilleux ! Que feriez-vous à la place de Grace, si vous vous retrouviez dans une pièce seulement faite de blanc immaculé, de feuilles de papier et de milliers de stylos ? Vous écririez. Moi aussi. Grace aussi. Et en découvrant son "journal intime", on pénètre dans un univers époustouflant. Des flash-back intenses. Des souvenirs captivants. Des expériences qui nous brisent le cœur. Sincèrement, tout est parfait dans ce récit. Tout est maîtrisé à la perfection. Tout est tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement tellement attrayant.
Attrayant. Exaltant. Excitant. Grisant. Confusion, c'est tout ça en même temps. Le truc, c'est qu'on se sent sans cesse OBLIGÉS de lire ce livre. Et vous savez pourquoi ? Parce que l'auteure sait comment nous rendre accros. En effet, elle pose un milliards de questions dès le début du livre et n'y répondre qu'au compte-goutte. Elle distille les indices. Et nous mène sur des voies complètement fausses ! Si si, je vous assure. Je m'étais créé plusieurs scénarios en lisant le roman... Tous, absolument tous, se sont révélés être inexactes. Car Cat Clarke a un autre don : celui de rendre l'ambiance de son roman noire et envoûtante. En effet, tout tout tout out tout nous pousse à plonger dans ce récit. L'atmosphère lourde et pensante mais tellement jouissive, les personnages jeunes et pourtant si passionnants, les questions tellement nombreuses qu'elles m'ont rendu fou tout en étant complètement justifiées. Bref, Confusion est une drogue. Une excellente drogue, je dois dire. C'est aussi simple que ça.
Le roman s'avale très ( TROP ) rapidement, et on parvient à comprendre toute la complexité de l'intrigue seulement à dix pages de la fin. Dix pages pendant lesquelles j'écoutais mon cœur battre la chamade tellement fort que j'avais l'impression que toute la maison était en mesure de l'entendre. Mon pouls s'est accéléré, mes lèvres ont tremblé, et je me suis soudain senti très lourd. J'étais abasourdi, stressé, angoissé, je sentais l'adrénaline qui coulait à flot dans chacun de mes membres. Et puis j'ai réalisé ce qui m'arrivait. J'étais en état de choc, tout bêtement. Mais par "état de choc", j'entends VRAIMENT état de choc. Le genre mal-au-ventre-et-au-coeur-les-mains-gelées-la-bouche-grande-ouverte-et-la-mâchoire-prête-à-se-décrocher état de choc. Ouaip, vraiment. Les ultimes retournements de situations m'ont achevé, et j'ai dû reprendre mon souffle plusieurs minutes avant d'avaler d'une traite les dernières pages qui sont, elles, chargées en vérité, en amertume, en douleur, en douceur, en passion et en choques. J'ai reçu assez de toutes ces émotions pour l'année, je crois.
Vous l'aurez compris, Confusion est un énorme coup de cœur. Un coup de cœur particulier car l'histoire est hypnotique et étrangement enivrante, mais un coup de cœur quand même. Grace et son histoire ont bousculé toutes mes convictions et mes idées. Cat Clarke a réellement créé une intrigue rare et puissante, qui va, j'en suis persuadé, rester longtemps gravée dans ma mémoire. Un récit gorgé de ténèbres humains et de fantômes faits de désespoir et de douleur, qui m'a complètement fait craquer. Après, je peux comprendre que l'histoire ne plaise pas à tout le monde. En effet, l'aspect "attente" pour avoir les réponses à nos questions peut paraître assez long, et les excès de Grace peuvent être dérangeants.. Mais, personnellement, je ne l'ai absolument pas senti comme ça. Confusion a été, pour moi, une explosion. C'est une sorte d'OVNI dans la littérature Young-Adult de nos jours. Et je l'ai adoré. Un récit déroutant et frappant, à ne manquer sous aucun prétexte.
September 14, 2017
"in the end it always comes back to me. That’s what I’m left with: just me. And that’s what scares me more than anything. Me.”
I hate that I didn't enjoy this one more. I love the cover. I bought this book just for the cover. But I just could not like the main character. It wasn't even her horrible habit of lying about everything - even small things - I just did not think she was a good person. She was horrible to her best friend, horrible half the time to her boyfriend. I didn't understand the relationship or their want to be together.
And I felt like the twist was obvious from the very beginning so the rest of the book was just a struggle to get through.
I hate that I didn't enjoy this one more. I love the cover. I bought this book just for the cover. But I just could not like the main character. It wasn't even her horrible habit of lying about everything - even small things - I just did not think she was a good person. She was horrible to her best friend, horrible half the time to her boyfriend. I didn't understand the relationship or their want to be together.
And I felt like the twist was obvious from the very beginning so the rest of the book was just a struggle to get through.
August 4, 2014
Alors oui, je suis faible et ouis, moi aussi, je me suis laissée prendre par la fièvre Cat Clarke. Voilà un an et demi que j'ai tous ses ouvrages (Hormis A KISS IN THE DARK) dans ma PAL et je vous assure, j'ai résisté tant que j'ai pu puis j'ai lamentablement cédé. Pourquoi sur Entangled? Tout simplement parce que l'histoire me parlait plus que les autres et me paraissait plus simple à lire en VO et qu'aussi, je trouve la couverture plus belle ( Moins maintenant que le T4 de Night School à triché sur la cover m'enfin...). Je dois admettre également que j'attends aussi que la vague UNDONE/REVANCHE se calme parce que même si ce roman à l'air génial, le voir partout commence à m'écœurer, C'EST DIT. Sur ce, je ne regrette pas avoir commencer par ENTANGLED car c'est, sans surprise aucune, un COUP DE CŒUR les amis! Vive une année 2014 riche en émotion! (Et remarquez, pour peu j'aurai lu UNDONE en premier, peut-être n'aurai-je pas eu de CDC pour ENTANGLED! Comme quoi le hasard fait peut-être bien les choses! )
En premier lieu, je dois vous parler VO, vous parler réellement de "plume de l'auteure", de fierté et du fait que je vais en première année de licence LLCER l'an prochain (Langues Littérature et Civilisation Etrangères et Régionales - Spécialité Anglais ) et que c'est hyper gratifiant de pouvoir découvrir les vrais mots de l'auteure et de pouvoir se dire que c'est ACCESSIBLE de lire en anglas! Certes, ça vous prend plus de temps, et certes votre premier roman en anglais va vous rester une éternité entre les mains, je vous l'accorde. Alors oui, vous allez me dire que nombreux sont les lecteurs qui aujourd'hui se mettent à la VO, il n'empêche que ça reste une fierté! J'ai tout bonnement adoré l'idée d'avoir réellement les expressions de Cat Clarke et non une traduction (parfois approximative) d'un quelconque traducteur. Il est vrai que j'ai mis comme une éternité à le lire mais douée comme je suis, j'ai eu l'intelligence suprême de le débuter en pleine révision de BAC. Il m'a donc bien fallu un mois pour en venir à bout mais le résultat en est que je suis très contente, que j'ai eu un immense coup de coeur et que j'ai hâte de renouveler l'expériences avec un autres de ses romans.
ENTANGLED est un roman poignant. Obsédant. C'est un roman qui m'a émotionnellement achevée. Vidée. Il m'a littéralement possédée et donné le coup de grâce. ENTANGLED est perturbant car débordant de ressentiment et de sentiments monstrueusement contradictoires. On est choqués, on passe du rire à l'incompréhension, pour finir en larmes. Cat Clarke a littéralement joué avec mes nerfs. De plus l'intrigue est un flot continu de péripéties, à peine le temps de souffler que c'est répartit. Le seul hic selon moi, est que j'avais deviné bien trop tôt le nœud vraiment majeur de l'histoire mais je n'en ai pas été moins secouée car dans le fond, j'ai espéré jusqu'au bout que j'avais tord... C'est la première fois de toute ma vie que j'ai eu mal au coeur quand il s'est avéré que j'avais raison....
Concernant les personnages, j'ai été surprise de taper à ce point dans l'original, dans l'inédit. En découvrant Grace, je n'ai pu que sourire en voyant cette adolescente totalement désinhibée qui aime la vie, la fête, l'alcool, les hommes.... Et à la fois, j'ai été terriblement attendrie par sa détresse et sa façon bien particulière d'extérioriser son mal être et sa détresse. Concrètement, je pense que je serais incapable de vivre dans sa peau. Étrangement, pas une seule fois je ne me suis attachée à Sal, la meilleure amie de Grace. Je l'ai toujours trouvée trop ambiguë, limite malsaine. Certes elle n'a pas non plus une vie des plus simple mais quand même, certains de ses reproches me reste en travers de la gorge alors qu'à l'heure où j'écris cette chronique, cela fait depuis quelques jours déjà que j'essaye de digérer et de laisser décanter cette lecture. Pour ce qui est du personnage de Nat, j'ai tout juste envie de pleurer parce que je me sens sincèrement trahie. Comment ai-je pu à ce point me laisser avoir? J'ai l'impression qu'on m'a sali, menti. Et le pire, c'est que c'est ça qui est bon. Parce que pour en arriver à avoir de la rancoeur pour un personnage fictif, faut se lever tôt.
LIES. LIAR. LIES. LIAR. LIES. LIAR. LIES. LIAR. LIAR. LIAR.
Mais ce sont également ces éléments qui ont déclenchés chez moi le coup de coeur. Avec quelle aisance, je me suis laissée manipuler par Cat Clarke. Bêtement parce que je me suis laissée prendre au jeu de montagne russe de sentiment et que j'ai trop aimé ça. Ou comment s'élever si haut pour retomber si bas. Je comprends enfin l'engouement Cat Clarke : cette femme est un pur génie.
Je doute que nombreuses soient les personnes qui n'ont pas encore été touchées par le phénomène Cat Clarke, disons le clairement, mais si c'est votre cas, FONCEZ! Choisissez. N'importe lequels. Je suis prête à parier que vous ne serez pas déçu. J'imagine que si je ressens déjà tout ça pour ENTANGLED, ça risque d'être pire pour UNDONE à ce qu'on a pu me dire. Je risque d'y rester. J'ai terriblement hâte.
En premier lieu, je dois vous parler VO, vous parler réellement de "plume de l'auteure", de fierté et du fait que je vais en première année de licence LLCER l'an prochain (Langues Littérature et Civilisation Etrangères et Régionales - Spécialité Anglais ) et que c'est hyper gratifiant de pouvoir découvrir les vrais mots de l'auteure et de pouvoir se dire que c'est ACCESSIBLE de lire en anglas! Certes, ça vous prend plus de temps, et certes votre premier roman en anglais va vous rester une éternité entre les mains, je vous l'accorde. Alors oui, vous allez me dire que nombreux sont les lecteurs qui aujourd'hui se mettent à la VO, il n'empêche que ça reste une fierté! J'ai tout bonnement adoré l'idée d'avoir réellement les expressions de Cat Clarke et non une traduction (parfois approximative) d'un quelconque traducteur. Il est vrai que j'ai mis comme une éternité à le lire mais douée comme je suis, j'ai eu l'intelligence suprême de le débuter en pleine révision de BAC. Il m'a donc bien fallu un mois pour en venir à bout mais le résultat en est que je suis très contente, que j'ai eu un immense coup de coeur et que j'ai hâte de renouveler l'expériences avec un autres de ses romans.
ENTANGLED est un roman poignant. Obsédant. C'est un roman qui m'a émotionnellement achevée. Vidée. Il m'a littéralement possédée et donné le coup de grâce. ENTANGLED est perturbant car débordant de ressentiment et de sentiments monstrueusement contradictoires. On est choqués, on passe du rire à l'incompréhension, pour finir en larmes. Cat Clarke a littéralement joué avec mes nerfs. De plus l'intrigue est un flot continu de péripéties, à peine le temps de souffler que c'est répartit. Le seul hic selon moi, est que j'avais deviné bien trop tôt le nœud vraiment majeur de l'histoire mais je n'en ai pas été moins secouée car dans le fond, j'ai espéré jusqu'au bout que j'avais tord... C'est la première fois de toute ma vie que j'ai eu mal au coeur quand il s'est avéré que j'avais raison....
Concernant les personnages, j'ai été surprise de taper à ce point dans l'original, dans l'inédit. En découvrant Grace, je n'ai pu que sourire en voyant cette adolescente totalement désinhibée qui aime la vie, la fête, l'alcool, les hommes.... Et à la fois, j'ai été terriblement attendrie par sa détresse et sa façon bien particulière d'extérioriser son mal être et sa détresse. Concrètement, je pense que je serais incapable de vivre dans sa peau. Étrangement, pas une seule fois je ne me suis attachée à Sal, la meilleure amie de Grace. Je l'ai toujours trouvée trop ambiguë, limite malsaine. Certes elle n'a pas non plus une vie des plus simple mais quand même, certains de ses reproches me reste en travers de la gorge alors qu'à l'heure où j'écris cette chronique, cela fait depuis quelques jours déjà que j'essaye de digérer et de laisser décanter cette lecture. Pour ce qui est du personnage de Nat, j'ai tout juste envie de pleurer parce que je me sens sincèrement trahie. Comment ai-je pu à ce point me laisser avoir? J'ai l'impression qu'on m'a sali, menti. Et le pire, c'est que c'est ça qui est bon. Parce que pour en arriver à avoir de la rancoeur pour un personnage fictif, faut se lever tôt.
LIES. LIAR. LIES. LIAR. LIES. LIAR. LIES. LIAR. LIAR. LIAR.
Mais ce sont également ces éléments qui ont déclenchés chez moi le coup de coeur. Avec quelle aisance, je me suis laissée manipuler par Cat Clarke. Bêtement parce que je me suis laissée prendre au jeu de montagne russe de sentiment et que j'ai trop aimé ça. Ou comment s'élever si haut pour retomber si bas. Je comprends enfin l'engouement Cat Clarke : cette femme est un pur génie.
Je doute que nombreuses soient les personnes qui n'ont pas encore été touchées par le phénomène Cat Clarke, disons le clairement, mais si c'est votre cas, FONCEZ! Choisissez. N'importe lequels. Je suis prête à parier que vous ne serez pas déçu. J'imagine que si je ressens déjà tout ça pour ENTANGLED, ça risque d'être pire pour UNDONE à ce qu'on a pu me dire. Je risque d'y rester. J'ai terriblement hâte.
June 9, 2018
At first glance, the plot of Entangled appears at first to be one kind of story before quietly changing into something completely different. When we meet protagonist Grace, she has been saved from killing herself by an attractively aloof stranger, Ethan. The thing is, Ethan seems to have saved her by...er...kidnapping her. As kidnappings go it hasn't been too traumatic. He's provided her with a clean, white room, regular servings of her favourite food and some paper and pens on which to write. Ethan doesn't say much bar the odd mysterious utterance and so eventually, out of boredom, Grace begins to write down her recent memories which slowly thread together to become the story within the story of her kidnap.
Grace is something else. Not everyone is going to like her – I'm not entirely sure that I did. On one hand she's a young woman: funny, strong and devil-may-care but on the other she is a child floundering in a sea of grief and neglectful parenting, leaning hugely on her best friend and boyfriend who struggle to stop her from drowning. Of Grace's many issues, the most prevalent is her desire to self harm and as the story progresses she cuts deeper and deeper. I had a close friend who self-harmed and Grace's behaviour signaled to me a spiraling out of control that was all too familiar. I found it uncomfortable and upsetting to read. Equally, as with my friend, I found it utterly infuriating. Grace is intelligent and pretty, with her whole life in front of her but she cannot see past her present. I found myself getting angry and frustrated with her depression and denial, not to mention the self-absorption that so often comes with both. Grace is a very real character and, love her or loathe her, it is impossible not to feel her pain.
Sal, Nat and Ethan make up almost the rest of Entangled's small cast of characters. I liked Sal a lot. I could identify with her worry over Grace, with her fear and with her confusion over how to deal with the issue. At the same age as Grace, she has no idea how to help her friend but clearly cares greatly for her. Struggling to get over her own recent trauma, I understood why Sal might lash out at Grace and certainly why she might not want to tell her the details of the event. Towards the end of the book I could, again, understand how Sal ended up where she did. She's not perfect, despite what Grace may think, and finds herself clinging to the nearest life raft in Grace's storm.
Nat is a character who was less clear to me. While he seems perfectly nice, caring and thoughtful his motivations become muddier as the book progresses. However, he is nothing if not a realistic portrayal of a young man caught up in a difficult situation. Like Sal, he cares for Grace but is ill-equipped to really help her and flounders along in her wake slowly but surely making her situation more and more precarious. Ethan is a complete enigma and it's hard to talk too much about him without spoiling the over all story. The scenes in which he and Grace are together are some of the most powerful in the book and, as their situation becomes increasingly bizarre, also some of the most moving. Most importantly, Ethan allows Grace to view her situation (both past and present) objectively for perhaps the first time in her life.
Entangled, while gripping, is not a comfortable read. Grace's life is a train-wreck waiting to happen and while she cannot see it herself, readers will recognise instantly the inexorably slope towards disaster. This crashing inevitability is Entangled's main strength, the author using it to create a suffocating atmosphere of inescapable sadness. This title isn't always comfortable to read but it is an acute and searing account of a breakdown on many levels, be it familial, friendship or mental. It attacks familiar issues with an honesty and bluntness that is refreshing, frightening and certainly worth reading. More than anything Entangled is about seeing yourself clearly as others see you and seeing them as they see themselves for often the most important truths are the ones we intentionally blind ourselves to. With this debut Cat Clarke has cemented herself as one to watch on the YA scene. Brilliant stuff.
Grace is something else. Not everyone is going to like her – I'm not entirely sure that I did. On one hand she's a young woman: funny, strong and devil-may-care but on the other she is a child floundering in a sea of grief and neglectful parenting, leaning hugely on her best friend and boyfriend who struggle to stop her from drowning. Of Grace's many issues, the most prevalent is her desire to self harm and as the story progresses she cuts deeper and deeper. I had a close friend who self-harmed and Grace's behaviour signaled to me a spiraling out of control that was all too familiar. I found it uncomfortable and upsetting to read. Equally, as with my friend, I found it utterly infuriating. Grace is intelligent and pretty, with her whole life in front of her but she cannot see past her present. I found myself getting angry and frustrated with her depression and denial, not to mention the self-absorption that so often comes with both. Grace is a very real character and, love her or loathe her, it is impossible not to feel her pain.
Sal, Nat and Ethan make up almost the rest of Entangled's small cast of characters. I liked Sal a lot. I could identify with her worry over Grace, with her fear and with her confusion over how to deal with the issue. At the same age as Grace, she has no idea how to help her friend but clearly cares greatly for her. Struggling to get over her own recent trauma, I understood why Sal might lash out at Grace and certainly why she might not want to tell her the details of the event. Towards the end of the book I could, again, understand how Sal ended up where she did. She's not perfect, despite what Grace may think, and finds herself clinging to the nearest life raft in Grace's storm.
Nat is a character who was less clear to me. While he seems perfectly nice, caring and thoughtful his motivations become muddier as the book progresses. However, he is nothing if not a realistic portrayal of a young man caught up in a difficult situation. Like Sal, he cares for Grace but is ill-equipped to really help her and flounders along in her wake slowly but surely making her situation more and more precarious. Ethan is a complete enigma and it's hard to talk too much about him without spoiling the over all story. The scenes in which he and Grace are together are some of the most powerful in the book and, as their situation becomes increasingly bizarre, also some of the most moving. Most importantly, Ethan allows Grace to view her situation (both past and present) objectively for perhaps the first time in her life.
Entangled, while gripping, is not a comfortable read. Grace's life is a train-wreck waiting to happen and while she cannot see it herself, readers will recognise instantly the inexorably slope towards disaster. This crashing inevitability is Entangled's main strength, the author using it to create a suffocating atmosphere of inescapable sadness. This title isn't always comfortable to read but it is an acute and searing account of a breakdown on many levels, be it familial, friendship or mental. It attacks familiar issues with an honesty and bluntness that is refreshing, frightening and certainly worth reading. More than anything Entangled is about seeing yourself clearly as others see you and seeing them as they see themselves for often the most important truths are the ones we intentionally blind ourselves to. With this debut Cat Clarke has cemented herself as one to watch on the YA scene. Brilliant stuff.
December 10, 2010
Oddly enough, I had no real idea what this book was about. The cover is what caught me. The description is sort of vague. But, it's that vagueness that draws you in from the very first pages. It's one of those stories that unfolds slowly. The details are so entangled (sorry for the pun), that you need them all to work at the entire puzzle.
Grace is an interesting character. I never really identified with her, but I definitely felt sorry for her. At first she seems like a carefree teenager. But, then her problems start to pour out on to the pages. It's hard to explain, because I don't want to give it away. It's one of those things that the element of surprise works better. The description gives absolutely no indication of what's really going on with Grace. She's lost her father, her mother seems to care very little for her, and she doesn't seem to have any friends except for Sal. She drinks way to much and has way to many sexual relations with guys she barely even knows. She's in a downward spiral that seems way out of control. What amazed me is that no one seemed to notice the real trouble she was in. She was constantly apologizing for her actions but I never felt like anybody was really clued in to what she was doing and why.
I liked Sal. She really seemed to care for Grace. But, once her own troubles started, it was almost like Grace wasn't there. I don't think she behaved in a manner that a true friend would. There were a number of times I really wanted to shake her to make her see what Grace was doing. I think the end could have been avoided if somebody was paying attention. I also liked Nat, but I admit I was wary of him from the start. It was like I was waiting for some truth to come out that would put him in a bad light. In the end, I still don't think he was a bad guy. I don't think he control how he felt and he definitely cared for Grace.
Ultimately, I was really touched by this book. What Grace was doing, I can't even begin to wrap my mind around. I can gauge how much a book makes me think by how much I talk about it with my husband after I've finished. I've sounded off on him for quite a number of days regarding this one. I think it will stick with me for a long time.
I do want to mention that there's a lot of strong language, drinking, sex, violence. in this one. I'm not sure I would recommend it for younger teens unless you are comfortable talking about what is going on.
Grace is an interesting character. I never really identified with her, but I definitely felt sorry for her. At first she seems like a carefree teenager. But, then her problems start to pour out on to the pages. It's hard to explain, because I don't want to give it away. It's one of those things that the element of surprise works better. The description gives absolutely no indication of what's really going on with Grace. She's lost her father, her mother seems to care very little for her, and she doesn't seem to have any friends except for Sal. She drinks way to much and has way to many sexual relations with guys she barely even knows. She's in a downward spiral that seems way out of control. What amazed me is that no one seemed to notice the real trouble she was in. She was constantly apologizing for her actions but I never felt like anybody was really clued in to what she was doing and why.
I liked Sal. She really seemed to care for Grace. But, once her own troubles started, it was almost like Grace wasn't there. I don't think she behaved in a manner that a true friend would. There were a number of times I really wanted to shake her to make her see what Grace was doing. I think the end could have been avoided if somebody was paying attention. I also liked Nat, but I admit I was wary of him from the start. It was like I was waiting for some truth to come out that would put him in a bad light. In the end, I still don't think he was a bad guy. I don't think he control how he felt and he definitely cared for Grace.
Ultimately, I was really touched by this book. What Grace was doing, I can't even begin to wrap my mind around. I can gauge how much a book makes me think by how much I talk about it with my husband after I've finished. I've sounded off on him for quite a number of days regarding this one. I think it will stick with me for a long time.
I do want to mention that there's a lot of strong language, drinking, sex, violence. in this one. I'm not sure I would recommend it for younger teens unless you are comfortable talking about what is going on.
September 23, 2010
This book was beyond fantastic. Fantastic, but also painful.
About a third of the way through I had to stop reading with the realisation that this book was going to break my heart. It was going to be one of those ones that left me feeling like my emotions had been thrown into a blender and left me torn to shreds. I wasn't wrong and while a part of me did want to go hide in my bed listening to happy music to escape the pain of the story, I just had to finish it.
I figured out what the plot twists were going to be early on (all except for one), but I hoped I was wrong and I was turning the pages with dread because I didn't want to be bawling my eyes out when one of the things finally happened - I felt like Grace.
It was really intense - and it felt sort of masochistic reading it, because it literally hurt, Grace's pain felt so real to me and when I was finished reading the book, I walked around in an Entangled induced daze for a few hours and literally the first thing I said was, "Stupid book, tearing me to pieces!" to my best friend because that's how it felt. Ten days later and the book is still getting to me.
Now, a book having that effect on me is a sign of how its brilliance, there aren't many that get under my skin like that but this one did and I wanted to email Cat and say, "Why? WHY would you do that to me? To Grace? I demand a sequel filled with rainbows and butterflies to make up for it!"... of course, I didn’t because it was the hurt that made the book so great, it was like -- the art was in the agony.
Books are often an escape, but for me this one wasn't - it was raw and intense and real and I absolutely love it for that... and I hate it for that too. I don't think I'll ever be able to reread it - and that is a compliment to the author, really. Some books worm their way into your heart and under your skin and you just know they're going to stick with you. This is one of them... but reading it hurt and rereading it would be too painful but it has definitely earned it’s place on my all time favourite books shelf.
It was like reading about everything about life that hurts and I dunno, sometimes I just need that in a book. If this book isn’t on your wish list, then add it, seriously.
About a third of the way through I had to stop reading with the realisation that this book was going to break my heart. It was going to be one of those ones that left me feeling like my emotions had been thrown into a blender and left me torn to shreds. I wasn't wrong and while a part of me did want to go hide in my bed listening to happy music to escape the pain of the story, I just had to finish it.
I figured out what the plot twists were going to be early on (all except for one), but I hoped I was wrong and I was turning the pages with dread because I didn't want to be bawling my eyes out when one of the things finally happened - I felt like Grace.
It was really intense - and it felt sort of masochistic reading it, because it literally hurt, Grace's pain felt so real to me and when I was finished reading the book, I walked around in an Entangled induced daze for a few hours and literally the first thing I said was, "Stupid book, tearing me to pieces!" to my best friend because that's how it felt. Ten days later and the book is still getting to me.
Now, a book having that effect on me is a sign of how its brilliance, there aren't many that get under my skin like that but this one did and I wanted to email Cat and say, "Why? WHY would you do that to me? To Grace? I demand a sequel filled with rainbows and butterflies to make up for it!"... of course, I didn’t because it was the hurt that made the book so great, it was like -- the art was in the agony.
Books are often an escape, but for me this one wasn't - it was raw and intense and real and I absolutely love it for that... and I hate it for that too. I don't think I'll ever be able to reread it - and that is a compliment to the author, really. Some books worm their way into your heart and under your skin and you just know they're going to stick with you. This is one of them... but reading it hurt and rereading it would be too painful but it has definitely earned it’s place on my all time favourite books shelf.
It was like reading about everything about life that hurts and I dunno, sometimes I just need that in a book. If this book isn’t on your wish list, then add it, seriously.
January 6, 2019
Cat Clarke knows the teenage girl inside out. She seems to have a sense of some of the feelings behind self harm. Her exploring suicide could have been powerful. It really could have. But I have no idea whatsoever what she was hoping to achieve with Entangled besides book sales.
There's nothing novel about a book in which someone in a . I hate that the whole thing was made about relationship drama with virtually no exploration of Grace's father . There's almost no time given for the heroine to consider this as a factor. She's too busy telling us about her love life. But hey, what do I know? I only had a friend kill himself after another friend's suicide. We're told right at the end that Grace's friend was . Almost casually. Her mother . These things are all huge. Or they should be. But they're capped by two boys being there for her, one of whom isn't even .
It is so important that we talk about suicide that I can't help but feel this almost as a personal affront. I know many people that read YA aren't necessarily teenagers but it is ultimately aimed at potentially impressionable young people and I feel that authors writing for this age bracket have a responsibility to give their readers space to thoroughly explore sensitive issues they raise, even if only through a Q&A at the end. I think it would be all too easy to take away the message from Entangled that if you attempt suicide your friends will suddenly start being honest with you and you might get a new boyfriend if one feels sorry for you. This is trite and cheap.
July 27, 2011
For some reason, and I don't know why, I thought this was a paranormal book. It wasn't. Instead it was a great book that captured me, that I had to keep on reading till the very end. It enslaved my soul, sucking me to the bottomless pit of doom. Yes, this book had lots of drama in it that it left me with a book hangover.
The storyline is filled with a secret, betrayals, and a love lost. I can say I enjoyed this book very much, but sometimes the drama got to me. I just felt like going into the book opening the characters life and slapping them. Then again, the book was engaging enough that you held on listening to every secret told, every betrayal exposed and a heart breaking.
The characters themselves were just whacked out. They were horrible people to each other. I mean, some of things they did made me think, why even bother? Move on! Then again, the characters created enough drama to last me a lifetime.
What I liked about this book is the main character, Grace. The author, Ms. Clarke did a great job creating a character with flaws. This character was messed up from the very beginning till the end. She could only take so much. So much has happened in her life its no wonder she acted and did the things she did. Grace, I feel, at the end, really learned so much. I can only hope that Grace will see things differently.
There was lots of sex (implied), cursing, drinking, and cutting. This book is a great book about a girl who goes down the rabbit hole, falling into an oblivion of hell, that I can only hope she can come out of. Not sure what else to say other that this book is filled with so much drama, your head will be spinning.
The storyline is filled with a secret, betrayals, and a love lost. I can say I enjoyed this book very much, but sometimes the drama got to me. I just felt like going into the book opening the characters life and slapping them. Then again, the book was engaging enough that you held on listening to every secret told, every betrayal exposed and a heart breaking.
The characters themselves were just whacked out. They were horrible people to each other. I mean, some of things they did made me think, why even bother? Move on! Then again, the characters created enough drama to last me a lifetime.
What I liked about this book is the main character, Grace. The author, Ms. Clarke did a great job creating a character with flaws. This character was messed up from the very beginning till the end. She could only take so much. So much has happened in her life its no wonder she acted and did the things she did. Grace, I feel, at the end, really learned so much. I can only hope that Grace will see things differently.
There was lots of sex (implied), cursing, drinking, and cutting. This book is a great book about a girl who goes down the rabbit hole, falling into an oblivion of hell, that I can only hope she can come out of. Not sure what else to say other that this book is filled with so much drama, your head will be spinning.
January 27, 2014
Wow, what can I say about Entangled?
Well it's a must read. It's hard going with the 'self harm' aspects which for many books I've read with suicide, self harm etc this was well written. I wasn't left wondering why Grace cut herself, more with an understanding of it all.
I was a little disappointed with the ending, for I wanted to know what happened in the end (I won't go into that here as I don't want to spoil it for others).
I also would liked to have seen more character development with Devon and Grace for I feel they were more alike than what lead me to think. Nate was a great character, I liked how he was bought into the story and I was also left feeling sorry for Sal.
I wanted to help the characters even when I could see what was happening. May I also add what a fantastic way to open the book too with Grace and her predicament.
Cat Clarke has really hit the nail on the head, read in one day over 2 sittings; I didn't want to put this book down but had to stop to eat my dinner! I really do recomend this book to others. It can be hard to read in places but with such strong characters and a great leading voice from Grace I thought it truly deserved its 5 stars!
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Well it's a must read. It's hard going with the 'self harm' aspects which for many books I've read with suicide, self harm etc this was well written. I wasn't left wondering why Grace cut herself, more with an understanding of it all.
I was a little disappointed with the ending, for I wanted to know what happened in the end (I won't go into that here as I don't want to spoil it for others).
I also would liked to have seen more character development with Devon and Grace for I feel they were more alike than what lead me to think. Nate was a great character, I liked how he was bought into the story and I was also left feeling sorry for Sal.
I wanted to help the characters even when I could see what was happening. May I also add what a fantastic way to open the book too with Grace and her predicament.
Cat Clarke has really hit the nail on the head, read in one day over 2 sittings; I didn't want to put this book down but had to stop to eat my dinner! I really do recomend this book to others. It can be hard to read in places but with such strong characters and a great leading voice from Grace I thought it truly deserved its 5 stars!
Review also featured on my blog - http://www.bewitchedbooks.co.uk/
July 3, 2020
This one’s a hard one for me - I did really enjoy this but it definitely isn’t winning any prizes for best piece of literature.
And we’re also back to the age old question - does guessing what’s going on in a mystery book ruin it?
This wasn’t your typical ‘who donnit?’ either, the mystery was real-life but does that make it better or worse?
I really don’t know, anyway, I’m guessing this was one of her first books, especially because it was giving me so many early 2000s vibes! *update: is actually her first book* So I can’t judge it too much.
It was pretty funny & did actually make me cry at the end (but maybe that’s because it’s 2 o’clock in the morning?)
And we’re also back to the age old question - does guessing what’s going on in a mystery book ruin it?
This wasn’t your typical ‘who donnit?’ either, the mystery was real-life but does that make it better or worse?
I really don’t know, anyway, I’m guessing this was one of her first books, especially because it was giving me so many early 2000s vibes! *update: is actually her first book* So I can’t judge it too much.
It was pretty funny & did actually make me cry at the end (but maybe that’s because it’s 2 o’clock in the morning?)
May 20, 2023
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