Avoid!!!! Highly inappropriate and disturbing. There's enough negative $#*! out there for kids. Do we really need poems detailing how to drown and sufAvoid!!!! Highly inappropriate and disturbing. There's enough negative $#*! out there for kids. Do we really need poems detailing how to drown and suffocate and smother babies? It's not funny and it's not cute. I'm over here trying my best to lift my children through literature. A little help please? Shame on Rhett Miller. What a sad waste of paper and ink. One star since I can't give it none. ...more
This was a huge miss for me. I found the whole story completely absurd. I agree with the reviewers who say that this book reminds them of You, which IThis was a huge miss for me. I found the whole story completely absurd. I agree with the reviewers who say that this book reminds them of You, which I also didn't like. I did finish it, mainly because it was my Book of the Month selection so that means I had forked over the cash for it. I found the third part of the book to be really ridiculous. So obviously this one gets only one star from me. ...more
The only thing harder than writing a good book is writing another one. This is Lapena's second book and it was terrible. Talk about tedious. This realThe only thing harder than writing a good book is writing another one. This is Lapena's second book and it was terrible. Talk about tedious. This really might be the most repetitive book I've ever slogged my way through. I really liked her first book but this was a mess. One star, and I'm being generous. ...more
I'm returning this to the library today. It went soaring over my head at light speed. If I have to put such monumental effort into understanding a booI'm returning this to the library today. It went soaring over my head at light speed. If I have to put such monumental effort into understanding a book then I better be getting a college credit. I think I'm at least as smart as your average American citizen. So if I'm finding this book totally inaccessible and unreadable, I must ask... WHO is this book for????? DNF...more
Okay friends. You know I'm not one to write slam-type reviews. But there is just one way to describe this book. I have never used this phrase before aOkay friends. You know I'm not one to write slam-type reviews. But there is just one way to describe this book. I have never used this phrase before and I hope to never use it again. But honesty is my highest priority here on Goodreads, and I have to say it. This book was a HOT MESS. Avoid this mess of a book, which was about elephants, psychics, and who knows what else, because I got to page 170 and threw the thing across the room. I know there is supposed to be some sort of amazing twist ending to this story, but honestly: these characters were so unlikable and so completely unbelievable that I truly couldn't care less what twisty ending I'm missing here. I've never read this author before and now I have no plans to ever, ever read anything by her again. I know that she is very popular, which is one reason why I'm not holding back my feelings. I'm sure my little one-star review will get completely lost in the shuffle of 5 and 4-star raves. But I just need to say it: HOT MESS. HOT. MESS.
addendum: As much as I disliked this book, I would never want to spoil the ending or give away too much of the plot for any reader wanting to take it on. Please use a spoiler tag if you'd like to comment on anything that could ruin someone else's reading experience. I hate to delete comments (yes, even the mean ones...), but I will delete a comment if it contains a spoiler that is not hidden. Thanks!
addendum #2: I can't believe I'm saying this but I went back and finished this book at the urging of some very good folks who believed that the conclusion of the story would justify all the pain it takes to get there. I have to respectfully disagree, however. The ending, in my own opinion, was atrocious and manipulative and like so many have already said, (view spoiler)[a complete rip-off of The Sixth Sense (hide spoiler)].
I literally read this book in 7 minutes while standing in the biography section of B&N. I have never in my life read anything so ridiculous, pointlessI literally read this book in 7 minutes while standing in the biography section of B&N. I have never in my life read anything so ridiculous, pointless, and inane as this "book". This is what it is: "selfies" of Alexa Chung, clothed and unclothed, with the most idiotic "musings" on every few pages. Such things as, and I paraphrase, but I assure you I'm not far off: 'My favorite book is Lolita (of course it is) and here's why: blah, blah, blah. I love Natalie Portman in such-and-such a movie (no surprise there) because blah, blah, blah.' It was beyond stupid. I cannot believe this woman lives in a world where she can create this pathetic self-worship, have it published, and have it purchased. Really, really bad. ...more
Wait. Is this the SAME Susan Beth Pfeffer that wrote the other moon-crash books? What IS this? She took all the characters and stole away the things tWait. Is this the SAME Susan Beth Pfeffer that wrote the other moon-crash books? What IS this? She took all the characters and stole away the things that made them special and replaced them with ugly, hateful character traits. Why? What was the point? I loved how the other books had the theme of love and endurance in the face of an impossible world. Now that everyone is relatively safe, at least from starvation and immediate death, everyone has abandoned their good character and instead is buying sex with pieces of soap. This book is such a disappointment. I also find the writing in this book really choppy and amateurish, which is so strange since the other three books were NOT written in this way. This was just so bad, so so so bad. ...more
I was expecting so much more from this book. I usually like Laura Ingraham. I was tempted to throw her an extra star here, but I just can't do it. ThiI was expecting so much more from this book. I usually like Laura Ingraham. I was tempted to throw her an extra star here, but I just can't do it. This book was really, REALLY bad. And did you notice the cover: BY LAURA INGRAHAM (with Raymond Arroyo). You mean you couldn't come up with your muffin top one-liners by youself Laura? And are you serioulsy going to start ranting on baby names (yes I agree, they are awful) with a son named Dmitri? Unless he's named after your Russian grandfather, what's up with that? My son's name is Mxwell. No actually I have nothing against vowels and his name is Maxwell. I'm sure you can find something wrong with that too, Laura, as you seem to want to smash every tiny little thing in sight. God forbid you make a playdate, ladies, or grab a pair of jeans that are fitting a bit snuggly that day, b/c Laura is watching and recording it all (with the help of Raymond Arroyo). ...more
This chick is so entitled. She's like the Paris Hilton of the Spiritual Chic. I guess if you have time to cry for days on your bathroom floor and the This chick is so entitled. She's like the Paris Hilton of the Spiritual Chic. I guess if you have time to cry for days on your bathroom floor and the money to find an exotic spiritual practice in a far distant land, then this is the book for you. ...more
What. a. dud. This is one of the WORST books I have ever read. I hate to say that because I really like Amy Tan. This is even worse than Twilight and What. a. dud. This is one of the WORST books I have ever read. I hate to say that because I really like Amy Tan. This is even worse than Twilight and The Lovely Bones. Okay, maybe just as bad. Oh man was this awful. The characters were the most unsympathetic and unbelieveable I have EVER come across. The story itself was awful. I wonder if she regrets having writen this? I regret having read it, that's for sure. ...more
Oh man, I should have trusted my instincts here and just left this one alone, but I just had to find out what all the hype was about. This was just onOh man, I should have trusted my instincts here and just left this one alone, but I just had to find out what all the hype was about. This was just one big book of bad, sarcastic dialouge. I hate endless dialouge like this. It was awful. REALLY awful. If I ever found myself alone on an uninhabited island with this book, I would use it for toilet paper and be done with it. We are talking really really bad, people. ...more
Could you be the worst book I have ever read in my entire life? Quite possibly. You are at least tied with Twilight and Saving Fish From Drowning. WhaCould you be the worst book I have ever read in my entire life? Quite possibly. You are at least tied with Twilight and Saving Fish From Drowning. What a horrible waste of paper and ink. This was a complete mess....more
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