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Sep 15, 2011

Misty rated it:

NOW WITH SPOILERY RANT @ BOTTOM!

Hush, Hush is the story of Nora Grey, an average high school student going about her business as usual -- until her Biology teacher rearranges the class seating and places her next to the dangerous-looking new kid, Patch Cipriano. Nora gets a weird feeling from Patch, and things just keep going from bad to worse as Nora becomes convinced that she is being stalked, and may even be the target of murderous intentions. Add to the list Nora's strange feel More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Kat rated it:

I never gave this book a proper review for several reasons.

One, is that I read and reviewed it before I'd even joined GoodReads and LOOOOOOooooooooonnnggg before I hit my bitchy stride.

bitchy

Admittedly, Tatiana has been the one slipping them into my drinks.

Once I did read a wider variety of books, I eventually developed a healthy dislike for this book and everything it represents.

Yet time passed and I never edited this review.

Now Becca More...

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Jul 02, 2010

Hannah rated it:

About three things I was absolutely positive:

First, that Hush, Hush was, without a doubt, one of the worst Twilight rip-offs I've ever had the misfortune to read.

Second, there was a part of me -- and I didn't realize how dominant that part actually was -- that insisted on reading Hush, Hush to the bitter end in the hope it would redeem itself.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably wrong in that decision.

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Oct 09, 2011

Kira rated it:

Oh, the humanity, you misguided YA authors.

Where was I?

So I've decided to amend my review, as of today. I'm going to start by telling you a little story (because you all love my little stories).

Last night I was doing a bit of writing, but I was on the verge of headdesking at about 12:30, so I packed up then and went off to bed. I read some Mortal Instruments (yeah, I'm totally re-reading the entire series) then settled down More...

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Dec 26, 2010

Megan rated it:

Top Ten Irrational Points in hush, hush

Nora’s sex ed class begins with the teacher stating, “Human reproduction…requires mature handling. And like all science, the best approach is to learn by sleuthing. For the rest of the class, practice this technique by finding out as much as you can about your new (seating assignment) partner. Tomorrow, bring your write-up of your discoveries, and believe me, I’m going to check for authenticity…I want to see real interaction and teamwork.” This More...

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Feb 25, 2011

Tatiana rated it:

This book is simply appalling.

I won't lie, my expectations going in about this book were pretty low. But even so, "Hush, Hush" managed to disappoint me.

First, there are many similarities with "Twilight" - you have a regular average girl here, absent parents, a love affair with a dangerous supernatural boyfriend, a final showdown with a villain of his own kind. The mythology, while somewhat unusual (I haven't read anything about fallen angels in YA so More...

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Dec 19, 2011

ηicolε rated it:

You may ask why I read this book. I’m going to set you up with a metaphor I believe is accurate and you see if you can follow along. I promise it won’t be too difficult.

You know when you watch a cop show and someone has just been murdered? You know when the cops go to the scene of the crime and the camera shows them looking down at the dead corpse but keeps the body out of the cameras range? And no matter how innocent and pure you think you may be, and no matter how mauled you believ More...

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Feb 09, 2012

Lissa rated it:

Read this. Don't argue: just do it:
"If you don’t like me, I’ll force myself on you until you do. We see this all the time and it’s even romanticized. Everything from romance novels to sitcoms we see women who aren’t interested in a man and we see those men determined to catch her. To pursue her, to convince her that she’ll like me eventually. If I try hard enough, if I harass her long enough... she’s sure to cave in eventually. She can’t say no. And if she does I’ll just assume it’s c More...

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Nov 10, 2010

Lola rated it:

When sophomore Nora Grey gets paired up with the mysterious Patch in Biology, she gets the feeling not everything is right with him. Patch seems to know a lot of Nora but keeps his silence when it's about himself; he's a straight up bad-boy, sexy, almost anti-hero. Nora is out to discover his secret when her friends encourage her to and finds herself in a ancient battle between two races. She has to be careful with the encounters that begins to happen when she looks for answers and questions on More...

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Feb 21, 2012

Ðємσɭιтισɴ rated it:

Everyone has an aura. Everyone. Even if you're the spawn of Satan, you still have this mist of invisible energy floating around your head. See, I usually don't believe in spiritual things. Meditation, chakras, rituals... I just find it cheesy or whatever.

After reading this ~~piece of shit~~ book, I believe in auras.

If I ever met Nora Grey in person (God help me if I do, I may beat her bloody), and if I could sense auras, her's would be a dark murky brown. According to the Int More...

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Dec 07, 2011

Jillian -always aspiring- rated it:

(Update in 2011: My rating has fluctuated from three stars (probably 2.5) to 2 stars and finally to 1 star. Just thinking about this book and its characters leave me with sour thoughts.)

Hush, Hush -- I finally finished the book after months of waffling, and I’m still as conflicted about it as I was from day one. My feelings, at this point, are very iffy.

My first thought, though, when I started reading was: “This book reads like a schizophrenic version of Twilight.”
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Jun 08, 2011

Meredith rated it:

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Jan 24, 2012

Heather rated it:

Time has a way of changing things. Sadly for Hush Hush, time has not been kind to my view of it. A three star review once resided here, but it was too shamed to remain posted. Having said that, I think nothing less of those who enjoy such stories, as I once was one. But I've read too many good, even great books, to suggest that someone spend their time with this never ending plot that is essentially a whole lot of non-sense.

I am most certain that the enigmatic, assholish character th More...

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Dec 26, 2011

LethalLovely~I'm Superman & It's My Show rated it:

My thoughts:

This book turned out to be a big disappointment for me. For one thing, Nora was a complete idiot. She was indecisive, confused, cried about every little thing & for someone who supposedly is bad a lying, she lied about almost everything. Over half of the book was dedicated to her lusting after Patch & her determination to find out who & what he was. The big reveal was that he was an angel. Not hard to realize when your constantly getting hit over the head with it, with th More...

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May 17, 2011

Ren rated it:

Read the translated version and write review in my own languange

Note : No offense yah buat penggemar seri ini ;)

Tadinya mau nulis ripiunya tapi agak males.Sekarang udah oke lah bikinnya. BTW, kenapa sih GR ga ada sistem setengah bintang? :P

Aku terus terang terombang ambing untuk kasih ripiu buku ini. Pertamanya 4 bintang deh, oke Nora cukup menarik di awal2, dy cerewet, ga lemah seperti Bella (sorry for Bella's fans), Patch cukup misterius dan dy bad boy ( More...

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Mar 23, 2011

Anila rated it:

I have forty eight sticky notes.
Well, forty nine, I suppose, since I use the little white backing thing too. They're quite nice sticky notes, designed not to be written on but as bookmarks; at some year in the past they magically appeared in my Christmas stocking, and I haven't really used them since. I suspect there were originally fifty, so I've used two elsewhere.
Anyhow. Forty nine sticky notes was what I started with when I commenced reading Hush, Hush a little after 9 AM on More...

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Oct 14, 2011

Paige rated it:

"I shut my eyes and envisioned banging my head against the wall (Hush, Hush, p. 99)."

Funny thing: I want to do the same thing every time I think about this book.

It's 6 PM on a Friday night, I'm not in a reading mood and don't want to write my FSU application essay, and I think it's high time I rewrite this review. The old version/H.Y.P.E. review can be found here.

This only good Hush is this Hush Hush. And perhaps this Hush Hush, though this comes wit More...

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Dec 27, 2011

Thomas rated it:

*Important update, 8/13/2011: I read this book a year and a half ago and gave it five stars. Like Evermore, I don't feel like rereading the book to assign it a rating more akin to my current tastes. If I did I would probably give it three or four stars. You can read my review from a long time ago below, though I would recommend reading other more cultivated reviews...

Nora Gray is the typical over-achieving high school girl in the sense that she aims to go Yale, has a best friend, and More...

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Feb 27, 2011

Kristi (The Story Siren) added it

Three words; hot, mysterious, heavenly

Hush, Hush is one of those addicting reads. There is something about it, you can't quite place your finger on it, but all you know is that you need more, right now!

Most surprising for me was liking Nora. Usually I can't stand her type of character. But for some reason she reminded me of my sister! Completely book smart, but doesn't have the common sense that god gave a goose. (Yes, Lace, I'm talking about you!) Patch on the other hand More...

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Oct 18, 2010

Holly rated it:

5+++ Stars

Even though this book has been lumped into the YA category, it definitely felt more like an adult-minded para romance to me.

I love a good vampire story as much as the next para-junkie, but I have to say I now have a major weakness for fallen angels as well.

While I can understand some people making comparisons between this book and Twilight (dark, brooding hero, and a heroine who, against her better judgment, can't keep herself from being drawn into the he More...

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Mar 17, 2010

Michelle rated it:

The Original Review - Here!

Having a cover that figuratively represents a whole story by itself, Hush, Hush became one of those titles with a lot to expect from; sadly after an appealing introduction thanks to the biblical quote and an interesting prologue, the story went decadent for my taste. Hush, Hush begins with a prologue which time frame goes back 445 years from present history. It’s this particular event that will establish the conflict on the first delivery of the series. More...

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Aug 21, 2009

Maria rated it:

I'm having a hard time deciding exactly what I think about this book. On one hand I read it in under 12 hours, so it definitely caught my attention, but on the other hand it almost repulsed me, because the "hero" was so unpleasant. It's obviously aimed at teenage girls, but I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable letting a (hypothetical) daughter of mine read it until she was quite a bit older, precisely because the hero throughout the most of the book is threatening and manipulative.
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Nov 04, 2011

Ghirardelli rated it:

1.5 Stars

The half is there for the sole reason that Hush, Hush did not irk me as much as Halo did. I’m a little confused by that but whatevs.

Wow.
Just wow.
No, this is not a good wow.
This is a “Holy shit, you really did that didn’t you? I can’t fucking believe that” kind of wow.
A wow that just destroys my very soul and forces me to wonder WHY someone could possibly like a book such as this. But don’t worry, I have an explanation as to why someon More...

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Apr 26, 2011

(´*•.¸ღBexღ¸.•*´) rated it:

What can I possibly say about Hush, Hush that hasn't already been said? I had no doubt in my mind that I would like it, according to the major hype it's received, but I ended up totally falling for it. (Falling, get it? Like a fallen angel? I'm lame, I know)

To start off, I'll admit that I got a bit confused in places, but before I would even consider flipping back pages to re-read, whatever I was pondering was always brought back up and answered. Aside from that, this story was comp More...

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May 29, 2010

Bry rated it:

Some lessons you just never learn. Never judge a book by its cover. Especially when that cover is beautiful, dark, and intriguing. It's bound to disappoint. It's like Christmas when you are 9 and are 100% sure your parents got you that awesome new toy that came out but instead its a huge box of socks. That's right - SOCKS.

The first half of the book was all build up yet provided you with NO information. You have a couple of teenagers, a small love triangle, some possible super More...

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Sep 22, 2011

Book Chick City rated it:

Okay, so there has been a lot of buzz about this book. I tried not to have high expectations but I did, I couldn't help it. It was impossible not to get excited about reading a book that most bloggers rated 5/5. Unfortunately, for me the first few chapters of the book were quite ordinary. I couldn't really see what all the hype was about. I wasn't gripped and I didn't really take to Nora. Patch didn't come across as the dark and dangerous guy I read about in so many other reviews. To me he was m More...

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Aug 24, 2011

Roxy (r_a_black) rated it:

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Jul 23, 2011

Jahlia ( (the lovely abnix, thing 10 Evil 1)) rated it:

OH.HOT.DAMN.
I won't lie to you, it was minorly enjoyable when I read this book, but the more I read, the more the problems seemed to laugh in my face.
I've read the reviews so I wasn't expecting much from this book. but still, I was surprised. There were so many things wrong with it. One of my main problems is Nora. I can't understand why she lets patch(and everyone else that walks the earth) walk all over her, despite the reviews, I held onto hope. I was waiting throughout the book f More...

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May 10, 2011

~Tina~ rated it:

What an incredible read! HUSH HUSH was all I was hoping it would be and so much more!

I haven't enjoyed myself this much since The Mortal Instrument and Twilight days!!!

It's by far my favorite book of the year! My bows to Becca Fitzpatrick for creating such an amazing story!!

I'll admit, this was my first book that I've read that dealt with Angels or Falling Angels in this case. The concept was intriguing and inviting!

PATCH- O M G!! What a sinfully d More...

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Dec 06, 2009

Erika rated it:

Sixteen year old Nora Grey gets stuck with the most unlikely lab partner: an older, mysterious transfer student with a smoldering gaze and a penchant for the color black. His clothes reek of cigars, but that’s the least of Nora’s worries. A “get to know you” assignment turns into a cause for alarm when Patch, her partner, reveals he knows more details about Nora than she can handle. When her teacher refuses her plea to switch partners, Nora decides her fate is in her own hands and dealing wit More...

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