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Oct 08, 2011

karen rated it:

yesterday i was in a discussion with some dude about teen fiction, and why it is so damn compelling and why we were lately reading it to the exclusion of all other literature,despite our grown status, and his reason was because of the instant gratification of it - that the pacing is such that it can generally be read in one sitting and you want to keep reading it. and it doesn't mean that it is mindless, like a lot of adult page-turner fiction, but that it is frequently too exciting to stop read More...

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Nov 20, 2011

Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker rated it:

I was soooo disappointed in this book. I love good, graphic novels where the blood is bloody, the bones are crunching, and the terror is terrifying! The book started off with a natural disaster (earthquake), some weird spooky supernatural stuff, and 4 protagonists that starred in our show, I mean book. The 4 characters see some seriously creepy stuff and basically, they don’t know whom to trust, were to go and what the hell is going on. Great setup right? Yup. It was soooooooo good. And then….. More...

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Aug 23, 2011

Emily rated it:

For me, what rescued Dark Inside from getting an extremely negative review was the fast-paced action and adventure, weird creepiness and what Tatiana likes to call "compulsive readability". The book had many faults, which I will go into, and it was on the whole not a great work of dystopian fiction.

Basically, there's this earthquake one day and suddenly people everywhere start acting weird... becoming possessed by a violent rage, turning on their families and friends, searc More...

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Nov 12, 2011

Aly (Fantasy4eva) rated it:

Well well, don't we have a bit of a stunner here. I started DARK INSIDE without any expectation, but I've been left completely surprised by just how wonderful this book is. And hey, it's hell of a fast read. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my fast paced reads? They totally rock my world, and DARK INSIDE is no exception.

After a series of earthquakes people completely turn on each other. There is no regret, no remorse. If the earthquakes haven't done you harm then these people wi More...

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Jan 20, 2012

Beth rated it:

2.5 stars

"Dark Inside" and I got off to such a good start. It's the kind of book that I have a great love/hate relationship with: the premise is so chilling and frightening but in an addictive, fast-paced way, but, like most people, I'm terrified of something so huge and inexplicable happening to my friends and family on a mass scale. In the opening chapters, "Dead Inside" lived up to its potential, with a hurtling, nauseous description of the four main characters More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Jamie rated it:

“We would not go gentle into that good night.”

5/5

Wow-za.

I haven’t read many apocalyptic books in my time. Frankly the prospect scares the hell out of me, so why would I want to read about it? But I just happened across Dark Inside in my local bookshop and thought, why not? It looks good, looks all action-packed and has an awesome cover. So I bought it.
It was one of the best things I have ever bought.

I have to start off by saying that this boo More...

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Nov 03, 2011

Ashelynn rated it:

This review appears on Gypsy Book Reviews.

So, basically, Dark Inside is the scariest book I’ve ever read and I now want to crawl into a hole and hide forever. If you read Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, you will like this book—and if you were one of those who thought Ashes would have been better had the second part not be so drastically different from the first part, you will freaking LOVE Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts. Seriously.

Okay, so, here’s the deal: there’s five points of vie More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Misty rated it:

This book really dives into the action and had me on the edge of my seat, heart racing, from start to finish. It really makes your think about kind of person you'd be if the world was in an apocalyptic disarray and what you'd do to survive, as it follows four different characters on their journeys.

The book isn't sugar-coated either, terrible things happen that I didn't guess that made it feel realistic and though I suspect a supernatural element to 'the baggers' I think it really sho More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Tonya rated it:

In a time when the YA market is so saturated with dystopia that it has all but become blase, Dark Inside offers a new and unique spin on the genre. (Though to be honest I don't even know if dystopia is the right descriptor to tag this with, but it's what the publisher called it so we'll go with that. ;)

For starters, rather than set sometime in the future after the apocalyptic event, Dark Inside is a contemporary novel, set at the advent of the shift. This is not a story that builds a More...

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Sep 14, 2011

Annmarie rated it:

Earthquakes rock the earth places crumble to ash and people are killed within a blink of an eye but the worse is still to come. Evil has been set free and is changing people into something dark. Killers and hunters ready to tear you apart.

Four teens Mason, Aries, Clementine and Michael each in different places fighting to stay alive and to keep the darkness out there souls. Will they live through the horror that awaits them at every corner.

In the course of the book you man More...

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Oct 08, 2011

SJH (A Dream of Books) rated it:

I actually missed out on a lot of the hype surrounding 'Dark Inside' which meant that when I received a copy of the book for review I wasn't initially sure if it was going to be my sort of thing. But I like to give everything a try so I picked it up and found that from the very first page I was well and truly hooked on the exhilarating and heart pounding apocalyptic story that debut author Jeyn Roberts had woven. This is definitely one of those books that will make you not want to leave the ho More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Kirsty (overflowing library) rated it:

Dark inside is a harrowing dystopian novel set in the near future. It is fast paced and creepy and one of those books which will continue to play on your mind long after you've finished reading it.

The book starts dramatically switching between four main characters on the day on which the world went crazy. Earthquakes are happening in multiple locations around the world and people are going crazy killing their neighbours, friends and family for no apparent reason. From the outset both More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Jade rated it:

Original review at http://inkscratchers.blogspot.com/

With so many dystopian and post-apocalyptic books out on the young adult market, it really does take a lot to pull something new out and impress me. Dark Inside was one of those books that had a fantastic synopsis but I was worried that it wouldn't be unique because the whole 'people suddenly going crazy and murderous' has been used so much in movies.

On the surface, Dark Inside was totally amazing, the plot was amazing and More...

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Oct 09, 2011

Isamlq rated it:

i'm half tempted to start this with a "dear heath, i just met your sister and boy, was i impressed. come to think of it, the people with her were not half bad!" but instead, here's a shout out to S&S: thank you! dark inside is chock full of AWESOME, in fact it has pulled me out of my 2-2.5 reading funk of the last couple days.

there be blood. there be gore.
and there be many a cruel act, yet i could not tear myself from it. it's a very engrossing book, very readable and More...

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Oct 08, 2011

David rated it:

Soon, in the near future, earthquakes, tsunami’s, chaos. Four lives in the balance: Mason, Aries, Michael, Clementine. Each one has a story of survival, not just from nature, but from evil itself. Evil possesses the form of everyone they now meet. No one can be trusted. They’ve all lost someone they care about, they all have felt pain. The evil was here all along, but finally the earth had enough and the killing began right after the earthquakes ended. No one is safe anymore; no o More...

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Dec 12, 2011

Giselle rated it:

The world has had enough. It wants to rid the earth of humans. One day an earthquake rips across the world and causes mass casualties. The enemy in this book is not vampires, werewolves, or ghosts. It is the people themselves. The Evil that creeps into each and every person’s mind causes normal human beings to rip and tear their own flesh and blood.

Each chapter is dedicated to four Canadian teenagers: Michael, Clementine, Aries and Mason. We follow along as each character is torn betwe More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Sara rated it:

Dang, I wanted to like this book more than I did. I have the feeling that it's the first of at least a trilogy, but there's no sign of the other books. If there aren't going to be other books, the ending of this one is completely inadequate to the storytelling requirements of the book.

Aside from that, there are too many characters whose names start with the same letter, the locations aren't well-enough identified at the beginning of the book, and while some needs (food and water) ar More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Stuart rated it:

Dark Inside runs in the same vein as I am legend and Stephen King’s The Cell. These books all depict an apocalypse of sorts where the Earth looses technology and all semblance of organization and is plunged into chaos and survival mode. Roberts creates a shocking horror fest. Not even youth is safe from nail biting horror and this book aims at some unsettling fears while making the reader question the darkest corner of their soul and mind. I asked - If this were to happen would I be one of the B More...

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Dec 11, 2011

Jessica rated it:

We start the story with a huge earthquake on the west coast that frees a darkness that makes the evil thoughts in people come to light. Most people turn into crazed, murderous people that came to be called Baggers. The few people that remain themselves are most likely killed by the Baggers although a few have managed to survive.

The story follows four teenagers; Mason, Aries, Clementine, and Michael. After Mason’s mother dies he is afraid of the emptiness and rage in him. He decides to More...

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Nov 28, 2011

Megan rated it:

I gave this book 5/5 Stars on my blog http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.com

In Dark Inside a earth shattering earthquake causes death and devastation across the world. Something is released when the earthquake happens. Something murderous. People start to savagely turn on each other, murdering each other for the fun of it. "No one can be trusted, not even yourself."

The story is told from four teenagers perspectives. Michael, Aries, Mason and Clementine must figh More...

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Feb 22, 2012

Shellie rated it:

Wow…what to say about this beside it is awesome. It was creepy, had action, love, fear…every raw emotion that anyone could feel. We are given this story through, I’m going to say five different points, Mason, Aries, Clementine, Michael, and Nothing. I don’t want to say too much and end up spoiling it. Dark Inside starts off, in each person’s point, where their life will forever be changed. Something is happening around the world and it’s not pretty.

We are taken through an apocalyptic More...

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Feb 02, 2012

Micah rated it:

The premise of this book was incredibly interesting to me and the blurb just gripped me. Members of my young adult fan site, fayznation.com had been discussing this book in the chatbox and I decided to go out and buy it since they were all in love with it.

The First half of it is perfect. The situations you find the 4 main characters in, are quite gripping and it leaves you holding your breath. Such a great start. I'd rank the beginning a perfect A plus.

However once the s More...

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Jan 08, 2012

Hylary rated it:

Originally posted on my blog: http://libraryladyhylary.blogspot.com ! Check it out for more reviews!

The day begins like any other for four teens, Aries, Mason, Michael and Clementine, who live normal lives in different parts of the US. What these four, who have never met, don’t realize, however, is that their world is about to change forever. An earthquake of apocalyptical proportions ravages the west coast of America, destroying major cities including Los Angeles and Seattle. Simila More...

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Jan 05, 2012

Barbara rated it:

Somehow or other--we never really find out how or why--unspeakable evil is unleashed from the bowels of the earth after an earthquake on the West Coast. Chillingly, the evil doesn't spring from without either, but somehow manifests itself in the forms of ordinary human beings who suddenly go on killing sprees, blasting schools apart, trapping folks inside apartments and then burning the building, even slaughtering everyone in attendance in town meetings. It's never clear exactly how the evil or More...

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Jan 04, 2012

Alisha rated it:

When I started Dark Inside, I thought it was going to be exactly like other dystopian YA novels. Not that I don't like dystopian YA novels, I love them. But there are so many of them coming out that most of them start to blend together and they then become average. Needless to say, Dark Inside was not your average Dystopian YA novel. In fact, I found it to be an extremely unique (and, not to mention, terrifying) way for the world to end.

Dark Inside doesn't have zombies (much to my init More...

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Dec 27, 2011

Leslie rated it:

Another young adult dystopian novel you say? Yes it is. I could say this is different because it is. And I could also say it's creepy as hell because it is. And filled with suspense that will keep you glued to the page because it is. It's all that and more.

The dark inside has come out to play and those left to face it have very little chance of surviving it. Those that do survive the initial outbreak are forced to fight for lives never knowing when or where the next attack will come More...

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Dec 18, 2011

Tash rated it:

Dark Inside is one of those books you read with a flash light under the covers. This is a book that delves deep into Humanity's flaws and the darkness within our souls. Like many dystopian books, the scary part is the truth behind the fiction. I think Jeyn Roberts does a great job with this. I've read a lot of dystopian books, but this is one that really made me scared shitless because of the underlying truth.

At first, the constant change of perspective and the numerous story lines se More...

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Dec 12, 2011

Kellie rated it:

I don't give 5 star reviews often, so it should be pretty obvious that I loved this book.Love, love, loved it! I started reading it late last night on PulseIt! and finished before lunch time today. There have been so many great dystopian/post apocalyptic books out lately, that I definitely incredible it can be to read a book where you actually see the chaos of the world ending, rather than just the aftermath. Right from the get go, this book is sad and disturbing but it can't help but ring true More...

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Dec 06, 2011

Cheralaine rated it:

Dark Inside is the debut novel for Jeyn Roberts and tells the story of four young people trying to survive the destruction of civilization. They meet and lose others along the way to...well, no specific destination at first, but they end up in the same place. During their various journeys they battle people who have been conquered by the dark thoughts in their minds. Some of the monsters are obvious, but others appear very normal. All the while they struggle with the issues of what makes the mon More...

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Dec 03, 2011

Donna (Jaevenstar) rated it:

Wow. I got this as a review book from Simon and Schuster. According to the treatment it was supposed to be a combo of I am Legend and The Hunger Games. The first part is correct. I totally saw elements of I am Legend (minus the vampires). I didn't really see the connection to the Hunger Games other than the main characters are mostly teenagers.

The other book I thought of a lot while reading this story was The Stand by Stephen King. It really felt like a YA version of The Stand with a l More...

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