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Seven

by Paige Agnew (Goodreads Author)

3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 · rating details · 10 ratings · 8 reviews

Paperback, 392 pages

Published February 10th 2011 by Createspace

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Aug 16, 2012 Lynda Coker rated it 4 of 5 stars

Several things about this book were firsts for me. #1 - I don't usually stay with a story that has a long 'set-up' with multiple characters. The main reasons is because by the time I've gotten to the point in the book where the story really begins, I'm exhausted and just don't care anymore. BUT, in this case, author Paige Agnew cleverly introduced a few weird events early on that kept me reading. When I'd reach the half-way point in the book, I was exhausted, and my resolve began to weaken. The...more

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Oct 12, 2011 aobibliophile™ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. - Virgil, The Eclogues

meet seven people - five teenagers and two adults. two of them are runaways and the rest live within the same area. in a bizarre turn of events, they find themselves unwilling participants in a psychopath's twisted social experiment. they need to work together and realize each individual's potential if they want to stay alive. one of the seven, however, will either be the group's salvation or damnation.
author Paige Agnew's novel gripped...more Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. - Virgil, The Eclogues

meet seven people - five teenagers and two adults. two of them are runaways and the rest live within the same area. in a bizarre turn of events, they find themselves unwilling participants in a psychopath's twisted social experiment. they need to work together and realize each individual's potential if they want to stay alive. one of the seven, however, will either be the group's salvation or damnation.
author Paige Agnew's novel gripped me from start to finish. i had to suspend my disbelief as i got caught up in this riveting story of what could happen to strangers when things suddenly go wrong and their lives intersect one another.
i was amazed at how each character was fully developed and given distinct personalities. i also commend the way the author contrived situations that would inevitably lead one person to the other. this weaving of scenarios and meeting of minds so to speak were masterful strokes!
i was a bit concerned with a couple of things though. the first one was how little attention was given to the reasons behind the strange social experiment. the motive was explained by the psycho responsible but i still found it inadequate to satiate my curiosity. the second one was the not so smooth transition from one scene to the next in some instances. for example, one of the characters is on his way to his car then the next sentence states he is doing something or somewhere else. these abrupt changes were a tad confusing to me yet i was willing to let them slide.
what bothered me really were the typos that i had to highlight in my pdf editor every now and then. they were certainly distracting and tedious since i had to read an ebook copy on my laptop. despite the errors, i was not disappointed to say the least. i was just very surprised there were a lot of them considering that the author's writing skills impressed me a lot.
nevertheless, there is still so much to love about this book and i highly recommend it to everyone even to advance middle grade readers and young adults. Paige Agnew is an author to watch!

Disclosure of Material Connection: i received a copy of Seven from the author through her publicist. i did not receive any payment in exchange for this review nor was i obligated to write a positive one. all opinions expressed here are entirely my own and may not necessarily agree with those of the author, the book's publisher and publicist or the readers of this review. this disclosure is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.(less)

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Oct 07, 2011 Moonlight Gleam rated it 4 of 5 stars

Meet the characters, Cecelia, Tommy, Greg, Kale, Hazel, and Kariann.

The story begins with Cecelia and Tommy. After the death of her mother, Cecelia is in the care of an alcoholic and drug addicted mother. In their new town, Cecelia meets and befriends a boy name Tommy, whose mother leaves and is left on his own to deal with his abusive father. One day Cecelia and Tommy gain the courage to run away together escape their abusive childhood, winding up in a filthy motel room…

Greg is a successful att...more Meet the characters, Cecelia, Tommy, Greg, Kale, Hazel, and Kariann.

The story begins with Cecelia and Tommy. After the death of her mother, Cecelia is in the care of an alcoholic and drug addicted mother. In their new town, Cecelia meets and befriends a boy name Tommy, whose mother leaves and is left on his own to deal with his abusive father. One day Cecelia and Tommy gain the courage to run away together escape their abusive childhood, winding up in a filthy motel room…

Greg is a successful attorney who never loses a case and always sees the truth in people. After the birth of his nephew, Greg begins to hallucinate, seeing numbers encircled in fire on people he encounters. During his recent case, Greg hallucinates again, then hits his head and blacks out…

Kale and Hazel are two teens who care deeply for one another. Hazel’s parents act as though she isn’t there, and all she wants is for them to care. Hazel crosses the road to get something she dropped, when unexpectedly she gets hit by a speeding car…

Kariann is a single mother, who keeps being take advantage of her sister and ex-boyfriend, the father of her son Noah. She just wishes that for once she could stand up for herself and not let people walk over her all the time…

Jonathan has it all, girls, popularity, and is great in sports, however, he always seems to mess things up with everyone he encounters. His girlfriend breaks up with him for hiding secrets and he does everything he can to ruin his relationship with his father. What could be worse? He finds out his friend is involved in a robbery and the partner in crime is holding a gun to his head once he discovers the truth…

Although they are strangers, each person affects another in some way. In the end, these strangers all have one thing in common, and they are forced to uncover what that is…

I personally enjoyed trying to uncover what these characters had in common, and why they were each selected to be part of this ‘social experiment’. Seven kept me in suspense throughout the novel, slowly revealing details and pieces of the puzzle.

I also appreciate how the secondary characters played important roles in shaping the main characters. The detailed background stories of the main characters are realistic that describe relatable situations and issues that are present in society. Some of the heavy issues Paige Agnew incorporates in Seven include, alcoholism, love, abuse, and sacrifice. I believe that readers can take away many lessons learned that are presented by the characters through the challenges they overcome.

Being an author at such a young age is definitely a wonderful accomplishment and I believe Paige Agnew should be commended for taking the step to publishing her own novel. I cannot wait to read more of the author’s work!

I recommend Seven to those who enjoy Young Adult Fiction and Thrillers.

4/5 – An Enjoyable Read, Well Written, Recommended(less)

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Nov 14, 2011 Evangeline Han rated it 2 of 5 stars

Can you believe that I'm actually having trouble writing this review? I don't want to tear down this author's work since she is a young author and I really want to support young authors (that's the reason why I agreed to review this book), but I'm trying to be as honest here as possible. I am going to start with the negatives and then the positives of Seven: Seven Strangers One Purpose. This review is going to be longer and more detailed than I had thought of writing, but please bear with me.

Par...more Can you believe that I'm actually having trouble writing this review? I don't want to tear down this author's work since she is a young author and I really want to support young authors (that's the reason why I agreed to review this book), but I'm trying to be as honest here as possible. I am going to start with the negatives and then the positives of Seven: Seven Strangers One Purpose. This review is going to be longer and more detailed than I had thought of writing, but please bear with me.

Part 1 of the book was absolutely incoherent and confusing. I don't think a story has ever made me this confuddled before! The plot thread and development was barely there, there was hardly any connection between the various characters from the different scenes, the gaps in the story was very confusing, and the word "stupid" was annoyingly used way too often. Just when I thought the story had started making sense, it all became hazy and confusing again. As a reader, I felt as if I was "groping" around for the gist of the story... anything just to have the story make sense. This incoherency might be due to the little-introduced characters and constant "jumping around" in the story thread. By the time I reached the end of Part 1 in Seven: Seven Strangers One Purpose, I had barely any idea what the whole story was about. It's terrible not to be able to make any sense out of a story. I felt as if I was reading several unconnected stories that had been thrown together to make a book.

Things started improving in Part 2 of Seven: Seven Strangers One Purpose. There were some well-written passages (good character introduction and descriptions) that had me thinking - "why so long to finally have a well-written passage?" I found the development of the mysteries particularly interesting. Just when I thought the story and writing style was vastly improving, the story became "draggy". If you watch soap operas, you will know what I mean. It isn't fun having a plot that can be solved in 15 minutes dragged to an hour or a few hours. This was how it was like in the book. The end of Part 2 and beginning to Part 3 was too "draggy" in my opinion. The conversations and arguments became tiresome. If it hadn't been for the PDF format conversion problem for this file in my Kindle, I would have skipped many pages.

And then the ending... I liked it. The last paragraph of the story was a sober reminder and good lesson for readers. The motivating factor that had me continue reading was the suspenseful endings in nearly every chapter, the incidents and happenings that aren't what they seem to be, and the boring but nonetheless creepy psychopath character. The reason why I'm giving this book a 2/5 rating instead of the 1/5 rating as I had earlier intended is because of these positives in the book. There is a glimpse of potential in this book, but it has a long way to go before achieving a worthy 4 or 5 stars rating.(less)

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Apr 18, 2012 Darlyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Frankly speaking, I love how the book was written At first, I thought the book will be boring because I expected that it would be difficult to relate seven strangers together and make them as the center of the story attraction. But I was proven wrong. Even though it may be not the best book ever written, I kind of impressed with the young author. I've read her "Starless Sky' last year and like it very much. Like her previous book, Agnew put an intense storyline, a little of mysteries as well as...more

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Mar 14, 2012 Daina Semotiuk rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thought the character development was great. However, I felt that the second half of the novel, especially the end, felt a little rushed. The story line was fast paced and kept the reader intrigued but I really wish there was a little more time taken explining the "social experiments" and Sevens motives for doing the things that he does.

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Sep 28, 2011 Cami Checketts rated it 4 of 5 stars

Loved this crazy, scary book. Would recommend to young adults on up.

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Mar 15, 2012 Jan rated it 3 of 5 stars

i won this book from goodreads.
it is not what i thought it would be. it was a different read for me.

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Paige Agnew wrote her first book, Starless Sky, at 14 years old and had it published at 15 years old in January 2010. She published her second book, Seven, at age 17. Paige is an author who enjoys writing to entertain others while provoking her readers to evaluate their lives and grow to their full potential through inspiration and encouragement.

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