In Alyson Noël's newest teen novel, one sister's secrets save the other's life--in more ways than one. Meet fifteen-year-old Echo, a typical ...
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Aug 01, 2011
Amy Louise
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Saving Zoe is about a girl name Echo who's sister (Zoe) was murdered leaving her and her parents in pieces. Echo feels she is living under her sister's shadow and will never be the happy, care-free person she was or have the lust for life Zoe did. Echo's life hasn't been the same since, then Zoe's boyfriend (Marc) gives Echo Zoe's diary. As Echo reads Zoe's diary, she feels closer to her and wishes she was more like her and even starts to pretend she is Zoe. She starts getting closer to Marc, bu
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Aug 04, 2011
Amanda
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Note: To the lady who continues to leave the same "I hate your review, you whine too much" comment, I will continue to delete any and all flaming comments. I'm entitled to my opinion and to write it at any length I choose. You might as well move on.
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I wasn’t very impressed with this book. If it weren’t for the random challenge directions, I wouldn’t have kept reading it very long. This is the sort of book that’s complete high school rehash, wh More...
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I wasn’t very impressed with this book. If it weren’t for the random challenge directions, I wouldn’t have kept reading it very long. This is the sort of book that’s complete high school rehash, wh More...
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May 18, 2011
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I really enjoyed this book. It really showed to me that when tragedy strikes, how it really affects you. Echo's sister, Zoe, was abducted and murdered by an internet predator. Throughout the book, Marc - Zoe's boyfriend at the time, recovered Zoe's diary and gave it to Echo. Since Echo has read this diary, and uncovered all of the things that Zoe has done - or did, she sort of "longs" to be like Zoe. This consists of trying to make Marc her boyfriend, hanging with the wrong crowd - of
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May 06, 2011
i chose this book because i read the back page and it sounded very good!
realistic fiction.
There are actualy two people who could be considered the main characters Echo, who is basicaly telling the story or Zoe (who the story is about).
This is about a girl named echo who lost her sister to murder about a year ago . It really effected her even though she doesnt let it show. It also had a huge impact on her family! Her dads never home and her moms always popping all these pills. E More...
realistic fiction.
There are actualy two people who could be considered the main characters Echo, who is basicaly telling the story or Zoe (who the story is about).
This is about a girl named echo who lost her sister to murder about a year ago . It really effected her even though she doesnt let it show. It also had a huge impact on her family! Her dads never home and her moms always popping all these pills. E More...
Apr 04, 2011
Echo is the narrator of Saving Zoe. She was the second child to now being the only child. The murder of her older sister, Zoe, had change her life; not just changing the family dynamics, and made a big impact on her emotionally as well as socially. Echo has now entered the 9th grade and is used to all the staring, and comments and the looks "She's the one. Can you believe her sister was murdered?". For Echos birthday, her sister's former boyfriend give her Zoe's diary Echos read More...
Aug 01, 2010
stephanie
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how we see our siblings. how our siblings see us. how we don't see.
this book was kind of hard to read as an older sister. not because of anything in particular, but the things you take for granted - your friends knowing your siblings, the secrets you keep to protect the younger ones, to keep as your own, the way your relationship with your parents is different. the way idealization occurs, even when you aren't aware, and how such different personalities are still related, still sist More...
this book was kind of hard to read as an older sister. not because of anything in particular, but the things you take for granted - your friends knowing your siblings, the secrets you keep to protect the younger ones, to keep as your own, the way your relationship with your parents is different. the way idealization occurs, even when you aren't aware, and how such different personalities are still related, still sist More...
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Jun 18, 2010
Krista
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Mar 10, 2010
Winnie
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I thought this book has a great plot and writing style. I like how the book has combination between a diary and a regular chapter book because this tells two stories, one story is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Echo, who has to deal with a tragedy, having the lost of her older sister, Zoe. The other story is about Zoe’s diary, and her secret life. Echo reads her sister’s diary to get to know her better and tries to connect with her or maybe find some clues that could lead to her death.
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Jul 22, 2009
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Jun 20, 2009
Sarah-Greenbeanteenqueen
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I was originally interested in this book because of the cover that said fans of Veronica Mars would love this. As a VM fan, I had to pick it up and I'm so glad I did! This book is amazing. I feel very passionately that this is a must read. The writing is excellent and the story draws you in. Saving Zoe is a blender book (it's got a little bit of everything-it's got romance, mystery, twists and turns, coming of age, sadness, happiness.) In the beginning, you only know as much about Zoe's death th
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Apr 25, 2009
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I wanted to like this more than I did, but at the end of the day I didn't think the characterization of Echo, the protag, was consistent enough. I get she was sort of split between trying to be Zoe and then of course just being herself, but it was weird to read a book narrated by a fifteen-year-old with no experience who would then be so blase about making out with a boy, about drinking, about so many first-time experiences. One reason I really enjoy reading YA is that aspect of firsts. Life is
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Jun 27, 2009
Brooklynn
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This book was well written with interesting characters and a pretty good story line. It wasn't exceptional by any means, but it was enjoyable.
The biggest problem I had with this book, well nevermind. I am going to just list the problems. One, is that there seemed to be a lack of character development in Echo. She stays pretty reserved, insecure, and confused almost the entire book. There was little to speak of as far as her being a dynamic character. So even though this book was supposed More...
The biggest problem I had with this book, well nevermind. I am going to just list the problems. One, is that there seemed to be a lack of character development in Echo. She stays pretty reserved, insecure, and confused almost the entire book. There was little to speak of as far as her being a dynamic character. So even though this book was supposed More...
Sep 07, 2011
Xiaojuanwu
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Fifteen years old girl, Echo is in a difficult time since her sister is murdered. She is unable to cheer up rather living under her sister's shadow. Echo's life starts to change when she meets Zoe's boyfriend, Marc. Marc gives Echo a diary of her sister that Echo slowly finds close to her sister, Zoe. As Echo reads Zoe's diary, she is becoming like her and trying to get close with Marc. However, one thing Echo doesn't know-she is in danger.
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Jun 07, 2011
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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Ms. Noel, I am in love with your writing. I thought your paranormal books had me hooked, but boy was I ever wrong!
What had me in admiration of this book was the feel of it. Ms. Noel writing is not only easy to read, but easy to fall in the main character. From the very first chapter, you see Echo struggling with so much in her life. She is so young yet she acts so mature in the handling the situation of her sisters death. Echo is searching for so many answers that the help of an un More...
What had me in admiration of this book was the feel of it. Ms. Noel writing is not only easy to read, but easy to fall in the main character. From the very first chapter, you see Echo struggling with so much in her life. She is so young yet she acts so mature in the handling the situation of her sisters death. Echo is searching for so many answers that the help of an un More...
Jan 06, 2011
Rilly *procrastinator and proud*
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3.5 stars actually.
I have very mixed feelings about this book.
At some points in it i was very pleased and happy.
Other times I was sad and depressed.
but most of the time I was just frusterated...
you wanna know why?
Because Zoe was dead. The entire time when we're reading her diary we hear of all the things that happened to her, how certain she was that Marc was the one. And how much Marc loved her and how many times he told her that.
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I have very mixed feelings about this book.
At some points in it i was very pleased and happy.
Other times I was sad and depressed.
but most of the time I was just frusterated...
you wanna know why?
Because Zoe was dead. The entire time when we're reading her diary we hear of all the things that happened to her, how certain she was that Marc was the one. And how much Marc loved her and how many times he told her that.
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Sep 10, 2010
Nicola
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The first YA contemporary I've read in a while, a nice break from my paranormal binge.
Loved this! So real, so poignant and the ending really had me choked up.
Loved this! So real, so poignant and the ending really had me choked up.
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Sep 22, 2007
Silver
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A cross between 13 Reasons Why and Speak.
Echo's older sister, Zoe, died a year ago. Echo, starting high school, is given her diary which helps Echo understand who Zoe really was.
It's not a "fluff" book. I was impressed with Alyson Noel's subtle style, especially with showing the dangers of MySpace and the predators who troll there. She didn't preach or spell anything out, yet the messages were clear.
Echo's older sister, Zoe, died a year ago. Echo, starting high school, is given her diary which helps Echo understand who Zoe really was.
It's not a "fluff" book. I was impressed with Alyson Noel's subtle style, especially with showing the dangers of MySpace and the predators who troll there. She didn't preach or spell anything out, yet the messages were clear.
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Mar 30, 2010
Mayday
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This book was very, very morbid, so I liked the setting to begin with. ;) Some parts of the novel were really deep and thoughtful, but others were completely stereotypical.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that stereotypical teens are possibly the dumbest people I've ever heard of.
How on Earth can the author actually believe that so many teens drink and smoke and do drugs. NO! Is my reaction. The more teens hear about how much stuff goes on in high school, they are mo More...
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that stereotypical teens are possibly the dumbest people I've ever heard of.
How on Earth can the author actually believe that so many teens drink and smoke and do drugs. NO! Is my reaction. The more teens hear about how much stuff goes on in high school, they are mo More...
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Apr 24, 2009
Ana
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Saving Zoe is an amazing book about the recovery one must go through after losing a loved one. Echo's sister Zoe was brutally murdered by a sick, twisted internet predator. Echo has to learn to cope with this horrific loss while going through stages of depression. However, a light of hope shines down on Echo's life when Zoe's last boyfriend gives her the diary that Zoe left with him. Echo reads the diary and begins living Zoe's life and slowly recovering from her loss. Echo finds out so many thi
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Feb 01, 2009
Reba
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MY REVIEW
Thoughts that I had while reading the book:
1. I wonder where this book is going? Basic premise - Protag (Echo) looses sister (Zoe) to tragic murder. After a year, is given sister's journal and (as the back of the book says) uncovers the truth behind sister's life. DO YOU EVER TRY TO PREDICT WHERE YOU THINK THE BOOK IS GOING? I'm sure that's a stupid question, b/c that's part of human nature, to try to figure out where things are going. I wonder, is this story going to More...
Thoughts that I had while reading the book:
1. I wonder where this book is going? Basic premise - Protag (Echo) looses sister (Zoe) to tragic murder. After a year, is given sister's journal and (as the back of the book says) uncovers the truth behind sister's life. DO YOU EVER TRY TO PREDICT WHERE YOU THINK THE BOOK IS GOING? I'm sure that's a stupid question, b/c that's part of human nature, to try to figure out where things are going. I wonder, is this story going to More...
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Apr 28, 2011
Erica
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more 3.5, but I rounded up ...Wow, this book totally left me speechless, and it was due for the most part to like the last 30 pages or so. The novel was good throughout, but it was not great and it reminded me of a novel I had previously read, and then all of a sudden things started to change and bam you are hit with a really great story and ending. I loved the characters Marc and Echo and Zoe even though she was only present through her diary. Marc was so mysterious yet not, which was exciting
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Feb 26, 2011
Cathy/The Crazy Bookworm
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Saving Zoe was just a great, can't-put-down kind of read. Although the main subject of the book is heart-wrenching, Alyson Noel also brought on a whole lotta laughs. There were so many laugh out loud moments, and hilarious one liners. Echo's witty humour was addicting, making it nearly impossible to stop reading. I immediately bonded with her, and fell in love with her character. Echo, along with the rest of the character cast are very likable and relatable making that reason enough to keep read
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Jul 28, 2011
At first I thought that the writing style of this book was horrible, and I wasn't sure how I was going to get through it. I thought it was a really good book though. It's sad and really thoughty provoking. I found myself thinking about it after I had read it. The fact that they incorporate the diary is really cool, and how she tries to live through the diary. Another aspect that is neat, is shedding the light on fake profiles/creepers/pedos, and the fact that you cannot trust people on the inte
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Aug 18, 2008
In my estimation, books are like people. If some books are long-time friends, "Saving Zoe" was like a pleasant seat-mate on a airplane. It made the journey go by fast but you couldn't wait for the end, moving on without looking back.
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Apr 10, 2011
Amanda
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This book hit really close to home. Not in the, "I lost a loved one to serial killer" kind of way, just in the way that an adult recognizes how many stupid choices we can make as a teenager. I think about all the ways I could have been in trouble if just the right twist of fate had led me to certain circumstances. As teens we are so headstrong and sure and those are such great qualities for achieving dreams. But they are also qualities that can lead to tragedy and I just hope that
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Aug 17, 2011
Angela
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I feel I have to write a review for this book in case there is anyone else that comes by it that has ever been in my shoes or Echo's for that matter. It almost came as a form of therapy reading this, for me at least.
Just days after my 15th birthday, I lost my sister. My older sister and only sibling. No, she may not have died in the same manner as Zoe but her death was just as tragic and traumatizing.
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Just days after my 15th birthday, I lost my sister. My older sister and only sibling. No, she may not have died in the same manner as Zoe but her death was just as tragic and traumatizing.
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Mar 30, 2011
Michelle
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Enjoyed this fine as I read it, but I in the end I was kind of annoyed with the message. Lots of partying going on here, with the only message of why you shouldn't act like that being: a) You might get drugged and forced to make a sex tape or b) Murdered by the guy who promised to take your professional photographs. I did not like Zoe (the dead sister), and felt that the left behind sister romanticized her now that she was gone.
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Sep 11, 2011
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I loved this book!
I got it thinking, Hey, why not read this? I liked her other books, (the immortals and radience) and wondered if her other novels were as good as her series'.
About the book:
Echoe's sister Zoe was killed by an online predator, and only through Zoe's diary was she really able to know her sister in a way that she never could before she died.
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I got it thinking, Hey, why not read this? I liked her other books, (the immortals and radience) and wondered if her other novels were as good as her series'.
About the book:
Echoe's sister Zoe was killed by an online predator, and only through Zoe's diary was she really able to know her sister in a way that she never could before she died.
Although she got a little caught up in her older sisters life, and sometime ditched her friends for the comfort of h More...
Apr 22, 2009
MEREDITH :)
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OMG! READ THIS BOOK!
My favorite book of all time.
Echoes sister, Zoe, just faced a brutal murder.
All her parents do is fight ever sence the death of their beloved daughter.
Her mom all ways stays huddled up on the couch crying.
Her dads job is falling low.
But Echoe, She just doesnt know what to do anymore.
When Echoe runs into to Zoes boyfriend before she passed away, they start chatting. Soon they become friends, and soon Mark (The boyfriend)
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My favorite book of all time.
Echoes sister, Zoe, just faced a brutal murder.
All her parents do is fight ever sence the death of their beloved daughter.
Her mom all ways stays huddled up on the couch crying.
Her dads job is falling low.
But Echoe, She just doesnt know what to do anymore.
When Echoe runs into to Zoes boyfriend before she passed away, they start chatting. Soon they become friends, and soon Mark (The boyfriend)
Gives Ec More...
May 26, 2011
Sonia
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La mia è una voce controcorrente tra i commenti positivi dati qui su anobii a questo libro, ma purtroppo non sono riuscita ad apprezzarlo.
Prima di tutto voto negativo alla forma: ok che si tratta di adolescenti, ma non necessariamente adolescenti è sinonimo di cavernicole! Insomma anche a 16 anni ogni tanto si pronuncia qualche frase senza inserirci un TIPO o un TROPPO! E non so fino a che punto la traduzione italiana abbia peggiorato le cose...
Quanto all storia, l'ho trovata un po' assurda e s More...
Prima di tutto voto negativo alla forma: ok che si tratta di adolescenti, ma non necessariamente adolescenti è sinonimo di cavernicole! Insomma anche a 16 anni ogni tanto si pronuncia qualche frase senza inserirci un TIPO o un TROPPO! E non so fino a che punto la traduzione italiana abbia peggiorato le cose...
Quanto all storia, l'ho trovata un po' assurda e s More...
