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The Immortal
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike takes his storytelling magic to Greece in a gripping new thriller. On vacation with her parents and her best friend, Josie stumbles upon an ancient artifact while visiting a sacred island. Enchanted, Josie takes the tiny statue, and the horror begins.
213 pages
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(first published January 1st 1993)
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The Immortal, Christopher Pike
With all the deep novels out there that demand contemplation, sometimes you want a light read that takes your brain on a mini vacation. The Immortal, an aptly titled story for young adults, does just that as we follow two girls who are on their own vacation, one destined to change their lives. Josie’s screenwriter father pays the way to Greece for himself, his new girlfriend, his daughter, and her friend Helen. There, we taste Greece, the vibrant tourism, the steep...more
With all the deep novels out there that demand contemplation, sometimes you want a light read that takes your brain on a mini vacation. The Immortal, an aptly titled story for young adults, does just that as we follow two girls who are on their own vacation, one destined to change their lives. Josie’s screenwriter father pays the way to Greece for himself, his new girlfriend, his daughter, and her friend Helen. There, we taste Greece, the vibrant tourism, the steep...more
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First, the chronology of that blurb is off. Josie stumbles upon the statue after a few of those events already occur and she starts dreaming about the goddess. Second, personally, I think that blurb is a little misleading but once you start reading the story, it makes more sense in context. But from just reading the blurb, the story's not exactly how it sounds.
My biggest (and pretty much only) issue with this book was the voice. It makes me wonder about the difference in perception of the YA voi...more
My biggest (and pretty much only) issue with this book was the voice. It makes me wonder about the difference in perception of the YA voi...more
This is definitely one of Pike's weaker books, although it still had a few charms. Josie has just graduated from high school and goes on a vacation to Greece with her dad, his girlfriend, and her best friend Helen (who she oddly doesn't seem to like at all). Once there she and Helen fall into their usual pattern of fighting over the same guy. And then Josie starts having dreams filled with Greek gods, finds a weird statue, and everything becomes a bit unhinged. Not well written at all, but a qui...more
the first book i finished in 2005 was the immortal by christopher pike. i read it back in 1993 when i was way in to mr. pike and was buying all of his books. i really liked it then. it was a little creepy, a little hot, and a good story. it made me obsessed with greece and for years i read about greece and researched the place and planned on going there. i would still like to go of course, but i'm no longer obsessed. when i read it recently, twelve years later, i realized how incredibly poorly w...more
this story starts off normal with a teenage girl on a vacation to Greece. She has what seems to her like an hallucination, and the story unfolds. At first it seems to be just one story, but it's actually two stories in one, closely connected with one another and giving a surprising and fresh take on mythology.
This is one of my favorite books by this author - he wrote some really good books, and this is definitely one of them.
This is one of my favorite books by this author - he wrote some really good books, and this is definitely one of them.
This is up there with my favorites by Pike, and it was actually pretty funny in addition to his normal scary fare. It took place in sunny, beautiful Greece, and Pike masterfully transports the reader there. It may not be as accurate historically as an adult book, but come on, these are YA books. It was another favorite for me.
I loved Christopher Pike in middle school and high school. My coworker found this in her attic and brought it to the office for me to have a stroll down memory lane. It was a fast read, but I didn't feel like Christopher Pike was really into this book. I feel like he took a vacation in Greece and was like, "Well, I might as well make some money off of it," and just wrote whatever came into his head, which was a bit silly. BUT I do still admire the man and want to read some of his other books b/c...more
Read this back in 2004 or maybe early 2005 when I was going through my Pike phase, and loved it (I didn't want to put it down!), but I know well enough not to reread books I loved as a preteen or else it'll ruin it! :P
Not Shakespeare, but a definite guilty pleasure! I have read this book probably 15 times since I got it in middle school. A fun, sexy, Eurocentric plot woven together by R. L. Stine's only teen horror archnemesis.
My friend told me that this was one of his favorite books of all-time that's why I borrowed and read it. The story was very simple and the flows was great! Not only that it also includes some great lessons about the Greek mythology.
This is one of those books from my youth that I read over and over. I've always had an interest in ancient Greece, and Pike's fun style of writing made it a fantastic read for me. I read it again as an adult.
One of my all-time favorites. It was one of my first "grown-up" books as a teenager. I had spent my entire youth reading nothing but R.L. Stine's Goosebumps. This definitely made me want to branch out.
This Book is about josie going on a vacation to Rome with her friend Helen.But when she finds a little statue of a goddess is when the goddess wants josies body.
It was a great book when I was 13 but now that I've done a re-read I just discovered how badly written it is and how unlikable the characters are. That teaches me that I probably shouldn't re-read things that I loved when I was younger!
I absolutely love this book! It's definitely my favorite of all of Pike's novels. The storyline is very unique, and deliciously neo-pagan (whether or not he meant it to be).
wait just kidding, it was this one that i loved. i read the other, i remember the older cover, i might have even loved it. but this is the story that i remember.
This is one of the books I read and completely enjoyed in middle school. It did stick in my brain after all these years, and although I haven't read it since then, I do believe it's a great read for young adults. You can never go wrong with Greek mythology!
Oh Christopher Pike, my middle school love...you really don't hold up well in adulthood, as I've discovered with this reread. Still, thanks for the nostalgia!
Loved every minute of this tale, especially the shipwreck scene. I am obsessed with the idea of getting lost at sea. More on that later...
This was my first ever to read of the Christopher Pike books and I loved it and have read it a million times since I was a teenager.
This books was one of my favorites when I was younger. I was looking for a good easy read and reached for this book. I didn't get the same reaction now that I did then, however I stilled enjoyed it.
The last time I read this was about 19 years ago. Back then I had almost every Christopher Pike book that came out, and now I kick myself for "lending" them out (with no obligation to return - that's what good 13-year-old book lovers do for other 13-year-old book lovers, right?) because they are SO difficult to find now!
I was lucky to find this one at my local library. I knew I had read it but the details were a bit fuzzy. I was pretty sure this wasn't one of my faves back then, but by the time...more
I was lucky to find this one at my local library. I knew I had read it but the details were a bit fuzzy. I was pretty sure this wasn't one of my faves back then, but by the time...more
Greece has been a country of dreams for me. Each and every story covering Greece is a wonder for me.
I love this book because it has Greek Mythology. It has it all tradegy, love, enemies and more
Re-reading as an adult. One of my favorite Christopher Pike books from when I was a kid. :)
I don't know what it is about this book that I love so much. Maybe it's the Greek myth storyline, or incarnate lives, or just the plot in general but this book is one of my favorites. The first paragraph has always stayed with me about, "coming home to a place I had never been before". I reread this again for the umpteenth time and I like it just as much as I did when I was 13/14 years old in the 90s when Christopher Pike was so popular. I have always wished that a movie would get made based on...more
I read this in junior high and it appealed to my love of Greek mythology at the time.
One of my favorite authors. Some stuff is brilliant, some is just bizarre.
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Christopher Pike is the pseudonym of Kevin McFadden. He is a bestselling author of young adult and children's fiction who specializes in the thriller genre.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
McFadden was born in New York but grew up in California where he stills lives in today. A college drop-out, he did factory work, painted houses and programm...more
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
McFadden was born in New York but grew up in California where he stills lives in today. A college drop-out, he did factory work, painted houses and programm...more
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Oct 10, 2011 07:48am