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The Strange Power (Dark Visions #1)
by
L.J. Smith
The bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries offers a winning new trilogy of romantic horror. Frightened and isolated, a girl hopes for a new life when she is invited to an institute with four other psychically gifted students. Soon they learn the truth about an experiment that threatens their sanity and their lives.
Mass Market Paperbound, 240 pages
Published
December 1st 1994
by Simon Pulse
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Tak docela nechápu, proč je tolik protěžovaná série Upíří deníky, protože právě díky upírům nemá L.J.zrovna dobré jméno. Přitom právě série jako je Temné vize nebo Tajný kruh ukazují, že Smith psát umí a že její hrdinky nejsou jenom hloupoučké panenky zmítané krutostí osudu.
Kaitlyn se narodila s určitým darem. Má zvláštní oči a častokrát nakreslí to, co se později vyplní. Nutno podotknout, že jde spíše o špatné situace. Kait totiž předvídá smrt lidí. A právě díky této vlastnosti se s...more
Kaitlyn se narodila s určitým darem. Má zvláštní oči a častokrát nakreslí to, co se později vyplní. Nutno podotknout, že jde spíše o špatné situace. Kait totiž předvídá smrt lidí. A právě díky této vlastnosti se s...more
un libro di L.J. Smith lo si riconosce subito: una ragazza incontra un bellissimo ragazzo e se ne innamora perdutamente a prima vista, poi c'è il solito ragazzo misterioso e con un cattivo carattere. lei si innamora di lui segretamente ma si mette con il ragazzo buono. forse cambia la cornice che la Smith fa intorno a questo ma alla fine la storia centrale è sempre la stessa. almeno, questo è ciò che penso io.
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Když vám teď řeknu, že L. J. Smith napsala opravdu dobrou knihu, která dokonce dává smysl a jejíž hlavní hrdinka není psychicky labilní, nevolejte mi hned záchranku, prosím.
Bylo, nebylo, za sedmero horami a sedmero řekami, žila, byla Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn není jako ostatní děvčata jejího věku. Je totiž zvláštní - umí moc krásně kreslit. Jednou za čas se ale stane, že nenakreslí to, co nechtěla ona, ale nějaký její šestý smysl jí vedl ruku. A co ty kresby znamenají? Na to vždy při...more
Když vám teď řeknu, že L. J. Smith napsala opravdu dobrou knihu, která dokonce dává smysl a jejíž hlavní hrdinka není psychicky labilní, nevolejte mi hned záchranku, prosím.
Bylo, nebylo, za sedmero horami a sedmero řekami, žila, byla Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn není jako ostatní děvčata jejího věku. Je totiž zvláštní - umí moc krásně kreslit. Jednou za čas se ale stane, že nenakreslí to, co nechtěla ona, ale nějaký její šestý smysl jí vedl ruku. A co ty kresby znamenají? Na to vždy při...more
Kaitlyn Fairchild has always been treated as the odd on in her school and in the town where she was living because of her ability to see the future. But things changed when she was offered by an institute to participate in a study about psychic abilities. She is set to live with four other psychic teenagers. However, things turned out to be different when they got to the institute; the institute turned out to be different from what they have expected. now they are faced with the challenge of unm...more
Kaitlyn Fairchild has always been treated as the odd on in her school and in the town where she was living because of her ability to see the future. But things changed when she was offered by an institute to participate in a study about psychic abilities. She is set to live with four other psychic teenagers. However, things turned out to be different when they got to the institute; the institute turned out to be different from what they have expected. now they are faced with the challenge of unm...more
This book is definitely not very new, but what it lacked in modernness it made up with other components. And hey, I'm always up for a L.J. Smith novel. And this story was different from her others - definitely no vampires. But there was psychics, and I haven't read a story about psychics in quite a while, so it was good to catch up.
The two characters in this book that I loved were Kaitlyn and Gabriel. Kaitlyn had this attitude you just had to admire. I loved her quick comebacks and lively ...more
The two characters in this book that I loved were Kaitlyn and Gabriel. Kaitlyn had this attitude you just had to admire. I loved her quick comebacks and lively ...more
I've written before about my adolescent love for L. J. Smith's writing, particularly the Night World series. But, even at thirteen, I was never much for vampires. I was always a more fervent fan of her Dark Visions universe, described in a trilogy of novels about beautiful--and psychic--Kaitlyn Fairchild, who, in her senior year of high school, is shipped off to a mysterious research institute for truly gifted teenagers.
Revisiting The Strange Power as an adult, I can see why these ap...more
Revisiting The Strange Power as an adult, I can see why these ap...more
Kaitlyn, genannt Kait, hat es in der Kleinstadt Thoroughfare nicht leicht. Sie ist eine Außenseiterin, die von ihren Mitschülern und den anderen Bewohnern als Dorfhexe bezeichnet wird. Schuld daran ist ihre Gabe, Bilder aus der Zukunft zu sehen. Ihr größter Wunsch ist aus der Kleinstadt zu entkommen und noch einmal völlig von vorne anzufangen. Die Gelegenheit erhält sie kurz darauf, als sie zur Schuldirektorin gerufen wird.
Hier erwartet sie die Forscherin Joyce, die Kait bei einem angeblic...more
Hier erwartet sie die Forscherin Joyce, die Kait bei einem angeblic...more
The Strange Power is the first book in the Dark Visions trilogy by L.J. Smith.
Kaitlyn Fairchild is different from her classmates. At times, she’ll feel the need to draw something. When she does, it’s about an event that will happen in the future, but she usually doesn’t know what it means until it happens. Kaitlyn’s eyes are different and are often referred to as witch eyes. One day at school, she is called into an office where a woman, Joyce Piper, has come to talk to Kaitlyn...more
Kaitlyn Fairchild is different from her classmates. At times, she’ll feel the need to draw something. When she does, it’s about an event that will happen in the future, but she usually doesn’t know what it means until it happens. Kaitlyn’s eyes are different and are often referred to as witch eyes. One day at school, she is called into an office where a woman, Joyce Piper, has come to talk to Kaitlyn...more
This is a very good book. The the vampire in this book ix very different. He doesn't suck blood, he sucks energy. All of the characters are very interesting. The book involves plenty of evil. The students really start to notice something terribly wrong. The book ends in a nice clip hanger. I couldn't put this book done. This is the first L.J. Smith novel I have read. I really think a lot of people will like this. I certainly recommend this to everyone. Kaitlyn is a nice girl that tends to run in...more
I'm a huge fan of L.J Smith and when I saw this book at the library I thought I should give it a go. I'm glad I did because it was really good. For the most part, it was something different because it involved psychics which was different to the usual vampires, werewolves and witches that are so common in supernatural stories.
I liked all of the characters except maybe Rob. He just seemed to annoy me a little bit. By the end of this book I was hoping that Kaitlyn and Gabriel would end up...more
I liked all of the characters except maybe Rob. He just seemed to annoy me a little bit. By the end of this book I was hoping that Kaitlyn and Gabriel would end up...more
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Nechci autorku nijak špinit, ale její Upíří deníky u mě nemají zrovna nejlepší jméno. K Odhalení jsem přistupovala bez nějakých větších očekávání. Proto mě překvapilo, jak moc mě kniha bavila a celkově byla dobře zpracovaná.
Temné vize: Odhalení znovu naťukávají již několikrát zpracováne téma: paranormální schopnosti a jejich zkoumání. Smithová se však udržela celkem obstojně, dokázala příběh obléct do takového kabátu, aby jste neměli pocit, že toto "už jste někde slyšeli". ...more
Temné vize: Odhalení znovu naťukávají již několikrát zpracováne téma: paranormální schopnosti a jejich zkoumání. Smithová se však udržela celkem obstojně, dokázala příběh obléct do takového kabátu, aby jste neměli pocit, že toto "už jste někde slyšeli". ...more
Kaitlyn Fairchild lives in Thoroughfare, a small town in Ohio. She is different then all the rest of the people in her town. She has Smokey blue eyes that on the outside of each iris, as well as in the middle was black. She could make any one flinch back at her. Until she went to California because of her special power but she went because she has a power or a curse. She is a physic. She goes to an institute with four different other teenagers named Rob, Gabriel, Lewis and Anna, they all have di...more
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Celkové dojmy
Po tom, čo som prečítala štyri diely Upírskych denníkov od L.J. Smith, povedala som, že už od nej nechcem nič čítať. (Recenziu na všetky štyri diely naraz si môžete prečítať tu). No potom ako som čítala mnohé pochvalné recenzie na túto knihu, tak som sa rozhodla svoje slovo porušiť a dať autorke ešte jednu šancu. A neľutovala som. Síce to nie je majstrovské dielo, ktoré by sa malo nejako zapísať do dejín, ale je to čita...more
Celkové dojmy
Po tom, čo som prečítala štyri diely Upírskych denníkov od L.J. Smith, povedala som, že už od nej nechcem nič čítať. (Recenziu na všetky štyri diely naraz si môžete prečítať tu). No potom ako som čítala mnohé pochvalné recenzie na túto knihu, tak som sa rozhodla svoje slovo porušiť a dať autorke ešte jednu šancu. A neľutovala som. Síce to nie je majstrovské dielo, ktoré by sa malo nejako zapísať do dejín, ale je to čita...more
Krista (One Love) (Critical)
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One of my favorite book from the series of Dark Vision. It is about a teenage girl named Kaylyn, she is not an ordinary teenager because she has powers. Her power is seeing the future. She draws something and it will happen. Kay didn't like her life because people thought she was weird and scary. Later, she was invite into another school where she thought she belong too. She and 4 other teenagers. The 4 other teenagers were, Anna, Lewis, Rob and Gabriel. They too, have powers. Kay thought that s...more
Young Kaitlin is given an offer she can't refuse to take part in an experiment with 4 strangers with similar gifts.
This book was very interesting the whole cover part of not all vampires are out for blood confused me but when it got toward the middle of the book it explained what that saying meant and i have to admit it was very clever on the authors part. The relationship between the 5 people in this book is both delightful to read and interesting to decipher. I would recommend this book ...more
This book was very interesting the whole cover part of not all vampires are out for blood confused me but when it got toward the middle of the book it explained what that saying meant and i have to admit it was very clever on the authors part. The relationship between the 5 people in this book is both delightful to read and interesting to decipher. I would recommend this book ...more
It's a real shame that Secret Circle and Vampire Diaries have enjoyed such success on television and Dark Visions is still being ignored. I'm crossing my fingers that this book series will also appear in other media. As far as supernatural romance goes, sure, it follows the formula. But I found it still so refreshing. And I can't help but feel some loyalty to LJ because she was writing these books over a decade before the real craze started.
Mandi
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Completely unexpected. They packaged it as a vampire novel. They even said "vampire" on the front cover, but it has nothing to do with it. I really liked it, and it in no way reflects on the story (which is about psychic teenagers in some kind of experimental study) that I didn't read the second installment. I just didn't feel like reading it. I do that sometimes. So... this is NOT about vampires, and it is a good read.
This trilogy was one my favorites.
Kaitlyn Fairchild, The girl that no one likes, She has no friends, Never gets invited to any parties, and oh did i mention shes a freak?
until Kaitlyn gets invited to an insitution for 'talented' people, The people who can talk to animals and heal livin things.
Kaitlyn meets the boy of her dreams and she finally has friends.
But, Is this institution really all she thinks it is?
Kaitlyn Fairchild, The girl that no one likes, She has no friends, Never gets invited to any parties, and oh did i mention shes a freak?
until Kaitlyn gets invited to an insitution for 'talented' people, The people who can talk to animals and heal livin things.
Kaitlyn meets the boy of her dreams and she finally has friends.
But, Is this institution really all she thinks it is?
I think Secret Circle Trilogy is better than this. It just seemed too dull for me. Kaitlyn is okay but Cassie is better. And I’m just so surprised that when Joyce asked her, she gave in too easily. I thought she love her father so why is it too easy for her too leave him behind. And the Institute hadn’t been a big help instead it just gave Kaitlyn problems.
For some reasons, I see flashes of Damon whenever Gabriel is mentioned. They are so much similar in many ways. As for Rob, well… he...more
For some reasons, I see flashes of Damon whenever Gabriel is mentioned. They are so much similar in many ways. As for Rob, well… he...more
Kind of interesting. It was a blend of fantasy and science fiction. Paranormal. But I don't feel like adding another bookshelf. I found pretty much every character to be nauseatingly obnoxious, especially Rob and Gabriel. The only good thing about this book was it was a nice change from werewolves and vampires and demon slayers usually found in young adult fantasy books. Still, not that great.
i've read this book like three times and i swear every time it just gets better. there's an unexpected love story in it, (Well more than one) and it's about people who have powers that normal people wouldn't have. in this one book is a collection of three books in this same series. it may be a bit long but well worth the read for everyone.
I quite liked this.
It's just a short YA fantasy, but I liked the practical roots of it and the five extrordinary teens chosen to be part of psychic experimentation and study. Kaitlyn, the main character, was relatable and pleasant.
I enjoyed the narrator take on the book, her sublte voice characterisation.
It's just a short YA fantasy, but I liked the practical roots of it and the five extrordinary teens chosen to be part of psychic experimentation and study. Kaitlyn, the main character, was relatable and pleasant.
I enjoyed the narrator take on the book, her sublte voice characterisation.
This just didn't seem as real to me as the Night World series. Maybe it would help if I read them all three in a sitting the way I read the Night World books, all together bound, or maybe it's that each Night World story is separate, though characters walk between books, instead of one ongoing story.
Thanks to my book club buddies, I now have YET ANOTHER series to obsess over. This is a fun and easy read. For such a silly teen novel, the characters are very likable and well developed and there's a good amount of plot and suspense. I can see myself reading this series more than once!
I just finished this book. I found it a young read although good. The story line is interesting but I found that by the end of the book there should be more. The story wrapped but didn't finish. I am hoping that as I start book 2 I won't have this feeling of "there should be more".
Thrilling supernatural novel involving teens with esp and their fight against an evil scientist who threatens to control them and use them for the government and military. LJ Smith creates great characters and moments of suspense. I couldn't put this down. I want more.
The five psychic teens who headline this book are an interesting and so far likable bunch. This book is written in a manner that obviously marks it the starting point in a series. It's a little too drawn out to stand completely on its own. I loved all the characters in this book, especially hot guys Rod and Gabriel. Special powers were great. The book is fast paced and engaging. I would recommend taking the time to enjoy.
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“Good night, Gabriel.' [Kaitlyn] said
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[Gabriel] widened his eyes. 'Don't you want to stay? It's a big bed.”
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[Gabriel] widened his eyes. 'Don't you want to stay? It's a big bed.”
“By the way'[Gabriel] said,' everyone esle had better keep out of here. After you spend so much time in lockup, you get to like your space. You get kind of territorial. I wouldn't want anybody to get hurt.' ... Gabriel gave [Kaitlyn] a long, measuring look. Then he flashed a brilliant, unsettling smile. 'You can come in any time you like”
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