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Echoes (Fingerprints #1-3)
by
Melinda Metz (Goodreads Author)
Can't believe she did that . . .
. . . at four-thirty I have to . . .
. . . I hate this place . . .
Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets. Just when Rae reaches her breaking point, one voice c...more
. . . at four-thirty I have to . . .
. . . I hate this place . . .
Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets. Just when Rae reaches her breaking point, one voice c...more
Paperback, 517 pages
Published
July 27th 2010
by HarperCollins
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ECHOES (ECHOES, #1)
Before reading Echoes, I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t read any reviews, or really heard anything about it. I did know that it had an absolutely stunning cover, a great premise, and was being compared to a book that I have heard is fantastic. Also, the book originally came out over ten years ago, but that really didn’t affect the story at all.
I was hooked from the start of this book, and really enjoyed reading it for the most part. I spaced out my reading of it, and may...more
Before reading Echoes, I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t read any reviews, or really heard anything about it. I did know that it had an absolutely stunning cover, a great premise, and was being compared to a book that I have heard is fantastic. Also, the book originally came out over ten years ago, but that really didn’t affect the story at all.
I was hooked from the start of this book, and really enjoyed reading it for the most part. I spaced out my reading of it, and may...more
I'm not certain, but I think this is an omnibus version of Metz's first three "Fingerprint" series books. It's divided into three sections (Echoes, Haunted, and Trust) and each section reads like a self-contained book.
In the book, Rae is certain that she's going crazy: just like her mother did. She hears voices. She's already spent one stint in a mental hospital and she's anxious to stay out. But things feel like they're getting worse. With the help of a friend, she learns that she's not hearing...more
In the book, Rae is certain that she's going crazy: just like her mother did. She hears voices. She's already spent one stint in a mental hospital and she's anxious to stay out. But things feel like they're getting worse. With the help of a friend, she learns that she's not hearing...more
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This is a fun well written story that is easy to get sucked into.. which I did.
The story is based on a High School Jr, Rae Voight, who finds out that she can pick up "echoes", of other peoples thoughts by touching her fingers to theirs, or to the fingerprints left behind on objects they've touched. When the "not-her" thoughts started popping into her head, Rae fears she was going insane like her mother, who had died in a mental hospital when Rae was a baby. The new revelation of Fingerprinting c...more
RATING: 3 stars, for the three books.
Rae Voight's life is good: she hangs with the popular crowd and she dates the hottest guy in school. But good things don't last and one day Rae starts hearing voices and freaks out.
A few months later she is back at school after a stay in a mental ward. But everything's changed: her old friends are afraid of her and her boyfriend is dating another girl. Rae's old life seems to have vanished. To make matters worse, the voices, the "not-me thoughts" as she call...more
Rae Voight's life is good: she hangs with the popular crowd and she dates the hottest guy in school. But good things don't last and one day Rae starts hearing voices and freaks out.
A few months later she is back at school after a stay in a mental ward. But everything's changed: her old friends are afraid of her and her boyfriend is dating another girl. Rae's old life seems to have vanished. To make matters worse, the voices, the "not-me thoughts" as she call...more
Echoes is a reprint of the first three of Metz’s Fingerprints series. There are more, but I haven’t been able to find out how to get them yet.
Echoes is about Rae Voight, who hears people’s thoughts through the fingerprints they leave behind. All she has to do is touch something that they have touched before with their bare hands, and she will be able to hear what they were thinking while they were touching the object.
At the start of the story, she doesn’t know about her ability and believes that...more
Echoes is about Rae Voight, who hears people’s thoughts through the fingerprints they leave behind. All she has to do is touch something that they have touched before with their bare hands, and she will be able to hear what they were thinking while they were touching the object.
At the start of the story, she doesn’t know about her ability and believes that...more
I liked the idea of this plot, the fingerprint gift really intrigued me. I liked Rae, and as unexpected as this might sound, I am actually quite fond of Anthony. He was a kind of a sloth and really bad-tempered, but he had a soft spot for Rae. I personally think the romance or chemistry between Rae and Anthony was an enjoyable ride. I also want to commend Metz on her ability to entice and bring up a voice of coaxing to her readers with the unsettling mysteries. The fact that she injects in a voi...more
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Echoes is actually a re-release of books one through three of the Fingerprints series which was originally published in 2000/2001. Contrary to what another reviewer noted, the entire series is easy to locate, I found it in its entirety on Amazon in two seconds and bought each one for Kindle ($4.99/book). Anyway, I digress. This is, hands down, the best series I have ever read. Melinda Metz has a true gift for creating vibrant characters and drops them into such a fascinating world and the reader...more
Echoes is a fun, easy read book that you can just sit back and relax with. It’s sort of like those late 90s-early ‘00s paranormal teen shows; it’s cheesy at times and a bit ridiculous in how it solves major issues, but it never pretends to be anything but cheesy and ridiculous.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed these books. It doesn’t follow the formula most paranormal YA does these days, where a girl has a mysterious power, then she meets a guy who knows more about her than she does herself...more
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed these books. It doesn’t follow the formula most paranormal YA does these days, where a girl has a mysterious power, then she meets a guy who knows more about her than she does herself...more
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Finished it in one day. I really liked the mysterious plot thing and her abilities, the fingerprint reader thing. I thought that was really inventive, really compelling to read about.
There were little tidbits that I found bothered me a little. Like, the ages of these people were somewhat unclear? I don't know if it was explicitly stated somewhere, maybe I skimmed over it. I thought that it was middle school, 7th grade?
If that is true, then I don't think the subject matter really matches their ag...more
There were little tidbits that I found bothered me a little. Like, the ages of these people were somewhat unclear? I don't know if it was explicitly stated somewhere, maybe I skimmed over it. I thought that it was middle school, 7th grade?
If that is true, then I don't think the subject matter really matches their ag...more
So far I am liking the series. Wish I had the other books right now so I can find out who it is!! Although I have a pretty good idea after Haunted. No spoilers though! :) I'm a little disappointed that Rae and Antony's relationship didn't heat up. Looking forward to some smooching and it never happened. Ah well, maybe within the next few books. The epilogues were really haunting. Got goosebumps every time. In the third book's, when the stalker said my Rae, I had the willies all over!
The pacing i...more
The pacing i...more
Rae Voight is losing her mind.When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices ... even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets. just when Rae reaches her breaking point, voice comes screaming through the din, loud and clear:...RAE MUST DIE... If Rae doesn't figure out who the thought belongs to soon, she could lose her more than her insanity.
In my opinion Echos is a very thrilling book you would really...more
In my opinion Echos is a very thrilling book you would really...more
Okay, so there's three books from the FIngerprints series in Echoes, but since they're all under 200 pages, I'm just going to do a general review for all of them. They all follow the same story line, kind of like one big book anyways.
Lately I haven't been so into the supernatural abilities genre. But Echoes was fantastic, and I loved it so much I'm willing to re-try this overused plot. The story revolves around Rae, a girl who thinks she's going insane because she hears other people's thoughts,...more
Lately I haven't been so into the supernatural abilities genre. But Echoes was fantastic, and I loved it so much I'm willing to re-try this overused plot. The story revolves around Rae, a girl who thinks she's going insane because she hears other people's thoughts,...more
while the book was big i read the whole thing in about 8 hours with no brakes. it was a fast and fun read the went straight to the action in each book. i loved each story in the book and felt that it was a nice book to read while i dont think its the best book i have read its still amazing but there was so times that i felt there should have been more feeling between characters. all together the book was well worth the read with actions and run round every corner. at the end i was drying for the...more
After reading Crave by Melinda Metz and Laura J. Burns, I was very anxious to check this out. Crave was simply amazing. It was one of the best books I read in a while, and I was very excited to start reading this series by Melinda Metz. Echoes includes the first three novels in the Fingerprints series; Echoes, Haunted and Trust. The synopsis is very intriguing, and I expected a great mystery with some thrill. In the beginning, I was a little disappointed because it was slow. Though, it became ve...more
I liked this book, and I wanted to give it four stars.. I really did. And I would have if the ending wasn't so .. UGH.. annoying.
The book was full of twists and turns, and the first epilouge (there were three) was the moment I really got hooked into it. I actually felt a little anxious while Rae was being followed, and I was excited to figure out who was behind the kidnapping of Jesse, the anonymous letters and of course the pipe bomb. I had my suspicions and was eager to find out if I was right...more
The book was full of twists and turns, and the first epilouge (there were three) was the moment I really got hooked into it. I actually felt a little anxious while Rae was being followed, and I was excited to figure out who was behind the kidnapping of Jesse, the anonymous letters and of course the pipe bomb. I had my suspicions and was eager to find out if I was right...more
Well, this book was interesting. BTW, this was a three in one book.
It's about his girl named, Rachel (preffers Rae) who touches people or objects and can feel emotions, opinons or whatever of the person who has touched it before. One day she colaspes in school and lands into a mental institute. She goes to group therapy and meets a boy named Anthony (have no idea how to spell his last name, all I know that it starts with a f). She finds out thatsomeon is trying to kill her and the adventure begi...more
It's about his girl named, Rachel (preffers Rae) who touches people or objects and can feel emotions, opinons or whatever of the person who has touched it before. One day she colaspes in school and lands into a mental institute. She goes to group therapy and meets a boy named Anthony (have no idea how to spell his last name, all I know that it starts with a f). She finds out thatsomeon is trying to kill her and the adventure begi...more
This book was really good. I am so flustered though and I wish I would not have read it because I just discovered it is impossible for me to get books 4-7 right now unless I pay 70 bucks a book. I have no idea why they are so expensive on Amazon.com... UGH!!! I am left hanging. I want to know what is going to happen. Are Rae and Anthony going to ever hook up? Who is it that is watching her? Why do they want her dead. I am just flustered! But if you have all the books I would say read them all.
I read these when I was in high school and my copies are pretty battered since I greatly enjoyed the story that Metz told. I really like the character of Rae and the originality of the plot, it was fantastic. Throughout the the series there were always twists, and nothing was ever as it seemed. I really liked these books and I recommend them to anyone looking for something new and different.
Rae thinks she's going nuts. She hears voices, voices that can sound simple and random one minute, and voices that want to kill her the next. After spending time in a mental hospital, the voices don't go away. When she meets Anthony, she realizes she's not going mad, but has a special ability. When someone tries to kill her, she must fight to survive. Who can she trust?
I really liked this book. I liked all the characters, but my favorite was Rae. I enjoyed the three books, and i am anxious to know who wanted to kill Rae. I plan on reading the other books in the series to find out. Overall, i think people who like a good mystery and suspense story, would enjoy this. Also, maybe some drama lovers would be interested.
This book is about a girl who loses her mind going over the fact that someone wants her dead. It leaves you hanging at the end, wanting to know more and impatiently waiting for the next book or just simply buying the old, unbinded versions. Filled with suspense and just the perfect amount of realistic romance, Echoes is a great book to read.
This was a petty good story. I picked it up having no idea what it was about and started reading it. I was soon trapped in it not being able to stop. I have been guessing who is after her and i still don't know who it is i'm thinking its this girl but i'm still not sure. Hope to find the next one out soon. BTW Raes talent is so cool.
i love this book. but i hate the cover.
The suspense is great, and it's one of those books that you can't stop thinking about when you aren't reading them. And Anthony is the SWEETEST dude I have ever met, with a tough attitude that many can relate to.
This book is so different, and in the end, you don't really find out what the mom does, but by the end, it doesn't matter so much anymore.
The suspense is great, and it's one of those books that you can't stop thinking about when you aren't reading them. And Anthony is the SWEETEST dude I have ever met, with a tough attitude that many can relate to.
This book is so different, and in the end, you don't really find out what the mom does, but by the end, it doesn't matter so much anymore.
At first I thought it was interesting, Rae's ability was really unique and it adds to the story nicely. I love it! But as I kept reading I felt like it was just..dragging on and on...and on.
By the time I get to the end of the book I was like o.o there are too many unanswered questions!
By the time I get to the end of the book I was like o.o there are too many unanswered questions!
I was hesitant to read this book, but have found it to be shockingly good. It didn't take me long to read as I'd sit down and get trapped in the complexity of one mental breakdown. It was refreshing to see that both prep and public school kids were mentioned, though it got a bit repedetive when Anothny kept ranting on about it!
Very very good. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about reading it. Very intriguing plot, kept me very much interested. Rae and Anthony need to get together already!
Jan 11, 2012
chrisa
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like ya books and paranormal stories,
I enjoyed the first three books in this series. I like the two different perspectives the two main characters offer, and I'm looking forward to the next few books in the series.
I thought this was a pretty good book. Rae was a pretty strong girl for going though everything she did. Anthony turned out be good guy after all. Enjoyed it.
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Melinda Metz grew up in San Jose, California. People sometimes ask if she knows the way there. She kinda does, but she has an off-kilter sense of direction, so to be confident of arriving, it's better to consult some kind of navigational device.
Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She also had no interest in learning to write her name. (FYI, when Meli...more
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