Entangled

Sep 19, 2011

Saniya rated it

Shelves: borrowed

Okay. I admit. I was freaking confused after I read this book. Really, REALLY confused. (If you are confused too, I have some answers written below)

Why I read this book:
(1) Because of the cover..... Blah! You know me! xD
(2) I found this plot, somehow, interesting, months ago.
(3) My friend gave this book for me to read. THANK-YOU! (:

Lets be honest now, shall we? I didn't love this book... *awkward silence* Yes, I didn't, I just didn't.
After reading...more

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Jan 31, 2012

Miss rated it

Recommends it for: everyone

Shelves: contemporary, heartbreaking-story, mystery, real-problem, realistic-fiction, teen, young-adult, favorites

Sad. Confusing. Heartbreaking. Shocking. Emotional. Perfect.

It has lot of swearing, drinking, self-harming and sex (including teen pregnancy and abortion).

The story is told from a first person point of view from Grace. She is in self destruct mode. She has so many emotions that she just doesn't know how to deal with and this shows in the way she acts. In many ways she comes across as a normal teen - she seems friendly and outgoing and is doing well at school, but this ...more

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Aug 24, 2011

Charlie rated it

Gritty – that’s the best way I can think of to sum up this novel. To be honest I was expecting it to be more psychological but actually it contains just the right amount of everything. Clarke gives you the basics of the difficult issues but doesn’t go into too much detail, therefore making it a little easier for people who might’ve shied away otherwise. There are a few issues covered in the book, not so many as to make it confusing, and each subplot and character has been given a lot of thought....moreGritty – that’s the best way I can think of to sum up this novel. To be honest I was expecting it to be more psychological but actually it contains just the right amount of everything. Clarke gives you the basics of the difficult issues but doesn’t go into too much detail, therefore making it a little easier for people who might’ve shied away otherwise. There are a few issues covered in the book, not so many as to make it confusing, and each subplot and character has been given a lot of thought.

Clarke has crafted a very different story, but it’s not different so much for it’s contents as for it’s style and overall presentation. There is a uniqueness that enables the typically mundane to be worthy of reading, for example I’ve been on lots of buses in the rain and Grace’s journeys tend to sound just like them, yet I’m compelled to read about it. Maybe it helps that I’m a Brit like Grace and not that far out of school, but there is something about the day-to-day that drew me. Other times it took me a while to realise that I was reading about a regular event because of the way it was written.

You’d be forgiven for thinking at first that the writing style is clumsy. It becomes apparent very quickly just how tormented Grace is. As she begins to get used to what has become her life, if “used to” is an appropriate phrase, she becomes less anxious over her present situation, saving her upset for the story of her life.

Grace is a strong character but like everyone she has her faults. It’s in these faults that she shines because even if you can’t relate to everything you will undoubtedly be able to relate to something. The other characters aren’t as important and are thus not as detailed, but they are given ample time for you to understand how they have affected Grace.

Part of the plot is easy to figure out but that in itself appears to be a device. We know things before Grace does so that we can appreciate just how long it takes her to start understanding them herself.

I did entertain the thought that maybe he is a vampire. Until I remembered that my life isn’t actually Twilight.

If you are wondering how much like the current crop of young adult novels Entangled is, there is part of your answer. The other part I’m afraid to say would spoil the story to mention here.

I had various ideas in mind as to what the answer would be, as to why Grace was confined, and I admit to being a bit underwhelmed by the answer because of my previous reads. This doesn’t mean that it makes Clarke’s book any less readable however; I attribute the sudden onslaught of books of this nature to coincidence. Each author who has written a book in this vein has put their own spin on it.

In Entangled, Clarke takes a number of well-known situations and problems and discusses them through the use of a story. Quite likely to have a better impact than any reference material, she hits the reader with it hard while being delicate enough so that it’s not overwhelming. And she shows that there is a way out, even when you’re at the very bitter end.

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Jan 11, 2012

Aimee Liam rated it

I really like this book, more than I thought I would. I liked the begging because it was mysterious and that kept me reading it. I just coudn't stop, because I was so interested who's Ethan, how did she got there, and her telling about her past. I liked it was all so linked together.
I didn't really liked Grace at first, as a character she didn't seem all that depressed/suicidal, and then her jokes, she avoids problems.. But then I started to like her, because I've got to know her better; ...more

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Mar 09, 2011

Lamia rated it

Shelves: stand-alone, 2011, realistic-fiction

This book. Ugh. Where do I start?

First off, I very strongly dislike Grace, the narrator. I didn't really like her at the beginning (she whined too much for my taste), and it got worse as the story went on. I just don't understand how anyone could think she's a likeable character. I know teenagers can be mean and fickle, and I can forgive some selfishness and defensiveness, but this goes way beyond that. She's condescending, rash and tries to balance her insecurities by making other ...moreThis book. Ugh. Where do I start?

First off, I very strongly dislike Grace, the narrator. I didn't really like her at the beginning (she whined too much for my taste), and it got worse as the story went on. I just don't understand how anyone could think she's a likeable character. I know teenagers can be mean and fickle, and I can forgive some selfishness and defensiveness, but this goes way beyond that. She's condescending, rash and tries to balance her insecurities by making other people feel uncomfortable. It got to the point where Grace was going on about her unworthiness and how she didn't deserve such a perfect boyfriend, and all the while I kept thinking "no. No, you don't." Her voice has a certain bite to it that I could have liked if she was less petulant and if the angst wasn't so overdone. But sadly, I pretty much hated her guts half-way through, and no amount of wit would have topped that.

Secondly, this book deals with sensitive matters and I don't feel like the author handled them well at all. Grace's suicidal thoughts are recounted right from the start, without giving us any context. That, added to her whining, makes her look weak since the empathy factor is absent from the reader's perspective. Instead of being heart-broken for her, I was left scratching my head and being frustrated at the lack of information I was given. Furthermore, the cutting matter wasn't broached carefully enough. I just found something lacking in her writing, especially on the emotional front. And the fact that we still didn't know the reason for her depression didn't help either.

Speaking of her writing: the constant switches between flashbacks and present, while enjoyable in the beginning, got extremely aggravating after a while. She wrote a scene, set up a big revelation and then bam! Back to the present. I know it's nothing new, but there are better ways to keep the readers on their toes without resorting to using annoying pseudo cliff-hangers. Her prose is also very clumsy. It doesn't flow naturally at all, in that every detail that's given seems deliberate. The obviousness of it all keeps you thinking, and possibly hoping, that the author is being deliberately misleading. Unfortunately, you're wrong. I figured out the mystery after exactly 16 pages. Yup. So while the reader is supposed to want to turn the pages faster to get a clue of what's going on, I was left feeling irritated at the simplicity of the plot and just wanting to skip to the end to see if I was right.

The only bright spots in this story were Grace's interactions with Sal and Nat. But again, Sal's "mysterious" behaviour is as subtle as a sledgehammer.

Finally, I'd like to address the ending. While predictable, the twist was still gut wrenching and, for maybe the first time, I felt truly sorry for Grace. And while this could have been a good thing, considering the writer chose to put it at the end of the book, it just feels like a huge unresolved issue and made me feel frustrated, angry and depressed after closing the book. And NOT in a good way. I honestly just want to forget I ever read it.

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Sep 17, 2011

is mee... kissa rated it

shit that was a good book. some people have shelved it under paranormal, but i don't think it is. i think that part is just all in her head (view spoiler). so that is the best realistic fiction i've ever read. it's not exactly 5 stars, but it's pretty close. oh, and the cover is awesome too.

Right at the start, I knew this book wasn't going to be slow. Grace wakes up in a white room. an asylum-white room. a...more

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Jan 22, 2011

Rebecca rated it

Wonderful book. Really thought-provoking and deals with so many issues; cutting, pregnancy, relationships, suicide. Sounds depressing, right? Wrong. Grace's voice is truly fascinating... She is funny and honest and at times I wanted to strangle her for being so naive. But she was realistically contradictory.. she had low self esteem sometimes, and at other times she was selfish and sexy, she just seemed so real.

Okay, so this wasn't a perfect book, but which book is? The whole 'kidnappe...more

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Mar 29, 2011

Brynne Skoropys rated it

Wow.
Just . . . wow.
If the cover doesn't want to make you pick this book up, then hopefully the premise will.
Entangled is about 17 year old Grace, who on the day attempting to commit suicide, meets a stranger at the park. And the next thing she knows is that she wakes up in a white room with pens, paper, and (a quote from the synopsis-sorry, I couldn't find any better words) "no clue how she got [t]here." So she writes and (sorry again) "is forced to remember eve...moreWow.
Just . . . wow.
If the cover doesn't want to make you pick this book up, then hopefully the premise will.
Entangled is about 17 year old Grace, who on the day attempting to commit suicide, meets a stranger at the park. And the next thing she knows is that she wakes up in a white room with pens, paper, and (a quote from the synopsis-sorry, I couldn't find any better words) "no clue how she got [t]here." So she writes and (sorry again) "is forced to remember everything she's tried to forget."
I'm usually not a huge fan of contemporary, but I find myself reading more of it and my TBR List is growing with more contemporary-based novels than I expected to add. But Entangled had a completely unique premise and I couldn't resist (which means you shouldn't either!!!).
I felt for the characters: Grace, Sal, Nat, and even Ethan (I'm sorry but I never (view spoiler)) and Grace's mother (she may not have been #1 Mom of the Year, but I mean, come on, she was trying-for the most part. Grace didn't exactly have a happy childhood either with her dad committing suicide on her BIRTHDAY, so you can also see why she'd blame her mom. But still.).
The writing is fantastic, by the way. Grace's narrating is, well, fantastic.
I loved the ending.
I cried.
I never cry while reading books. No matter how emotional the novel may be, I don't cry.
So that being said, I won't spoil the ending too much, but let me just say that it IS a cliffhanger, but a satisfying one. I really want to know if (view spoiler) but it didn't leave me wanting to scream at the author because of the fact that your don't know if Grace WILL ever wake up.
So go read this. NOW. Or at least move it towards the top of your TBR List. Please. It is an amazing novel to be devoured and not missed. And if you don't read it, well, it's your loss . . .
P.S. Another reason to read this is that it's a stand alone. With all of the series coming out, Entangled is a nice change of pace.(less)

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Jan 04, 2011

Sarah rated it

Shelves: read-in-2011, books-i-own-print, signed, for-review-read, favorites

When Grace wakes up locked in a plain white room she has no idea how she got there. Held captive by the mysterious Ethan the only distraction she has is some pens and paper so she starts writing her story. As she writes about her friendship with Sal and falling in love with her boyfriend Nat we begin to unravel the mystery of how she ended up in the white room.

Entangled is a captivating and powerful debut and one that will take the reader on a roller coaster of emotions from laught...moreWhen Grace wakes up locked in a plain white room she has no idea how she got there. Held captive by the mysterious Ethan the only distraction she has is some pens and paper so she starts writing her story. As she writes about her friendship with Sal and falling in love with her boyfriend Nat we begin to unravel the mystery of how she ended up in the white room.

Entangled is a captivating and powerful debut and one that will take the reader on a roller coaster of emotions from laughter to tears and everything in between. When I sat down to read I was only intending to read a couple of chapters but I became so caught up in Grace's tale that I finished the entire book in one sitting. This is a dark and uncomfortable read at times but that just makes it even more compelling and it does manage to leave you feeling hopeful by the end. I really admire the fact that Cat Clarke made me laugh out loud despite the difficult topics covered.

I've seen several reviewers say that they didn't find Grace very likable in the beginning but I have to say I didn't have the same problem with her. I didn't like some of the things she was doing or her attitude at times but her character really spoke to me on a personal level and in some ways she reminded me a lot of myself as a teenager. Grace is in self destruct mode, she has so many emotions that she just doesn't know how to deal with and this shows in the way she acts. In many ways she comes across as a normal teen - she seems friendly and outgoing and is doing well at school but this is just a front that she puts on. Underneath it all she is messed up - she uses alcohol to escape from reality, sleeps with boys she has just met and resorts to cutting as a way to feel in control of her life.

Her reasons might be different to mine and her behaviours differ to some degree but at her age I was in a very similar destructive pattern. Grace's voice was so real real to me and made for painful reading as I watched her make similar mistakes to me & I just wanted to reach into the book and be the voice of experience to tell her that things can and will get better. This particular quote has stayed with me for days since reading the story and for me it captures the essence of Grace perfectly:

"It's when I'm alone that the doubt sets in. It's been that way for years. As long as there are people around, I can pretend everything's OK. But I need that audience to pretend for, otherwise it doesn't work. Alone, I'm not that easy to fool." Page 214

It is hard to go into too much detail about the rest of the story without giving spoilers, I really do think that this is one of those books that the less you know about before going in the better the reading experience will be. I will say that although I thought I'd figured out the twist at the end (well I had several theories anyway and was sure one of them would be correct) Cat Clarke still managed to surprise me. Entangled is a gripping and powerful read and one that I would thoroughly recommend, I know this is a story that will stay with me and one that I'm looking forward to reading again now I know how it ends.(less)

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Jul 04, 2011

Muphyn rated it

Recommends it for: Infinitive Playlist

Shelves: ya-fiction

I don't normally like these kinds of YA books but this one grabbed me and completely sucked me in. It's really quite well told and moves along nicely.

Grace isn't really my kind of girl... she gets drunk pretty much every night of the week, throws up, constant hangovers, lots of boys and sleeping around, swearing, drama left, right and centre, etc. etc. But underneath there's this incredible pain and hurt that's just so tangible and almost leaps off the page that my heart literally hu...more

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Dec 23, 2011

Samantha (Falling Books) rated it

Shelves: 2011-release, amazing-loved-it, all-time-favourites, book-with-gorgeous-boy, i-own, made-me-cry-my-eyes-out

All night I've been thinking: 3stars? 4stars? 5Stars? How do I feel about this?

I originally gave this book 5 stars but after finding out the answers to all my questions i felt dissappointed..........i must say.....everything was predictable and well, i'm just really sad.......

I thought Nat was a great person but after reading the last few scenes....I felt sick and angry.....I'd fallen for him so bad and to find out that he wasn't the boy I thought he was......i don't wan...more

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Jan 15, 2012

FashionDayDreamer rated it

The MC, Grace, is a bitch. Pure and simple. Every little thing someone says (that's not sugarcoated to death) she gets VERY defensive. She always has to snap back, be rude and an awful person. She knows she's a terrible person. She blames her upbringing for the way she's turned out: a mess. Excessively drinking, having sex (started at 14) and cutting. Her father died and her mother isn't really one. Okay, fine, I get it, but really? Did she need to turn out that bad? Her mother was hardly the wo...moreThe MC, Grace, is a bitch. Pure and simple. Every little thing someone says (that's not sugarcoated to death) she gets VERY defensive. She always has to snap back, be rude and an awful person. She knows she's a terrible person. She blames her upbringing for the way she's turned out: a mess. Excessively drinking, having sex (started at 14) and cutting. Her father died and her mother isn't really one. Okay, fine, I get it, but really? Did she need to turn out that bad? Her mother was hardly the worst person on the planet. I've seen way worse. Her mother has an obsession with shoes and sometimes leaves Grace alone for a week to go shopping in London. Yes, she's not very caring, but I don't believe she's chronically bad.

Grace can be funny, but most of the time I just had to push my eyeballs back into their sockets, for fear they would roll out of my head. I can NOT believe someone like her actually manages to keep a best friend. Really, the way she treats Sal is disgusting. Why the hell be friends with Grace for? Sal is much quieter than Grace and has a lot of free time, but still. She can do better (or not have any friends at all would be better if it meant getting rid of Grace).

She cuts a lot. And I mean a lot. At one point she cuts her legs and the bed is SOAKED in blood. I'm not quite sure what cutting is supposed to achieve, but I guess it's like crying -- after a good cry (a good cut) you feel relieved. True, I think, but why does she want to in ten or twenty years time look down and be reminded of what those scars mean? I mean, isn't that the worst part of it all? Scars? Forever reminding her of her awful past? I don't think I'll ever truly understand cutting, but Grace's story DID make me a bit more open-minded about it. I felt that I could understand better why people cut (minus the people who do it for attention, which Grace claims she doesn't as she tries her best to cut in places you won't see and tries to conceal them from Sal and Nat (her boyfriend). Um, why is he called Nat? That's a frigging girl's nickname for Natalie! His real name is Nathaniel, so call him Nate or Nathan. Duh!

Grace is overly sarcastic. I'm all up for a sassy character, but like with everything too much is a bad thing. Constantly rude, annoying, selfish, piggish, yuck. Terrible person. Her way or NO way. She forces people to do things a lot. She makes SURE she gets her own way, gets what she wants. Brat.

Isn't it soooooo annoying when people dooooooo this allllllll the time???!!!

That's what we have to put up with on every other page or so. Exaggerated words, CAPITALS WAY TOO OFTEN, italics to emphasise her bitchiness even more (no, please, no more; I can't take it!), and questions ending with a question mark and an exclamation mark. Like what's the point? Just irks my eyes.

As for the story...Who IS Ethan? Wtf? I still don't know? I know where she was at the end, what she tried to do, but who is Ethan? This story could have still made sense if you cut out the whole Ethan part altogether. I'm not sure why it's even there? I was thinking she was unconscious from the start, but at the end we know that's not the case.

Wow. There's a lot of swearing in this book. I was gobsmacked that a Young Adult book could contain so many "f*cking" in it (plus other swear words). It has more swearing than the House of Night books.

But that doesn't bother me at all. I swear a lot, so I'm not fussed. Just pointing it out to people who prefer none to little swearing in books.

Grace goes to bars and shops and nights out on the piss all the time and she's only seventeen. Her fake ID must be very good! She says how she used to buy, and still does, alcohol from the shop since she was fourteen. Um, I'm not sure where she lives, but here in the real world of the UK it's actually quite hard to pass as an eighteen year old when you're fourteen. The excuse for this that the old lady questions them and then believes them and then sells it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but right now it's hard get alcohol underage from shops UNLESS someone buys it for you, which many underage people around here do. I dunno, maybe I just live in a weird area.

So yeah, this book was okay. I mean, there wasn't much of a story apart from Nat then Sal then Grace then Nat again then Sal then Ethan then Grace then Nat then Sal then Devon then Ethan then Sal then Nat...

So yeah, you get the point. We're constantly flipping in between Ethan and her in the white room and then the past...I think. Nothing much happens. There's some suspense, don't get me wrong, but I think the story could have been told in the first 100 pages. There needed to be more going on. (less)

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Jan 07, 2012

♫Huneeya♥ rated it

This book would have been two stars if it wasn't for the amazing ending. I mean the whole <spoier> Nat-Sal thing (hide spoiler)] was completely predictable but I totally wasn't expecting the whole (view spoiler) thing. I'll admit, when I finished the book I was like 'WHAT?! THAT'S THE END?! BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!! (view spoiler) was completely predictable but I totally wasn't expecting the whole (view spoiler) thing. I'll admit, when I finished the book I was like 'WHAT?! THAT'S THE END?! BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!! (view spoiler) and then, like, 10 minutes later I was like 'Ohhh, I get it now.' Stupid me...

At the beginning of the book, I was like 'Hmm...this sounds cool, the writing style seems okay...' but then as it went on, the writing style got worse and worse and at some points it seemed really amateur, almost like a first draft. But the ending was written perfectly, the last chapter or so. It reminded me a bit of Wintergirls (although not nearly as amazing) and I just kept wondering why the rest of the book wasn't written as well?

And the plot was kind of annoying as well. Here's a summary:
Sex. Boys. Best friend. Confused. Sex. Alcohol. Sex. Alcohol. Sex. Alcohol. Hospital
I mean, what?! What was the need for that?!

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Aug 18, 2011

Sya rated it

At first glance, the plot of Entangled appears at first to be one kind of story before quietly changing into something completely different. When we meet protagonist Grace, she has been saved from killing herself by an attractively aloof stranger, Ethan. The thing is, Ethan seems to have saved her by...er...kidnapping her. As kidnappings go it hasn't been too traumatic. He's provided her with a clean, white room, regular servings of her favourite food and some paper and pens on which to writ...moreAt first glance, the plot of Entangled appears at first to be one kind of story before quietly changing into something completely different. When we meet protagonist Grace, she has been saved from killing herself by an attractively aloof stranger, Ethan. The thing is, Ethan seems to have saved her by...er...kidnapping her. As kidnappings go it hasn't been too traumatic. He's provided her with a clean, white room, regular servings of her favourite food and some paper and pens on which to write. Ethan doesn't say much bar the odd mysterious utterance and so eventually, out of boredom, Grace begins to write down her recent memories which slowly thread together to become the story within the story of her kidnap.

Grace is something else. Not everyone is going to like her – I'm not entirely sure that I did. On one hand she's a young woman: funny, strong and devil-may-care but on the other she is a child floundering in a sea of grief and neglectful parenting, leaning hugely on her best friend and boyfriend who struggle to stop her from drowning. Of Grace's many issues, the most prevalent is her desire to self harm and as the story progresses she cuts deeper and deeper. I had a close friend who self-harmed and Grace's behaviour signaled to me a spiraling out of control that was all too familiar. I found it uncomfortable and upsetting to read. Equally, as with my friend, I found it utterly infuriating. Grace is intelligent and pretty, with her whole life in front of her but she cannot see past her present. I found myself getting angry and frustrated with her depression and denial, not to mention the self-absorption that so often comes with both. Grace is a very real character and, love her or loathe her, it is impossible not to feel her pain.

Sal, Nat and Ethan make up almost the rest of Entangled's small cast of characters. I liked Sal a lot. I could identify with her worry over Grace, with her fear and with her confusion over how to deal with the issue. At the same age as Grace, she has no idea how to help her friend but clearly cares greatly for her. Struggling to get over her own recent trauma, I understood why Sal might lash out at Grace and certainly why she might not want to tell her the details of the event. Towards the end of the book I could, again, understand how Sal ended up where she did. She's not perfect, despite what Grace may think, and finds herself clinging to the nearest life raft in Grace's storm.

Nat is a character who was less clear to me. While he seems perfectly nice, caring and thoughtful his motivations become muddier as the book progresses. However, he is nothing if not a realistic portrayal of a young man caught up in a difficult situation. Like Sal, he cares for Grace but is ill-equipped to really help her and flounders along in her wake slowly but surely making her situation more and more precarious. Ethan is a complete enigma and it's hard to talk too much about him without spoiling the over all story. The scenes in which he and Grace are together are some of the most powerful in the book and, as their situation becomes increasingly bizarre, also some of the most moving. Most importantly, Ethan allows Grace to view her situation (both past and present) objectively for perhaps the first time in her life.

Entangled, while gripping, is not a comfortable read. Grace's life is a train-wreck waiting to happen and while she cannot see it herself, readers will recognise instantly the inexorably slope towards disaster. This crashing inevitability is Entangled's main strength, the author using it to create a suffocating atmosphere of inescapable sadness. This title isn't always comfortable to read but it is an acute and searing account of a breakdown on many levels, be it familial, friendship or mental. It attacks familiar issues with an honesty and bluntness that is refreshing, frightening and certainly worth reading. More than anything Entangled is about seeing yourself clearly as others see you and seeing them as they see themselves for often the most important truths are the ones we intentionally blind ourselves to. With this debut Cat Clarke has cemented herself as one to watch on the YA scene. Brilliant stuff.
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Jul 03, 2011

Kousha rated it

Shelves: favorites

i loved this book. I thought that the character of Grace was told just perfectly. You could really bond with her and understand her pain completely. Normally for me a book where the heroine/ hero is self harming will normally just make me want to drop the book, because normally the characters end up coming across so over dramatic and pathetic, but i never felt that whilst i read Entangled. It sort of fit into the book, which i think is quite a hard thing to achieve, and you still could bond with...more

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Jun 26, 2011

Laura rated it

I don't know what to say about this one. I read it in a night and couldn't put it down. I was desperately fixated by Grace's "tangled life" and wanted her to be able to wipe her slate clean. I empathised painfully with her. To an extent.

There was a lot about Grace that I didn't like. It seemed like in every scene she had a drink in her hand and she wasn't a pleasant drunk. Her recounted story about how she lost her virginity in a grotty park play-structure made me feel kind o...moreI don't know what to say about this one. I read it in a night and couldn't put it down. I was desperately fixated by Grace's "tangled life" and wanted her to be able to wipe her slate clean. I empathised painfully with her. To an extent.

There was a lot about Grace that I didn't like. It seemed like in every scene she had a drink in her hand and she wasn't a pleasant drunk. Her recounted story about how she lost her virginity in a grotty park play-structure made me feel kind of sick with disgust. Her coldness towards her mother made me cringe. There were reasons for all of these things but I couldn't help but feel like Grace was exacerbating her "victim" status in a self-flagellating way. But then I suppose that was part of Grace's character. She lives wild and she lives painfully in order to be able to feel something, anything at all.

To say Grace was "rough-around-the-edges" would be an understatement. And yet, Cat Clarke weaves Grace's story in such a way that we can see how she has become such a fallen figure. We might not exactly like Grace to begin, but we learn to at least sympathise with her. The uncomfortable moments are there deliberately, and Grace's depression is dealt with as a serious, psychological condition. She makes herself hurt because without that pain, she feels she has nothing.

As the story progresses, I started to see Grace as the tragic figure she was. I figured out what I think was meant to be the plot twist quickly, but this added to the tension of the novel. It made me want to scream at certain characters and to punch others in the face. These characters will have you hyperventilating with rage, trust me. The allow Grace to get a taste of what it means to be at peace with herself and almost happy! Then...they take it away. Her fall is so much harder after she allows herself to be lifted up briefly by love and hope.

I am desperately hoping that there will be a follow-up to Entangled, but haven't seen any news of one. I want this follow up because the ending of this book made me feel sad and scared and hollow. Grace has her weaknesses, but she doesn't deserve the pain she and others put her through. Seriously, Ms. Clarke. Even a short story would do!

*Makes puppy dog eyes*

There has been a lot of discussion recently about what content belongs in YA fiction. I'm sure that many might view Entangled as one of those bad influences. I disagree. The idea of self-harm and suicide is not glamorised or made to sound like any kind of escape: Grace's actions disgust ever herself, let alone the reader. The sexual content is discussed with warnings of pregnancy on the one hand, and the idea that you can think you know someone without having a clue on the other. The audience will wish that Grace could have held onto her morals a little more tightly. Her promiscuity only exacerbates her self-esteem issues and makes her feel worse.

Overall, Entangled is a powerful read that I would recommend to older YA readers due to its content. There's a part of me that really wants to give this 5 stars, but I'm withholding one of them until I hear of a coming sequel! A hostage star...think it'll work?

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Jun 01, 2011

Xxpinknikkixx123 rated it

Shelves: ya, it-s-okay-ish

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. There were two reasons why I bought this book.
1) The cover was stunning, absolutely beautiful. Even though they say that you should never judge a book by it's cover I just couldn't help it.
2) I had heard about this book before and the premise was excellent. I loved the mystery behind the whole 'kidnapped in a room with only pens and paper' thing. I was really looking forward to discovering what was happening and as a result of that I finished the book in one sitting.
and 3) I ...moreThere were two reasons why I bought this book.
1) The cover was stunning, absolutely beautiful. Even though they say that you should never judge a book by it's cover I just couldn't help it.
2) I had heard about this book before and the premise was excellent. I loved the mystery behind the whole 'kidnapped in a room with only pens and paper' thing. I was really looking forward to discovering what was happening and as a result of that I finished the book in one sitting.
and 3) I know this doesn't actually count as a reason but I have a pet cat called Clarkie. :)

Well, I have to say that I was disappointed unfortunately. It was ok, but not great. I can understand that some people adored the book, the countless sweet moments and the "supposedly" big twist at the end but I can also understand how people hated it. A girl at 17, whiny, suicidal, a drunk, cuts herself, sleeps with anyone etc, it can be very hard to read for some people. Personally though, I don't have a problem with the main character, Grace, as there are actual people who are like that in the real world. Clarke just wanted someone like that in her story, and to be honest she is quite a spunky character, (she has 'Eeyore' pajamas :D ) so who is to complain?

But, ignoring the characters for now I was really disappointed with the plot line that promised so much and never delivered. I wished so much that Clarke would surprise me with something brilliant and awe-inspiring but in actual fact it was just so cliche that I nearly cried. I knew that Nat and Sal, her boyfriend and best friend, were sleeping together since 1/4 of the way in, (lets face it, Clarke was dropping hints on nearly every page) but for the actual whole white room to be a dream. Come on Clarke, surely you could have done better than that.
Even if Grace was kidnapped and she just ended up escaping from this weird creep I would have been happier. Oh well, I suppose we can't all have what we want.

Another thing that drove me crazy was her mother. Nearly every book out their is about some neglected teen whose parents hate them or are never around. I would have preferred the mother to be someone who cares too much and then Grace had to sneak out, or for Clarke to even give more depth about her mother. Like for the readers to see her mourning the loss of her husband, so she doesn't seem like such a heartless person who sleeps with her husbands best friend (ie. Uncle Mick)

I don't feel that much towards Ethan, He was a figment of her imagination after all so I don't have much to say about him. However I would just like to say that I loved Sal as a character, and Nat. Loads of people probably hate them for being such B****s to Grace but in my eyes it seemed like one of those situations that couldn't be helped. They liked each other and cared for each other but Grace seemed to get all 'Entangled' into something she shouldn't have. (Pardon the pun, a way too overused phrase) Which wasn't her fault by the way. I just see Grace as an unfortunate victim. If it was set in the eyes of Sal or Nat, Grace would definitely be the bad guy so I can't complain about any of them.

So, over all Entangled wasn't great. Yes I won't give it a bad review because it did shine in some places. For instance I couldn't help but smile at some of the sweet moments and cheesy jokes and this book really did interest me when i saw it. But it definitely doesn't deserve full stars, as somehow it wasn't what I was expecting. It didn't give me something original or completely mind blowing so I guess I can't say that I enjoyed it. Yes it was funny, Yes it was sweet, but I can't say Yes, this book is amazing.
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May 20, 2011

Larissa rated it

Shelves: own

Grace is impulsive, reckless, selfish and a flirt. Just your typical seventeen year old with a fiery temper and hair to match. She doesn't believe in turning down a drink or a kiss from a boy if he's not half bad looking, actually there isn't much she wont say no to, except her mum of course. But while on the outside Grace is doing her best to hide the hurt, on the inside she is desperately trying to hold on to the only two people who mean anything to her.

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Mar 29, 2011

Sam rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. wow. ok i loved this book,it's so original and you actually have to think about it the plot. it has a psychological twist,and i loved the fact that it made up a world of herself and her life in her head with Ethan, and the idea of how she realised it all by writing it down,wich was why she was there,to finally understand herself.OK,so this is bassically what happens...

Grace is at the point were she's planning on killing herself and at that very moment she meets mysterious Ethan.A str...more

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Mar 13, 2011

Becky rated it

Recommends it for: People who love gritty, emotive stories

Shelves: read-for-review

Entangled is an emotional journey. It is raw and tender and sad and funny and for me about the deep inner truth that lies inside all of us.

We enter Grace’s story on Day 3. She is sitting at a table and writing. Why? Because there is no other option. She is being held against her will. She is a prisoner within a crisp white room. A mysterious boy-practically-a-man named Ethan is keeping her locked up. He hasn’t hurt her yet but why else would he be keeping her there? Grace meets...moreEntangled is an emotional journey. It is raw and tender and sad and funny and for me about the deep inner truth that lies inside all of us.

We enter Grace’s story on Day 3. She is sitting at a table and writing. Why? Because there is no other option. She is being held against her will. She is a prisoner within a crisp white room. A mysterious boy-practically-a-man named Ethan is keeping her locked up. He hasn’t hurt her yet but why else would he be keeping her there? Grace meets Ethan on the night that she decides to commit suicide. That is not a spoiler (in case you are wondering) it is the first line of the book. The mystery of the story is far more complex.

I can hardly say any more for fear of giving the plot away. So I am not going to. This is likely to be a really weird and baffling review.

When I was reading Entangled, I felt like I had Cat in my head reading out the story. Grace’s voice is convincing as an angry, defensive seventeen year old. I liked her from the beginning. Yes she is snarky and at times self-centred but I think there is a truth in that. We can all be that way especially if we have insecurities about who we are or what we look like.

As well as Grace and Ethan, there are Sal and Nat. I don’t have any strong feelings about Sal. I will say that her “wake up and be positive everyday-ness” is kind of me. I am a half glass full kind of girl and I think that sometimes this outlook can be really difficult for other people to cope with who don’t share it. On the one hand the half-empty people love it, they feed off my enthusiasm and lemon zestiness and on the other hand, they hate it because it isn’t something that comes naturally to them and it reminds them that I have a contentedness they are missing out on. I am not saying that my outlook or their outlook is right, but this friction between outlooks is something that is real and challenging in close friendships.

I do have strong feelings about Nat. I do not like him. What can I say? There was one scene that really made me mad at him. If you’ve read the book, it is probably not the one you’re thinking of.

Entangled is an absolute page-turner. I felt compelled to know more, more, more. The further I got into Grace’s story the more emotional I felt. She has a deep inner sadness. At the beginning of the story Grace has many questions. At the end of the novel, I had questions. But I’ve decided that at the heart of this novel is the premise that some questions can never be answered. Incredibly sad, because it is true. Entangled is a book to make you weep and remind you that everybody needs somebody to understand them.
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Feb 09, 2011

Rebecca P rated it

Shelves: owned, published-2011, read-in-2011, ya

I really didn't want to like this book. Honestly. But I do. When I started reading it I hated Grace, she was the kind of girl that I would have avoided like the plague at school - she's an underage drinker who sleeps with anything that moves. But thinking back, that isn't fair to her. I found myself finding things that I liked about her, she's fiercely loyal to her best friend Sal, and she uses falling in love as a reason to start her life over. And I think this is what makes me like the book so...more

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Jan 09, 2011

Melanie rated it

Wow, what can I say about Entangled?

Well it's a must read. It's hard going with the 'self harm' aspects which for many books I've read with sucicde, self harm etc this was well written. I wasn't left wondering why Grace cut herself, more with an understanding of it all.

I was a little dissapointed with the ending, for I wanted to know what happened in the end (I won't go into that here as I don't want to spoil it for others).

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Oct 18, 2010

Amanda rated it

Shelves: ya, review-copy

It isn't often that I remark on book covers during book reviews (since I believe it is the contents of the book that are important) but in this case I really have to! The cover to Entangled is simply beautiful and I'm sure will have people reaching for the book from the shelf.

And this is the story that they will read when they do: Grace is a rather bolshy teenager with her fair share of problems. However, they seem to have faded into significance rather when she wakes up in a featurele...moreIt isn't often that I remark on book covers during book reviews (since I believe it is the contents of the book that are important) but in this case I really have to! The cover to Entangled is simply beautiful and I'm sure will have people reaching for the book from the shelf.

And this is the story that they will read when they do: Grace is a rather bolshy teenager with her fair share of problems. However, they seem to have faded into significance rather when she wakes up in a featureless white room, kidnapped by a mysterious individual called Ethan. While she is kept captive, she is provided paper and pen and starts to write her recent history as a way to pass the time, telling the reader about her best friend Sal and her gorgeous boyfriend Nat. As the story reaches its conclusion, we learn the truth about Grace and her relationships in heartbreaking fashion.

This is not an easy book to read. It has funny moments, and the voice of Grace is strong and snarky, but it is more in the vein of Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma than anything more light-hearted - dealing in delicate matters with great sensitivity.

Cat Clarke writes the voice of a teenage girl perfectly, with all of the paranoia, and sulks, and constant feelings of being misunderstood, as well as the attitude and cheek and fun. Grace is a hard character to like in the beginning - she is spiky and rebellious, enjoys fun with boys a little too much, and cuts herself... It takes the course of the book to understand Grace and her motivations, and the ending, when it comes, is truly harrowing - as well as somewhat hopeful.

To start with I wasn't at all sure about the sequences involving Ethan - I didn't know why he would have kidnapped Grace. As the mystery unfolds, I found myself gripped and then I admired Clarke's method of delivering the rest of Grace's tale via flashbacks as she writes down what had happened. By the end, Ethan is a very integral part of the novel and I couldn't see how Clarke could have achieved the same without him.

The one part of the novel I struggled with was Grace's friendship with Sal - I know that Sal was going through tough times during the course of the novel, but I honestly couldn't see why Grace would really like Sal. Of course, I might be forgetting the way that I made friends as a teenage age - simply orientating myself with those who liked the same things I did - but I do wish we'd seen more of Grace's and Sal's friendship beginning and then growing before the events of the book happened.

Also, as mentioned, I did find myself wanting to shake Grace at times - I guess I can attribute this to the skill of Clarke's writing, but it does make it hard to care about a character when they are so stubborn and bitchy.

The prose was delivered in first person, which ended up driving the plot forward at a sharp pace. I read the book in just one sitting, and found myself compelled to discover the mystery of Ethan and just what had happened to put Grace in her position. Clarke has delivered a very current, fresh debut novel and I look forward to reading more of her output. (less)

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Oct 03, 2010

Caroline rated it

Shelves: young-adult, contemporary

We begin the story with Grace, she is locked in a room and she doesn't know where she is and/or if she'll ever get out. That is the only information we are given about her. The first sentence propels us directly into the action wondering why Grace wanted to commit suicide in the first place and why has she now been kidnapped.
In her room, there is only a bed and a table with paper and pens. The only thing she can do is write, thus giving the reader an insight into her head. We go back in ti...moreWe begin the story with Grace, she is locked in a room and she doesn't know where she is and/or if she'll ever get out. That is the only information we are given about her. The first sentence propels us directly into the action wondering why Grace wanted to commit suicide in the first place and why has she now been kidnapped.
In her room, there is only a bed and a table with paper and pens. The only thing she can do is write, thus giving the reader an insight into her head. We go back in time as she scribbles the words on the page about her past and as she tells us what happens with her mysterious kidnapper Ethan.

As she writes, we realise that Grace is not the easiest person to love or to care for. Even though she is bright and has good results at school, she is stuck into a very self-destructive spiral (alcohol, one-night stands, cutting...) and doesn't let others help nor see she is suffering. Grace has very bad relations with her (mostly absent) mother and her best friend Sal is there for her only up to a certain point. She meets Nat and he seems perfect (gentle, caring, interesting) but Grace is constantly thinking that she doesn't deserve someone that good.

I won't dwell on the kidnapping part, but the story is mainly about Grace and about all the events building up throughout the years leading her to want to put an end to her life. It is about how she has been consistently let down by everyone, including herself. She functions as a human being but she is very far from being happy, she has been cutting herself for years and getting drunk and going out with many boys/men regularly.

This is what I liked the most about the book, it is about someone you wouldn't want as the hero of a book. Someone you probably wouldn't care for, had you seen her in the street. But you realise that there is so much more to her than meets the eye. Grace is worth reading about and her voice is so unique and yet so universal that you will not want to forget her.

The book is written in Grace's point of view in the present tense, it is very haunting because we don't know how it might end. The dialogues and situations in the book are very real. If I go out on Saturday night I will probably see girls doing the same things Grace does in the book, the same if I listen to some high school girls talking on the bus. Cat Clarke creates characters very realistic in their personalities and actions. I could picture them talking in my mind the whole time, I didn't for one second read it as a moralistic tale written by an adult pretending to be a teenager. The story is very down-to-earth and realistic and yet it keeps the reader captivated the whole time. I couldn't put the book down before finishing it and I have been thinking about Grace ever since, wanting to hold her in my arms and simply listen to her.

To tell you the truth, this story resonated in me more profoundly because I had a friend in high school who was in the exact same position as Grace (self-destructive spiral for the same reasons) and nothing could stop her from dealing with the pain this way. Like Grace, she didn't really know why but it wasn't hurting so much when she was cutting, and she always said she was in control. It is not an issue easy to raise or to try to fix. But it is worth trying. If you care enough to look, then you will see the scars, and not only the visible ones. It is a very profound story and as Grace is a very complex character we come to discover at the same time as she discovers herself, the different layers of the book unfold progressively.

I should probably add that the book is also hilarious! Grace's voice is very clear and distinctive and she has the funniest retorts. You will be surprised to laugh out loud regularly while reading this book. And even though the subject is quite dark, the book is not depressing, on the contrary, there is a positive note.

I really loved this book. Cat Clarke writes on such a sensitive subject with a very original approach and an endearing voice. You will not forget Grace. At times I was laughing out loud and at others I was moved to tears. Cat is a very promising new addition to the young adult genre.

Due to some explicit content, I wouldn't advise it to younger teenage readers without informing them.(less)

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Aug 16, 2011

Yvo rated it

Shelves: books-read-2011, books-i-own

Grace wacht alleine in einem Raum auf. Alles ist weiß, das Bett, die Bettbezüge, der Stuhl und der Tisch. Sie kann sich nichts erinnern. Auf dem Tisch liegen nur Papier und Stifte. Warum ist sie hier? Was ist passiert?

Langsam erinnert sie sich daran, dass sie sich umbringen wollte und Ethan sie entführt hat, bevor sie es tun konnte. Aber warum? Und warum hat er ihr noch nichts getan? Was hat er mitihr vor und warum will sie sich umbringen?

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Mar 14, 2011

Colleen rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'm always biased against books like this one because my social circle is mostly made up of some pretty messed up individuals, so my enitial review of this book was actually quite damning. I didn't want to be unfair to this book, though, because if I'm honest, it wasn't bad. It just hit a nerve. So, I deleted it and decided to re-write it, blocking out the relations to my life and the lives of people I care about.

Grace is a depressed teenager whose dad commited suicide for apparently...moreI'm always biased against books like this one because my social circle is mostly made up of some pretty messed up individuals, so my enitial review of this book was actually quite damning. I didn't want to be unfair to this book, though, because if I'm honest, it wasn't bad. It just hit a nerve. So, I deleted it and decided to re-write it, blocking out the relations to my life and the lives of people I care about.

Grace is a depressed teenager whose dad commited suicide for apparently no reason. After that, her mother became distant and left Grace feeling alone and unloved. The poor girl never fitted in anywhere, which led her to self-harming as a distraction from the pain.
She went off the rails - drank a lot, had sex a lot, lived behind a mask.
She made a friend, Sal, and they become inseparable but she never feels that she is good enough, deserving enough. Enough.
Her life progresses in its usual way - the way that is wrong and crap and that makes her miserable, but she can't seem to escape because its what she's come to expect and therefore what makes her feel comfortable.
Then one day, her world begins to fall apart. Her best friend is pregnant and shuts her out. Now, for someone who has no one, that is the hardest thing in the world to cope with. To everyone else, its just losing one person, but to her, its losing the world. She can't quite get over the fact that Sal won't confide in her when she has told Sal so much, but she is willing to accept it for the sake of their friendship - to save the life of the only thing she has left.
Sometimes, though, wanting isn't enough. And Grace realises this. She and Sal fall out. They don't talk to one another for months.
During this time, Grace meets and falls hopelessly in love with Nat. Now, she is blind to things that would have most of us screaming 'MOVE ON' and such, but think about it - she has nothing left, so she's clutching at straws to find SOMETHING, ANYthing that makes life worth living.
So here she is, forcing herself to care about this man until she actually does. That's when things start to go wrong.

In the end, Grace is left 'kidnapped' in a room by a boy called Ethan. Now, I figured out almost the entire plot of this story by page fifty, so for me it wasn't fantastic walking through Grace's problems with her.
Ethan WAS Grace. She attempted suicide in that den and was having an outer body experience. Or a dream, as Ethan hinted at it being when he told her that dreams could change one's perspective. This gorgeous, perfect boy she was 'held captive' by was herself - the beauty inside of herself that she forgot to see. He was who she could have been, if only there was a Y instead of an X inside her daddy's sperm. He was born from her distress, her attempt at taking her life, and he was there to help her become one again and to accept that she didn't NEED to constantly find someone to cling to, some reason to live. She was reason enough and she was wonderful enough and everything she thought she wasn't.
She had to tell her story, end her story, accept her story and most of all, herself and until then, she would sit at the desk and write. She chose to stay. She chose to fix herself. Once she was as close to being fixed as she could be, she left and she 'woke' in a hospital bed where she could recover and rejoin the world.

When I strip it down like that, I can appreciate it as a beautiful story, even if Grace was an annoying stupid b*tch most of the time because I suppose I can understand it, to a point. It ended in the right place, a complete turn around from the first line in which she wanted to die.
I didn't LIKE this book, and I would NEVER read it again. The characters, the issues Grace faced, the way she was portrayed all irritated me. To me, this was one long boring book of irritation. But for me, that's because I know people whose parents have committed suicide. I know people who have had worse than that thrown at them. I know from personal experience what trauma does to you. I didn't feel any of those emotions or see any of the struggles that I face or my friends face in this book. To me, Grace didn't SOUND depressed. It felt like we were just TOLD she was depressed and expected to believe it. I didn't like that. I don't think this book did the issue justice, but perhaps it wasn't meant to.(less)

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Feb 04, 2011

Jessie rated it

Shelves: dac-2011, 2011-reads

I didn't really know what to expect when I began Entangled. Why is Grace in a white room with writing as the only thing she can do? Who is this Ethan that has kidnapped her? Why would he kidnap her in to begin with? All of these questions bugged me for most of the book, then all of a sudden it all started to make sense. When I started I didn't really know if I would enjoy a book about a girl stuck in a room only allowed to write, I didn't know if there would be enough story to keep me readi...more

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Nov 04, 2011

Alipeli rated it

Hlavní postavou této novely je Grace, která se probudí v pokoji, do kterého neví, jak se tam dostala. Poslední na co si dokáže vzpomenout je, že šla do místního parku spáchat sebevraždu. V pokoji je pouze postel, stůl a veliký štos papírů s tužkou. Vše je pouze v bílé barvě. Jejím věznitele v pokoji je Ethan, který ji nosí stále jídlo a chce po ní, aby psala. Takže Grace začne psát, co jí dovedlo k tomu, aby spáchala sebevraždu. Popisuje přátelství mezi ní a její nejlepší kamarádkou Sal, vztah s...more

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Jun 29, 2011

Lisa rated it

Shelves: disappointing, y-a

I expected a bit more from this book. The synopsis sounded so interesting.

I guess my problem was I pretty much knew what was going on less than halfway through the book and had to read through over 200 pages knowing where it was all leading. That can be pretty annoying.
The main character, Grace, was not exactly someone you could really gain anything from. It's nice to see a character grow or change in some way but I didn't get that with Grace. There was the slightest change in h...moreI expected a bit more from this book. The synopsis sounded so interesting.

I guess my problem was I pretty much knew what was going on less than halfway through the book and had to read through over 200 pages knowing where it was all leading. That can be pretty annoying.
The main character, Grace, was not exactly someone you could really gain anything from. It's nice to see a character grow or change in some way but I didn't get that with Grace. There was the slightest change in her at the end that was pretty miniscule. She was not exactly likable in any way and she didn't become likable at any point.

She is basically a girl who has had a few bad things happen to her. And I'm not talking anything out of the ordinary. Just basic "bad" things that a lot of people go through. However, she deals with these things by cutting herself and at the beginning of the book, she is planning to kill herself in the park. This is not giving anything away as she tells you pretty much right away she wants to kill herself.

Then she gets kidnapped by a strangely beautiful male named Ethan. She is kept in an immaculate(mostly white) room where she is given paper and pens. She begins to write about what led to her wanting to commit suicide.

It's mostly a dragged out story that has (for me) a predictable ending. I found Grace really unlikable. Maybe I'm just callous but she seemed to fall apart too easily. I can't summon much sympathy for people who self injure, even if they have a good reason. Grace was always screaming for attention. She was selfish and self-involved. Destructive and obnoxious.

I think my main problem with this book was my dislike of Grace, and also the fact that I could guess the entire plot almost right away.

I actually liked her friend Sal better. She wasn't perfect but she seemed like a good person caught in an awkward situation.

For the male characters, there were Ethan, Nat and Devon. Ethan was weird, for more than one reason. Nat was a bit of a twat, really, and I can't see what Grace really saw in him. And Devon wasn't in the book much but he seemed like a decent guy.

The writing in this book was okay. I wouldn't say there was anything bad about it, but there was nothing beautiful or awe-inspiring about it either.

So I rate it a 3, maybe stretching to a 3 1/2 stars. It wasn't awful but I wouldn't read it again.(less)

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Jan 08, 2012

Mikaela rated it

Shelves: owned, kick-ass-covers, brain-needed

This book was amazing. It was one of those stories that you really had to THINK about. The authour didn't just give you all the answers to the riddles, she gave you the information you needed and just let you figure out the rest.

The characters were brilliant and had actual personalities (Seriously, you may think that isn't something to be proud of, but after the string of disastrous books I've read, let me tell you that it really IS!)

A definite recommend read!

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