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The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1)
by Kimberly Derting (Goodreads Author)
by Kimberly Derting (Goodreads Author)
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bookshelves: love-the-premise, 2010, hype-fail, i-thought-i-would-love-this-but
Nov 15, 10
bookshelves: love-the-premise, 2010, hype-fail, i-thought-i-would-love-this-but
2.5 stars
This is a hard one for me to rate. First off, I flew through it - it's an easy and fairly addictive read - but I don't think it's a book that will linger or be a favourite.
For a serial killer book, it wasn't that creepy and there weren't clues for the reader to feel a part of the investigation (which is part of the thrill for me as a reader). I can't help but think of books in this similar genre in Adult fiction which pack a lot more punch, and maybe it's unfair to compare a YA novel with Adult thrillers, but it fell a little flat for me - there was nothing original or surprising about the killing/investigation part of the story.
The book really was more about Jay and Violet. Unlike most people, I found Jay to be fairly dull despite his gorgeous grin. We are told he and Violet are best friends, told he is hot and then watch for a good quarter of the book how half the girls in the school are falling all over him. The scenes with him and Violet were sweet, but he didn't do anything to impress me. His dialogue was standard, neither funny or brilliant.
That is, until half way through. Okay, so after the party - things turned (suddenly) hot and Jay's personality finally showed up. It just took half a book for him to get there. And considering nothing happened between him and Violet for the first half, well, Derting more than made up for that in the second half. Jay knows how to charm the parents but once they leave the room, he brings the sexy right on back.
As for the supporting cast of friends, they all seemed a little interchangeable - none made an impression on me.
I did love the family vibe, Vi's parents were cool and so was her uncle.
This book is written for teens and it probably is the perfect blend for them - some wish fulfilment with a hot stud of a best friend turned boyfriend, lots of sexy/hot scenes that are still PG, a not too freaky serial killer to ease young teens into the genre - (although when I was a teen I read lots of thriller/killer adult fiction with some freaky bad dudes and coped pretty well :)
This is a hard one for me to rate. First off, I flew through it - it's an easy and fairly addictive read - but I don't think it's a book that will linger or be a favourite.
For a serial killer book, it wasn't that creepy and there weren't clues for the reader to feel a part of the investigation (which is part of the thrill for me as a reader). I can't help but think of books in this similar genre in Adult fiction which pack a lot more punch, and maybe it's unfair to compare a YA novel with Adult thrillers, but it fell a little flat for me - there was nothing original or surprising about the killing/investigation part of the story.
The book really was more about Jay and Violet. Unlike most people, I found Jay to be fairly dull despite his gorgeous grin. We are told he and Violet are best friends, told he is hot and then watch for a good quarter of the book how half the girls in the school are falling all over him. The scenes with him and Violet were sweet, but he didn't do anything to impress me. His dialogue was standard, neither funny or brilliant.
That is, until half way through. Okay, so after the party - things turned (suddenly) hot and Jay's personality finally showed up. It just took half a book for him to get there. And considering nothing happened between him and Violet for the first half, well, Derting more than made up for that in the second half. Jay knows how to charm the parents but once they leave the room, he brings the sexy right on back.
As for the supporting cast of friends, they all seemed a little interchangeable - none made an impression on me.
I did love the family vibe, Vi's parents were cool and so was her uncle.
This book is written for teens and it probably is the perfect blend for them - some wish fulfilment with a hot stud of a best friend turned boyfriend, lots of sexy/hot scenes that are still PG, a not too freaky serial killer to ease young teens into the genre - (although when I was a teen I read lots of thriller/killer adult fiction with some freaky bad dudes and coped pretty well :)
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Reading Progress
| 11/14/2010 | page 89 |
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26.0% | "not hooked yet - but i can see why it's a popular book." |
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Nov 15, 2010 04:18am
Great review. For me the strongest part of this story was definitely Violet and Jay because well I am a romantic sap. Also they just seemed like normal teenager apart from Violet sensing the dead :)
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LOL @ being a romantic sap :) I can be too. Yeah, they did seem like normal teenagers. I really liked Jay in the end. I'm going to get the sequel. I'll preorder it - it's around $8 at TBD.I guess I wanted to LOVE this book and I ended up just liking/really liking it.
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I haven't read this one yet. Hmmmm haven't said that today... :) But I do want to. 3.5 Stars seems like a solid rating. The other bookers seem to like it too so I can't wait to give it a go. Great review!
Arlene wrote: "I haven't read this one yet. Hmmmm haven't said that today... :) But I do want to. 3.5 Stars seems like a solid rating. The other bookers seem to like it too so I can't wait to give it a go. Great ..."I, for one, really liked this one! Hihi, a rhyme!
