Saving Zoë

by Alyson Noel

It's been one year since the brutal murder of her older sister, Zoë, and fifteen-year-old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Her parents are numb, her friends are moving on, and the awkward start to her freshman year proves she'll never live up to her sister's memory. Until Zoë's former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zoë's diary.

At first Echo's not interested, doubting there's anything in there she doesn't already know. But when curiosity prevails, she starts reading, becoming so immersed in her sister's secret world, their lives begin to blur, forcing Echo to uncover the truth behind Zoë's life so that she can start to rebuild her own.

Prepare to laugh your heart out and cry your eyes out in this highly addictive tale as Alyson Noël tackles the complicated relationship between two sisters and shows how the bond can endure long after one of them is gone.

Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Chick Lit, Mystery

230 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2007

About the author

*Note to readers: I'm slowly adding to the long list of books I've read, books I'm reading, and books I want to read. I only add books I loved, hence all my ratings are 5 stars.


Alyson Noël is the #1 NYT best-selling author of many award-winning and critically acclaimed novels for readers of all ages.

With 9 NYT bestsellers and millions of copies in print, her books have been translated into 36 languages, and have topped the NYT, USA Today, LA Times, Publisher’s Weekly, Wall Street Journal, NCIBA, and Walmart Bestsellers lists, as well as several international bestsellers lists.

She is best known for THE IMMORTALS series, THE RILEY BLOOM series, and SAVING ZOË, which was adapted into a movie now available on Amazon.

Upcoming works include:

RULING DESTINY- book 2, in the STEALING INFINITY series

STEALING INFINITY- Optioned for TV by Valhalla Entertainment - available now!

FIELD GUIDE TO THE SUPERNATURAL UNIVERSE - Optioned for TV by producers Charles Matthau and Michael Zoumas with Andrew Orenstein and Matt Hastings attached as show runners

Born and raised in Orange County, California, she’s lived in both Mykonos and Manhattan and is now settled in Southern California. Learn more at www.alysonnoel.com.

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Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate writing bad reviews. Hate, hate, hate, especially since Alyson Noël is an established author. But I don't know what else to do - there was absolutley nothing I enjoyed about Saving Zoë. By the end, I was annoyed by everything and just wanted to get it over with.

My first problem is the writing and style. Mainly, it isn't even written like a novel, more like the way an adult imagines a 15-year-old would speak, which annoyed me - yes, we say "like" too often, but writing a novel like that doesn't make the voice authentic, just annoying. Sometimes, though, in between that type of writing, there are a few passages attempting to sound deep, which just doesn't fit. Zoë's diary entries are just as annoying - that's just not how you write in a diary. As far as I know, when you write in a diary, you write about your feelings, and you don't use dialogue and long descriptions. There is almost no difference between the normal narrative and the diary entries, except things like writing "cuz" instead of "because". To me, it doesn't even seem realistic that Zoë kept a diary in the first place since she hates reading and anything academic.

The characters are also annoying. All of them have one or two characteristics - Abby is the bossy one, Jenay the optimistic, fun one, Echo the smart one, Zoë the outgoing, wild one, etc. - but none of them have actual personalities, no individual quirks whatsoever. They all just personify that one characteristic. For the characterization, the author only used telling, and no showing. I couldn't relate to Echo at all - I didn't even get any giref from her. Mainly, she doesn't seem like she misses Zoë at all, and then there are two or three passages about the "gaping hole" Zoë left in Echo's heart. Usually, I love reading about dealing with grief, but I didn't get anything like that from this novel - not from Echo and not from her parents. Marc is the only character with a bit of a personality, but I didn't really get his relationship with Echo either. Echo starts going out with her dead sister's boyfriend, but never once feels guilty about it.

There is no development, character growth or suspense; there isn't even much of a plot. That's not saying I need books to have loads of action - I love books that are mainly about inner processes and character growth - but since there is none of that, either... For me, the book never really got started. What Echo tells us about her life in the beginning has little to do with her sister's death, just teenage life. I thought the story might pick up once she starts reading Zoë's diary, but there's almost nothing in there the reader doesn't already know: only that she was killed by an Internet predator. The reader just gets to read about another boring teenage life, just with a different voice.

I didn't really get the point of the whole novel - it didn't make me feel anything, and it has no message other than warning readers of Internet predators - which, honestly, I think is kind of stupid - most of us who use sites like that aren't as stupid as the characters in Saving Zoë and know not to meet up with random people sending creepy messages. The ending didn't really do anything for me either - other than what happens to Jason, there is no relevation. I'm not even sure you can call it a relevation - the guy is creepy from the beginning on.

I don't know what else to say about Saving Zoë. I just didn't enjoy it - writing, plot, characters, none of it. Obviously, I don't recommend it, but I've read a few reviewers who like the same types of books as I do give this one positive reviews, so decide for yourself whether or not to read this book. I hope you enjoy it more than I did.

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[stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

how we see our siblings. how our siblings see us. how we don't see.

this book was kind of hard to read as an older sister. not because of anything in particular, but the things you take for granted - your friends knowing your siblings, the secrets you keep to protect the younger ones, to keep as your own, the way your relationship with your parents is different. the way idealization occurs, even when you aren't aware, and how such different personalities are still related, still sisters.

zoe kept a journal. zoe loved mark. zoe was murdered. mark was a suspect. mark gives echo zoe's journal. everyone misses zoe. no one really knew zoe. no one really knows echo. no one really knows mark.

is anyone ever really known?

this book predates Evermore, and i have to say, i love echo. i love her more than ever, a lot, and her story is so much more real - beyond the whole paranormal aspect of ever's story. echo is more simple, more honest.

i hope the immortals series causes more people to pick up Alyson Noel's other books, because they are totally worth it.

(secret: i kind of want her to stop writing the paranormal stuff, and go back to this type of book. because this book truly does echo after you read it. it's hard to shake. it's beautiful, aching, and real.)

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Saving Zoe is about a girl name Echo who's sister (Zoe) was murdered leaving her and her parents in pieces. Echo feels she is living under her sister's shadow and will never be the happy, care-free person she was or have the lust for life Zoe did. Echo's life hasn't been the same since, then Zoe's boyfriend (Marc) gives Echo Zoe's diary. As Echo reads Zoe's diary, she feels closer to her and wishes she was more like her and even starts to pretend she is Zoe. She starts getting closer to Marc, but she still has doubts that he might have something to do with her sister's death. As Echo reads Zoe's diary she learns about her life, her relationship with Marc and how she was planning to become and model/actress, how she meets Jason, but Zoe didn't know that she was in danger and some people weren't what they appeared to be. But what really did happen to Zoe?

Wow. Really good read! I couldn't put it down, they way the book built and all the pieces starting coming together at the end was brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough. A real tension builder.

Reminded me of
Thirteen Reasons Why .. if you like < then you'll love this ^_^

4/5

[PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps · Rating 1 out of 5]

Zoe was murdered two years ago, now Echo has her sister’s diary and learns more about Zoe’s life and death than she could have imagined.

SAVING ZOE is a bad book with good intentions. Echo learns that her sister was drugged, raped and videotaped, none of which had anything to do with her murder. Zoe’s diary showed her to be a horrible person (although that wasn’t Alyson Noel’s intention). She had a job as a receptionist to a psychologist and made fun of the clients, even reading her boyfriend’s file. She uses the word “retarded” to describe people she didn’t like. I could go on, but why dump. I’m sorry for any person who is drugged and raped, but that didn’t change my opinion of her.

Echo was aloof, distant and lied to her friends. Yes, she was grieving, but that’s not an excuse to treat her friends badly.

I can’t think of a reason for anyone to read this book.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alyson Noël was one of the first authors I ever read after reading Twilight, and I have to admit she really had me hooked with her Immortal Series. Admittedly it’s been a while since I’ve picked up any of her books but when I came across Saving Zoë on Audible UK, I thought I’d try it because I haven’t tried any YA contemporary by Alyson so far.

Saving Zoë is just over 6 hours long to listen to and I have to say within a few minutes I couldn’t stop listening. I literally spent my whole Sunday afternoon listening to this book while making Christmas cakes and I had so much fun, even though the book is based on such a hard subject. Zoë – Echo’s older sister is murdered and Echo and her family – including Zoë’s boyfriend Marc, are still struggling with her death. When Marc gives Echo Zoë’s diary, Echo is given the chance to truly get to know and understand her sister – but will she take it?

I really did enjoy this story – so much more than I originally thought I would. Its money well spent if you ask me. I wasn’t looking for anything to complicated, I wanted a short and enjoyable read and that’s what I got, but I also go so much more because it was emotional, gripping and mysterious too. All you really know from the start of the book is that Zoë was murdered, but you don’t know why or by who until later on, and by Echo reading her diary, you also get to know Zoë and what happened before her death. I really enjoyed it. It felt as though Zoë was there all the way through and even though I felt Zoë was a normal teenager, she just made a few mistakes along the way but for her, she paid a very high price for them.

I really enjoyed Echo’s character too. She goes through so much with the death of her sister that she will do anything to try and hold on to her – even going after her sister’s boyfriend. Echo and Marc have a complicated relationship, they meet to talk about Zoë and find a common ground but that’s about it. I was kind of rooting for them to be together but I guess it could never really work because although Zoë is gone, she is still a very big part of their lives. Not only that but there’s secondary characters that play a huge part in the story too, which was great because it added that little bit more to the story.

Overall, Alyson Noël doesn't disappoint me with Saving Zoë and I’m definitely going to be looking out for more of her contemporary novels.

[laaaaames · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this more than I did, but at the end of the day I didn't think the characterization of Echo, the protag, was consistent enough. I get she was sort of split between trying to be Zoe and then of course just being herself, but it was weird to read a book narrated by a fifteen-year-old with no experience who would then be so blase about making out with a boy, about drinking, about so many first-time experiences. One reason I really enjoy reading YA is that aspect of firsts. Life is really starting to happen and dealing with that should be really exciting to watch. I get that the story was ultimately about the relationship with Zoe, and truly getting to know Zoe, after her death, but if Echo was telling the story, why wasn't it more about her too?

Also it kind of reads, to me, like Noel would rather write about seventeen-year-olds (and I enjoy her work doing so more than this), so she throws them into a book about a fifteen-year-old as well as some older experiences, but I am not entirely convinced it meshes as well as it could.

Disappointing, given I like loss books and I like sister books.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every reader has his or her guilty pleasures. Mine is young adult novels.

Or should I say young adult novels as audio books to listen to while I'm working out (in this case, running). In many cases, young adult novels serve as a solid distraction as the miles go by without demanding that I hang on every word and stop paying attention to my pace or things coming up ahead like mud, vehicles, fellow runners or roaming animals.*

So imagine my surprise when I downloaded the audio version of Saving Zoe to my iPod and the novel not only toyed with my expectations but actually exceeded them. It was entertaining enough that not only did I listen while exercising, but I worked in other times to listen to the story, hooked in by the narrator and the story itself.

As the story begins, Echo fully admits that she's stuck in the stages of grief because of what happened to her older sister, Zoe, a year before. As her family tries to pick up the pieces of their lives with Zoe gone, Echo isn't sure how to relate to anyone anymore, her mother is on "happy pills" and her father is burying his grief by working too much. Entering high school should be a new and exciting time for Echo, but the specter of her older sister hangs above everything and everyone that Echo comes into contact with.

Enter Marc, the ex-boyfriend of her sister. On the night Zoe vanished, she left her backpack with Marc, including her diary. While Marc turned the backpack over to the authorities, he kept the diary and gives it to Echo for her birthday, hoping she will get to know who her sister really was in the months and weeks leading up to her disappearance.

It's from the reading of this diary that the novel gets its title. It's the first of several times in the story that Noel plays with our perceptions and expectations. Echo decides to parcel out the diary in bits to herself, saving the diary instead of reading it all in one sitting.

The answers of what happened to Zoe and how she met her fate quite honestly surprised me. As did the impact that Noel allows the events to have on her characters. As I said before, the novel surprised me on a lot of levels.

A lot of the story's success comes from the first person narration of Echo. The name is well chosen and reflects a lot of how Echo perceives herself in the story.

In short, this one surprised me in a good way. I may have to see what other novels Noel has available in audio format and have another one work its way onto my iPod soon.

[Sarah BT · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was originally interested in this book because of the cover that said fans of Veronica Mars would love this. As a VM fan, I had to pick it up and I'm so glad I did! This book is amazing. I feel very passionately that this is a must read. The writing is excellent and the story draws you in. Saving Zoe is a blender book (it's got a little bit of everything-it's got romance, mystery, twists and turns, coming of age, sadness, happiness.) In the beginning, you only know as much about Zoe's death that Echo knows which adds a mystery element of figuring out what happened to Zoe and why. I felt just like Echo and couldn't wait to read more of Zoe's diary and find out more about her life. I couldn't put it down and Zoe and Echo have stayed with me long after finishing the book. If you have a book club, this is a great pick as many interesting discussions can stem from the many topics presented. I would say more but I don't want to give too much away....so get yourself a copy and enjoy reading!

[Mafi · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 estrelas.

Ao longo do livro o meu gosto pelo mesmo foi-se alterando mas no geral gostei, só não teve aquele impacto que pensava (e gostava) que tivesse.
Sei que vai ter filme..talvez esse seja melhor.


Em "O Adeus a Zoe" temos a Éco, uma jovem de 15 anos que ainda está a recuperar do assassinato da sua irmã Zoe, assassinada há um ano. Enquanto todos parecem ter seguido com a vida, Eco começa a sentir que nunca estará à altura da popularidade da sua irmã. A morte misteriosa de Zoe começa a ser desvendada quando chega às mãos de Eco o antigo diário da irmã.

(...)

O meu problema com o livro foi que não gostei da personalidade da Zoe e apesar o seu trágico fim, dado o que é contado no livro, acabei por não sentir tanta pena da Zoe além de que foi previsível, O livro não é mau mas não me tocou como gostava que me tivesse emocionado. Confesso que estou mais curiosa com a nova série da autora.

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[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pas mal, sujet difficile et très intéressant mais pas assez bien mené à mon goût. Alyson Noel me donne toujours cette impression. Elle écrit des romans sympas, mais toujours quelque peu oubliables, même ici avec une thématique forte : deuil d'une soeur, complexité de l'après... etc.

[Persian · Rating 4 out of 5]

[I just finished this book today:]There are many things that I like and dislike about this book. I'll make the lists quick and short:

There many moments in the story where I feel that I can relate to Echo. She's a young girl who is experiencing and going though things faster than the speed of light (literally). All of a sudden she feels as though she is more mature than her peers, which ironically enough I'm going through the same thing as of now as a 16-year-old (So good job with keeping the plot realistic and relatable Alyson).

What I didn't like about the story? I wish Alyson had made it a bit longer and created more depth to the story. Also, gone on a bit more to what was in store for these characters that (hopefully all of us) have gotten to love. I'm really interested on how Marc is going to spend the rest of his life and how Echo gets through adolescence and the rest of her teen years.

Other than that I really enjoyed reading this novel and I'm actually hoping for a sequel, though it's not completely necessary.

[Vem Night · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful. I love how it was written, the characters (especially the names!), the plot and how it didn't have to put love story in it to be a wonderful story as it is.
I'm heartbroken for Marc for everything he's been through. Most especially to Zoe, all the things she missed, and that really big surprise Marc had for her cause its really something.

[JenacideByBibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Opinion: I would first like to say that it was a FANTASTIC idea to put Saving Zoë as the second story in this reissue. If it had been first, than I would have been pretty disappointed reading Faking 19 after a story like this. This is one of those books that will leave your inner child feeling a bit squirmy and queasy, but ultimately leaving a reminder behind about the dangers of the internet and strangers. Books like this need to be required reading in junior high and high schools; but since they are not, I recommend sipping this dose of reality.

Echo is fifteen and starting high school with her two best friends, Abby and Jenay, who are more than optimistic at their chance of meeting new friends and boys. But if starting high school wasn’t stressful enough, the looks and whispers that Echo receives when she walks by her classmates doesn’t help. Readers connect with Echo just one year after the disappearance and murder of her older sister Zoë, and her feelings of loss are more present than ever. Not only are the people around her accidentally dropping constant reminders; but being in the same school with Zoë’s old boyfriend Marc proves to be challenging, especially when Marc was a suspect in her murder. But when Marc reaches out to Echo one day and gives her Zoë’s old diary, her world is split wide open as she falls into the life of a sister she thought she knew inside and out. Soon Echo realizes the true story behind what happened to her sister; as well as finding herself along the way.

After reading this book, I sat in my chair for a few minutes feeling disgusted and sad. I am really not a big reader of any book that involves sexual abuse, stranger danger, or gruesome murders. Call me a pansy (I dare you ;) ) but it just gets way too serious for me sometimes. But here I am, reading another book that makes me scream WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO YOURSELF, and not giving one single damn! Though these kinds of stories completely “weird me out”, I still find myself coming across them and getting sucked into every detail of the plots. Most of the time, these stories always turn out great because of the message they leave behind for readers. If an author can make me feel physically and mentally drained and saddened by a fictional story, they have my full attention from then on.

The character of Echo is your typical teenage girl that was cast in the shadow of her amazing and bubbly older sister. Echo is a prime example of a sibling that has faced a loss at a young age, while also trying to figure out how to find who she is and what she wants. I found Echo to be a bit confusing, and I didn’t connect with her character nearly as much as I connected with the story as a whole. I think the reader gets the general sense of her and how she acts/reacts, but I don’t feel like I really got to know her as much as we get to know Zoë. On another note, I loved how to author gave a little bit of what happens to Zoë throughout the story instead of just throwing it all at us at the beginning. I find that I stay interested when I only get hints towards what happened in a story about someone being killed, and it builds towards the ending in such a better way.

I think every female should read this, or a story similar, because it gives us all that little reminder to be aware of who we talk to on the internet. The internet, and the world for that matter, can be a scary and twisted place when we don’t have that constant reminder that terrible things could happen if we aren’t careful. I found that coming across books like this in high school kept me aware for myself, because sometimes listening to your parents repeat it constantly loses its impact. I HIGHLY recommend this to girls, women, boys, and even parents! This is a very insightful and heart wrenching story that I think can benefit a lot of people.

[Anna (The Bursting Bookshelf) · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ages ago, I read the Evermore series by Alyson Noel. I remember them being very mediocre YA books that went steadily downhill the further you went into the series. Since it's been a few years (and this book was available at my library), I decided to give this author another shot. Unfortunately, Saving Zoe was even worse than I remember her other books being - it feels like a half-assed attempt to cash in on the YA contemporary genre boom.

Echo (the narrator) is a fundamentally whiny Mary-Sue of a character. She went through a terrible tragedy, but instead of being caught up in her sorrow or denial over her sister's murder, she's just overly self-righteous and under-characterized. Outside of her believing that she's never wrong and knows what's best for everyone (including the adults in her life, a pet peeve of mine), she's very milk toast. She makes consistently bad choices and never grows as a character. Also, she consistently treats her friends like dirt and refuses to acknowledge or apologize about it. My biggest pet peeve with her was that she was ultimately given an insight into her dead sister's life, and she never really grew closer to her or tried to understand her sister's point of view. She repeatedly said she didn't judge Zoe for her choices, but then she would turn around and do just that.

Zoe is the only semi-interesting character in this book. She's desperate to make it as a famous person, which is ultimately her downfall. She's still not a great character - everything we learn about her comes from her diary, which felt incredibly artificial. Reading the passages from her diary, it was hard to believe that this was supposed to be written by a teenager - the writing style made it feel like it was written by an adult who was very out of touch with the thoughts and emotional capacities of young adults. As for the side characters, they were more or less just names on paper with a handful of lines of dialogue - no real contributions to the plot to speak of. 

There wasn't a lot of plot in this book - the main story was thin at best and there was almost a complete lack of subplots. In a book like this, I would expect there to be much more of a social thriller tone to it. I would have hoped for more of an exploration of the people who lead Zoe to ultimately decide to meet up with a murderer from the internet. There was barely any social exploration and the entire book felt very by-the-numbers and boring. 

There was nothing redeeming about this book. Between it's terrible characters, sluggish and predictable plot, and the bust of an ending, I honestly can't recommend it to anyone. If you're looking for a good thriller/mystery in the YA contemporary genre, check out Sadie by Courtney Summers. After this train-wreck, I definitely won't be reading any more of Alyson Noel's books. 1/5.

[Allison, Kawalec.]

i chose this book because i read the back page and it sounded very good!
realistic fiction.
There are actualy two people who could be considered the main characters Echo, who is basicaly telling the story or Zoe (who the story is about).
This is about a girl named echo who lost her sister to murder about a year ago . It really effected her even though she doesnt let it show. It also had a huge impact on her family! Her dads never home and her moms always popping all these pills. Echo has a lot of confusion about her sister zoe she thought she knew her but one day at school her sisters ex boyfriend asked echo if he could talk to her and even though her parents thought he had somthing to do with the murder she decides to talk to him n.e ways . when they hangout he gives her a diary Z0es diary and this changed everything she realized she really didnt know her sister nd the diary actualy made her start wanting to be like her sister and for a min zoes ex boyfriend started to fall for her because he missed zoe so much they both did. but the diary explained so much and there was no possible way the ex boy friend had n.e thing to do with it the only thing he was responsible for was loving her! zoe died because one of her friends talked her into making this website and on that website a guy pretended to be a photographer that could help her get into modeling but he ended up killing her!

This book was probly one of the best books that ive read. it was very detailed and eventful and kept me on the edge i couldnt put it down!

[Winnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book has a great plot and writing style. I like how the book has combination between a diary and a regular chapter book because this tells two stories, one story is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Echo, who has to deal with a tragedy, having the lost of her older sister, Zoe. The other story is about Zoe’s diary, and her secret life. Echo reads her sister’s diary to get to know her better and tries to connect with her or maybe find some clues that could lead to her death.
I thought it was interesting how Echo became more like Zoe and put herself in Zoe’s shoe’s, going to parties, having a boy friend and going to homecoming, Echo had watched Zoe get ready for her homecoming and now it is her turn, I thought it was sad that Echo couldn’t go to Zoe for help because Zoe had went though everything that Echo is approaching. I think Echo wants to go thorough experiences that Zoe had gone through because it could make her feel more connected to Zoe.
I like the way the author didn’t go right through the reasons why Zoe died, the author, Alyson Noel gives out small clues throughout the book to make the readers wonder what really happened to Zoe and make us want to get to the bottom of this mystery. I couldn’t stop reading until I find out what really happened.

[Reagan Abshire · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book is very interesting you get to witness one girl going through a hard time of going into high school without a older sister to guide her through. This book has lots of twists and turns this is a quick and easy read that will keep you on the edge of your chair wondering what will happen next i would Recommend this book for young adults.

[Julianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book wasn’t nearly as good as I expected it to be. First off the plot was very boring. There really wasn’t any plot twists and the ending was very mundane. Also her dating her dead sisters old boyfriend literally ruined it for me. Echo, your sister died less then a year ago and here you are kissing her boyfriend...ummm no.

[Amanda (bookedwithamanda)]

DNF at 63%

I just couldn't go on. This book was poorly written, the characters were flat, and the plot was non-existent for the most part. I really thought this was going to be an interesting read but it was bland as heck. It's not very long but I just can't invest any more time in this one.

[Mizuki]

Okay, I couldn't even get passed the first 10 pages. Now this book is DNF, I had already returned it to the library.

[Hayden Casey · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVED this book. Really well plotted and paced; Alyson Noel is my favorite author right now.

[Crimelpoint · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fabuła wydawała mi się naprawdę interesująca, jednak od samego początku nie mogłam się wciągnąć. Książka nie jest długa, dlatego myślałam, że przeczytanie jej zajmi mi kilka godzin, jednak okazało się, że czytałam ją przez kilka dni.

Tak naprawdę dopiero pod koniec się wciągnęłam, może dlatego, że dopiero wtedy coś się zaczęło dziać. Wtedy rzeczywiście książka mi się spodobała, bo mnie wciągnęła nietypową fabułą i zwrotami akcji.

Szkoda, że takie coś otrzymujemy dopiero pod koniec, bo pewnie wiele osób nie doczyta do końca, przez dość słaby początek i środek.

Książka porusza poważne tematy: radzenie sobie z żałobą oraz coś co bardzo mi się podobało, czyli niepotrafienie znaleźć własnego ja w tym wszytskim. Dla tych tematów polecam.

[Nicole Evelina · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars rounded up.

[Micah · Rating 2 out of 5]

wtf did i just read.
i am confused who this book was written for

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, I think it was well written. The way the author decided to tell the story through diary entrees and have us see what happened to Zoe before the "current" events are happening is very interesting.

[Marieke Toet Møller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alt i alt vil jeg sige, at det er en meget sød bog, som man kan forglemme sig i, lade som om ens egen verden ikke eksisterer. Dette blev også nemmere ved, at jeg hørte det som lydbog, selvom jeg ikke var synderlig vild med indlæserens arbejde. Det hele var ensformigt og tørt at høre på, og selv i dialogen er det svært at kunne mærke forskel på personerne. Derudover, så er det ikke gået synderlig godt med at finde ud af, hvad en af Ekkos veninder hedder. Hun bliver nemlig både kaldt Jenna, Jenny og Jenney.

Det er lidt ligesom at sidde og se en High School-film, der egentlig bare bliver set, fordi det nu er meget hyggeligt, og man behøver ikke tænke så meget. Ekko er lige begyndt i High School, hvilket viser sig at være lidt svære end andres første dag. Det drama og alle de problemer, hemmeligheder, følelser osv. som følger, er virkelig også bare, hvor man tænker, ja, den slags problemer findes vel egentlig. Den er lidt barnlig, men på den måde også sød, den er fyldt med kærlighed, dårlige valg, lækre fyre og onde piger.

Den var lidt længe om at komme i gang, og foregår rigtig meget inde i Ekkos hovede. Hvilket også gør, at den egentlig ret så egoistiske Ekko kommer til at virke meget mere egoistisk. Alle stirrer på hende? Hele tiden? Hvis de gjorde, så ville det betyde, at de ikke selv havde noget liv, hvilket jeg egentlig er ret sikker på, at de har, men selvfølgelig, så kan de også være, at de kun er tilføjet historien af denne ene grund, hvilket jeg virkelig ikke håber. Men det er også interessant at høre om en 14-årig pige, som mener, at hun faktisk er ret klog, selvom man som læser godt ved, at hun måske er klog af en pige på 14 år, men generelt bare klog? Egentlig ikke.

Bogen er en smule forvirrende. Eftersom den foregår rigtig meget inde i hovedet og meget lidt i den virkelige verden (i hvert fald til start), så er det svært at finde ud af dagene og i det hele taget tiden, der går mellem de forskellige begivenheder. Så er man det ene sted, og før man ved det, så er der gået en uge, og man er til den fest, som de snakkede kort om på sidste side.
Derudover er jeg heller ikke en fan af bøger, der undskylder for sig selv. Det er som om, der gerne vil skrives noget, men så undskylder den for det, men skriver så om det igen. Det er som om, man har været bange for, hvad læseren ville mene om det, der blev skrevet.

Jeg var også ret spændt på at læse bogen. Jeg har tidligere læst bøger af Alyson Noel, hvor jeg havde meget modsatte reaktioner til bøgerne. Jeg kunne virkelig ikke lide hendes bøger De Udødelige (Evermore) - jeg læste ikke serien færdig, men jeg elskede Riley Bloom-bøgerne (Radiance). Heldigvis var denne bog vel beviset på, at hun faktisk godt kan finde ud af at skrive, men bare har haft nogle bøger, der ikke har været helt gode.

Men igen, så var det bare generelt en let bog, som man kunne forsvinde ind i, og så tog den en tilbage til dengang, man var 14 år. Den var tildels nostalgisk, når man nu sidder og læser den som 19 (jeg havde haft bogen på min læseliste længe, men havde ikke fjernet den, fordi jeg var nysgerrig på den). Det er dog helt sikkert til et yngre publikum, hvilket både er til at se i måden, den er skrevet på og indholdet. Jeg tror kun, at jeg vil anbefale den til et ældre publikum, hvis man vil ned ad memory lane og læse noget, man nok ville have læst som barn.

[Bioquímica da Leitura · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Opinião:
Estamos perante um título young adult, contemporâneo que fala sobre a perda de um ente querido, ou assim o julgava, contudo acaba por ser muito mais do que isso.
Um ano após o assassinato brutal da Zoë, a Echo ainda tem bastante presente a tragédia que alterou a sua família para sempre. A sua irmã permanece inalterada na sua memória como uma jovem extrovertida, confiante, destemida e com o sonho de obter fama.
Ninguém é um livro completamente aberto, as pessoas passam uma imagem de si porém todos guardam segredos, e a Echo descobre que a irmã não é a excepção, quando obtém o seu diário.
Confesso que de inicio não estava a gostar muito desta obra porém quanto mais lia, mais interessada ficava. A narrativa alterna entre o quotidiano da Echo e as entradas do diário da Zoë, que nos são apresentadas cronologicamente até ao dia da sua morte.
É evidente que as irmãs são bastante diferentes e com isto, gera-se uma crise de identidade. Quanto mais explora o diário, mais as incertezas da Echo aumentam, já que não consegue deixar de se comparar à irmã e julga que nunca estará à sua altura.
Na minha opinião, pareceu-me um indício de algum desequilíbrio quando a Echo estava a ter momentos privados com rapazes e pensava na irmã, foi estranho, parecia querer-lhe impersonar. Em contrapartida, noutras situações, compreendi que eram a sua forma de lidar com o luto e de se sentir mais próxima da irmã.
O facto foi que esse comportamento errático levou-a a conviver com indivíduos de carácter dúbio que lhe podiam ter magoado, segundo constam as revelações pertubantes do diário.
Este livro tem várias mensagens importantes, que alertam para o consumo de drogas, para o risco de andar com más companhias e o que estas podem compelir a fazer, e ainda para os perigos da exposição nas redes sociais e outras plataformas online. O Mundo está repleto de predadores, ninguém sabe realmente quem está do outro lado ou quais as suas intenções. Com esta obra, a autora enfatizou que os predadores podem estar online e podem também estar por perto. Já dizia a minha avó "todo o cuidado, é pouco".

[Isabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the book Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel. I got a recommendation from a friend, who said I should read this book. Instantly, I got sucked in just by reading the preview.
The main character in this book is Echo. She is Zoe’s sister. It’s been a year since the murder of Zoe, and her sister Echo just now starts healing. Echo starts her freshman year trying to be like Zoe. Until Zoe’s former boyfriend, Marc shows up and gives Echo Zoe’s diary. At first, Echo is a little nervous to read her sister’s diary, thinking she already knows everything about her sister. But then she gets curious to read her sister’s diary. Echo wants to uncover how her sister got murdered. She has to solve this mystery before she can move on.
This book is one of the best books I have read in awhile. It sucks you in and continuously makes you want to keep reading it.There’s always a plot twist or something exciting happening around the corner. I highly recommend this book to people that like to read about murder and mystery.

[Britt Meter · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a quick read for me and overall the book itself was OK. The main character named Echo is figuring out what happened to her sister Zoe before she was killed, thanks to the diary that Zoe was writing towards her death that Zoe's boyfriend Marc kept. It had drug and alcohol abuse in it and also under aged sex in it also. It wasn't a horrible story but the charters weren't believable in the situation they were in, the parents in the story did nothing about Zoe's death (only the aftermath of Zoe's death) and also Echo was annoying she already had a boyfriend Parker then dumped him for her sister's boyfriend Marc because she wasn't interested in Parker anymore and Marc was more interesting. But it didn't say who killed Zoe ( no name giveaway) but overall it was a quick read but the situation didn't seem believable in it.

[Adric Rangel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hate to give a book a bad review, but I really don't have anything good to say about this one. Zoe was guilty, not a victim as the author portrays her in this book. Her recklessness and immaturity led her to that sad end.

I prefer the movie.

Rating 1.5/5 stars.

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Odio hacerle mala reseña a un libro, pero realmente no tengo nada bueno que decir de este. Zoe fue culpable, no una victima como quieren pintarla en este libro la escritora. Su imprudencia e inmadurez la llevaron a ese triste final .

Prefiero la película .

Valoración: 1.5/5 estrellas