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Panic (Panic, #1)

Lauren Oliver

Start date: June 1, 2014

Finish date: July 1, 2014

Why we're reading this: Won the June Stand Alone BOTM poll!!
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Jan 09, 2014 Tamara rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: it-could-have-been-so-much-better, young-adult, contemporary, really-original, 2014-reads, stand-alone, suprised-me

Short story; this wasnt the worst YA book I’ve read but it wasn't the best either. It definitely deserves a 3 stars for the pacing and the story but the characters and that rushed cheesy ending completely gets in the way of making this book into a great one

Pacing: Fast. Great. It takes time (TOO MUCH TIME) to get used to the characters, though.
The Story: Exciting, has some twists and turns
Characters: Disappointments, nothing new here but you can do worse; they get better in the second half of th ...more

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Sep 09, 2013 Felicia rated it really liked it

When I saw the blurb I assumed it was going to be a Hunger Games rip off, so it was a nice surprise to find out that it wasn't that at all. I really enjoyed the characters, story and overall idea. I just didn't really like the way it was written compared to her previous books, it seemed sort of sloppy. ...more

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