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A Great and Terrible Beauty
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
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October 1, 2011
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Chris
Sep 19, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fiction, youth, scifi-fantasy-paranormal, united-kingdom, series, young-adult
I have been looking forward to reading this book for a long time so I was doubly disappointed when I finished it. There's not a single thing here that is new or creative. British girl raised in 1890s India sees a vision as her mother dies after being chased down by a shadowy monster. Next thing we know the girl is off to a special boarding school in England, where not only do the visions but it seems these visions have been seen here before. And then she finds a diary of a girl 20 years before t ...more
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Amber
Nov 05, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: ya
I wasn't sure about this book but was pleasantly surprised. ...more
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Kate
Dec 30, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Tanya
Mar 15, 2009 rated it it was ok
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Nicole
Jun 03, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: own
Tammy
Jul 02, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2009, ya
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Jan 05, 2010 rated it it was ok
Jessica B
Feb 22, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own, young-adult
Leslie
Apr 13, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: young-adult
Samantha
Jun 30, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: paranormal-romance
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Jan 10, 2011 rated it really liked it
Laura
Aug 04, 2011 rated it did not like it
Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, unfinished, modern-fiction
Jennifer
Aug 21, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: library-copy, blue-chapter, supernatural, z-2012
KikiTheKind
Sep 04, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Jan 02, 2012 rated it liked it
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Oct 12, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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