A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) in The Mortal Instruments

May 26, 2008 Jenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I love this book. I love the entire series. I found them first in seventh grade, but the third one hadn't come out yet. I was scanning my middle school library's shelves, when I noticed an interesting cover near one of my favorite book series. I read the back and I thought the plot was interesting. So I decided to give it a chance and read it. I thought they were great. I mean, I really didn't consider them as some of my favorite books. Eventually, I went on with my life and sort of forgot about ...more

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Jan 26, 2008 Allie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love this book so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much!! this series is awesome, i CRIED at the end!! i NEVER cry when reading, only twice when holly died in artemis fowl, but she came back, and when loor died in pendragon, but so did she... i was seriously crying at the end of sweet far thing, seriously... those of u who've read it will kno y!!! LOVE IT. (yet hate it,its so sad! WHY???) ...more

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Jun 29, 2008 Katieb (MundieMoms) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, signed

I liked this book. I'm looking forward to reading the other two. I felt the characters could have been developed a bit more, but over all it was a good read. I wanted to be more sucked into the book, but felt the story kind of left me on the edge. I felt that I didn't really get to know Gemma well. Maybe in the next two stories we'll get to know her more. I would recommend this to others to read. ...more

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Jun 22, 2009 Amy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: autographed

Nothing special. Libba Bray is a beautiful writer, but this particular book didn't really make me interested in the story. Nothing really *happens* in it, so I found very little to be excited for.

Hopefully it gets better in the next two books. ...more

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