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The Avery Shaw Experiment (Science Squad, #1)
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bookshelves: not-what-i-expected, predictable, should-i-even-bother, yay-it-s-over
May 06, 2013
bookshelves: not-what-i-expected, predictable, should-i-even-bother, yay-it-s-over
I'm usually all in for a cute, fun, fluffy read but this book....
Arggghhh!
This book is so full of cliched characters and stereotypes, that my head hurts.
Where should I even begin?
Avery is one of those naive and weak characters I've ever had the displeasure to read (*cough*BellaSwanincludedofcourse*cough*). Imagine a girl who can do nothing but cry over every little thing whether she's happy or devastated, imagine someone who is your stereotypical geek with a fruity mouth-watering smell (I wonder what that is, like, why would someone wanna smell like food?), imagine someone who blushes beet-red at the mention of anything slightly provocative, and if you do that with a blond haired blue eyed girl in your head (yes, just that blond stereotype), you have Avery. Not that there is something wrong with girls like that having anxiety attacks or whatever, but it's only cute and bearable to an extent.
If that wasn't enough to make me run for the woods, you have Grayson.
Charming?
Yes.
Stereotyped jock with a popularity that makes him a God?
Yes.
Immensely shallow, immature and clingy?
Hell to the yes!
I tried to like him. I tried not to pass out with all the eye-rolling and sappy romance that was thrown at me and I tried, tried really hard to find anything remotely cute about Grayson and his "Aves"; but I failed big time.
Their parents were unreal. Grayson was pushy, imposing and a pervert. I think I liked Libby and I say that for her cat t-shirts and straight-forward commentary. All the other characters were a nuisance. I guess I'm being too harsh, but there wasn't any comical moment or witty humor to make me feel otherwise.
All in all, it's short and something you can read when you're not in a mood to read any serious stuff or one of your never ending sequels to a series you had the misfortune and insensibility to start... like me. You might end up liking it. It's supposed to be short and cute after all, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. So the 2 stars.
Hope you like Grayson! ;P
Arggghhh!
This book is so full of cliched characters and stereotypes, that my head hurts.
Where should I even begin?
Avery is one of those naive and weak characters I've ever had the displeasure to read (*cough*BellaSwanincludedofcourse*cough*). Imagine a girl who can do nothing but cry over every little thing whether she's happy or devastated, imagine someone who is your stereotypical geek with a fruity mouth-watering smell (I wonder what that is, like, why would someone wanna smell like food?), imagine someone who blushes beet-red at the mention of anything slightly provocative, and if you do that with a blond haired blue eyed girl in your head (yes, just that blond stereotype), you have Avery. Not that there is something wrong with girls like that having anxiety attacks or whatever, but it's only cute and bearable to an extent.
If that wasn't enough to make me run for the woods, you have Grayson.
Charming?
Yes.
Stereotyped jock with a popularity that makes him a God?
Yes.
Immensely shallow, immature and clingy?
Hell to the yes!
I tried to like him. I tried not to pass out with all the eye-rolling and sappy romance that was thrown at me and I tried, tried really hard to find anything remotely cute about Grayson and his "Aves"; but I failed big time.
Their parents were unreal. Grayson was pushy, imposing and a pervert. I think I liked Libby and I say that for her cat t-shirts and straight-forward commentary. All the other characters were a nuisance. I guess I'm being too harsh, but there wasn't any comical moment or witty humor to make me feel otherwise.
All in all, it's short and something you can read when you're not in a mood to read any serious stuff or one of your never ending sequels to a series you had the misfortune and insensibility to start... like me. You might end up liking it. It's supposed to be short and cute after all, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. So the 2 stars.
Hope you like Grayson! ;P
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Reading Progress
May 6, 2013
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Started Reading
May 6, 2013
– Shelved
May 6, 2013
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25.0%
"Meh... Grayson is charming but really immature. As for Avery, she's a gullible little kid. Not feeling it yet."
May 11, 2013
– Shelved as:
not-what-i-expected
May 11, 2013
– Shelved as:
predictable
May 11, 2013
– Shelved as:
should-i-even-bother
May 11, 2013
– Shelved as:
yay-it-s-over
May 11, 2013
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Finished Reading
