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Aug 05, 2012 01:31PM



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Totally agree Sashana!





If you do read it I hope you enjoy it more than I did.


I read the first page of this book and kept asking myself, "Who the hell is Tobias?" I'm so used to him being called Four from Divergent.

LMFAO
Have you read:
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story


I read the first page of this book and kept asking myself, "Who the hell is..."
Actually I thought that too, and then I went...wait, is that Four? Oh yeah that's Four! Too much teenage angst in this one for me, I kept thinking ok I don't care about your little lover's spat what the hell is going on with ya know the rest of the world lol.

LMFAO
Have you read:
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story"
I didn't even know he had his own story. Thanks for sharing, Kellyflower. I'll check it out.

I wonder why Veronica Roth chose to use his real name in this one. I did hear a lot about angst and recklessness on Tris's part through the grapevine.

I firmly believe Tris was kidnapped replaced with Bella Swan for this book lol.
Just finished


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She certainly has the teen angst part down. She also has that "I just want to curl up and die" spirit that Bella had in New Moon.




Just started

and am still reading

Starting Tomorrow:


OMG I loved it I Cannot wait for Onyx to come out.... I love Daemon and I love Dee, andI love the fire between Daemon and Katy I love the way he calls her "kitten" I just love this book... I started with reading Shadows and I'm so glad I did too.


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I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike a book written by Richelle Mead. Honestly, I've read most of her books and have never rated any of them under 4 stars. So I'm in unfamiliar territory here; I'm kind of numb, really. Sydney just didn't have that spark that the rest of Mead's leading girls are known for. Not even Adrian's witty lines couldn't save this one for me. With the exception of Adrian all of the characters were drab -- even more so than Sydney's closet, and that's saying something! To make matters worse, I could predict almost every plot twist from a mile away.








I'm enjoying it but the frequency of the POV changes is a bit annoying, just when I start to care about one, we switch.






How is it Carrie?"
It's all right, very quick quirky cute book.If real life didn't stop me I could probably read it all in a sitting.
I'm not that far into it but based on what I've read not all will enjoy it, I hate saying that about something, but it definitely has it's audience. Main character is is a teenage zombie girl, so if you life a zombie's and young adult books then you should check it out, it's free btw. So are a few of his other novels on smashwords.




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I didn't think it was a bad book (the rape thing was a misunderstanding). I was hesitant to read it because of the drama but I'm not one to boycott or judge books if I haven't read them before.

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Normally I will avoid books is the author has a history of abusing reviewers because I don't want to take the chance...if I write a legitimate bad review could I be the next one, that kind of thing. I hope it gets better, but so far its just rubbing me the wrong way.

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I really dislike when reviewers write bad reviews based on personal feelings. It seems like so many authors and reviewers have bad blood between them -- especially in the YA community. But I'll definitely keep an eye for your review of this one, Stefani. I don't think it was bad, but not great either. It's a 2.5 for me but I rounded it up.

I have noticed that its mostly the YA world, but it always seems to be sparked by the author (from what I've seen at least). I admit to having a "won't read because of author" shelf, but I don't give it star ratings or anything...just a list of things I have no interest in. I don't think I could bother writing a bad review just because I disliked the author, too much bother for something so minor lol.

Initially I thought it was mostly authors but now I'm not so sure. I think some reviewers are to blame too. It takes two to tango. It's taboo for an author to complain about a review but it's completely okay for reviewers to get nasty (beyond the the plot of the book) and give nonconstructive criticism without stating why. If a reviewer goes on and on about how terrible the book was without giving me details then I have a problem with that as a reader. I notice that when reviewers and authors fight they drag it out for months and everyone plays the victim. I just hate it! I'm sorry for going venting, Stefani, I was reading about the latest reviewer/author show down yesterday (this one included death threats!) and it just made me upset.



That is the one! So sad that even the big name published authors are jumping on board the crazy train.







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