I feel a bit guilty tagging this book historical fiction, since it's anachronistic to an absolutely ridiculous degree. The misunderstanding between thI feel a bit guilty tagging this book historical fiction, since it's anachronistic to an absolutely ridiculous degree. The misunderstanding between the MCs is both dumb and played for less angst than it should be, and the plot feels perfunctory. The F/m sex scenes are reasonably hot, but even so I spent most of the book severely annoyed with the story....more
I spent the first 3/4 of this book absolutely hating the hero. He got better by the end, but not enough to make up for the earlier parts. Ditto the heI spent the first 3/4 of this book absolutely hating the hero. He got better by the end, but not enough to make up for the earlier parts. Ditto the heroine's younger sister, minus the getting better.
The heroine was pretty great, though, and I really liked her relationships with her friends and mother and her husband's employees....more
A fresh and exciting young adult fantasy novel. It's like Healey took all the things I'd been yearning for and rolled them together in one great book.A fresh and exciting young adult fantasy novel. It's like Healey took all the things I'd been yearning for and rolled them together in one great book. Teenage girl protagonist who's both believable and completely awesome? Check. Several supporting characters who are just as awesome as she is, including perhaps my favorite depiction of an ultrafeminine girl since Cordelia Chase? Check. A nuanced exploration of a multicultural society (in this case, New Zealand)? Check. A deliciously creepy and original fantasy plot? Check. I only wish all YA fantasy could be this compelling....more
This book is extraordinary. Set aside your preconceptions regarding young adult fiction about the Holocaust, stories narrated by Death, books about thThis book is extraordinary. Set aside your preconceptions regarding young adult fiction about the Holocaust, stories narrated by Death, books about the love of reading: Zusak takes all of those elements and fashions them into a work that's fresh and real and heartbreakingly beautiful....more
An extraordinary book about the immigrant experience. I'm not a very visual person, so I was a little wary of a wordless book, but the images and storAn extraordinary book about the immigrant experience. I'm not a very visual person, so I was a little wary of a wordless book, but the images and story are so evocative that I fell in love with it. Alternately funny, sweet, and heartwrenching....more
Good use of an unreliable narrator, which made this a quick and interesting read, but ultimately I didn't care enough about Micah (and couldn't trust Good use of an unreliable narrator, which made this a quick and interesting read, but ultimately I didn't care enough about Micah (and couldn't trust her accounts of the characters I did care about) to really be invested in her story....more
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