book_nut's Reviews (2.91k)

Jane Yolen takes the Arthurian legend and does interesting things with it. I'm not quite sure if it's brilliant or misguided; either way, it was an interesting book.

This is a simple little book about a girl, Rosie, dealing with her grandfather's impending death (as well as her mother's affair with a married man). The plot is not gripping, the characters aren't compelling. What it is, though, is lyrical, poetic even, and for the language alone it makes this worth reading.

Shannon Hale can do no wrong. She can do more right and less right but she has yet to make a serious misstep in her writing career. What better novelist to pull off a graphic novel version of the fairy tale Rapunzel, set in the wild west? No one. Right. And there's the reason you should read this book.

I liked this graphic novel -- it was a good bit of fairy tale telling -- but it did something completely different from what I was expecting it to do. It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't what I was expecting, or wanted really, from the story.

I wish goodreads did 1/2 stars. Because this isn't a three-star book, but it isn't a four-star one either. Light, funny, silly, enjoyable, but instantly forgettable. (And that's the book, not the main character, though the description would work for him, too.) Still, I'm glad I got some Wodehouse under my belt. Finally.

This book is much like The Penderwicks (or rather, I should say The Penderwicks is much like this one, since it was written first). A simple, fun book about four sisters. It's a good book; I just like The Penderwicks better.

The four Conroy sisters are in love. Well, three of them at least. They are sent to France with Big Grandma to cure them of their "failing". Hilarity ensues. Read it because it's cute, but especially for the part where the girls go shopping in a French village. That's priceless.

Sure, it has stock characters doing typical romance-type things. Sure, there was no depth or suspense. Sure, I knew the ending before the book really began. But, heck, I sure loved this book. It was an absolutely perfect summer romance.

This is another instance where I need a 1/2 star. It's not a 3, but not really a 4 either....

I liked it better than Eclipse, but not as well as Twilight. It was good -- very slow starting, though -- but not great. It did explore some interesting ideas of love and humanity, but it was weighed down with so much stuff. Words, exposition, plot... I didn't actually really enjoy it until the last 150 pages.

Maybe it does deserve those three stars.

Cute... not deep, not even great in the romance area (though there's some nice moments near the end), but... cute. I like Stargirl as a character: she's quirky, sweet, original, and pretty secure in who she is. And she's a creative, fun, friendly character. So, while the rest of the book was kind of bleh, Stargirl carried it for me. It just didn't soar.