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It was incredibly strange getting used to the idea of a town where homophobia doesn't exist, and letting myself dwell on that might have colored the way I read this novel a little. Apart from that, it was delightful, lovely romance and a lovely world to read through for a few hours and believe in.
Some of the pieces were much better than others (and one or two were barely related and felt out of place in the book), but it was an interesting read and made me want to re-read the Hunger Games immediately.
Skulduggery Pleasant is an enjoyable read and it is pretty funny, but much like Pratchett, the self-aware humor in this book is just a little too much for me. But I enjoyed it anyway.
Man, I love me some Dennis Lehane. Gone, Baby Gone was as good as any of his books, though I thought the ending kind of got away from itself. Still good, ready for the movie now.
While it's easy to say Robopocalypse's style is just World War Z with robots instead of zombies, it still hit all the right notes even as it seemed to sacrifice true emotion and depth along the way.
Fucking robots, man.
Fucking robots, man.
2.5 stars.
I enjoyed this enough to zip through it, but that was about it. Sometimes it felt like the book was trying to be too funny, too quirky, too satirical, and overshot the mark more than it hit. The major LGBT themes tackled didn't have much depth (which is sad, because I appreciated their inclusion), and everyone felt like they were character sketches that were never quite inked in.
The "commercials" were annoying at best, and I skipped over every one of them. The final chapter just felt like the author really, really wants this to be filmed in some way.
It's a great idea for a book, but it never quite reaches its potential.
(The extra .5 star is for Miss Texas's awesome breakdown, however. That, I absolutely loved.)
I enjoyed this enough to zip through it, but that was about it. Sometimes it felt like the book was trying to be too funny, too quirky, too satirical, and overshot the mark more than it hit. The major LGBT themes tackled didn't have much depth (which is sad, because I appreciated their inclusion), and everyone felt like they were character sketches that were never quite inked in.
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Especially the pirates that showed up -- of course they were all off putting until one of them said something to make one girl totally fall for him. It was the boys with a secret heart of gold trope ten times over, ugh.The "commercials" were annoying at best, and I skipped over every one of them. The final chapter just felt like the author really, really wants this to be filmed in some way.
It's a great idea for a book, but it never quite reaches its potential.
(The extra .5 star is for Miss Texas's awesome breakdown, however. That, I absolutely loved.)