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Another good book! Different takes on history always fascinate me.

GREAT book! I love 'different' takes on history. They authors seemed to have done a lot of research to give so much information. I know that they sometimes have to 'create' dialogue or thoughts, but reading it makes you think they HAD to be thinking/doing something along those lines. I'll definitely be getting to his next book soon!

Pretty crazy book! Definitely thought it was creepy (in a good way). I kept playing "who dunnit?" and couldn't come up with the right answer until the Agent did. To me this indicates a good book, because who wants to know who did it before the book has even gotten started?

The characters had emotion and depth, and everyone had a past. I felt the emotions were convincing and fell in line with what someone would be feeling through such horrendous crimes.

The ending was bittersweet, but didn't leave me hanging. Each character got what they deserved.

Pretty good YA young romance book. I thought the characters were more unique than some novels, but this still hasn't topped my fav Dessen book (The Truth About Forever).

**4.5 stars**

I LOVE books like this! But, I have a soft spot for anything historical. Whether or not this book was all true I think it still told a good story through historical evidence. It is odd when looking at Patton's death wondering if it was 'accidental' or not.

This is my first Bill O'Reilly books and I've already nabbed the other ones to check out. Excited about more history!

SPOILERS BELOW...but this is how I feel haha:

Okay, this book is NOT all that.

I chose it as a quick read that seemed like a cute story to pass the time. But instead, I got a book filled with way too much and not enough all at the same time.

For Tim to be an alcoholic...doing drugs...having sex...fathering a child...etc, etc, etc. That's TOO much to me. It took away from the story and just annoyed me. It didn't make me enjoy his character for 'turning around'. And he and Alice's relationship was also too easy. It was insta-love and just straight too 'let's have sex!'.

The whole Hester and Calvin thing was also wonky. I felt it HAD to be apart of the story, the way the author wrote it, but at the same time wasn't necessary. It was an added blip that kept tangling things...ESPECIALLY B/C THE KID WASN'T EVEN HIS. That I thought was an obvious plot line and he and Alive live happily ever after, etc. but NOPE. So that was a bummer too.

All and all...not as sweet as it all entails.

I don't think this was the best of his books, but I still really enjoyed it. I appreciated his take on someone with debilitating anxiety (because, lets be honest...most of us suffer in some way from anxiety). I can only imagine how awful it would be to be stuck inside your own head so much you want an escape. Green portrayed Aza well. I actually liked that the ending isn't 'typical' to YA novels because it was more attuned to real life (and that falls within how he writes all of his novels -- yes I've read them all haha). Always looking forward to a John Green book!

There's also going to be a debate over books like this. Unfortunately, the 'whole' story probably never gets told, but I really LOVED this book. It hurt my heart (in a good way) and I really felt the emotion from the summit. I personally feel the author did his best to interview everyone involved and to portray what happened in the best way possible.

This book offered a lot of insight into personalities. My husband and I found our tendencies to be pretty spot on and it was fun to learn how we can 'deal with' ( ;) ) each other better. I did find her somewhat repetitive when it came to the information. The book could've easily been 50 pages shorter and still conveyed everything it needed too. Otherwise, a good 'self help' book that wasn't in your face.

Cute story about an old man. Really liked it!!