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Insurgent was an absolutely incredible second book in a series. On most occasions, the middle book in a trilogy is more to get you from beginning to end - not much happens. However in Insurgent so much happens, its as though the story never paused. You can feel Tris' growth in the novel from beginning to end - her learning to cope with death and how she wants to live the rest of her life without these people. She becomes stronger because of it and learns more about herself than she knew before. Very excited to begin Allegiant tomorrow and finish the series up!

First of all, the plot in Tandem is incredibly unique. The whole theory of parallel universes is not something that has really been explored in young adult literature. The beginning of the book was a bit confusing for me, and it wasn't until about 2/3 of the way through that I realized that each chapter (or non chapter title depending on the character) was a different perspective from someone else. Once I understood how it was written and understood what the Tandem was and who the characters were, I flew through this novel. I definitely have to say I wish there was a bit more character development and a little less description on things that didn't seem to have as much importance however I loved Thomas' character and cannot WAIT for Tether to come out this fall!

I had a very hard time deciding how much I liked this book. I love the concept, and I understand that the book is supposed to leave you still asking questions and trying to understand. But overall the characters had my heart from the very beginning. I absolutely love who they are and what they represent, what they believe in. Their personalities are so well defined and I adore Thomas. I'll most likely continue reading the series to find out what happens next. Definitely have questions that I NEED answered!

This was a beautifully written. I loved the ideas behind it and so much of it was based on spirituality and the soul while still tying it to modern lives. It was refreshing. And although I didn't like the first chapter and thought it was completely unnecessary, I understood why she included it and the connection later on in the book. I absolutely adored all of the main characters and thought they were relatable on different levels. The background characters (like Lo's friends?) Eh, didn't care much for their personalities but they were tolerable. I absolutely did fall in love with Lo, Kit, Kaya, Thomas and Ellen however and loved all the storyline involving history and the background of Santa Fe and the people who lived there. So glad I picked this up and gave it a try. Definitely recommend!

Honestly, I just finished the book and I tried to do something different by reviewing it while reading it. If I read something I did, or didn't like, I wrote about it. In the end, I deleted it - all of it. Because yes, the beginning was slow. Yes, there were parts that I felt didn't make sense or the character did something that seemed completely out of character. But toward the end, I couldn't put it down. I finished the book in its entirety and I fell in love with it the way I always hope to fall in love with books. The ending was flawless and Pitcher's writing was beautiful. So many one-liner sentences that I would highlight in a second if I could ever convince myself to write inside one of my books.

I thought the ending of this was absolutely phenomenal and I 100% believe it deserves 5 stars. So so fantastic. A+.

The concept was spectacular, and his style of writing was wonderful and I appreciated it as I read! But as a reader, there were some plot choices I either completely didn't agree with or was disappointed in. For example, the aspect of time warps and things was not something I anticipated from the first part of the book, and I was quite disappointed that it turned into that. Once I got over the initial disappointment however, I found the characters and photos to be absolutely lovely and I fell in love with each (I'm a sucker for Mr. invisible Millard and his ettiquette). I was a bit disappointed with the ending, though I suppose he didn't have many options. The way the book was heading he had very few options for how to end the book, so I suppose benefit of the doubt, he chose the lesser of the evils. I will also say that thanks to this book I will be spending much of my summer at tag sales and flea markets hunting for my own inspiration in abandoned (and peculiar) photos.

Honest to god, one of the absolute best books I've ever read. I marked over 100 brilliant quotes and there has only ever been three books in my lifetime where it was necessary to mark quotes.

I absolutely 150% recommend this and suggest that you randomly pick this up at your local book store ASAP because this book was absolutely beautiful and I fell in love with all of it more than I thought I was going to when I started reading it 12 hours ago.

There aren't many books that I commit to reading in a single day but you will read this book easily that fast.

So beyond what I dreamed it would be and I cannot even form a sentence to explain what it is actually about other than: everything you need to hear right now. I will put money on it that this book will just help you through whatever you're going through regardless of what it is because this book by far just encompasses every aspect of life without including too much of anything.

It's a perfect balance of real life and fiction and relatable characters and love and friendship and fighting and family and is honestly just beyond words.

Read it. Period.

There were a lot of points while reading this book that I wasn't sure I wanted to continue reading it. And then something would happen and it would entice me for just a BIT longer, which was all it took to convince me "eh, might as well keep reading."

Doretha was a very lackluster character. She didn't have anything that made me love her and in the beginning before she realized the world wasn't a big fluffy ball of niceness and revolved around her - I couldn't stand her. I liked her sassyness as she evolved as a character, and enjoyed her relationship with Kato.

I also liked Kato and Rexi as characters, but there was a good portion of my time reading Spelled that had me confused with what characters were doing, why they were doing what they were doing, and how they ended up in that situation.

The writing felt choppy and out of sync. It almost felt like there were portions that were skipped and pieces that were added that didn't need to be. This book also lacked something that I really enjoy - emotion. I never felt fear along with the characters, nor did I feel love or appreciation or loneliness...nothing and that is a huge miss for me.

The tone of the book (fairly sarcastic) was great. I enjoyed the realistic personalities and quirky traits each character had. I was probably the least biggest fan of all the phrases attempting to tie in other fairytales ("oh for Grimm's sake." "check flitter" "not a pixing thing we could do." "Hans Christian Louboutin Shoes") they all got very old and honestly a bit annoying after a while.

The plot was solid and I understood where it was going and really enjoyed the story. There were also a lot of good quotes - mostly the tidbits of advice from Fairytale Advice books and things that were a staple at the end (beginning?) of each chapter. However, unfortunately I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style and felt like a lot of important moments were grazed over and skipped, and the lack of empathy toward the characters made this book just okay for me.