A fun little horror story. I like how they made the book as IKEA-ish as possible, and then go and make horrible, gross and disgusting things happen to the poor employees that volunteer to stay one night to catch a possible vandal (hint: it's not a vandal...of this world)! I little zombie-ish, a little nightmare-world-ish, and it continues to poke fun at the hive-mindedness of IKEA. A great Halloween read!

This is a whodunnit within a whodunnit, so it's a meta mystery!

This one is definitely a tough read but a true read. It breaks my heart that this book was probably written by the author who has heard this tale so many times and has seen the results of teens that follow The Rules.
Minus a star not due to any fault by the book or author, but just because I LOATHE prose and poetry.

I can't really pinpoint what it is about this book that didn't make it PERFECT. It was really good. Really sad, too. But there's something that left me wanting more. Maybe it was the fact that we knew Julian's thoughts and his character was very much in depth, but was Adam as well rounded? Sure, he's a happy-go-lucky ball of energy, and yes he finally discovers that he can have feelings towards the end of the book, but while Julian's struggles were slow and realistic, I felt there needed to be more to Adam's journey through his senior year. And the ending.

It felt like it was almost sort of tacked on. Everyone was recovering at their own pace. Things were starting to feel confined,
and then Julian finally goes outside and, gosh darn, wouldn't you know it? Russel, whom no one has seen hide nor hair of in months, is just suddenly there! So...has he been hiding in the bushes,
waiting for the moment Julian steps outside to take him away? And the whole gun scene was rushed.
It was almost like an anime. Gasp! Who was the one that was shot-oh, don't worry it was Russel.
Okay bye, thanks for showing up so you can get shot and die. Was it for the sake of closure? I dunno,
I'm all for happy endings, but what if the author didn't need to tie up that loose end? Russel stays away, but the book ends without us knowing for how long. Also, Adam can always come to Julian's rescue with the flash drive he found with the video evidence. Or am I sadistic in wanting a book that doesn't wrap everything up neatly and lets the readers wonder?

Either way, don't let my nitpickyness get in the way of anyone reading this book, it really was good!

I suppose this is a very clever way to get Angie to read her historical fictions (it's like getting me to eat vegetables). Start it off as a sci-fi because it's set in the year 2065 and then get your history in through letters and diaries, reading about the Dust Bowl and then further still after the first World War. Then string you through the decades and centuries with a family of strong women, making sacrifices and decisions that may affect just the life of a sick sister or the lives of an entire planet. This book did a great job not only creating some wonderful, strong, and dimensional female characters, it also is a great book about how we treat the planet. It was the removal of the grasses for farming that caused the dust bowl, and it's our current negligence to do something about global warming that creates another disaster like the Dust Bowl, but on a global scale. Very good, Jodi Lynn Anderson, very creative.

Phew, okay, I think I can breathe now. This book takes place all in one day, but the things that happen to Adam Thorn on that one day are just plain awful. This poor boy needs a break. Will he get one? I'm not gonna tell, read the book!

Also, classic Patrick Ness, to throw a side story in there that just makes you go, "WTF is happening here, why is there suddenly a faun?" But don't worry, it all ties together in the end and I'm sure you can appreciate the symbolism and the parallels between the Queen and Adam. You're smart. I believe in you!

Now read this book!

Okay, if I'm going to read DC it's going to be Superman. But not the usual serial Superman, you gotta give me a simple story. Stories of him growing up. A reboot (like the new 52 reboot). This was a nice little comic of short stories of Clark growing up, meeting the people he'll have to fight or save in the future, etc,. Like the show Smallville. Uncomplicated. Short stories. Good art (sometimes....), and seeing Clark in a different light. As a scared kid not understanding why he keeps getting stuck in the sky. Or a drunk young adult being mistaken for Bruce Wayne on Bruce's on yacht. Or moving to Metropolis and having his truck stolen within the first 5 minutes. Stuff like that is what I enjoy!

As usual, it was the cover art that drew me to this when it came in as a hold at work. So I ordered volume 1 to give it a try. The art is good the story is good, but nothing about amazed me. So, read this if you have time for an average comic about sidhe taking over after the fall of humanity.

The art in this goes all "drawn by Billy, age 8" sometimes, but that's okay. I really enjoyed the story!

I dunno, what do you give a book that makes you feel terrible for almost the entire time you read it? Yet you read it really fast because you just want to know what happens, and you want to get to what is hopefully a slightly more happier ending, and also because it really is good writing? I guess I'll give it 4 stars, but only because good writing can make you feel that way. Ever get that stomach-sinking, ulcer-inducing, stressful feeling when you learn something that just comes at you from left field? Totally unawares, you are suddenly privy to information about someone close to you and it affects everything. The way you view that person, the way you view your interactions with them, your self-doubt and your sudden inability to ever trust anyone again? Betrayal is an easy way to summarize that feeling, but it's always so much more than that. That is this book. This entire book.