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I found this at the library as a recommendation for those of us who read/liked The Hunger Games trilogy. I enjoyed this book and I have the sequel all ready to go.
What I liked about it was similar to what I liked about the Hunger Games. This story features a strong female lead who isn't sex crazed but isn't emotionless either. She's loyal to her friends and family and if I had kids, I'd be happy to have them look to Nina as a role model.
However, this is a YA book so the writing is just kinda meh. Karr used the word nefarious though, which I feel is a bit of a vocab challenge for young readers so I will accept this book into my library.
Story was a bit predictable but it was better than the HG and Twilight. A pretty decent YA read.
What I liked about it was similar to what I liked about the Hunger Games. This story features a strong female lead who isn't sex crazed but isn't emotionless either. She's loyal to her friends and family and if I had kids, I'd be happy to have them look to Nina as a role model.
However, this is a YA book so the writing is just kinda meh. Karr used the word nefarious though, which I feel is a bit of a vocab challenge for young readers so I will accept this book into my library.
Story was a bit predictable but it was better than the HG and Twilight. A pretty decent YA read.
Wow. This book ruled my life for a solid 24 hours. I hesitate to say I couldn't put it down because it's such a cliche. But I really couldn't. I read it in the car on the way to the dentist. I read it in Burger King for 10 minutes. I stayed up late to get further. Truly: I could not put this book down.
I also hesitated to read this book at all because of the massive hype it was getting from hoi polloi.
I really enjoyed seeing the story take a strange and unexpected fork. And wondering if another fork was coming.
The character development was good--Flynn is creepily accurate at getting inside a crazy person's head. It was ballet; watching one person unravel and re assimilate while another stitches up the perfect crime. A student of the Palahnuik novels, I kept making the most absurd reaches, trying to figure it out. At the end, I was sated in the story and reeling with some surprise. It was reminiscent of two great films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Clockwork Orange.
Big fan. Who knew, Gillian Flynn? Masterful storyteller (hopefully this is all fiction, right?).
I also hesitated to read this book at all because of the massive hype it was getting from hoi polloi.
I really enjoyed seeing the story take a strange and unexpected fork. And wondering if another fork was coming.
The character development was good--Flynn is creepily accurate at getting inside a crazy person's head. It was ballet; watching one person unravel and re assimilate while another stitches up the perfect crime. A student of the Palahnuik novels, I kept making the most absurd reaches, trying to figure it out. At the end, I was sated in the story and reeling with some surprise. It was reminiscent of two great films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Clockwork Orange.
Big fan. Who knew, Gillian Flynn? Masterful storyteller (hopefully this is all fiction, right?).
This was a little heavy handed on the "Anti Bullying" message. But other than that, it was okay for a young adult book. New York Times Bestseller my ass.
This was okay, though not challenging in any way save subject matter.
Graphic and horrifying at times, you root for the 11 year-old Jaycee and recoil at the sliminesss of her captors.
She seems to have a healthy mindset about her ordeal; well, as normal as can be expected.
Graphic and horrifying at times, you root for the 11 year-old Jaycee and recoil at the sliminesss of her captors.
She seems to have a healthy mindset about her ordeal; well, as normal as can be expected.
