I liked this book.
It wasn't the best, but it certainly wasn't the worst, either.
I stayed up late to finish this book, but that wasn't because I was desperate to know what happened or was absolutely enthralled with the storyline. I stayed up late to finish it simply because I wanted to finish it, and I felt like I had already spent too long reading it.
I think the best part of the Gallagher Girls was the lighthearted, funny part. And I feel that Ally Carter started to try to distance herself from that part of the story and tried to make it more serious, and it simply didn't work.
Any action scenes were only mentioned. As I read it, I felt as though the scene took place within 5 seconds. Maybe they did in reality, however I felt like I didn't get any of the feeling of the action and the suspense. At the end of one such scene, Cammje mentions her hair was matted and stuck to her head, and she was covered in blood. Well, to me that sounded entirely wrong because the scene itself was about half a page long.
Nevertheless, I did like this book.

I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED IT.
So I started this book because I needed to read certain parts of it for English class, ages ago. My original intent was to read the entire play, but that got pushed out the window when my teachers actually told me not to bother.
However, I was going to take it back to the library when I felt so guilty, I suddenly couldn't take it back without having finished it.
I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice, and the storyline was getting pretty slow and I was beginning to find it hard to focus. So my plan was, if I read Romeo and Juliet now, since it's a whole 200 years or so older than Pride and Prejudice, once I'm finished Pride and Prejudice will look like easy reading (it worked, by the way).
I think one of the hardest things about reading this play is that there is hardly anything besides dialogue. Without a narration, it's hard to get any sense of time passing, characters thoughts and feelings, etc.
Another thing is that : we all know how the play ends. In fact, Shakespeare even tells us himself in the prologue. So, we know what's going to happen, and it can get a bit depressing. I started to feel like, "what's the point?"
However, there were good points - it was interesting how everyone kept referring to ancient mythology in imagery and metaphors, and it was interesting the way that people spoke. It's also nice to be able to say that I've read one of Shakespeare's plays.

this was an okay book. I was expecting more from it, considering how much I've heard about it. It had no depth, no logic, no unpredictable plot twists, no moving emotional parts, so shocking conditions of how propel lived (although the author was constantly trying to point out a poverty which I couldn't even see). Hardly any of the characters had any life (okay, so I did like Maxon) I mean, 35 girls and she must have given about 4 of them an actual personality (well done, pretty impressive). but oddly enough, while I was reading this book none of this bothered me too much. maybe it's because I've had a busy week and this must've been one of the easiest books I've read in a long time.

"If a book is well written, I always find it to be too short." - Jane Austen herself.
I really liked Pride and Prejudice. There was so much more to it than I was expecting.
I had been dreading reading this one, because it seems really long and really old. However, the book was absolutely amazing! It was funny, suspenseful, true to life, interesting, thought provoking, relatable, understandable.
All of the characters were complex characters who grew with the story. I loved the way that Jane Austen gave all the characters flaws and imperfections, as well as good traits and personalities. Sometimes a scene was so true to life, it was hard to remember that this book was written about 200 years ago.
Elizabeth as a main character was so lovely, such an understandable and imperfect character.
It took me a while to read, but I really did enjoy this book! I definitely would recommend it.

It was a nice story.
I guess I'm just not the audience it was aimed at.
I've heard that other books of Dahl's are better than this one, that this was one of his earlier stories.
it's pretty cool how he's included little points which allude to his other stories which he hadn't actually written when this book came out (eg. the whole chapter about THE BFG, the scenes inside the school, the mention of a witch, and the sentence "He looked like a boy who had just found out the world was made of chocolate).
I did like the overall message of it : go and do something crazy and unexpected, and have fun doing it.
This is the first Roald Dahl book I've actually read - I've listened to audio tapes, I've had them read to me, I'm watched the movies, but I've never read on myself. Well, now I have!

I really didn't enjoy this one.
No offense to the author, she sounds like a nice person and all.
This book constantly had me bored. Which is an issue when you're trying to read your annual book target.
There were a few parts of the book I found vaguely interesting, but right now I can't even remember which parts of the book those were. That's how interesting it was.
The idea is a good idea, but executed completely wrong, or at least, that's the feeling I get.
Maybe it's my fault for going straight from The Book Thief into this book, since Markus Zusak's novel is incredibly hard to beat. In fact, is there any book that could successfully follow The Book Thief while keeping the reader happy??
I found Mia's voice to be monotone in this story, even when humour or emotions were recounted, it fell flat.
I feel as though Forman had a much more detailed and deep world imagined inside her head, but that she struggled to transport it to paper, or was maybe too emotional in the process of doing so.
Maybe I'll read the sequel, but it's definitely not one I'm particularly bothered about.

This is a rare kind of book. Or, at least, in my opinion it is.
This is a book that is written with the voice of absolute simplicity yet is incredibly beautiful at the same time.
Third person perspective tends to be a rare thing nowadays, and normally I prefer first person perspective. Eva Ibbotson tells this story in third person perspective but also in a way that makes you feel intimate with the characters.
This book constantly reminded me of Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell - if you liked that story, you're sure to like this one.
A perfectly family friendly read, I would recommend this to every child - and everyone else, too.

This was a good book.
It's been a while since I've read a mystery of any kind, so this short read was a nice change from my recent reading. However, the writing style was quite emotionless in some parts and the dialogue wasn't natural. Hence the 4/5 stars.
The back of the book told me this was an "emotional thriller that explores our deepest, darkest fears." .... Well, that doesn't really explain the book much.
This story was very cleverly written, intriguing and interesting. It wasn't scary or even slightly graphic. As mentioned before, it didn't leave me feeling emotional.
But it was a very good book.

This is an odd book.
Maybe it would have worked better if it had been about 10 year olds.

"Leo, you can be a real jerk sometimes."
Forget about sometimes, I felt like this throughout the whole book. And unfortunately, Leo is the narrator of this story.
I'm still quite amazed by how Spinelli created such a flat, dull, uninteresting character. By the end of the book, you know that Leo 1. likes porcupine neckties. 2. likes strawberry banana smoothies. 3. has a birthday in summer.

I suppose the title of the book is fitting. This is a story utterly and completely about Stargirl, and nothing else. Some parts of the story were good, others bad.
In the end, I was glad that the book was so short.
Will I go on to read the sequel? I'm really not sure.