1.) I started reading this at 11 pm because I was bored and finished around 3. Forgive me if some details are fuzzy.
2.) This is way out of my genre. For one THERE ARE NO WEREWOLVES. OMG. Nor even a mention of werewolves ;( Shame. But, anyways, the last book that was general fiction (which is what I'm calling this 0-0) without being prompted by the school system was like The Wolf Boy or something and I only read it because I thought it was about werewolves. It wasnt. Not even close. It was about an eight year old kid with a box of letters and a weird neighbor. Not my piece of cake ^-^ Now, if weird neighbor had been a werewolf and tried to bite him? THAT would've been cool. AHHH, MAD EIGHT YEAR OLD WEREWOLF IS GOING TO EAT YOU AND BUY PLANE TICKETS TO LONDON SO HE CAN BE AMERICAN KID WEREWOLF IN LONDON AHHHH. Yep. Very epic the way I wrote it ;) Better than ze kid with the box of letters, thank you very much *takes a bow*
3.) Take it easy on me if the review sucks. I'm used to reviewing Paranormal ;)
4.) I read this beacause I heard it was good and wanted to know how the writer would handle it; I had no idea how you'd write something like this and thought it would be a good idea to learn.
On a day that started like any other…
Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. Then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the one decision she has left—the most important decision she’ll ever make.
Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.
Pitch:
Actually, I don't like the pitch. It seems more like they're tryign to sell you the book or see the morals in it (especially at the end, ugh) rather than focusing on the intricate plot.
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Plot: Kind of Amazing @-@ If there was a reason for me to read general fiction, it would probably be books like this.
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Pacing: There were some places it dragged a little; half the book, to is actually the backstory; explaining why she would go, why she would stay. It definitely had the most complex backstory of any book I've read. So, with a lot of backstory, it dragged in places, but it wasn't a boring slow really.
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Characters: FANTASTIC!!!! They were all great =) Very, very, very well developed. Even the minor ones.
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Character names: Not the most original, but there were no Patchs. They were actually not bad, so...
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Originality: Yes. Need I say more? I was amazed; I've never read nor seen nor heard of anything like this.
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Cover: I thought it was cool. It certainly portrayed the book, in it's own way. Though she's fighting to prove that BESTSELLING AUTHORS CAN'T USE CAPITAL LETTERS ON THEIR COVERS OMG. Why can't they just capitalize that little I and prove they know their grammer? It bothers me to no end.
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Setting: It was ok; not great, not bad.
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Writing Style: Not bad, not bad at all =)
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Imagery and attention to detail: Imagery, no. She didn't really go into it. Attention to detail; hell yeah.
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Title: I tfit's the story very well =) Simple, but it certainly tells you exactly what the books about at a glance =)
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Is it worth the read?: Yes, definitely. If not for the plot, read it for the way she wrote it. I mean, how would you have written a book about someone debating whether to stay or move on? It would be a short story, not a book. So I was curious how she'd write it, and I feel like I can be just a bit of a better writer now that I understand. It's a good eye opener too, and the depth she goes into is amazing. And the characters are so, so original. So yes, I stongly reccomend you read it =)
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