I was skeptic about this book because I hated Delirium, but this gave me a better look at Lauren Oliver.
Summary:
Sam Kingston is dead. She's died 3 times already and is continually repeating the last day of her life over and over again, a grand total of seven times. She doesn't know why, but she wants it to stop, bad. She's coming up with way after way to prevent her death, but every day it's February 12th. Seven days of one day, over and over again.
I was really into this book, it took me two days to read and was worth it. I thought Sam was a great thought out character. I thought her friends were a little too shallow and easily predicatable at times, but in the end I liked it.
Sam reliving her last day sevn times started to get annoying after three times, but then once Sam began to change I liked her once more. By the third time I was thinking up ways she could make it stop and I was getting annoyed at her for nor figuring them out until later on. I didn't expect the ending, though, and it was pretty good.
The character I had both the most sympathy for and most related to wazs Juliet Skyes. She was more of the stereotypical emo, but I still liked her a lot. I'd like to know more about her, but I know Sam would never be able to know so much since she barely knew her. Sam's boyfriend was a jerk and definitely the guy I liked least, so from a one to ten scale he'd easily be one and Juliet would be a ten. Sam woulkd be an eight because I liked Kent, he gets a nine and a half because at times he did seem to stalk Sam.
I wish the book had shown a few things of what might happen, what if Sam did stay up all night? Would she continue going on and on in her last day for eternity? I like open endings and such, but this left me wondering.
I give this book a solid three stars because three stars isn't always a bad thing and was much better than Oliver's other work which I won't mention. . . .
Fair warning: Some may be uncomfortable with how Oliver mentions death.
I was really into this book, it took me two days to read and was worth it. I thought Sam was a great thought out character. I thought her friends were a little too shallow and easily predicatable at times, but in the end I liked it.
Sam reliving her last day sevn times started to get annoying after three times, but then once Sam began to change I liked her once more. By the third time I was thinking up ways she could make it stop and I was getting annoyed at her for nor figuring them out until later on. I didn't expect the ending, though, and it was pretty good.
The character I had both the most sympathy for and most related to wazs Juliet Skyes. She was more of the stereotypical emo, but I still liked her a lot. I'd like to know more about her, but I know Sam would never be able to know so much since she barely knew her. Sam's boyfriend was a jerk and definitely the guy I liked least, so from a one to ten scale he'd easily be one and Juliet would be a ten. Sam woulkd be an eight because I liked Kent, he gets a nine and a half because at times he did seem to stalk Sam.
I wish the book had shown a few things of what might happen, what if Sam did stay up all night? Would she continue going on and on in her last day for eternity? I like open endings and such, but this left me wondering.
I give this book a solid three stars because three stars isn't always a bad thing and was much better than Oliver's other work which I won't mention. . . .
Fair warning: Some may be uncomfortable with how Oliver mentions death.
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