Any book that has this many different ways of saying "having a poo" is always going to make me snigger! But it's more than that too.
A humorous story of dog training, friendship, werewolves, reality television and magic kisses.
A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. Some brave choices made by Roth but I, for one, think they were the right ones. Thought provoking themes about equality, creating the 'perfect' society and what it is to live a life.
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Loved Ashes so was always going to persevere to the end of the trilogy to find out what happened to everyone. The ending was satisfying. It just took so long to get there.
Nailed those teenage relationships that are always on the brink of rivalry. And I'm a sucker for a dog story...especially an underdog.
Thought I should read this as it is the one book in our library that has been challenged. I thought that it was mostly harmless, and I can imagine some very disappointed readers as it's more about relationships (with friends, family and the opposite sex) than 'doing it'!
This thriller rips along at a cracking speed. I liked the setting a lot (a near future Helsinki full of environmental refugees). But I wondered if the fast pace doesn't allow the tension to build sufficiently so the resolution just kind of happens and it made me shrug 'so what'.
The ACB with Honora Lee
I normally like a bit more plot in my books, but the fabulous word play and lovely relationships between the characters more than make up for a lack of happenings.
The three star rating is not the book's fault. This was not the right book to read for the mood I was in. I will be recommending it to the boys - there is lots of action and thrills. And they may not tire of the moody teenager like I did!
I really wanted to give this book four stars but I just can't do it for some reason that I can't quite figure out. I really enjoyed the first three quarters of this book. I liked the zombie point of view and the rumination about what it is that makes us "alive". But there was just something about the ending that's left me a bit dissatisfied.
This book is full of teenage angst, bullying, peer pressure and a life spiralling out of control when one bad decision follows another. None of the characters are particularly likeable, but I finished with feelings of hope for most of them. Will be recommending to the boys!
I liked this better than its predecessor, Wool. It is a compulsive page turner because you do want to find out what happens (happened?). But it just takes so long to get there! I know it's an omnibus of shorter works, but when it's all put together I just want it to move faster. Couldn't it have been edited when it was combined to one work to take out the repetitive bits? Sigh, the problem is I will go on to read Dust and have exactly the same complaint!
I love true stories of survival. This one was meticulously researched and had lots of information of events leading up to the plane crash, and also of the survivors lives after the fact. However, the true survival feat (over fourteen hours in the bush during a cold Canadian winter) wasn't really explained in much detail. We kept being told what a hero one of the survivors was, how lucky all the survivors were, and what a lasting impact that one night had on the rest of their lives without really getting a true sense of how that long night played out.
