So the main character, Auden, is an anti-social insomniac. Can someone say, "this book was written about Deena?"
Long story short, she goes to the beach for a summer of fun and ends up friends with a fellow insomniac named Eli.
He's hot, haunted, and needs a haircut. She starts hanging out with him, but not before she finds out he's the brother of the guy she hooked up with on her first night in town. -whoops. Somebody made a boo boo.
But anyways, Auden finally finds out why he's so distant.
SPOILER ALERT, they spend all their nights together and eventually fall for each other. Go figure.
As much as I loved the story, Sarah's writing style drives me nuts. She went into overdrive on details that weren't important to the story and didn't go into enough details on things that I felt made a significant impact on the plot.
Also, what's with the random flashbacks in the middle of a paragraph? Drove me up the wall.
I found myself hating Auden's parents. Not sure if I was supposed to or not, but I did nonetheless. Loved Eli, which I'm 99.99% sure I was supposed to. I also found myself relating to Auden.
Pet peeves in writing aside, the story was gripping. I read the whole book in less than 24 hours. That doesn't happen unless it's Harry Potter or the power is out.
I give this book 4/5. Would have been better had it not been for excessive details that left me saying "I don't care" or not enough details that left me going "what in the HECK just happened?"
I give this book 4/5. Would have been better had it not been for excessive details that left me saying "I don't care" or not enough details that left me going "what in the HECK just happened?"
Recommended, for sure.
Next up:
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
by Wendy Mass
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
by Wendy Mass
You never do one-day book reads? o________0
ReplyDeleteThose are like, my life.
ANYHOW, I'm kinda curious to see the author's style myself.
I've read five of Sarah Dessen's books and have come to the conclusion that I've only read one book by Sarah Dessen. Seriously if you can take two books by an author and make ONE movie out of them...that should tell you something. Like she doesn't know what an original plot is supposed to be (mainly, NOT what you just wrote last time).
ReplyDeleteAside from that her books are totally addicting in that if you have enough estrogen in your system you just can't help but like getting caught up in them. ;)
P.S. - Ohohoh! I read Jeremy Fink ages ago! :D
Yeah, a lot of her new books are all the same.
ReplyDeleteI loved Keeping the Moon though. That was the first one I read by her so it's untainted for me.
Her writing is addicting, why I have no idea.
It gets on my nerves until about page 100.
I actually bought Jeremy Fink at a school book fair 11 years ago. I'm JUST now reading it.
Is that terrible?
It's really a good book. Auden is a high school graduate who is staying at her dads for the summer. Her life hasn't been the greatest though. She has had to deal with her parents divorce and not getting to act like other kids when she was younger. Plus, she had to deal with her prom date canceling on her at last minute. But she is hoping to have a good and fun summer and meet new friends. Eli is one of Auden's new best friends.
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