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booklovinalicia's review against another edition
3.0
Very easy read. Good teen mystery that did keep my interested and guessing up until the end.
readwithpassion's review against another edition
3.0
A student begins blogging about students, wishing they were dead. Slowly, they begin to disappear. This book had many slow points, but the scarier scenes definitely made it enjoyable to read. The last fifty pages were very enjoyable, and made me enjoy the book much more as a whole. The character development felt a little bit weak to me, as well.I liked the book a lot, but it isn't my favorite from Strasser.
daniellearider's review against another edition
3.0
YA horror fiction that did a lot of telling and not a lot of showing. Some of the dialogue was awkwardly painful, but I couldn’t tell if it was because it was meant to be “hip” and for a teen audience or just because of the writing. Overall plot was good enough for a solid three stars!
kaitrosereads's review against another edition
4.0
Wish You Were Dead is one of the most unique stories I have read recently. It was also one of the creepiest. It definitely wasn’t in the same category of creepy as The Devouring but it was really scary in its own way and what is worse is that it was way more realistic. The stuff that happened in Wish You Were Dead could very well happen in real life and that was what made it so hard for me to read.
From the summary you can tell that teenagers are being kidnapped based on the writings of an anonymous blogger. What you don’t find out from the summary is that there is a lot more going on in the book than just that. And you don’t really find out all the stuff until the very end when it’s revealed who the kidnapper is. It definitely wasn’t predictable and I never would have guessed. It was a real shocker for me. Probably for everyone else who reads the book too.
The story is told from Madison’s point of view, at least most of the time. Sometimes it switched around to the other teens involved but not often. It also switched when one of the teens was being kidnapped. It was written from their point of view when it was happening. It made the book seem a lot scarier because you saw what they were going through and you saw how helpless they were to fight. It was horrible.
The one thing that didn’t really make sense to me was Madison’s cyberstalker. It is revealed at the end who it is but I don’t get why it had to be part of the book. It didn’t really add anything to the story and it wasn’t really clear why the person was stalking her. It just confused me a little. It wasn’t needed and there was already enough going on in the book without that.
Overall, Wish You Were Dead is one of those books I recommend reading when you aren’t home alone. It creeped me out but it was definitely in a good way. If you haven’t read any of Todd Strasser’s books this is a good one to start with. =]
Oh and I just now found out that this is going to be a trilogy. I think this one could stand alone but now I can't wait for the next one!
From the summary you can tell that teenagers are being kidnapped based on the writings of an anonymous blogger. What you don’t find out from the summary is that there is a lot more going on in the book than just that. And you don’t really find out all the stuff until the very end when it’s revealed who the kidnapper is. It definitely wasn’t predictable and I never would have guessed. It was a real shocker for me. Probably for everyone else who reads the book too.
The story is told from Madison’s point of view, at least most of the time. Sometimes it switched around to the other teens involved but not often. It also switched when one of the teens was being kidnapped. It was written from their point of view when it was happening. It made the book seem a lot scarier because you saw what they were going through and you saw how helpless they were to fight. It was horrible.
The one thing that didn’t really make sense to me was Madison’s cyberstalker. It is revealed at the end who it is but I don’t get why it had to be part of the book. It didn’t really add anything to the story and it wasn’t really clear why the person was stalking her. It just confused me a little. It wasn’t needed and there was already enough going on in the book without that.
Overall, Wish You Were Dead is one of those books I recommend reading when you aren’t home alone. It creeped me out but it was definitely in a good way. If you haven’t read any of Todd Strasser’s books this is a good one to start with. =]
Oh and I just now found out that this is going to be a trilogy. I think this one could stand alone but now I can't wait for the next one!
jennifermreads's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent mystery for teens. I really like when I cannot figure out who-dun-it and this one had me guessing until the very end; even jumped at a few shadows. Author got me invested in Madison’s life and future. I felt her dilemmas, heartaches, and fear. Eager to read more by this author.
kricketa's review against another edition
3.0
students in soundview are disappearing without a trace. the link? they're all popular. madison knows that the mysterious new student, tyler, knows something...but can she find out what it is before it's too late??
one of the more gripping teen thrillers i've read. i'm deducting a star because strasser works facebook into the plot without knowing how it works (you can't be anonymous, you have to have a first name and a last name, not stuff like PBleeker or iamnemesis, and there are no chat rooms).
BUT this is an ARC so maybe that stuff will have gotten fixed. still, i'll definitely be buying this for the collection come october.
one of the more gripping teen thrillers i've read. i'm deducting a star because strasser works facebook into the plot without knowing how it works (you can't be anonymous, you have to have a first name and a last name, not stuff like PBleeker or iamnemesis, and there are no chat rooms).
BUT this is an ARC so maybe that stuff will have gotten fixed. still, i'll definitely be buying this for the collection come october.
trin_ney18's review against another edition
3.0
Despite the short number of pages this book was a long and heavy read. There were moments where I could tell the author was writing (like when you can see an actor acting?) but then I would get back into it. I am glad that this is one of the books I started 2016 off with.
maryam162424's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. It was a good thriller in the sense I didn't know who was the kidnapper, but a few things bothered me. The main character was really naive, a bit careless (she ALWAYS thought about Tyler and it got annoying real quick), and just really plain to me. I don't know. I didn't connect with any of them. Fast read and pleasing, I suppose.