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trisha_thomas's review against another edition
2.0
"Secrets weren't a currency. They were a burden. A heavy, dangerous burden."
I'm so disappointed. I had read the synopsis and saw the shelved genres and had made some assumptions about what kind of story I was getting. And, oddly, this wasn't that one at all.
I have to shelve this as something akin to a silly horror story. Where there is gore and murder and blood and....elements that aren't always what they appear.
I'm so disappointed. I had read the synopsis and saw the shelved genres and had made some assumptions about what kind of story I was getting. And, oddly, this wasn't that one at all.
I have to shelve this as something akin to a silly horror story. Where there is gore and murder and blood and....elements that aren't always what they appear.
ashbrarian's review
3.0
I took a long time to get through this book. I think there are some definitely good parts of this book, but there are also some just plain ol' boring parts to this book. I think the premise as a whole was really intriguing but felt as if there were two storylines happening. Mallory at home and Mallory at Monroe. I didn't quite connect with Mallory, but I would love to have a story about Colleen! I've read Megan Miranda's other work (adult fiction) and I enjoyed that one a lot more than this one. I felt like this was a book that could have been written in half the amount of pages it was. The main antagonists at Monroe were cliche but also felt very rushed and unfinished, if that's possible. You hear from the main "culprit" about 3-4 times. It seems as though Megan just wanted to write the actual story about Monroe but needed a cutting-edge premise to sell the book so she just threw that in the story. Overall, it wasn't the worst but also not the best.
karenavila85's review against another edition
1.0
Some YA books are great and some make you realize how old you are and how you should stick to your own kind. A real snoozer, written more for teens filled with petty high school fights over boys. PASS.
madhatter360's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't really know what to expect from this book going in. I definitly think this is a book that will stay with me for a while. That being said, I feel like there were a lot of opportunities that were missed.
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
4.0
*ARC received on November 5th 2012 courtesy of Netgalley*
Full review can be found on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews.
This was a very nice surprise! The suspense was very well done, I had no idea what was real and what wasn't, and at the same time, I wanted to take Mallory in my arms and hug her and tell her everything would be OK - even if I had no idea if it would or not.
Full review can be found on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews.
This was a very nice surprise! The suspense was very well done, I had no idea what was real and what wasn't, and at the same time, I wanted to take Mallory in my arms and hug her and tell her everything would be OK - even if I had no idea if it would or not.
belava's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
OMG holy wow. A boarding school murder mystery with a dash of romance and a story that will draw you in. I loved this one, it was just what I needed and what I wanted. Meet Mallory she murdered her boyfriend, but what made her do it? Through parts taking place before the now events we find out about what happened before, after, and what happened during. Who is stalking Mallory? (though I had a fast suspicion quite soon) I felt sorry for Mallory and all she went through and still was going through thanks to the new girls at her boarding school. I loved how the author wrote Mallory, how at times you were doubting her memories because of the things she did now. I loved the friendship between Mallory and her best friend. The ending holy wow! The romance.. I wasn't to sure about as it felt too soon too rushed, but in the end I was quite happy with it.
bookishnicole's review against another edition
4.0
At first when I started this book, I felt a little blah mostly because I was really lost. e started this book with this terrible thing having happened to Mallory and her boyfriend and we have no idea what it was why it happened or anything else surrounding it. We know that her mother has hidden the knife block and that her parents are shipping her off to school in New Hampshire and that she is not happy about it at all. I guess thats what you do as a parent when your daughter kills her boyfriend in self defense and his mother won't leave you alone.
Miranda's writing was a combination of present time and flashback to the night that the accident took place and other times surrounding it. A lot of the flashbacks have to do with her boyfriend Brian, and others have to do with her stellar best friend Colleen, who you cannot but help and love for her devotion to Mallory and visa versa. Right from the start you seem to find out that Brian was a shit and had no business being with Mallory, and while tragic, its a good thing that she was able to escape him while she could. While we don't know right away what happened the night that Brian was killed the facts are quickly established so you're not left hanging until the end of the book, which while it adds to the suspense, really drives me crazy.
Once we get to New Hampshire, the plot really takes off and we're introduced to a handful of other students who really matter to moving the plot forward. One of them is Reid, and my god is he one of the best book boyfriends ever. Like really, as suspicious surrounded Mallory regarding the different events that take place including the subsequent murder, he seems to never, not ever lose faith in what she told him what happened. And THAT my friends, was great because it wasn't instalove, it was based on him having known her for years and his trust in her, not that he loved her having seen her again after ages. The entire book I just wanted to take a Mallory doll and a Reid doll and smash their faces together making kissey noises. Because thats all they should do all the time.
I loved that there was a development of the relationships, I've seen in a lot of books, authors that will declare two characters best friends and back it up with some actions that show it, but in this book we really see how Colleen and Mallory were really there for one another. We saw how their relationship grew through the awful experiences they were both going through. The same thing went for Reid and Mallory as we saw flashbacks from when his father died when they were in high school. That was a relationship of substance.
I was a little confused as to the development of Mallory's problem. She seems to be having hallucinations of Brian sort of stalking her life. She feels like she keeps hearing the pounding of his heart and then she starts to develop these bruises on her shoulder and then other instances occur in her room that make you wonder who was the culprit and what was going on. It was frustrating at times because you could never be sure, and of course there isn't just one person working against her sanity.
All in all, this book just made me more excited to read Fracture which has been on my shelves for quite some time now.
Miranda's writing was a combination of present time and flashback to the night that the accident took place and other times surrounding it. A lot of the flashbacks have to do with her boyfriend Brian, and others have to do with her stellar best friend Colleen, who you cannot but help and love for her devotion to Mallory and visa versa. Right from the start you seem to find out that Brian was a shit and had no business being with Mallory, and while tragic, its a good thing that she was able to escape him while she could. While we don't know right away what happened the night that Brian was killed the facts are quickly established so you're not left hanging until the end of the book, which while it adds to the suspense, really drives me crazy.
Once we get to New Hampshire, the plot really takes off and we're introduced to a handful of other students who really matter to moving the plot forward. One of them is Reid, and my god is he one of the best book boyfriends ever. Like really, as suspicious surrounded Mallory regarding the different events that take place including the subsequent murder, he seems to never, not ever lose faith in what she told him what happened. And THAT my friends, was great because it wasn't instalove, it was based on him having known her for years and his trust in her, not that he loved her having seen her again after ages. The entire book I just wanted to take a Mallory doll and a Reid doll and smash their faces together making kissey noises. Because thats all they should do all the time.
I loved that there was a development of the relationships, I've seen in a lot of books, authors that will declare two characters best friends and back it up with some actions that show it, but in this book we really see how Colleen and Mallory were really there for one another. We saw how their relationship grew through the awful experiences they were both going through. The same thing went for Reid and Mallory as we saw flashbacks from when his father died when they were in high school. That was a relationship of substance.
I was a little confused as to the development of Mallory's problem. She seems to be having hallucinations of Brian sort of stalking her life. She feels like she keeps hearing the pounding of his heart and then she starts to develop these bruises on her shoulder and then other instances occur in her room that make you wonder who was the culprit and what was going on. It was frustrating at times because you could never be sure, and of course there isn't just one person working against her sanity.
All in all, this book just made me more excited to read Fracture which has been on my shelves for quite some time now.
bkmckown's review against another edition
3.0
This was an easy read, it had some good plot twists but the unreliable narrator is not my favorite. Overall though, it was predictable.