mokey81's review against another edition
1.0
I didn't like this much as her other book. I read this one first and I'm surprised I bothered with the other. There was so much cussing in this book. And it just felt totally disjointed and pointless. Didn't like.
girrlfriday's review against another edition
4.0
I like this book for the reasons that other people don't like it: because the main character doesn't give a damn about anything but herself, because it's ambiguous and the ending isn't tied up with a pretty bow. Life is messy and sometimes unresolved.
hyzenthlay76's review against another edition
3.0
By the author of 'Josie and Jack' and just as engrossing.
fictionofthefix's review against another edition
3.0
Now she was older and she no longer looked for magic.
i don't even know what to make of this, i feel like a little kid trying to process it all. it's certainly not an optimistic book and i'm not sure what the message is supposed to be. but it has to be said, the writing is seriously SPECTACULAR, it left me breathless... but the material was a little too strong, i don't know, i think i should have waited till i was older.
some similarities i found in Kelly's other books, because i'm bored:
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "Some people, she thought, lived their whole lives and never did anything that mattered."
[bc:Fabulous Things|606780|Fabulous Things|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347573945s/606780.jpg|200146]: "I thought, there are people who live their entire lives and never know this kind of love."
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "She never complains. She should complain. She deserves to complain. You leave me here! she wants to shriek. You leave me!"
[bc:Fabulous Things|606780|Fabulous Things|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347573945s/606780.jpg|200146]: "You think I wanted to leave you here alone?” “You must have,” I said, “because you did. You left me here.” I said it again: “You left me here.”
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "He was the only one who loved her, and now he was gone."
[bc:Save Yourself|16142105|Save Yourself|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1369819841s/16142105.jpg|21974146]: "Patrick thought of Layla. Her words: Justinian hurts me but he's the only one who loves me."
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "The scene she plays will always be the same: over and over again, she will save him."
[bc:Save Yourself|16142105|Save Yourself|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1369819841s/16142105.jpg|21974146]: "Maybe she'll even be good for him. Like you were for me. You saved me, you know."
and many more. there's a group of 4 misfits teenagers in both Save Yourself and Last Seen Leaving.
and i can't wait for Braffet's next book. because i know that even though i may not be in love with the subject matter, i'm in love with her way with words. it's like nothing i've ever read before.
i don't even know what to make of this, i feel like a little kid trying to process it all. it's certainly not an optimistic book and i'm not sure what the message is supposed to be. but it has to be said, the writing is seriously SPECTACULAR, it left me breathless... but the material was a little too strong, i don't know, i think i should have waited till i was older.
some similarities i found in Kelly's other books, because i'm bored:
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "Some people, she thought, lived their whole lives and never did anything that mattered."
[bc:Fabulous Things|606780|Fabulous Things|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347573945s/606780.jpg|200146]: "I thought, there are people who live their entire lives and never know this kind of love."
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "She never complains. She should complain. She deserves to complain. You leave me here! she wants to shriek. You leave me!"
[bc:Fabulous Things|606780|Fabulous Things|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347573945s/606780.jpg|200146]: "You think I wanted to leave you here alone?” “You must have,” I said, “because you did. You left me here.” I said it again: “You left me here.”
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "He was the only one who loved her, and now he was gone."
[bc:Save Yourself|16142105|Save Yourself|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1369819841s/16142105.jpg|21974146]: "Patrick thought of Layla. Her words: Justinian hurts me but he's the only one who loves me."
[bc:Last Seen Leaving|1424853|Last Seen Leaving|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347578011s/1424853.jpg|1415298]: "The scene she plays will always be the same: over and over again, she will save him."
[bc:Save Yourself|16142105|Save Yourself|Kelly Braffet|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1369819841s/16142105.jpg|21974146]: "Maybe she'll even be good for him. Like you were for me. You saved me, you know."
and many more. there's a group of 4 misfits teenagers in both Save Yourself and Last Seen Leaving.
and i can't wait for Braffet's next book. because i know that even though i may not be in love with the subject matter, i'm in love with her way with words. it's like nothing i've ever read before.
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