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kosmond's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't understand this book. It was strange, confusing and not as enjoyable as I had thought. Though it was thick with chilling and haunting revelations, the characters didn't jump out of the pages. Sebastian, a mentally-ill patient (or is he? We don't really get an answer to that) at Perpetual Help Hospital escapes and targets so to say three young girls who also happen to be at the same hospital in the ER. Lucy, Cecilia and Agnes though completely different are drawn to the same place, the same night and find things they weren't ready for.
Lucy is a high-maintenance, self-centered, up and coming "it-girl" who believes in living in the moment with the hottest trends, places and will back-stab whoever to better herself. She was a bit of an annoyance really. Cecilia, or CeCe is a musician who doesn't care about much else. Her music and fans are her world, that's all she needs to get through the day. Agnes, a romantic with a big heart just wants to be in love. We don't get much else from these characters. And there wasn't much to go on in the first place. I had a hard time with these flat, uninteresting characters. Sebastian, while he seemed like he was going to be something in the book, turned out to be confusing and strange. He never seemed to really answer any questions the girls had and yet they completely fell for him and were willing to die for him. I couldn't get into that whole aspect of the book. These girls had doubts and at points were a little scared, but just continued to be naive and it was just a little surreal.
I'm not familiar at all with Saints and the stories behind them and The Blessed didn't reveal much about them, other than that these 3 saints - Saint Agnes, Saint Lucy and Saint Cecilia - were all horribly mistreated and then refused to die their intended ways. I'm not sure where Saint Sebastian falls into this. The end of the book, when these girls came to terms with everything, the violence and graphic nature was just absurd to be honest. They are supposed to be Saints after all. The Blessed is clearly not a novel for me, but I can see how someone would be intrigued by it's content.
Lucy is a high-maintenance, self-centered, up and coming "it-girl" who believes in living in the moment with the hottest trends, places and will back-stab whoever to better herself. She was a bit of an annoyance really. Cecilia, or CeCe is a musician who doesn't care about much else. Her music and fans are her world, that's all she needs to get through the day. Agnes, a romantic with a big heart just wants to be in love. We don't get much else from these characters. And there wasn't much to go on in the first place. I had a hard time with these flat, uninteresting characters. Sebastian, while he seemed like he was going to be something in the book, turned out to be confusing and strange. He never seemed to really answer any questions the girls had and yet they completely fell for him and were willing to die for him. I couldn't get into that whole aspect of the book. These girls had doubts and at points were a little scared, but just continued to be naive and it was just a little surreal.
I'm not familiar at all with Saints and the stories behind them and The Blessed didn't reveal much about them, other than that these 3 saints - Saint Agnes, Saint Lucy and Saint Cecilia - were all horribly mistreated and then refused to die their intended ways. I'm not sure where Saint Sebastian falls into this. The end of the book, when these girls came to terms with everything, the violence and graphic nature was just absurd to be honest. They are supposed to be Saints after all. The Blessed is clearly not a novel for me, but I can see how someone would be intrigued by it's content.
breezy610's review against another edition
3.0
I would like to thank Simon and Shuster for allowing to read this before came out. Even though this is suppose to be a YA novel, this is def. meant for 16+ because of the content.
sirensaria's review against another edition
2.0
The book was very well written, but that's about all I can say. The plot made no sense what so ever, and the story was all over the place. It was really hard trying to separate everything and figure out what was going on. The worst part was that the first half of the book was ONLY about the characters and their lives. It seriously could have been cut in half at the very least, because within the first chapter for each girl you knew their personality and had a pretty decent understanding of them. It was just poorly put together and kept going on and on. Later in the book I had problems trying to figure out if something had really happened. There were three little subchapters, for lack of a better term, one for each girl, that pretty much made no sense at all. Overall, the book was just too confusing.
acrosspages's review against another edition
2.0
Este libro me provoco mucha controversia, ya que el tema tratado carecía de interés, desarrollo, lógica (la adaptada al libro), etc. No obstante, había cosas que si me agradaron como las personalidades de las tres protagonistas, la escritura y el diseño en sí del libro. Por lo demás me pareció un libro al cual le faltaba contenido, es decir, me pareció mal elaborado y en ocasiones ridículo. No sé, creo que lo hubiera disfrutado mejor si lo hubiera leído a los 13 o 14 años.
roglows's review against another edition
1.0
this happens pretty rarely but...
i flounced this book. and i just don't care enough to leave a proper review so go ahead and read other people's comments. they're spot on.
i might...MIGHT...try to read it again at a later date.
i flounced this book. and i just don't care enough to leave a proper review so go ahead and read other people's comments. they're spot on.
i might...MIGHT...try to read it again at a later date.
brokenchell's review against another edition
5.0
Wow !!!! This was Amazing... I have to say its one of the best books Ive read all year... I couldnt put it down...
kerri_may's review against another edition
2.0
This was probably one of the most ridiculous books I have read in a very long time. The plot was just odd and it made no sense most of the time, the characters were awful and I felt so disconnected to all of them and it was just generally terrible. The only reason this book got 2 stars rather than 1 was because I managed to finish it, which was a struggle at times.
aiplusyou's review
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
you canNOT make saint sebastian a love interest to three girls tonya hurley. reading this felt like i was having a psychotic episode.
kpjt_books's review against another edition
1.0
I really had a hard time getting into this book. Some 300 pages in and I still wasn't sure I even liked the story - but I plowed through and finished it. It's the first in a trilogy and as much as I'd like to give the author and the series the benefit of a second chance, I'm not sure I will.
The story seemed very very slow to unravel and even at the end it was still murky and bogged down in a lot of places and very rushed in others. Characters don't seem true to their original outline, we don't get a lot of background, behaviour changes feel rushed.
I think the author has an interesting premise - perhaps - it's so hard to tell when the story feels so nebulous. Better luck on the 2nd installment!
The story seemed very very slow to unravel and even at the end it was still murky and bogged down in a lot of places and very rushed in others. Characters don't seem true to their original outline, we don't get a lot of background, behaviour changes feel rushed.
I think the author has an interesting premise - perhaps - it's so hard to tell when the story feels so nebulous. Better luck on the 2nd installment!