atnea's review against another edition
2.0
Rating: 1.5/5
If you'd like to see this review on my blog.
Ghostgirl is the story about Charlotte, a seventeen year old girl who's been invisible for her whole life. The summer before her last school year she decides to change things, and comes back with the new resolution of becoming popular. But everything changes when on the first day, she dies.
I read this book when I was 10 years old or so. I tough they were really good. They brought this new idea of how was life after death, specially life after dead for teenagers. And I'm not going to lie, I fell for it. The whole idea was very attractive to me, the characters where awesome, they listened to good music, the book itself was very beautiful, amazing art job. And I must confess, I did something that it's kind of a sin, but back them I didn't know. I read the second book first. You see, my dad gave me this book as a gift, because I asked, but he didn't know anything about it and back then I didn't know about Goodreads or Booktube or anything like that, so I read the book and only after I finished it did I realized that it was the second book. A year later, I read this book.
The overall idea of this book is really nice, very interesting and kind of unique. It's about Charlotte and her life after dead, and how she has to deal with unfinished business and growing up and letting go. It really is a very good plot. And I would have loved it, if it wasn't for the execution. Wow, really, was I blind back when I started reading.
This book has one of the most annoying, not believable, very frustrating characters I've ever read. They're so immature it's ridiculous, they do this things that don't have a reason to be and think stuff so ludicrous and ridiculous. And Charlotte is just plain annoying. She just makes decisions without thinking about anyone else and then says "Oh, poor me, I'm so lonely, nobody likes me, it's all my fault" and then does it again. And then we have Scarlet. She is actually one of the best characters, i believe. I think she's ok, I don't have much to say about her. Then we have the others like Petula and her friends. Oh, for God's sake WTF. Really. That it just plain ridiculous and stupid. And lastly, Damen (typical high school hottie name), if he's so nice, why is he with Petula? Just going to live it there.
Then we have the plot. Like I said, the idea is interesting, but the execution? The plot is based in one stupid decision behind another and all turns around the high school prom. Apparently, that's the only thing that matters. And the whole book increasingly fills with problems and more problems, and when the end comes, it all just ties together like if nothing ever happened. It all worked out just perfect, even though she kind of screwed a lot of people lives and pissed almost all of them. We all love each other at the end. Yeah, right -.-'''
One thing that really annoyed me is how the narrator tells you everything. Like "She was a quiet girl, the kind that does this and that and she probably didn't know about this, but she likes her anyway, etc" and I'm just sitting there like "NO!", you're supposed to tell me about all of this through character development, which it has none by the way. And it continues to do this trough out all the book. It's like having a constant interruption for things that are unnecessary, have nothing to do with plot or I already knew. Or all of them.
I like a few things, like the concept of teenagers having to pass a class before going to heaven because of the unfinished business. That's really original. I liked it. Also, all those quotes at the beginning of every chapter. Those were really cool. And also the physical decoration of the book is beautiful. It really is.
At the end, a book that was unique and fun to read when I was younger, is now a very badly written book with annoying characters and unrealistic moments. The most I can recommend is for you to read this when you're younger, not after.
If you'd like to see my review of Homecoming.
If you'd like to see my review of Lovesick.
If you'd like to see this review on my blog.
Ghostgirl is the story about Charlotte, a seventeen year old girl who's been invisible for her whole life. The summer before her last school year she decides to change things, and comes back with the new resolution of becoming popular. But everything changes when on the first day, she dies.
I read this book when I was 10 years old or so. I tough they were really good. They brought this new idea of how was life after death, specially life after dead for teenagers. And I'm not going to lie, I fell for it. The whole idea was very attractive to me, the characters where awesome, they listened to good music, the book itself was very beautiful, amazing art job. And I must confess, I did something that it's kind of a sin, but back them I didn't know. I read the second book first. You see, my dad gave me this book as a gift, because I asked, but he didn't know anything about it and back then I didn't know about Goodreads or Booktube or anything like that, so I read the book and only after I finished it did I realized that it was the second book. A year later, I read this book.
The overall idea of this book is really nice, very interesting and kind of unique. It's about Charlotte and her life after dead, and how she has to deal with unfinished business and growing up and letting go. It really is a very good plot. And I would have loved it, if it wasn't for the execution. Wow, really, was I blind back when I started reading.
This book has one of the most annoying, not believable, very frustrating characters I've ever read. They're so immature it's ridiculous, they do this things that don't have a reason to be and think stuff so ludicrous and ridiculous. And Charlotte is just plain annoying. She just makes decisions without thinking about anyone else and then says "Oh, poor me, I'm so lonely, nobody likes me, it's all my fault" and then does it again. And then we have Scarlet. She is actually one of the best characters, i believe. I think she's ok, I don't have much to say about her.
Spoiler
The only thing I do hate about them is that they claim so fiercely that they are best friends and that they are forever when I doubt they ever talked for more than 10 minutes about themselves and they have literally nothing in common.Then we have the plot. Like I said, the idea is interesting, but the execution? The plot is based in one stupid decision behind another and all turns around the high school prom. Apparently, that's the only thing that matters. And the whole book increasingly fills with problems and more problems, and when the end comes, it all just ties together like if nothing ever happened. It all worked out just perfect, even though she kind of screwed a lot of people lives and pissed almost all of them. We all love each other at the end. Yeah, right -.-'''
One thing that really annoyed me is how the narrator tells you everything. Like "She was a quiet girl, the kind that does this and that and she probably didn't know about this, but she likes her anyway, etc" and I'm just sitting there like "NO!", you're supposed to tell me about all of this through character development, which it has none by the way. And it continues to do this trough out all the book. It's like having a constant interruption for things that are unnecessary, have nothing to do with plot or I already knew. Or all of them.
I like a few things, like the concept of teenagers having to pass a class before going to heaven because of the unfinished business. That's really original. I liked it. Also, all those quotes at the beginning of every chapter. Those were really cool. And also the physical decoration of the book is beautiful. It really is.
At the end, a book that was unique and fun to read when I was younger, is now a very badly written book with annoying characters and unrealistic moments. The most I can recommend is for you to read this when you're younger, not after.
If you'd like to see my review of Homecoming.
If you'd like to see my review of Lovesick.
thewrongkenna's review
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
God never read a book you used to love as a kid this was so problematic and badly written 😠it reads like a terrible emo kid fan ficÂ
hazelleeeyyn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ristinawithak's review against another edition
2.0
I thought this book was going to be better then it was. I am not a fan. I really don't like when authors make the lead female character to be such an idiot. How is that going to make young female readers feel better about themselves when they read a book about a girl who is boy crazy over this one boy and dies. then even after death she is still crushing on this boy. I hope young girls realize that a crush is not life or death.
angelicprose's review against another edition
INSTANT dnf, not only is this giving woe-is-me pick me vibes, but on page like 21 they introduce an obviously special needs "referred to as slow" character who they only call A/V retard. That's gross. Fck this book.
oceanofsunflowers's review against another edition
1.0
12.27.20 Review:
I am quite unsure why I even bothered finishing this story. Charlotte's purpose to pass the eternal life, was a freaking boy. Is that really all that was left for her? The author didn't even bother giving her a backstory and a glimpse of her family in the afterlife. I mean?? Who wouldn't miss their family after being dead??? I'm confucionism???
I am quite unsure why I even bothered finishing this story. Charlotte's purpose to pass the eternal life, was a freaking boy. Is that really all that was left for her? The author didn't even bother giving her a backstory and a glimpse of her family in the afterlife. I mean?? Who wouldn't miss their family after being dead??? I'm confucionism???
kricketa's review against another edition
3.0
the design of this book is awesome-- the cover, artwork, song lyrics, silver-edged pages, etc. the story was a bit underwhelming and didn't always make sense, plus the writing wasn't so hot. (misplaced modifiers!) it's a trendier version of 'elsewhere' by zevin: teen girl dies young in tragic accident and has trouble letting go of life. the professional reviews prepared me for something more mind-blowing.
wayfaring_witch's review against another edition
3.0
ghostgirl was a fun ride, though artificial feeling at times. It is labeled as Teen Fic, so that might account for the distance I felt from the main character and writing style. Cookie cutter characters, but still enjoyable. It felt a bit like a bad 80s movie, and thats how the ghostgirl played in my head. By the end of the book, I was genuinely drawn in, and curious where it was going.
The most interesting thing about this book is its look. Each page is decorated with flowers and each chapter starts with a picture and a quote. The cover is fun and metallic, and it it taller and thinner than the average book. It added something to the whole experience of the book, and it was cool to have that.
The most interesting thing about this book is its look. Each page is decorated with flowers and each chapter starts with a picture and a quote. The cover is fun and metallic, and it it taller and thinner than the average book. It added something to the whole experience of the book, and it was cool to have that.
wombat_88's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0