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tangledinwordsandyarn's review against another edition
4.0
Started out a bit slow, but was good. A cross between "Gossip Girl" and "Northanger Abbey". Looking forward to the next book in the series.
kristareadsalot88's review against another edition
4.0
I absolutely enjoyed this book from beginning to end. It had reminded me of The Lying Game and Pretty Little Liars. So many secrets, I can't wait to read more.
skundrik87's review against another edition
3.0
really reminded me of "Rebecca" by Daphne Dumaurier for some reason.
aprilbooksandwine's review against another edition
1.0
So, I might get a little tiny bit ranty…just keep in mind my reviews are for READERS. K, thanks!
It’s hard for me to put this nicely, but I just plain did not like The Innocents by Lili Peloquin. It’s not for lack of trying or lack of an open mind. I just could not get into The Innocents. I disliked the characters. I was bored by the plotting. I never felt compelled to set my life aside to read this book, and for a book that is under 300 pages, it sure did take me a long time to get through.
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It’s hard for me to put this nicely, but I just plain did not like The Innocents by Lili Peloquin. It’s not for lack of trying or lack of an open mind. I just could not get into The Innocents. I disliked the characters. I was bored by the plotting. I never felt compelled to set my life aside to read this book, and for a book that is under 300 pages, it sure did take me a long time to get through.
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foreveryoungadult's review against another edition
Graded By: Jenny
Cover Story: Picturesque
BFF Charm: Um, Nay? Yay?
Swoonworthy Scale: 6
Talky Talk: Gossip Girl Meets The O.C.
Bonus Factors: Cambridge, Sisters, A Dead Girl
Relationship Status: I've Never Gone Out With Anyone Quite Like This Book.
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Cover Story: Picturesque
BFF Charm: Um, Nay? Yay?
Swoonworthy Scale: 6
Talky Talk: Gossip Girl Meets The O.C.
Bonus Factors: Cambridge, Sisters, A Dead Girl
Relationship Status: I've Never Gone Out With Anyone Quite Like This Book.
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quinnnn's review against another edition
4.0
Good book, but it drops off at the end. Stupid cliffhangers!
gh0st0fth0ught's review against another edition
2.0
Wasn't really sure when, I first was reading it but, at the end I was curious how this series will end in the next two books that follow.
stouqan0809's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book so much. Alice especially. I have no words to describe how amazing it was and how much I loved it. I LOVED IT!
rebekahlynn's review against another edition
1.0
From reading the synopsis i totally thought I would like this book. It sounded a little like Pretty Little Liars (a series I like a lot). Once I started actually reading it though, I realized i didn't care one iota about what happened to the characters. Also there were some things in the writing style that bugged the heck out of me. things would appear that weren't mentioned before, or someone would say something that had nothing to do with anything. It was really annoying. I will not be reading any more of this series for sure.
thekosichronicles's review against another edition
3.0
[b:The Innocents|2443|The Innocents Abroad|Mark Twain|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320520180s/2443.jpg|6459342] by [a:Lili Peloquin|5766317|Lili Peloquin|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1350233818p2/5766317.jpg] is a well-written book about the wealthy town of Serenity Point in Connecticut, Peloquin herself grew up in New England and could have been inspired by her life there.
We meet sisters Alice and Charlie, who - altough sisters - could not have been more unlike. Silent, artistic Alice and bold, sporty-girl Charlie love and hate each other just as any other sisters. They have one problem: their step-father.
Richard Flood the Third is a very rich man with a dark past. His late wife died of cancer a year before the book begins and his daughter was in a car accident in which she too passed away at the same time.
Maggie, the sisters mother, recently divorced their father and quickly remarried the rich mr Flood. As Charlie and Alice's dad go to Japan with his jazz-band on tour they are forced to live with their mother and step-father, something they do not like at first. Not at all.
But Charlie adapts well to this rich life and is drawn to the alcoholic and former drug-addict Jude. Alice on the other hand find herself drawn to the quiet Tommy, who dated Richards late daughter, Camilla.
The first thing that shocks people on the other hand isn't that mr Flood remarried so quickly after his first wife past away, it is the resemblance of Alice and late Camilla.
Alice is clearly uncomfortable of the fact and starts digging deeper, which is the center-plot of the book.
The book is quite good in many aspects. For example I had problems guessing half-way through what was going to happen, somethings I rarely have problems after reading so much. As much as that was relieving, it was also annoying. I had no clue of how it would end.
One thing that is not as good is the very formal language, even between the teenagers. They speak very proper and Alice herself while having her tantrums is very formal with her words.
A warning should be posted out here to any of you who is not comfortable reading about teenagers drinking alcohol or the mentioning of drugs. I was not disturbed of it but others may be, so there is your warning.
Peloquin leaves a giant question mark at the end of the book, but perhaps that is question to be answered in the second book of the series, 'This Side of Jealousy'. I do hope so, because nearly all of the threads were left loose.
We meet sisters Alice and Charlie, who - altough sisters - could not have been more unlike. Silent, artistic Alice and bold, sporty-girl Charlie love and hate each other just as any other sisters. They have one problem: their step-father.
Richard Flood the Third is a very rich man with a dark past. His late wife died of cancer a year before the book begins and his daughter was in a car accident in which she too passed away at the same time.
Maggie, the sisters mother, recently divorced their father and quickly remarried the rich mr Flood. As Charlie and Alice's dad go to Japan with his jazz-band on tour they are forced to live with their mother and step-father, something they do not like at first. Not at all.
But Charlie adapts well to this rich life and is drawn to the alcoholic and former drug-addict Jude. Alice on the other hand find herself drawn to the quiet Tommy, who dated Richards late daughter, Camilla.
The first thing that shocks people on the other hand isn't that mr Flood remarried so quickly after his first wife past away, it is the resemblance of Alice and late Camilla.
Alice is clearly uncomfortable of the fact and starts digging deeper, which is the center-plot of the book.
The book is quite good in many aspects. For example I had problems guessing half-way through what was going to happen, somethings I rarely have problems after reading so much. As much as that was relieving, it was also annoying. I had no clue of how it would end.
One thing that is not as good is the very formal language, even between the teenagers. They speak very proper and Alice herself while having her tantrums is very formal with her words.
A warning should be posted out here to any of you who is not comfortable reading about teenagers drinking alcohol or the mentioning of drugs. I was not disturbed of it but others may be, so there is your warning.
Peloquin leaves a giant question mark at the end of the book, but perhaps that is question to be answered in the second book of the series, 'This Side of Jealousy'. I do hope so, because nearly all of the threads were left loose.