mrsjkamp's review against another edition
3.0
2nd warning - this is spoilery!
I guess I understand the point of this book, but goodness. This is basically teenager Groundhog's Day. Samantha Kingston keeps living the same day over and over again after she dies in a car accident. It seems like she needs to change things to make them better, and I kept thinking that perhaps she would live if she made it right. But she didn't. She lives this day 7 times but for nothing!!! That was the most irritating thing of all. NOTHING CHANGED. She still dies at the end. This wasn't a dream or the afterlife. We don't ever find out what the deal really is. She just "knows" that it's the last time. And it's almost torture for her and everyone else. I just didn't see the point.
And the narrator was not very good. Her normal voice was fine, but the voices she did for EVERYONE else sucked. Bad. They were so exaggerated, and they really got on my nerves. BLAH! I'm having some bad luck with audio books lately. I need a good one.
I guess I understand the point of this book, but goodness. This is basically teenager Groundhog's Day. Samantha Kingston keeps living the same day over and over again after she dies in a car accident. It seems like she needs to change things to make them better, and I kept thinking that perhaps she would live if she made it right. But she didn't. She lives this day 7 times but for nothing!!! That was the most irritating thing of all. NOTHING CHANGED. She still dies at the end. This wasn't a dream or the afterlife. We don't ever find out what the deal really is. She just "knows" that it's the last time. And it's almost torture for her and everyone else. I just didn't see the point.
And the narrator was not very good. Her normal voice was fine, but the voices she did for EVERYONE else sucked. Bad. They were so exaggerated, and they really got on my nerves. BLAH! I'm having some bad luck with audio books lately. I need a good one.
blburslem's review against another edition
4.0
I read this quickly even though it's 470 pages, it was a very enjoyable YA novel. Didn't love the ending.
karisjmadison's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
katylang's review against another edition
3.0
It started off a little slow, but I got more involved in the plot as the book went on. I still didn't feel 100% sympathetic toward the main character, the ending was a little abrupt, and the same imagery was used over and over again. Overall, decent read but not a re-read.
ambers0511's review against another edition
4.0
I have no words to describe this book. None. Well, actually, one. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go read it. Now.
beccads's review against another edition
4.0
Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club, you have once again blown me away with awesome! Though the writing is sort of just average teen fiction I am happy to report that the story kicks butt and makes you feel almost all the things!
thegraduatedbookwormblogger's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5 Full Review can be found at http://thegraduatedbookworm.blogspot.ca
Alright, so even though I totally watched the movie before I got the chance to finish this book, I'm still totally basing the novel as such. I'm not doing a comparison, but if you would like to read my movie review, I do have it up on TheOdysseyOnline where I am a content creator.
Alright, so from the beginning, you dive right into this story and what happens to Samantha Kingston and it completely throws you off kilter. There's no room for you to second guess or be hopeful of a different ending (Although I found myself multiple times hoping that the ending would be different than I knew it would be). I definitely felt like the first part of the book was fast paced, and had me on my toes. I also felt that there were quite a few moments where I felt like I was almost in the book and the air was being sucked out of my own lungs as certain moments in the book played out. Kind of like I was running out of time myself.
Now here's where it gets a little fuzzy for me. I felt like for a majority of the time, it was very stereotypical of a popular mean girl's perspective on life and how things go "So terribly" for her, even though she had this amazing life. I also felt like towards the third time she repeats her life, it began to get somewhat too repetitive for my liking, and it really started to slow down.
Although it was a pretty intense read for most of the part, I felt like a lot of it could have been taken out, or shortened from the novel. It was pretty fast paced at certain moments of the novel, but also tends to slow down--which I didn't necessarily enjoy.
Overall it was a pretty good read. It does have a powerful message that gets through the novel on how you should appreciate every day as if it's your last, and to realize that our actions and words do make an impact on our future, whether it be short or long. I would definitely recommend checking it out, because I'm sure a lot of other people may enjoy reading it, I just felt like there could have been more to the story to make it super fast paced, on my toes, and keeping me guessing what the ending would turn out to be.
Alright, so even though I totally watched the movie before I got the chance to finish this book, I'm still totally basing the novel as such. I'm not doing a comparison, but if you would like to read my movie review, I do have it up on TheOdysseyOnline where I am a content creator.
Alright, so from the beginning, you dive right into this story and what happens to Samantha Kingston and it completely throws you off kilter. There's no room for you to second guess or be hopeful of a different ending (Although I found myself multiple times hoping that the ending would be different than I knew it would be). I definitely felt like the first part of the book was fast paced, and had me on my toes. I also felt that there were quite a few moments where I felt like I was almost in the book and the air was being sucked out of my own lungs as certain moments in the book played out. Kind of like I was running out of time myself.
Now here's where it gets a little fuzzy for me. I felt like for a majority of the time, it was very stereotypical of a popular mean girl's perspective on life and how things go "So terribly" for her, even though she had this amazing life. I also felt like towards the third time she repeats her life, it began to get somewhat too repetitive for my liking, and it really started to slow down.
Although it was a pretty intense read for most of the part, I felt like a lot of it could have been taken out, or shortened from the novel. It was pretty fast paced at certain moments of the novel, but also tends to slow down--which I didn't necessarily enjoy.
Overall it was a pretty good read. It does have a powerful message that gets through the novel on how you should appreciate every day as if it's your last, and to realize that our actions and words do make an impact on our future, whether it be short or long. I would definitely recommend checking it out, because I'm sure a lot of other people may enjoy reading it, I just felt like there could have been more to the story to make it super fast paced, on my toes, and keeping me guessing what the ending would turn out to be.
taysquirtle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
trinity_anne_eilish's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5