nyx1801's review
2.0
The story is fine. Interesting, intrguing. But it reminds too much of the [b:Dark Visions Bind-Up: The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion|6780439|Dark Visions Bind-Up The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion (Dark Visions, #1-3)|L.J. Smith|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41usxLwQA%2BL._SL75_.jpg|285261]
adinda97's review against another edition
5.0
Chloe Sanders is een bijzonder meisje, ze ziet spoken. Wanneer ze op school een soort van paniekaanval krijgt. Adviseren de leraren om haar naar een instituut voor kinderen met gedragsproblemen te sturen. Dit instituut heet Lyle House. Zodra ze de andere kinderen beter leert kennen, blijken ze geen gedragsproblemen te hebben. Ze hebben allemaal bijzondere gaven, de één houd van vuur en de ander is enorm sterk. Dan gebeurt er iets heel onverwachts.
Ik begon met het lezen van dit boek en dacht Waar gaat dit over???. Het was echt zo raar en vreemd. Zodra ze naar Lyle House gaat, beginnen de dingen eindelijk op z'n plaats te vallen. Tijdens het leven van dit boek kreeg ik echt een hekel aan de dokters die in Lyle House werken, ze zijn zo gemeen. Ze behandelt deze jongeren slecht en gelooft ook helemaal niks van een speciale gave. Simon vind ik erg leuk, hij is heel erg charmant en hij is ook erg slim. Hij en Chloe passen echt heel goed bij elkaar.
Kelley Armstrong is echt een geweldige schrijfster. Een tijdje geleden ben ik ook aan een andere serie van haar begonnen ( Darkness Rising). Al haar boeken zijn spannend en bijzonder geschreven
Ik begon met het lezen van dit boek en dacht Waar gaat dit over???. Het was echt zo raar en vreemd. Zodra ze naar Lyle House gaat, beginnen de dingen eindelijk op z'n plaats te vallen. Tijdens het leven van dit boek kreeg ik echt een hekel aan de dokters die in Lyle House werken, ze zijn zo gemeen. Ze behandelt deze jongeren slecht en gelooft ook helemaal niks van een speciale gave. Simon vind ik erg leuk, hij is heel erg charmant en hij is ook erg slim. Hij en Chloe passen echt heel goed bij elkaar.
Kelley Armstrong is echt een geweldige schrijfster. Een tijdje geleden ben ik ook aan een andere serie van haar begonnen ( Darkness Rising). Al haar boeken zijn spannend en bijzonder geschreven
blz22's review against another edition
5.0
Chloe Sanders is een bijzonder meisje, ze ziet spoken. Wanneer ze op school een soort van paniekaanval krijgt. Adviseren de leraren om haar naar een instituut voor kinderen met gedragsproblemen te sturen. Dit instituut heet Lyle House. Zodra ze de andere kinderen beter leert kennen, blijken ze geen gedragsproblemen te hebben. Ze hebben allemaal bijzondere gaven, de één houd van vuur en de ander is enorm sterk. Dan gebeurt er iets heel onverwachts.
Ik begon met het lezen van dit boek en dacht Waar gaat dit over???. Het was echt zo raar en vreemd. Zodra ze naar Lyle House gaat, beginnen de dingen eindelijk op z'n plaats te vallen. Tijdens het leven van dit boek kreeg ik echt een hekel aan de dokters die in Lyle House werken, ze zijn zo gemeen. Ze behandelt deze jongeren slecht en gelooft ook helemaal niks van een speciale gave. Simon vind ik erg leuk, hij is heel erg charmant en hij is ook erg slim. Hij en Chloe passen echt heel goed bij elkaar.
Kelley Armstrong is echt een geweldige schrijfster. Een tijdje geleden ben ik ook aan een andere serie van haar begonnen ( Darkness Rising). Al haar boeken zijn spannend en bijzonder geschreven
Ik begon met het lezen van dit boek en dacht Waar gaat dit over???. Het was echt zo raar en vreemd. Zodra ze naar Lyle House gaat, beginnen de dingen eindelijk op z'n plaats te vallen. Tijdens het leven van dit boek kreeg ik echt een hekel aan de dokters die in Lyle House werken, ze zijn zo gemeen. Ze behandelt deze jongeren slecht en gelooft ook helemaal niks van een speciale gave. Simon vind ik erg leuk, hij is heel erg charmant en hij is ook erg slim. Hij en Chloe passen echt heel goed bij elkaar.
Kelley Armstrong is echt een geweldige schrijfster. Een tijdje geleden ben ik ook aan een andere serie van haar begonnen ( Darkness Rising). Al haar boeken zijn spannend en bijzonder geschreven
suzannedix's review
4.0
Really enjoyed this story which is book 1 of the Dark Powers trilogy. It's a fantasy story with twists and turns and very likable characters.
raylily25's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
snazel's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book free online, which you can do for a limited time here! And seriously, do so. Then go buy it for real. It's good. ^_^
Chloe Saunders is a fifteen years old aspiring movie director, and relieved that her life is finally going right, for once in a long while. I mean, not that it's gone seriously BAD, not since her mom died, (being rich and moving a lot isn't precisely bad news, though it does make it hard to make friends,) but she was just tapped to be a possible director of a movie the film club is making, and this is a big thing when you're in an arts school. This- added to the fact that her dad has promised that she's going to stay in the arts school till she graduates- and the fact that maybe a boy just asked her out to the dance- makes it officially a good day, pretty much. She's even dyed some red streaks into her hair- and then she starts being attacked by the ghost of a disfigured custodian which only she can see. Cue waking up in the phych ward.
But Chloe isn't going to let a little thing like being sent to a group home get her down. She's going to be declared better, get out, and get ON with her life. After all, there's not anything really wrong with her in the first place! She's fine. Chloe is determinedly sensible, even when the rest of the kids in the group home turn out to be scarily unpredictable and untrustworthy, though friendly enough, some of them... and then a housemate is "sent to another hospital" and then appears on her bed in the night, with a make-the-bottom-fall-out-of-your-stomach-story about waking up on a metal table and then being unable to breathe, but she's here now, right? Oh yeah, Chloe is here because she thinks she can see ghosts... and then she starts hearing definite voices in the basement, which want her to open a door...
I really want to talk more about the tasty, delicious plot, but I'm not, cause I don't want to spoil it any more than I already have. ^_^ Because you really should read it.
I think it's clear that I love the plot. I've decided that I love the paranormal-gifts-taken-for-insanity trope, and this book presents it beautifully. But the characters are also, SO GOOD. There are no lazy stereotypes, every single character has reasons, quirks, and their own motivations. Like- Gah, and I can't talk about these either, for fear of spoilers!! (Man, this would make such a good movie. Plus, it's interracial!)
Okay, I'll talk about the characters JUST a little. *CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* is a movie buff, which means *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* is aware of all the character tropes which the reader is! This leads to some delicious moments when *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* is saying that if *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* saw this in a movie, of course it would be obvious what to do, only this isn't a movie, this is real life, and there are *PLOT RELATED EVENT* doesn't happen in real life! And *ALSO CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* is so anti-social, and so loyal. And *STILL CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* is so charming, and I deeply, deeply suspect it's only skin deep. And *CFYP* is so excited to be "special" that *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* doesn't see the false signs, that *CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* see *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* only sees what *OFFICIAL GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUNS* tells the kids they see. Which leads to the question, is *CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* really seeing events correctly, or is *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* actually crazy and really deserves to be heavily medicated in this group home? The answer, of course, is *PLOT RELATED EVENT*.
I'm getting better at the not-spoilering. :)
I gave it four stars out of five. The next book is in my amazon cart. Just go ahead and read it already. :D
Chloe Saunders is a fifteen years old aspiring movie director, and relieved that her life is finally going right, for once in a long while. I mean, not that it's gone seriously BAD, not since her mom died, (being rich and moving a lot isn't precisely bad news, though it does make it hard to make friends,) but she was just tapped to be a possible director of a movie the film club is making, and this is a big thing when you're in an arts school. This- added to the fact that her dad has promised that she's going to stay in the arts school till she graduates- and the fact that maybe a boy just asked her out to the dance- makes it officially a good day, pretty much. She's even dyed some red streaks into her hair- and then she starts being attacked by the ghost of a disfigured custodian which only she can see. Cue waking up in the phych ward.
But Chloe isn't going to let a little thing like being sent to a group home get her down. She's going to be declared better, get out, and get ON with her life. After all, there's not anything really wrong with her in the first place! She's fine. Chloe is determinedly sensible, even when the rest of the kids in the group home turn out to be scarily unpredictable and untrustworthy, though friendly enough, some of them... and then a housemate is "sent to another hospital" and then appears on her bed in the night, with a make-the-bottom-fall-out-of-your-stomach-story about waking up on a metal table and then being unable to breathe, but she's here now, right? Oh yeah, Chloe is here because she thinks she can see ghosts... and then she starts hearing definite voices in the basement, which want her to open a door...
I really want to talk more about the tasty, delicious plot, but I'm not, cause I don't want to spoil it any more than I already have. ^_^ Because you really should read it.
I think it's clear that I love the plot. I've decided that I love the paranormal-gifts-taken-for-insanity trope, and this book presents it beautifully. But the characters are also, SO GOOD. There are no lazy stereotypes, every single character has reasons, quirks, and their own motivations. Like- Gah, and I can't talk about these either, for fear of spoilers!! (Man, this would make such a good movie. Plus, it's interracial!)
Okay, I'll talk about the characters JUST a little. *CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* is a movie buff, which means *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* is aware of all the character tropes which the reader is! This leads to some delicious moments when *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* is saying that if *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* saw this in a movie, of course it would be obvious what to do, only this isn't a movie, this is real life, and there are *PLOT RELATED EVENT* doesn't happen in real life! And *ALSO CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* is so anti-social, and so loyal. And *STILL CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* is so charming, and I deeply, deeply suspect it's only skin deep. And *CFYP* is so excited to be "special" that *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* doesn't see the false signs, that *CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* see *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* only sees what *OFFICIAL GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUNS* tells the kids they see. Which leads to the question, is *CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION* really seeing events correctly, or is *GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUN* actually crazy and really deserves to be heavily medicated in this group home? The answer, of course, is *PLOT RELATED EVENT*.
I'm getting better at the not-spoilering. :)
I gave it four stars out of five. The next book is in my amazon cart. Just go ahead and read it already. :D
etmetmetm's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
jenbsbooks's review
4.0
I listened to the audio edition of this book, and the narrator sounded SO young. But that worked ... especially as the book started with Chloe as a little girl. The voice really brought this little girl to life, and still worked even as the remainder of the book was during the teen years. It was a little hard when this cute, young voice was reading some of the male characters, but it was fine. Seriously, I don't think I've ever heard such a "cute" narrator!
I quite liked the story itself. The opening really captured my attention, and it was a bit of an abrupt switch as the actual story started, but I adjusted quickly to teen-Chloe and her situation. Not too many books talk about a girl's period (sometimes my boys are in the car or around as my audiobook is on, and that part would have gotten some looks from them I think). I was never quite sure where the story was going, which is good, definitely kept my interest.
I'll be moving to book two ...
I quite liked the story itself. The opening really captured my attention, and it was a bit of an abrupt switch as the actual story started, but I adjusted quickly to teen-Chloe and her situation. Not too many books talk about a girl's period (sometimes my boys are in the car or around as my audiobook is on, and that part would have gotten some looks from them I think). I was never quite sure where the story was going, which is good, definitely kept my interest.
I'll be moving to book two ...
somewheregirl7's review
4.0
When 15-year-old Chloe finally hits puberty she suddenly starts seeing ghosts everyone. After a terrifying encounter she has a breakdown at School and Chloe's father and Aunt Lauren send her to a group home to recover. It's only for a few weeks but the longer she stays at Lyle house the more Chloe learns about her powers and the existence of others gifted with extra-sensory powers.
This was a fast-paced, good read. I really enjoyed the book and liked most of the characters. Chloe can be a bit grating at times but for the most part it was a well-plotted, well-written book. Great description and dialogue. Nice twist at the end. My only major annoyance was the ending - which wasn't an ending at all. Argh! I don't like books that end with a cliffhanger. It's all well and good if you can get your hands on the next book immediately but if not this is a special kind of torture. Armstrong is as ruthless in that regard as Rachel Caine is with her vampire series. Let's hope the Darkest Powers books come out quickly. I already have the second one on request at the library.
This was a fast-paced, good read. I really enjoyed the book and liked most of the characters. Chloe can be a bit grating at times but for the most part it was a well-plotted, well-written book. Great description and dialogue. Nice twist at the end. My only major annoyance was the ending - which wasn't an ending at all. Argh! I don't like books that end with a cliffhanger. It's all well and good if you can get your hands on the next book immediately but if not this is a special kind of torture. Armstrong is as ruthless in that regard as Rachel Caine is with her vampire series. Let's hope the Darkest Powers books come out quickly. I already have the second one on request at the library.