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heartscontent's review against another edition
5.0
SO AMAZING. So amazing that I don't even know what to say. Just slamming AMAZING!
The thing about books like Slammed, that are not paranormal and just, well, normal is that the truth is what captured you. The truth about death of loved ones, the truth about love and holding it back for reasons, the truth about forgiving, the truth about living without regret.
Truth is sometimes what people need to hear because it's reality, and though some people may not want to hear it, it's out there. Better start listening, guys.
I loved Will. I loved Lake. I loved their story.
If you think their story is about forbidden love, think again.
Recommend to everyone who're ready to accept death and move on and believe there is life beyond it.
FIVE STARS!
The thing about books like Slammed, that are not paranormal and just, well, normal is that the truth is what captured you. The truth about death of loved ones, the truth about love and holding it back for reasons, the truth about forgiving, the truth about living without regret.
Truth is sometimes what people need to hear because it's reality, and though some people may not want to hear it, it's out there. Better start listening, guys.
I loved Will. I loved Lake. I loved their story.
If you think their story is about forbidden love, think again.
Recommend to everyone who're ready to accept death and move on and believe there is life beyond it.
FIVE STARS!
zutsie's review against another edition
3.0
Hmmmmm. I was rather conflicted about this. As is typical of Colleen Hoover, there’s a good story in there, but I just never really connected with any of it. I liked Will and Lake well enough (though that name?!) and the story was fine and all, I just didn’t love the teacher/student thing (though it was never as horrendous as these things can get). I thought Eddie was a great character and her and Gavin had such a sweet friendship. I thought she was good for Lake as well. Quick read with some great moments, but not something that sticks with you long after. Well, for me, but I’ve found the way I feel about Colleen Hoover novels to be in the minority, and that’s perfectly fine.
juulisbad's review against another edition
3.0
This book was amazing and lovely and beautiful but also kind of... Lame? I didn't like how Will And Lake fell in love at first sight because I just didn't feel any emotions with their not being together by school and so on. Like I didn't knew these people why should I care? But at the end I already started to get used to the characters and it was much easier to feel with them. I liked never never better but this book still has an amazing writing style. I heard about this book having a sequel but I can't really imagine what that would be? Maybe it's just another story about poetry slam and outer characters? We'll see!
annamacgibbon's review against another edition
3.0
An easy read, kinda suddenly just ends but keen to read the next book in the series
juicete's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful. I liked the way this book represented death and life. I loved "The Avett Brothers" song lyrics at the beginning of each chapter. This book had a meaningful story and I absolutely enjoyed it. Recommend.
kadeherrera's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
rstephenslmt's review against another edition
5.0
It took me a few weeks to decide whether to read Slammed. The description of slam poetry didn't appeal to me. Boy, am I glad I decided to go for it anyway.
This book is full of love, challenge, heartbreak, and loss. Will and Layken's complicated relationship is so compelling, it quickly became a "just one more chapter!" read for me. Will is just perfect. I love him. :)
There were times when I was frustrated with Lake... quit carving pumpkins! But her response to the challenges that were continually being thrown at her were understandable. Very realistic responses on her part.
I immediately bought the follow-up book, [b:Point of Retreat|13496084|Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)|Colleen Hoover|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330543249s/13496084.jpg|19038910], the same day I finished Slammed. It was THAT good.
This book is full of love, challenge, heartbreak, and loss. Will and Layken's complicated relationship is so compelling, it quickly became a "just one more chapter!" read for me. Will is just perfect. I love him. :)
There were times when I was frustrated with Lake... quit carving pumpkins! But her response to the challenges that were continually being thrown at her were understandable. Very realistic responses on her part.
I immediately bought the follow-up book, [b:Point of Retreat|13496084|Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)|Colleen Hoover|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330543249s/13496084.jpg|19038910], the same day I finished Slammed. It was THAT good.
esthersweet08's review against another edition
5.0
Es un libro maravilloso. Simplemente vais a amarlo, a llorar un monton y reiros a carcajadas. Colleen es genial en este libro y amo todos y cada uno de los personajes.
Pd: no me ha durado ni 24h el libro
Pd: no me ha durado ni 24h el libro
mrsbooknerd's review against another edition
3.0
'Slammed' was my third Colleen Hoover novel and one that I opened with reverence, because I had been 'slammed' emotionally by both 'Ugly Love' and 'It Ends With Us'. These novels had damaged my gentle soul with their heart-breaking and emotive plots, their perfectly developed and genuinely lovable characters, and witty, romantic dialogue. 'Slammed' fell short in regard to all of these elements for me.
When I consider 'Ugly Love' and 'It Ends With Us' I realise how simple the plots were, but they were full of deep emotion that was conveyed to the reader in every line. In contrast, 'Slammed' was overflowing with plots, but no one plot was developed enough to evoke a strong emotional response. This is significant because each of the plots should have had an emotional impact; parental death, terminal illness, forbidden love and family upheaval… I should have been teary from the start, but I just wasn't.
I have fallen in love with a few of Colleen Hoover's characters, and I felt a stirring of like for Will but again, I felt that he wasn't developed enough on the page for me to fall head-over-heels in love with, and declare him my new fictional-boyfriend. I fell into Will's story and struggle immediately. It was clear that he was emotionally strong, brave, responsible and totes hot - what isn't to like!? I just would have loved to have seen his emotional turmoil more in this novel. He wasn't given a narrative voice and Layken was so snappy and angry that any perception of Will was skewered and unreliable. What were his thoughts when he was in bed at night? How torn up was he that Layken was angry at him? How scared was he about his life and how willing was he to take risks for a relationship with Layken? When he had his 'moments of weakness' how was he feeling? How hard was it to stop? All we were told is that Layken was angry and how dare he treat her like this, but I wanted more emphasis on Will. Was he clenching his jaw in frustration as he levered her away, sick because he had promised her mother that he would let Layken enjoy her family without him?
This is what other Colleen Hoover novels have told me about the hero, and yet Will just felt like a passing character in the woes of Layken in 'Slammed'. This is where the overcomplicated plots detracted from the base emotion, and that emotion is why I pick up a Colleen Hoover novel.
Layken was my biggest issue in this novel, because she was so central to everything that happened, but she was incredibly immature and almost unlikable. She read like a parody of an angsty teen - slamming doors, giggling, running out instead of facing confrontation and name calling. She didn't seem adult enough to grasp the enormity of Will's situation. When I read that his parent's had died, and he was raising his brother, I immediately thought, wow, that is a really good guy because that is a huge responsibility and commitment. But Layken was more of the, but-this-isn't-fair-on-me train of thought. When she sat giggling in the classroom as Will worried about his future, I genuinely could have hit her for not taking the situation seriously. If I were Will, I'd long have given up on her at that point because she clearly wasn't the adult that I'd thought she was. If Layken had been a stronger and more mature character, the page time given to her flouncing tantrums could have instead have been dedicated to developing the plots or emotion.
I realise that this has read rather negatively, and while I am disappointed that it wasn't written to the standard of similar novels, it certainly wasn't terrible, and I read it easily in one sitting. I just wished that more emphasis had been given to the emotion behind the main plots rather than adding in new and unnecessary subplots, and that there had been examples of emotions other than Layken's anger and woe-is-me attitude.
When I consider 'Ugly Love' and 'It Ends With Us' I realise how simple the plots were, but they were full of deep emotion that was conveyed to the reader in every line. In contrast, 'Slammed' was overflowing with plots, but no one plot was developed enough to evoke a strong emotional response. This is significant because each of the plots should have had an emotional impact; parental death, terminal illness, forbidden love and family upheaval… I should have been teary from the start, but I just wasn't.
Spoiler
I believe that Julia's illness would have had more of an impact had it not been terminal. The family would grow and deal with the illness and treatment, but they didn't need the death. I felt that Julia was only made terminally ill so that Layken and Will had something in common, and so future novels would have direction. It was unnecessary and unemotional, made all the more so when Julia died 'off-page' and the narrative jumped a year only to be summed up with a line like, "It had been very hard." - No s**t Sherlock.I have fallen in love with a few of Colleen Hoover's characters, and I felt a stirring of like for Will but again, I felt that he wasn't developed enough on the page for me to fall head-over-heels in love with, and declare him my new fictional-boyfriend. I fell into Will's story and struggle immediately. It was clear that he was emotionally strong, brave, responsible and totes hot - what isn't to like!? I just would have loved to have seen his emotional turmoil more in this novel. He wasn't given a narrative voice and Layken was so snappy and angry that any perception of Will was skewered and unreliable. What were his thoughts when he was in bed at night? How torn up was he that Layken was angry at him? How scared was he about his life and how willing was he to take risks for a relationship with Layken? When he had his 'moments of weakness' how was he feeling? How hard was it to stop? All we were told is that Layken was angry and how dare he treat her like this, but I wanted more emphasis on Will. Was he clenching his jaw in frustration as he levered her away, sick because he had promised her mother that he would let Layken enjoy her family without him?
This is what other Colleen Hoover novels have told me about the hero, and yet Will just felt like a passing character in the woes of Layken in 'Slammed'. This is where the overcomplicated plots detracted from the base emotion, and that emotion is why I pick up a Colleen Hoover novel.
Layken was my biggest issue in this novel, because she was so central to everything that happened, but she was incredibly immature and almost unlikable. She read like a parody of an angsty teen - slamming doors, giggling, running out instead of facing confrontation and name calling. She didn't seem adult enough to grasp the enormity of Will's situation. When I read that his parent's had died, and he was raising his brother, I immediately thought, wow, that is a really good guy because that is a huge responsibility and commitment. But Layken was more of the, but-this-isn't-fair-on-me train of thought. When she sat giggling in the classroom as Will worried about his future, I genuinely could have hit her for not taking the situation seriously. If I were Will, I'd long have given up on her at that point because she clearly wasn't the adult that I'd thought she was. If Layken had been a stronger and more mature character, the page time given to her flouncing tantrums could have instead have been dedicated to developing the plots or emotion.
I realise that this has read rather negatively, and while I am disappointed that it wasn't written to the standard of similar novels, it certainly wasn't terrible, and I read it easily in one sitting. I just wished that more emphasis had been given to the emotion behind the main plots rather than adding in new and unnecessary subplots, and that there had been examples of emotions other than Layken's anger and woe-is-me attitude.