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nimily's review against another edition
5.0
This has to be one of my most favourite books, it's really amazing and I would definitely read it again:)
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
Started off a bit weird, but in the end it was well worth the money.
Let's just say I was at first turned off from the book. In the first part of the book there is quite a lot of humping men. :) There are barely any details so it wasn't that bad, but it got a bit boring and blergh. The main girl truly is a maneater. Doesn't care about anything, just has sex with them even if she doesn't know them. Even had sex with her roommate's boyfriend (in the closet!!!!!!). She often talks (in the first part at least) about how many sexfriends she had (since she apparently doesn't do boyfriends). I am sorry, I don't call girls sluts in general, so let me call her a free prostitute. She only sees men as an option to get sex, nothing more. I was at some point just so pissed off at this attitude that I wanted to throw the book and let it fly out of the window.
But I persisted instead and read on. Thank Lord I did that, it turned out to be quite a rollercoaster of awesomeness, awkwardness and wth just happenedness.
The characters Agnes and also Maddy were great characters, and they kept me on the edge of my chair. Who was the crazy one? Who was the mastermind behind holding Sarah there (because well that is kind of what they did, they bribed her to stay there (expensive phone/bag, don't need to pay rent etc.).
For quite a bit of the book things are quite uneventful, but it picks up pace around the middle/end of the book. By then things start to get a bit weird.
I won't spoil or say anything about the ending, just that it is pretty awesome.
There is only one thing: Why the hell did they pick up a wounded deer from the ground? Those animals are not pets.
All in all an interesting book, with lots of wth, and wtf? I would recommend it to all, and don't be put off from the first part.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Let's just say I was at first turned off from the book. In the first part of the book there is quite a lot of humping men. :) There are barely any details so it wasn't that bad, but it got a bit boring and blergh. The main girl truly is a maneater. Doesn't care about anything, just has sex with them even if she doesn't know them. Even had sex with her roommate's boyfriend (in the closet!!!!!!). She often talks (in the first part at least) about how many sexfriends she had (since she apparently doesn't do boyfriends). I am sorry, I don't call girls sluts in general, so let me call her a free prostitute. She only sees men as an option to get sex, nothing more. I was at some point just so pissed off at this attitude that I wanted to throw the book and let it fly out of the window.
But I persisted instead and read on. Thank Lord I did that, it turned out to be quite a rollercoaster of awesomeness, awkwardness and wth just happenedness.
The characters Agnes and also Maddy were great characters, and they kept me on the edge of my chair. Who was the crazy one? Who was the mastermind behind holding Sarah there (because well that is kind of what they did, they bribed her to stay there (expensive phone/bag, don't need to pay rent etc.).
For quite a bit of the book things are quite uneventful, but it picks up pace around the middle/end of the book. By then things start to get a bit weird.
I won't spoil or say anything about the ending, just that it is pretty awesome.
There is only one thing: Why the hell did they pick up a wounded deer from the ground? Those animals are not pets.
All in all an interesting book, with lots of wth, and wtf? I would recommend it to all, and don't be put off from the first part.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
impybelle's review against another edition
1.0
I debated whether to give this a one or two star rating but ultimately went for one because two says "it was okay" and this is not okay. It's bad. I don't ask for much, but I do need someone to root for or at the very least, someone to root against and have that be paid off in some way. Yeah, I didn't even like the poor doomed deer in this thing. Eventually I kinda was okay with Agnes but not enough to salvage the rest of the book.
Sarah's an idiot and there's no reason she'd actually be as entangled with Maddy and Agnes as she is, at least not based on anything we were shown. It felt like there was an interesting story here, which is probably why it wound up on my "ooh, shiny" shelf so long ago, but it never comes together properly.
Sarah's an idiot and there's no reason she'd actually be as entangled with Maddy and Agnes as she is, at least not based on anything we were shown. It felt like there was an interesting story here, which is probably why it wound up on my "ooh, shiny" shelf so long ago, but it never comes together properly.
pikasqueaks's review against another edition
4.0
This is more of a 3.5, but I'm feeling generous. There are some great elements to this book, and I enjoyed reading it.
Sarah's a strange character. She has a little bit of the "I'm not like the other girls" syndrome, but it's not overtly stated or anything like that. She's promiscuous and makes some bad decisions, but I found myself invested in how those things would later work into the story.
I enjoy the fact that you don't actually know 100% of the truth behind what Maddy or Agnes are up to. They're both unreliable and a lot bit sketchy, so it's interesting to eventually read the bits of Maddy's diary.
I was intrigued by (and into) the use of stuff like G*psies, spells, and the Ouija board and all of that. That's really uncommon in realistic fiction (and I saw a couple of other reviews whining about how it was out of place because there was no other mention of supernatural elements).
This would probably work for fans of Jessica Warman, or people who are into the college fiction thing without there being a huge focus on sex or romance.
Sarah's a strange character. She has a little bit of the "I'm not like the other girls" syndrome, but it's not overtly stated or anything like that. She's promiscuous and makes some bad decisions, but I found myself invested in how those things would later work into the story.
I enjoy the fact that you don't actually know 100% of the truth behind what Maddy or Agnes are up to. They're both unreliable and a lot bit sketchy, so it's interesting to eventually read the bits of Maddy's diary.
I was intrigued by (and into) the use of stuff like G*psies, spells, and the Ouija board and all of that. That's really uncommon in realistic fiction (and I saw a couple of other reviews whining about how it was out of place because there was no other mention of supernatural elements).
This would probably work for fans of Jessica Warman, or people who are into the college fiction thing without there being a huge focus on sex or romance.
librariann's review against another edition
3.0
Ages 14+ (sex, language)
Exiled to an all girls college across the country for sexual improprieties, Sarah starts off her school year by walking in on her new roommate Maddy fellating her sexy-but-dumb boyfriend, Sebastian. It continues with all the lies, sex, manipulation, madness and cohesiveness of a B-list movie.
Maddy and her best friend, Agnes, are crazy rich and it doesn't take them long to rent a big house and move Sarah in. Oh, also they adopt a fawn that they almost kill by hitting it with a car. And Sarah sleeps with Sebastian. And maybe Maddy is magical/psychic?
Hey, it's all a sort of mess trying to keep track of what is going on, who's lying to who, and what Maddy and Agnes' intentions really are - but it's a fun, creepy, page-turning mess right up to the explosive conclusion. If you like creepy Single White Female style movies set in old New England schools, I'd pick this up.
Exiled to an all girls college across the country for sexual improprieties, Sarah starts off her school year by walking in on her new roommate Maddy fellating her sexy-but-dumb boyfriend, Sebastian. It continues with all the lies, sex, manipulation, madness and cohesiveness of a B-list movie.
Maddy and her best friend, Agnes, are crazy rich and it doesn't take them long to rent a big house and move Sarah in. Oh, also they adopt a fawn that they almost kill by hitting it with a car. And Sarah sleeps with Sebastian. And maybe Maddy is magical/psychic?
Hey, it's all a sort of mess trying to keep track of what is going on, who's lying to who, and what Maddy and Agnes' intentions really are - but it's a fun, creepy, page-turning mess right up to the explosive conclusion. If you like creepy Single White Female style movies set in old New England schools, I'd pick this up.
bibliobethreads's review against another edition
3.0
I have to admit, I was tempted to read this book from the beautiful cover art, and that it promised an intriguing debut thriller. It is written from the perspective of a girl called Sarah, who is sent to an all-girls school after being caught in a compromising position with a man by her grandmother. Nana is hoping that Sarah, who has a few issues with men and sex (in that she canât seem to get enough of it!), and is troubled by the absence of an uncaring mother, will straighten herself out at this school, and get along better without the problems that men seem to bring to her life. Almost immediately, Sarah makes friends with Maddy, a beautiful (but also troubled) girl and her best friend Agnes and moves in with them. But youâve heard the expression â threeâs a crowd? This definitely applies to this burgeoning friendship between the three girls and makes for a gripping plotline.
There are a number of complicated issues surrounding all three girls that involve dangerous obsession, jealousy, depression, deception with a more than healthy dose of teenage angst mixed in. Not one character is what she seems, and the author definitely surprised me a few times when I thought I knew where the story was headed. As individuals with their own separate traumas, they were all intriguing enough to keep me turning the pages â we have Sarah with her previously mentioned sexual deviance and abandonment issues, Maddy with her child-like âDisney princessâ neediness, and Agnes who is distrustful, closed and unhealthily enamoured with Maddy. As a friendship, itâs a recipe for disaster, and accurately portrays the intensity that some female friendships can grow to, especially when there are three people in the relationship.
It was only as I approached the end of this novel that I began to feel slightly disappointed, for one thing itâs labelled as a debut âthriller,â yet I didnât feel it qualified as anything like a thriller until the last twenty pages or so. We are given hints towards things unsaid, or darker deeds but I think if anything, it could have been slightly darker still, to give the story that necessary atmosphere. It almost felt like the author wasnât sure what to do with the characters and rushed into an ending that felt impulsive rather than well thought out. This is only my opinion though, others may love the ending, I just didnât consider it a gripping enough finale to a decent debut novel.
For my full review please see http://www.bibliobeth.wordpress.com
There are a number of complicated issues surrounding all three girls that involve dangerous obsession, jealousy, depression, deception with a more than healthy dose of teenage angst mixed in. Not one character is what she seems, and the author definitely surprised me a few times when I thought I knew where the story was headed. As individuals with their own separate traumas, they were all intriguing enough to keep me turning the pages â we have Sarah with her previously mentioned sexual deviance and abandonment issues, Maddy with her child-like âDisney princessâ neediness, and Agnes who is distrustful, closed and unhealthily enamoured with Maddy. As a friendship, itâs a recipe for disaster, and accurately portrays the intensity that some female friendships can grow to, especially when there are three people in the relationship.
It was only as I approached the end of this novel that I began to feel slightly disappointed, for one thing itâs labelled as a debut âthriller,â yet I didnât feel it qualified as anything like a thriller until the last twenty pages or so. We are given hints towards things unsaid, or darker deeds but I think if anything, it could have been slightly darker still, to give the story that necessary atmosphere. It almost felt like the author wasnât sure what to do with the characters and rushed into an ending that felt impulsive rather than well thought out. This is only my opinion though, others may love the ending, I just didnât consider it a gripping enough finale to a decent debut novel.
For my full review please see http://www.bibliobeth.wordpress.com
wildflowerz76's review against another edition
2.0
Jeez. Okay then. Are ALL the free books you get at Amazon crappy? Because that's been my experience so far. I guess you get what you pay for.
I wanted to like this book. I was interested. I kept hoping it would get better and there would be some kind of surprise at the end, but not so much. You pretty much knew exactly where this was going and what was going to happen. Sarah as the protagonist seemed like she might be an admirable, strong person for about 6 seconds. Then she spent the rest of the book being a spineless twit.
I wanted to like this book. I was interested. I kept hoping it would get better and there would be some kind of surprise at the end, but not so much. You pretty much knew exactly where this was going and what was going to happen. Sarah as the protagonist seemed like she might be an admirable, strong person for about 6 seconds. Then she spent the rest of the book being a spineless twit.
atari6213's review against another edition
1.0
Honestly I have no idea what this book was trying to be or the story it was trying to communicate. The plot was confusing, the characters had ridiculous or flimsy motivations, and the whole thing was a painful experience.