izzyproudfoot's review
5.0
After reading Another Little Piece- her first book- (Don't You) Forget About Me has been on my wishlist for quite sometime.
Kate has an amazing writing ability to write something so completely unique. I loved this book and her first book. I'm excited to see what she'll release next!
Kate has an amazing writing ability to write something so completely unique. I loved this book and her first book. I'm excited to see what she'll release next!
leann_ange's review
3.0
Quinn always writes really interesting scenarios and the buildup is always so good, but this is the second time she's outright skipped the climax and then summarized what happens after the fact.
wandereaderr's review
5.0
Definitely mind-fucked right now. Such a wonderful book! If you read this, be prepared to never know what is going on until close to the end. You just gotta roll with it! The ending is fantastic.
greergreer's review
5.0
You can't get sick but you can go crazy in this town. This was a great read and a fantastic story.
Things aren't always what they seem and this one had so many damn "not what they seem things" throughout the whole book up to the freaking end.
Things aren't always what they seem and this one had so many damn "not what they seem things" throughout the whole book up to the freaking end.
novelheartbeat's review
4.0
Wow, this story was delightfully twisted! I noticed going in that this book had some pretty low ratings on Goodreads, which had me worried. In the beginning I wasn't sure I even wanted to read it, because it's pretty freaking weird and confusing and I had no idea what the hell was going on. But, as the story went on, I started to get a feel for the creepy isolated town and what was happening there. And I loved it! This book was unlike anything I've ever read before. I enjoyed Quinn's other book, Another Little Piece, and to quote my review of that one, Forget About Me was kinda f*cked up at times, and sometimes I wondered what the heck I was reading...but in a good way!
I'm a fan of twisted stories. I like weird, and I was intrigued. The town itself had a lot of secrets, but Sky had even more. I was curious to find out what really happened to Piper. And the fact that it was drawn out so long kept me interested rather than getting boring. It was the proverbial carrot dangling in front of your face: You can't stop. You have to know! That's how it was for me, anyway.
Spoiler
I started suspecting that Piper wasn't real about halfway through. There were little snippets leading up to it that made me wonder, so I wasn't really surprised to find that GG created her. My prediction was that she was a figment of Sky's imagination. So I was pretty close!I don't want to say much more without spoiler tags, because going in there's not a whole lot that you know about the town and its occupants, which makes it more interesting!
Spoiler
The idea of a town where no one aged and strange things happened was very cool! I loved that everyone had weird powers or abilities - manipulating feelings, duplicating people, absorbing pain and hurt, mind control, stealing secrets, and my favorite: Turning people into werewolves! It was awesome. Also, the concept of a fourth year was very unique. Every four years the shit hits the fan, and strange and tragic things happen. Kids with abilities usually end up causing a lot of death, and get locked up in the reformatory. Which it was literally made of rats. Eeeeek.My favorite parts of this story were the flashbacks. The way they were written was very engaging because it was in Sky's point of view, but she was talking to Piper, so the pronoun "you" was used, which kind of made it feel like she was talking to you as the reader. I was very impressed with Quinn's prose! Also, the headline of every flashback is a different 80's song. Bonus points from the 80's baby! (Although every flashback chapter I got the song stuck in my head, haha.)
Despite my enjoyment of the story and it's twisted aspect, what ultimately kept me from giving this a higher rating was my lack of feeling for any of the characters. Notice that my feels and character ratings are very low as compared to the rest of my assessment ratings? There was no emotion to this story. I didn't care about the characters, sadly.
Do I recommend this book? Well, I definitely think it's not for everyone. But if you enjoyed Another Little Piece, or you don't mind weird (and I mean really weird), you'll probably like this one too!
This review was originally posted on Novel Heartbeat. To see a breakdown of my assessment, please visit the full review here.
sc104906's review
2.0
There is a town where people where people can go to escape death from disease. However, to offset this ability, every four years a local teen explodes and commits a deadly crime. It is now the four year mark, Sky is still overcoming her sister Piper's crime and subsequent death from the previous fourth year. Ever since, Sky has been taking a drug that helps her forget her pain and everything else. On top of this, Sky thinks she might be the next to explode. The teens of this town are made more volatile by the special superpowers that increase as the fourth year comes closer. Sky can pull people's secrets from others and she uses this power as her own personal weapon.
I really wanted to like this book. I finished it, even though I was totally bored halfway through. I think the problem with this novel was that there was too much going on. Even giving a plot summary for this novel is confusing and missing many of the layers. Also, I aways have problems with unreliable narrators. Sky really didn't feel reliable, ever. I didn't want to put up with her crap. I found her irritating and didn't like her. I really only like one character, the rest were selfish/self involved and irritating. I tried, but this novel really didn't do it for me.
I really wanted to like this book. I finished it, even though I was totally bored halfway through. I think the problem with this novel was that there was too much going on. Even giving a plot summary for this novel is confusing and missing many of the layers. Also, I aways have problems with unreliable narrators. Sky really didn't feel reliable, ever. I didn't want to put up with her crap. I found her irritating and didn't like her. I really only like one character, the rest were selfish/self involved and irritating. I tried, but this novel really didn't do it for me.
silea's review
4.0
Absolutely perfect until the very end, which was fine i guess, but jarring compared to how meticulously the rest of the novel was assembled.
ru_bunny's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25