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doublearegee's review against another edition
3.0
At first I thought oooh, a ballet book. Between the anorexia and the child abduction and all that yeah, it was hard to read.
maiamissa's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I read through it in a few hours, and it kept my interest most of the time. I liked the relationships in the book, but at times, it was a bit to much romance. I would have liked more conversation with Donovan, and more interaction and knowledge of him, but I guess you can't have all... Anyway, it was an interesting read, that I enjoyed very much ☺️
christajls's review against another edition
4.0
A friend of mine ([a:Ardo Omer|16990743|Ardo Omer|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]) has been recommending I read this book since 2014 and it finally made it to the top of my TBR. And you know what? She was absolutely right. This book was a great page-turner and I'll definitely be checking out the rest of Brandy Colbert's work now.
brandypainter's review against another edition
5.0
Originally posted here at Random Musings of a Bibliophile.
I never read any reviews for Pointe by Brandy Colbert because I knew I was going to read it no matter what and I have a policy against reading reviews of book I know I'll read so as not to be influenced. I had heard it was powerful. I had heard it was heartbreaking. I knew it had something to do with a kidnapping. Other than that I had no idea what I was getting into. Whoa. This book is a HARD read, and not only because it is about hard things. It's because Colbert gave us a protagonist with a voice that makes you feel her pain in every way.
Theo is a dancer with tremendous potential. She is a daughter with two loving and supportive parents. She is a friend who cares and strives to be compassionate and helpful. She is a broken girl whose life was shattered and the saddest part is she doesn't see exactly HOW it was shattered. She knows it was, but she mistakes it for something it wasn't and therefore has never dealt with it. And that is what Pointe is essentially about. It is a book about a girl who think a thing about herself and important people in her life that is a lie. It affects her behavior in everything she does. (Other than ballet which is her happy place.) This is a story about a broken girl having to realize how she was broken and who broke her, and how she can be mended. I'm not entirely comfortable using exactly those words, because obviously people are not vases. It's more complicated than that, but those words convey enough without giving too much away. Colbert pulls the reader into Theo's story with a deft hand. Hints are given here and there. The story circles around and gives pieces of Theo's story a piece at a time as she confronts them. It is not easy reading this and seeing how she thinks of herself and the actions she is driven to at times in search of a feeling to make it all better. She is a character you can empathize with and whose story should make your heart break. I love the journey she went through in this book and the hard subject matter it dealt with. The way it all came together in the end was thoroughly satisfying to me. I like when a book deals with harsh realities, but doesn't leave out hope for the future and recovery.
I'm keeping this short, not because I didn't truly love this, but because I think it is one of those that needs to be experienced rather than read about. There are going to be people who take issue with some of the things in this book, but the truth is it confronts a topic that needs confronting and confronts it with unflinching realism. It is worth it for that.
Content Warning: Underage Drinking; Recreational Drug Use; Some Sexual Content; Possible Triggers
I never read any reviews for Pointe by Brandy Colbert because I knew I was going to read it no matter what and I have a policy against reading reviews of book I know I'll read so as not to be influenced. I had heard it was powerful. I had heard it was heartbreaking. I knew it had something to do with a kidnapping. Other than that I had no idea what I was getting into. Whoa. This book is a HARD read, and not only because it is about hard things. It's because Colbert gave us a protagonist with a voice that makes you feel her pain in every way.
Theo is a dancer with tremendous potential. She is a daughter with two loving and supportive parents. She is a friend who cares and strives to be compassionate and helpful. She is a broken girl whose life was shattered and the saddest part is she doesn't see exactly HOW it was shattered. She knows it was, but she mistakes it for something it wasn't and therefore has never dealt with it. And that is what Pointe is essentially about. It is a book about a girl who think a thing about herself and important people in her life that is a lie. It affects her behavior in everything she does. (Other than ballet which is her happy place.) This is a story about a broken girl having to realize how she was broken and who broke her, and how she can be mended. I'm not entirely comfortable using exactly those words, because obviously people are not vases. It's more complicated than that, but those words convey enough without giving too much away. Colbert pulls the reader into Theo's story with a deft hand. Hints are given here and there. The story circles around and gives pieces of Theo's story a piece at a time as she confronts them. It is not easy reading this and seeing how she thinks of herself and the actions she is driven to at times in search of a feeling to make it all better. She is a character you can empathize with and whose story should make your heart break. I love the journey she went through in this book and the hard subject matter it dealt with. The way it all came together in the end was thoroughly satisfying to me. I like when a book deals with harsh realities, but doesn't leave out hope for the future and recovery.
I'm keeping this short, not because I didn't truly love this, but because I think it is one of those that needs to be experienced rather than read about. There are going to be people who take issue with some of the things in this book, but the truth is it confronts a topic that needs confronting and confronts it with unflinching realism. It is worth it for that.
Content Warning: Underage Drinking; Recreational Drug Use; Some Sexual Content; Possible Triggers
postitsandpens's review against another edition
4.0
Man, this book did a number on me. My heart hurt the entire time for Theo, even when I was yelling at her for her bad decisions and inability to help herself the way she needed. It took me ages to read because so much of it is so very depressing. Not sure how I'm going to rate this in the end, although I'm tentatively giving it 4 stars.
Full review to come soon.
Full review to come soon.
dianametzger's review against another edition
4.0
I’m a huge Brandy Colbert fan and her first book didn’t disappoint. It tries to tackle A LOT and that can kind of feel like overload at times or like it slows down the pace but it really all pays off at the end. There are a lot of choppy scenes that jump time ahead too much and leave you wanting more but mostly all loose ends get fulfilled.
abbievillehorror's review against another edition
5.0
This book is wonderful, but it is not a light read. It deals with the aftermath of some harsh stuff-rape, pedophilia, eating disorders-and it does so in a way that's real but doesn't step over any lines it shouldn't. It doesn't make anything more dramatic than it needs to be for shock value, every just is what it is and a lot of that happens to be shitty, including Theo. She is by no means perfect and is at times selfish and confused. She's been hurt in many ways by many people including herself and her coping is self destructive, but ultimately this is a story about hope. Theo isn't "fixed" by the end of the story, and neither is Donovan, but they are both on their way to recovery.
hitbooksnotgirlz's review against another edition
4.0
A bit of a painful read due to all the dark and sensitive topics it covered. But it was very well written, and Theo made for a perfect narrator. I enjoyed it a lot.
auburntoast's review against another edition
3.0
Fue una experiencia algo abrumadora, pero aún así la disfruté con un montón de intriga.
De verdad recomiendo que se lea +17
De verdad recomiendo que se lea +17
lorettalucia's review against another edition
3.0
This was just okay. I mostly read it because the protagonist studies ballet, which ultimately was less of a focus of the novel than I was expecting. A few too many dramatic elements here--the story had a bit of a "kitchen sink" feel--and the pacing and writing weren't particularly inspiring. But it was entertaining enough ultimately.
3 stars.
3 stars.