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haley_reads_books's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Re-reading my childhood books. I always loved this series. So cute!!
zapkode's review
5.0
Aria is faced with a challenge in this book. Two best friends Caroline and Lily are no longer friends. Lily wanted to play a mean prank on the new girl at school and Caroline stopped it, sort of. However, since Caroline had interfered with Lily's plans, she had then became the newest target to the meanness that Lily was able to dish out. Lily decided to become Caroline's worst enemy and to have the whole school freeze her out. Aria has to decide how best to help both Caroline and Lily in this new book.
Caroline and Lily had been best friends for three years. It took one incident of Caroline standing up to Lily, for Lily to throw it all away. It's sad to think about having a best friend one day and then not having that friend the next. However, it happens all to often in school. Kids can be cruel, it doesn't matter if their reasons are justified, they do mean things in attempt to make themselves feel better. I am sure some do feel better for a short amount of time, but then that good feeling probably goes away again and leaves them alone and hurting inside jut like they were, before they had been mean to someone.
This book is classic in the sense it is about bullying, it is about how to handle it, it is about the rights and wrongs. I can tell you, that I know from experience how badly it can make you feel to be on the receiving end. But I also know it can only get better, and just because someone is able to hurt you, it doesn't mean that you have to let them have long term effects on you. You have the right to ignore the bullying, to move past it and to be your own person. A person that is better then the person that is bullying you. A person that isn't afraid to stand up for themselves and let the person that is hurting them know they are in the wrong. Sometimes standing up to someone is all you need to do to end bullying, but I know it doesn't always work out that way, and that sometimes people do still get hurt because of all the bad. Sometimes the hurt lasts forever, but it does get easier to handle eventually. The best thing that someone being bullied can do is talk to someone and let someone of authority know what is going on so that intervention can take place and hopefully it can come to a positive end.
In Caroline's case she had Aria to help her out. To look out for her and to show her that there was more to life, school and all then just being with the same friends that had hurt her. She was able to show her that she could make new friends and that those friends would treat her better then her old friends had. It just took Caroline awhile to accept what she was being told, it took her awhile to take it to heart. Once she took it all to heart things started to get much better for her and Aria had made sure that she didn't get overly hurt by allowing her to make her own choices, the right choices. The choices that helped her to move forward instead of backwards.
Caroline and Lily had been best friends for three years. It took one incident of Caroline standing up to Lily, for Lily to throw it all away. It's sad to think about having a best friend one day and then not having that friend the next. However, it happens all to often in school. Kids can be cruel, it doesn't matter if their reasons are justified, they do mean things in attempt to make themselves feel better. I am sure some do feel better for a short amount of time, but then that good feeling probably goes away again and leaves them alone and hurting inside jut like they were, before they had been mean to someone.
This book is classic in the sense it is about bullying, it is about how to handle it, it is about the rights and wrongs. I can tell you, that I know from experience how badly it can make you feel to be on the receiving end. But I also know it can only get better, and just because someone is able to hurt you, it doesn't mean that you have to let them have long term effects on you. You have the right to ignore the bullying, to move past it and to be your own person. A person that is better then the person that is bullying you. A person that isn't afraid to stand up for themselves and let the person that is hurting them know they are in the wrong. Sometimes standing up to someone is all you need to do to end bullying, but I know it doesn't always work out that way, and that sometimes people do still get hurt because of all the bad. Sometimes the hurt lasts forever, but it does get easier to handle eventually. The best thing that someone being bullied can do is talk to someone and let someone of authority know what is going on so that intervention can take place and hopefully it can come to a positive end.
In Caroline's case she had Aria to help her out. To look out for her and to show her that there was more to life, school and all then just being with the same friends that had hurt her. She was able to show her that she could make new friends and that those friends would treat her better then her old friends had. It just took Caroline awhile to accept what she was being told, it took her awhile to take it to heart. Once she took it all to heart things started to get much better for her and Aria had made sure that she didn't get overly hurt by allowing her to make her own choices, the right choices. The choices that helped her to move forward instead of backwards.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
5.0
After the first book, that wasn't as light as I had thought and brought me to literal tears, I was a little better prepared this time. But even though I was a little better prepared, I still ended up tearing up near the end of the story, even though I was also very brightly smiling.
What I love about those books, is that Schwab managed to write down those children's and teenage problems in a very simple, but also very relatable way. In this book we meet Caroline, who is bullied by her once best friend Lily and her friends and ignored by the rest of her school. But luckily for Caroline, Aria is sent to help her. But, much to Aria's surprise, she also has to help Lily!
The result is a touching story about bullying, the effect it has on kids and how the smallest of events can lead to being picked on and how even the smallest teasings can become huge when it happens daily and all the time. Schwab really managed to capture the feeling and write it down and she also managed to write a satisfying conclusion to the story, without saying that the bullying will never happen again, which sounded very realistic to me.
It also helps that Caroline is a very likeable character who reminded me a lot of myself when I was her age. Smart, intelligent, but afraid to be herself because she has gotten the feeling that being popular is far more important than being yourself. Caroline's struggles, her emotions, how she has to refind herself, it's all written down beautifully and touchingly.
I'm really curious what will happen in the last book in this trilogy!
What I love about those books, is that Schwab managed to write down those children's and teenage problems in a very simple, but also very relatable way. In this book we meet Caroline, who is bullied by her once best friend Lily and her friends and ignored by the rest of her school. But luckily for Caroline, Aria is sent to help her. But, much to Aria's surprise, she also has to help Lily!
The result is a touching story about bullying, the effect it has on kids and how the smallest of events can lead to being picked on and how even the smallest teasings can become huge when it happens daily and all the time. Schwab really managed to capture the feeling and write it down and she also managed to write a satisfying conclusion to the story, without saying that the bullying will never happen again, which sounded very realistic to me.
It also helps that Caroline is a very likeable character who reminded me a lot of myself when I was her age. Smart, intelligent, but afraid to be herself because she has gotten the feeling that being popular is far more important than being yourself. Caroline's struggles, her emotions, how she has to refind herself, it's all written down beautifully and touchingly.
I'm really curious what will happen in the last book in this trilogy!
laurenbastian's review
5.0
These books are just so sweet! They are middle grade novels that deal with some tough topics about growing up, friendship, and being yourself. See that sounds really cliched, but I really wish I had read this when I was going through this kind of stuff. I recommend these to anybody. They are easy quick reads that are entirely enjoyable!
readbygio's review
3.0
Conocí esta historia en formato audiolibro, el gato me rompió los auriculares en el proceso, cuando los recuperé y pude seguir, la voz de la narradora cuando hace el diálogo de las niñas es tan dulce que me dormía enseguida escuchando y así pasaron los días, pero, finalmente lo terminé :)
Es el segundo de una trilogía, debo decir que me gustó más el primero, pero este no estuvo nada mal.
En este volumen Arya (niña/ángel guardián de 12 años) debe ayudar a Caroline Mason (pronunciar Carolain Meison
Es el segundo de una trilogía, debo decir que me gustó más el primero, pero este no estuvo nada mal.
En este volumen Arya (niña/ángel guardián de 12 años) debe ayudar a Caroline Mason (pronunciar Carolain Meison
renel's review
3.0
3.5*
Feel pretty much the same about this one as the first one so look at that review if you wanna know my thoughts
Feel pretty much the same about this one as the first one so look at that review if you wanna know my thoughts
haniaaaa's review
3.0
Well, it was not as good as the first book in my opinion, i found Caroline's story kinda boring to be honest, but it was still enjoyable!
livres_et_sortileges's review
4.0
I like this series because it's so full of hope that things can get better even when it feels like they can't. I need this kind of stories right now.