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kfyoung's review against another edition
5.0
This book is great if you like science-fiction books. It was hard to get into but once i got into it i couldn't stop reading.
gmamartha's review against another edition
3.0
Start of a series... interesting premise.
Do YOU know what's behind all the doors in your college town?
Do YOU know what's behind all the doors in your college town?
thirteenlaurels's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
deboroni's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jknani's review against another edition
4.0
Claim To Fame is a great book. Haddix has this power to enthral a reader so they dont want to put the book down. In this book the main character,Lindsay, who I'm sorry to say bugged the living crap out of me, is a old child star who has a big secret, she can hear everything a person says about her any where in the world. Any where she goes she can hear voices. But of course theres a twist, in her house, in a little college town in the middle of nowhere, she is safe, she cant hear anything. But im not going to give away the book this time, so lets just say its a great book.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
3.0
Lindsay is a former child tv star who is now living in seclusion in a small town. When she hit puberty, she began hearing voices. But not just any voices. Voices of real people, saying things in real time. And she only heard the voices of people who were talking about her.
The themes running through this book hit close to home. So as Lindsay struggled through handling her powers, I thought about the larger ramifications. The book certainly isn't immune to heavy-handed preachiness (You need to realize that it doesn't matter what other people think), but there's enough other stuff going on (the mystery of the power's origins, character development) that I was able to ignore it. Thought provoking and a good booktalk candidate.
The themes running through this book hit close to home. So as Lindsay struggled through handling her powers, I thought about the larger ramifications. The book certainly isn't immune to heavy-handed preachiness (You need to realize that it doesn't matter what other people think), but there's enough other stuff going on (the mystery of the power's origins, character development) that I was able to ignore it. Thought provoking and a good booktalk candidate.
lumos_libros's review against another edition
3.0
When I first started to read this I did know that Lindsay could hear what people said about her. Now at first this may seem like a good gift, but in reality people can be cruel and you wouldn't want to be bogged down with all the things people say about you. Way too much information. For poor Lindsay Scott, having this "gift" destroys her career as an actress and from having a normal life. Sooner or later though she has to face the world, and her taste of the outside world since the start of her hermitlife starts one night when two teenage boys "kidnap" her.
Now, I had no idea that the book was going to veer towards transcendentalism. It was interesting how the author linked transcendentalism and the power that Lindsay has. I don't know a lot about the subject but the book gets into it, so readers won't be confused. The book went way deeper than I thought it would, which isn't necessarily bad or good, just not expected. The problem I did have with the book was how much time Lindsay spent with herself. It's understandable because she has been living with just her dad for five years and she can't go out and have a normal life. She doesn't have the ability to block the voices outside of her house, so she is reluctant to meet people and have to bear the burden of having to hear what they would say behind her back. Still, one of my favorite parts of stories are the interactions with characters. It does have some, but not enough for my liking.
The book definitely brought an interesting prespective of how sometimes what people say about others actually reflects more about them than about you. The beginning was interesting, the middle dragged a little and then all of sudden it felt like it ended. Lindsay makes a 360 on her life. I thought that was a little unrealistic. Even with the misgivings I had about it, the idea and the writing style is interesting. I'll have to read more of [a:Margaret Peterson Haddix|14617|Margaret Peterson Haddix|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209043214p2/14617.jpg] work.
Now, I had no idea that the book was going to veer towards transcendentalism. It was interesting how the author linked transcendentalism and the power that Lindsay has. I don't know a lot about the subject but the book gets into it, so readers won't be confused. The book went way deeper than I thought it would, which isn't necessarily bad or good, just not expected. The problem I did have with the book was how much time Lindsay spent with herself. It's understandable because she has been living with just her dad for five years and she can't go out and have a normal life. She doesn't have the ability to block the voices outside of her house, so she is reluctant to meet people and have to bear the burden of having to hear what they would say behind her back. Still, one of my favorite parts of stories are the interactions with characters. It does have some, but not enough for my liking.
The book definitely brought an interesting prespective of how sometimes what people say about others actually reflects more about them than about you. The beginning was interesting, the middle dragged a little and then all of sudden it felt like it ended. Lindsay makes a 360 on her life. I thought that was a little unrealistic. Even with the misgivings I had about it, the idea and the writing style is interesting. I'll have to read more of [a:Margaret Peterson Haddix|14617|Margaret Peterson Haddix|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209043214p2/14617.jpg] work.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
Just a nice simple fast read with a clever twist - which is pretty typical for Haddix. What isn't typical is that my daughter hated it and that I liked it. Well, adolescent gets special powers is a trope that I do tend to read. Ah well, it was nice to read something not bad for a change. 4.5 of 5.