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blakehalsey's review
5.0
A beautiful look at love and loss. I loved Odd and her quirky band of friends as they struggled through the death of a loved one. And the author is a swell gal too.
creolelitbelle's review
5.0
This story is a great realistic fiction tale for YA about growing up, moving on, and finding yourself. Audrey cannot fathom moving on from her friend Meredith's passing and takes on a risky list she found in a journal. Either she self-destructs, or her remaining friends keep her from falling too far. I loved everything about the book. The characters feel so real with strong personalities and relationships. I almost didn't want it to end, because I'll miss Audrey, Bandit, Chase, Sage, etc.
Too bad this book is only available digitally. Maybe after Crutcher becomes more well-established, this book could be published in print form as well. It was self-published, but luckily the errors are few are far between.
Too bad this book is only available digitally. Maybe after Crutcher becomes more well-established, this book could be published in print form as well. It was self-published, but luckily the errors are few are far between.
haia_929's review
3.0
This is a trimmed down version of my review, to view the full review visit The Book Ramble.
I received a copy of this book from JKSCommunications on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Audrey wants to complete her deceased best friends bucket list as a sort of tribute to her friends live. While she completes the list though she begins to seriously screw up her own life and all of her friendships. The list seems to mostly be about getting noticed, and Audrey certainly gets noticed, but maybe not for the right reasons.
I enjoyed this book. It was a quick and easy read, it was funny, and at some points laugh out loud funny. I found the plot confusing and lacking clear motivation. The characters were fun, at times funny, but also lacked some depth and almost always lacked clear motivation. This one is probably another book were all the pieces are there but they failed to meet the potential they have.
I liked Audrey. I definitely understood the struggles she had regarding university. I think this kind of situation where a parents and child disagree about university choices is one that a lot of people can connect with. I also found that her struggle to continue playing the piano after Meredith's death was part of the grieving process and I thought that was probably one of the better developments in her character. Her motivations to do the bucket list on the other hand were very unclear and poorly developed.
Meredith's friends actions are also similarly unclear. I found the relationship between Penny and Leo uncomfortable and hard to understand. Sage's family story is good, but really disappears into the background after a while. It kind of felt like there were too many friends for any of them to be developed very well.
There are two love interests, Chase and Bandit. Chase is more of a "bad-boy". He is Meredith's ex-boyfriend. He has similar feelings of guilt over Meredith's death which are meant to be his motivation but are also really unclear. Bandit is more of a "bad-boy-that's-really-a-good-boy". He is overprotective of Audrey. I definitely prefered Bandit right off the bat because Chase is so obviously a bad choice. It's really easy to get into the Bandit-Audrey love story which makes the book an easy read.
The plot, as I've mentioned, lacks a lot of clear motivation. I think the thing with all of these lacking points of motivation in the plot and characters is that the motivation is there but it takes sort of a leap to actually see how any of this stuff connects. Doing the bucket list didn't make any sense at all, especially as it was clearly a bad choice, and had clearly messed up Meredith's life already.
Overall I found the book enjoyable. It was well-written in terms of the prose so it was so easy and quick to read. The real problems were in the unclear or lacking motivation which just led to a lot of lost potential. I still enjoyed the book but I'm a little hesitant to recommend it because of the problems. I still think it's worth a shot.
I received a copy of this book from JKSCommunications on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Audrey wants to complete her deceased best friends bucket list as a sort of tribute to her friends live. While she completes the list though she begins to seriously screw up her own life and all of her friendships. The list seems to mostly be about getting noticed, and Audrey certainly gets noticed, but maybe not for the right reasons.
I enjoyed this book. It was a quick and easy read, it was funny, and at some points laugh out loud funny. I found the plot confusing and lacking clear motivation. The characters were fun, at times funny, but also lacked some depth and almost always lacked clear motivation. This one is probably another book were all the pieces are there but they failed to meet the potential they have.
I liked Audrey. I definitely understood the struggles she had regarding university. I think this kind of situation where a parents and child disagree about university choices is one that a lot of people can connect with. I also found that her struggle to continue playing the piano after Meredith's death was part of the grieving process and I thought that was probably one of the better developments in her character. Her motivations to do the bucket list on the other hand were very unclear and poorly developed.
Meredith's friends actions are also similarly unclear. I found the relationship between Penny and Leo uncomfortable and hard to understand. Sage's family story is good, but really disappears into the background after a while. It kind of felt like there were too many friends for any of them to be developed very well.
There are two love interests, Chase and Bandit. Chase is more of a "bad-boy". He is Meredith's ex-boyfriend. He has similar feelings of guilt over Meredith's death which are meant to be his motivation but are also really unclear. Bandit is more of a "bad-boy-that's-really-a-good-boy". He is overprotective of Audrey. I definitely prefered Bandit right off the bat because Chase is so obviously a bad choice. It's really easy to get into the Bandit-Audrey love story which makes the book an easy read.
The plot, as I've mentioned, lacks a lot of clear motivation. I think the thing with all of these lacking points of motivation in the plot and characters is that the motivation is there but it takes sort of a leap to actually see how any of this stuff connects. Doing the bucket list didn't make any sense at all, especially as it was clearly a bad choice, and had clearly messed up Meredith's life already.
Overall I found the book enjoyable. It was well-written in terms of the prose so it was so easy and quick to read. The real problems were in the unclear or lacking motivation which just led to a lot of lost potential. I still enjoyed the book but I'm a little hesitant to recommend it because of the problems. I still think it's worth a shot.
izziede's review
A bucket list story with extra complications.
1. Get noticed;
2. Go to one of the popular parties, play Truth or Dare, and make out with the hottest guy there;
3. Do something that scares the pants off of her (be fearless);
4. Make a mistake;
5. Broaden horizons (must locate horizon);
6. Be Meredith Audrey (without having to apologize for it);
7. Tell my parents I don’t want to go to Brown, then defer for a semester to travel Europe (this one will need to be switched up a bit since Audrey dreams of the Manhattan School of Music rather than a gap year); and
8. Fall in love.
Contains some humor and romance.
1. Get noticed;
2. Go to one of the popular parties, play Truth or Dare, and make out with the hottest guy there;
3. Do something that scares the pants off of her (be fearless);
4. Make a mistake;
5. Broaden horizons (must locate horizon);
6. Be Meredith Audrey (without having to apologize for it);
7. Tell my parents I don’t want to go to Brown, then defer for a semester to travel Europe (this one will need to be switched up a bit since Audrey dreams of the Manhattan School of Music rather than a gap year); and
8. Fall in love.
Contains some humor and romance.
samanthas_books's review
3.0
I received a free e-copy of this book via netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
3.75 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book, for the main part. I liked most of the characters, the storyline was good and I liked the incorporation of the film and what that ended out representing. However, some parts were a little bit slow and I found that Meredith didn't seem like a very nice character, despite how the characters viewed her.
But, this book did make me laugh and it also dealt with relevant problems that are happening in today's younger generation (i.e. Drugs). At some points it even brought me close to tears, though not quite all the way.
It was quite enjoyable, but not my favourite book ever!
3.75 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book, for the main part. I liked most of the characters, the storyline was good and I liked the incorporation of the film and what that ended out representing. However, some parts were a little bit slow and I found that Meredith didn't seem like a very nice character, despite how the characters viewed her.
But, this book did make me laugh and it also dealt with relevant problems that are happening in today's younger generation (i.e. Drugs). At some points it even brought me close to tears, though not quite all the way.
It was quite enjoyable, but not my favourite book ever!
ellieroth's review
4.0
Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento
Este libro no lo empecé una sino tres veces. ¿Por qué no lo dejé en DNF? ¿Por qué lo intenté más de una vez? No lo sé en realidad, aunque tengo la sospecha que es el sentido extra de lector que no me hizo rendirme con este libro.
Mi principal problema fue al inicio, es bastante confuso hacerte una idea de que es lo que está pasando. Ahora, no sé si fue algo mío solamente, las dos primeras veces que intenté leerlo no me encontraba exactamente en mis mejores estados de ánimo. Al menos para mí el primer y segundo capítulo emborrachó a mi cerebro.
Como podrás ver, terminó con 4 de 5 estrellas ¿Cómo diablos sucedió eso? The Odyssey of Falling tiene personajes bastante complejos. Es una historia que empieza con una idea bastante sencilla y termina teniendo un lado un poco retorcido, podría decirse. Si tuviera que compararlo o buscarle un par entre libros, diría que está al límite entre Since You've Been Gone (Morgan Matson) y When Everything Feels Like the Movies (Raziel Reid), retrata de una manera real a los adolescentes de este tiempo sin llevarlo al extremo ni de lo bueno ni de lo malo. Tiene buen balance.
La sinopsis nos dice que la protagonista está enamorada del viudo (no encontré otra palabra) de su amiga, a mí no me gustaba la idea al principio porque, o sea, aunque me muera lo que es mío sigue siendo mío. I mean..
Pero, es solo un instrumento para seguir la historia, no gira tanto entorno a eso. Es más sobre Audrey intentando superar la pérdida de su amiga. En realidad, en el libro vemos como todo el grupo de amigos lleva la muerte de uno de sus miembros importantes y como para algunos es peor que para otros. Lo que a mí me pareció importante es que es uno de esos pocos libros donde la protagonista no termina necesariamente con el primer chico, un mensaje creo es importante, porque en la vida real es bastante difícil encontrar al amor de tu vida al primer intento y no hay absolutamente nada de malo en eso.
El romance me gustó mucho, es imposible no shippearlos. Es bonito pero no edulcorado o llevado a la extrema inocencia.
Como nota importante: Bandit por dios. Es uno de los pocos personajes que tiene masculino escrito en todas partes. Me recordó mucho a Four (Divergent). Me ha gustado. Un montón. La relación entre Audrey y Bandit es algo que ciertamente me gustaría experimentar.
LA PARTE RETORCIDA
Estoy segura que de los que lean el libro, este será el punto donde todo su apreció por el libro decaerá un poco. No me esperaba para nada el giro que tomó. No puedo decir mucho sobre qué porque es mega spoiler. Solo que a parte de las cachetadas, yo le hubiera dado unos cuantos puñetes y patadas. Para empezar.
The Odyssey of Falling es un libro que te dice que a veces es necesario perderte y cometer errores para poder encontrarte y, que no sabremos que será lo último que le diremos a las personas que queremos.
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Este libro no lo empecé una sino tres veces. ¿Por qué no lo dejé en DNF? ¿Por qué lo intenté más de una vez? No lo sé en realidad, aunque tengo la sospecha que es el sentido extra de lector que no me hizo rendirme con este libro.
Mi principal problema fue al inicio, es bastante confuso hacerte una idea de que es lo que está pasando. Ahora, no sé si fue algo mío solamente, las dos primeras veces que intenté leerlo no me encontraba exactamente en mis mejores estados de ánimo. Al menos para mí el primer y segundo capítulo emborrachó a mi cerebro.
Como podrás ver, terminó con 4 de 5 estrellas ¿Cómo diablos sucedió eso? The Odyssey of Falling tiene personajes bastante complejos. Es una historia que empieza con una idea bastante sencilla y termina teniendo un lado un poco retorcido, podría decirse. Si tuviera que compararlo o buscarle un par entre libros, diría que está al límite entre Since You've Been Gone (Morgan Matson) y When Everything Feels Like the Movies (Raziel Reid), retrata de una manera real a los adolescentes de este tiempo sin llevarlo al extremo ni de lo bueno ni de lo malo. Tiene buen balance.
La sinopsis nos dice que la protagonista está enamorada del viudo (no encontré otra palabra) de su amiga, a mí no me gustaba la idea al principio porque, o sea, aunque me muera lo que es mío sigue siendo mío. I mean..
Pero, es solo un instrumento para seguir la historia, no gira tanto entorno a eso. Es más sobre Audrey intentando superar la pérdida de su amiga. En realidad, en el libro vemos como todo el grupo de amigos lleva la muerte de uno de sus miembros importantes y como para algunos es peor que para otros. Lo que a mí me pareció importante es que es uno de esos pocos libros donde la protagonista no termina necesariamente con el primer chico, un mensaje creo es importante, porque en la vida real es bastante difícil encontrar al amor de tu vida al primer intento y no hay absolutamente nada de malo en eso.
El romance me gustó mucho, es imposible no shippearlos. Es bonito pero no edulcorado o llevado a la extrema inocencia.
Como nota importante: Bandit por dios. Es uno de los pocos personajes que tiene masculino escrito en todas partes. Me recordó mucho a Four (Divergent). Me ha gustado. Un montón. La relación entre Audrey y Bandit es algo que ciertamente me gustaría experimentar.
LA PARTE RETORCIDA
Estoy segura que de los que lean el libro, este será el punto donde todo su apreció por el libro decaerá un poco. No me esperaba para nada el giro que tomó. No puedo decir mucho sobre qué porque es mega spoiler. Solo que a parte de las cachetadas, yo le hubiera dado unos cuantos puñetes y patadas. Para empezar.
The Odyssey of Falling es un libro que te dice que a veces es necesario perderte y cometer errores para poder encontrarte y, que no sabremos que será lo último que le diremos a las personas que queremos.
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