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laureenreads's review against another edition
4.0
Crossing Over is the story of Roger, a young man with a strange ability to cross over and speak with the dead. It was refreshing to read a YA novel with a male protagonist (since it seems so many are female). I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
yungokssss's review against another edition
1.0
The only character I liked in this book:
Maggie.
Huge waste of my time - wouldn't recommend to anyone.
Maggie.
Huge waste of my time - wouldn't recommend to anyone.
martha_schwalbe's review against another edition
2.0
I like the idea of traveling into the Land of the Dead and returning. I like the idea of two queens, mother and daughter, in conflict over their lands. I like the idea of young men risking life and limb to save a lover. This book showed great promise. I read the first 100 pages in a few hours and then it all came tumbling down.
I was disappointed with the writing and the story. The writing caught me up, then left me hanging, wondering what happened to it. I do not know if the problem lay with the editing or the actual writing. I was disappointed for the most part.
The parts that told the story made it interesting. This is definitely a book for a good reader, it would challenge a reluctant reader because of the pacing.
I was disappointed with the writing and the story. The writing caught me up, then left me hanging, wondering what happened to it. I do not know if the problem lay with the editing or the actual writing. I was disappointed for the most part.
The parts that told the story made it interesting. This is definitely a book for a good reader, it would challenge a reluctant reader because of the pacing.
lettermeisje's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars.
The story wasn't that bad but, I didn't really care for the main character. Maybe because it was a boy and I read most of the time about girls as main character.
I liked the medieval setting though. That was a major plus point of the story! :)
The story wasn't that bad but, I didn't really care for the main character. Maybe because it was a boy and I read most of the time about girls as main character.
I liked the medieval setting though. That was a major plus point of the story! :)
vgdesigns's review against another edition
3.0
All I can say is that this was a very sad and melancholy book. It lacked any humor or a truly happy ending that would persuade me to ever read it again. I suppose books like these need to be written in order to show how war and greed are not pretty stories to be reveled in, but sad.
pianizza's review against another edition
The way this boy is portrait in the book... Is this how adults see teenagers? If yes, don't write it that way from the boys POV. We perceive ourself a lot different.
martha_schwalbe's review
2.0
I like the idea of traveling into the Land of the Dead and returning. I like the idea of two queens, mother and daughter, in conflict over their lands. I like the idea of young men risking life and limb to save a lover. This book showed great promise. I read the first 100 pages in a few hours and then it all came tumbling down.
I was disappointed with the writing and the story. The writing caught me up, then left me hanging, wondering what happened to it. I do not know if the problem lay with the editing or the actual writing. I was disappointed for the most part.
The parts that told the story made it interesting. This is definitely a book for a good reader, it would challenge a reluctant reader because of the pacing.
I was disappointed with the writing and the story. The writing caught me up, then left me hanging, wondering what happened to it. I do not know if the problem lay with the editing or the actual writing. I was disappointed for the most part.
The parts that told the story made it interesting. This is definitely a book for a good reader, it would challenge a reluctant reader because of the pacing.
bethkemp's review against another edition
4.0
This is a classic fantasy in some respects: vaguely medieval-type setting, magical elements, strong sense of a class divide. At the same time, none of these are exactly as expected: the 'land of the dead' is an original idea (as far as I can tell), and the society is matriarchal - the characters find it completely bizarre that in other societies men rule, as women clearly should be in charge as the givers of life. Roger's gift/curse/ability is a unique product of this unique world and is the main point of interest in this novel.
Roger narrates his own story and his voice convinced me as that of a relatively young teenager, although I was slightly jarred out of the story by his many references to erections. I also found his love for one of the court ladies irritating, as she was clearly a silly individual, but this didn't strike me as necessarily unrealistic. Teens (of both sexes) do develop what they experience as strong lurve feelings for inappropriate people, after all.
The land of the dead itself was not at all what I expected, and this was refreshing. Strange things occur in this land in the course of the novel, and I'm sure there is much more to be discovered about how it works in the rest of the trilogy. Roger himself doesn't really know much about it all, but he is beginning to be curious in this book, so perhaps he will find people who can explain it all to him in his travels.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel. It resolved the main plot issues, whilst leaving enough mystery about Roger's gift and the bigger picture to resolve in the rest of the series. I'd recommend this to teen fans of paranormal fantasy who are looking for something different to vampires, werewolves, angels and fairies.
Roger narrates his own story and his voice convinced me as that of a relatively young teenager, although I was slightly jarred out of the story by his many references to erections. I also found his love for one of the court ladies irritating, as she was clearly a silly individual, but this didn't strike me as necessarily unrealistic. Teens (of both sexes) do develop what they experience as strong lurve feelings for inappropriate people, after all.
The land of the dead itself was not at all what I expected, and this was refreshing. Strange things occur in this land in the course of the novel, and I'm sure there is much more to be discovered about how it works in the rest of the trilogy. Roger himself doesn't really know much about it all, but he is beginning to be curious in this book, so perhaps he will find people who can explain it all to him in his travels.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel. It resolved the main plot issues, whilst leaving enough mystery about Roger's gift and the bigger picture to resolve in the rest of the series. I'd recommend this to teen fans of paranormal fantasy who are looking for something different to vampires, werewolves, angels and fairies.
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