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l4uren_11's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know why this book has low star rating. I found this book so much fun to read. Faith wasn't what I expected and the end result of the book I wasn't expecting. Can't wait to read the next book! But I read this book without knowing what it was about of read any of the reviews. So if you have high expectations for this book you will be greatly disappointed.
albertobalderas's review against another edition
5.0
This book came to me at the right time.
"Pulse" is an amazing read that has great characters and an even more amazing plot to create this fascinating world in which there is a twist in every turn.
I will definitely be finishing this series.
"Pulse" is an amazing read that has great characters and an even more amazing plot to create this fascinating world in which there is a twist in every turn.
I will definitely be finishing this series.
carolinevaught's review against another edition
4.0
This book was pretty much exactly how I expected it to be. It was interesting, kept me guessing, and kept me reading. The only thing I didn't like, wasn't as much a thing as a person. I hate Wade Quinn. I liked him in the beginning and then he got weird, plus, didn't he like Faith? Then in the end he tries to kill her? I'm just a little confused.
jam143's review against another edition
2.0
So overall, I thought the book was okay. I felt like the author didn't develop the characters well. The friendship between Liz and Faith was almost nonexistent. Then Liz leaves for the state, gets killed by an unhinged teenager with jealously issues that wants revenge on Faith for existing. Faith of course was angry and said she missed her best friend, but to be honest, there wasn't a lot of proof that she really cared about her in the book. In the text, Liz was referred to as annoying and clingy. And Liz's hand holding thing? Kind of irrelevant to the story. Also I felt like the author should have focused more on Faith's backstory. I still don't know what Drifters are. Maybe because I got bored and started skimming chapters of the book, but there was no direct definition for them. And the love triangle which didn't even last that long was terrible. I also tried very hard to decipher the motives behind Wade and Cara's actions, but to no avail.
sorry, just didn't like it. The writing style was choppy and confusing.
sorry, just didn't like it. The writing style was choppy and confusing.
pmiller1208's review against another edition
4.0
It was a great book. I loved it, can't wait to read the next one.
kevinscorner's review against another edition
4.0
"Find love, for love in a broken world will comfort you. Hold on to hope; it will sustain you. Have faith, for in the end it will save you."
This book started off shaky and lacked development, but it ended spectacularly.
This book started off shaky and lacked development, but it ended spectacularly.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
2.0
"I have trust issues."
Right...I really do, when it comes to "dystopian" books. I've read another version of this tale and liked that one better. Did that stray my thinking or maybe make me like this one less - possibly.
But this one just never gets to the point. Even 200 pages in, you are still COMPLETELY guessing what is going on and who is doing what. By the time it got going, about another 80 pages later, I was so done with it all. It wasn't mysterious, just boring and annoying.
also, this book falls into one of my pet peeves - it would jump from narrator to narrator mid sentence, mid paragraph and/or mid chapter. I hate when I can't figure out who's who.
Right...I really do, when it comes to "dystopian" books. I've read another version of this tale and liked that one better. Did that stray my thinking or maybe make me like this one less - possibly.
But this one just never gets to the point. Even 200 pages in, you are still COMPLETELY guessing what is going on and who is doing what. By the time it got going, about another 80 pages later, I was so done with it all. It wasn't mysterious, just boring and annoying.
also, this book falls into one of my pet peeves - it would jump from narrator to narrator mid sentence, mid paragraph and/or mid chapter. I hate when I can't figure out who's who.
karieh13's review against another edition
4.0
(By my 12-year old daughter.) I liked “Pulse” by Patrick Carman, but it had a very slow start. I kept waiting for it to start talking about a pulse and until then, it didn’t make a lot of sense. It was a little boring and had these random events occurring.
The main character is Faith Daniels, a teenager in high school in a world where books have been abandoned for Tablets. Faith and Liz go to the old grade school library, which is deserted, they read picture books – which in a world where everything is on a Tablet – makes them feel like they are in a different world.
Their lives don’t seem like anything special until something happens to Faith that changes everything. Once that happens, the book was a lot more interesting. There was a lot more action, and some fighting and I wanted to find out what happened.
Faith and Dylan were my favorite characters. If there is another book after “Pulse” I would want to read it to find out what happens to them.
The main character is Faith Daniels, a teenager in high school in a world where books have been abandoned for Tablets. Faith and Liz go to the old grade school library, which is deserted, they read picture books – which in a world where everything is on a Tablet – makes them feel like they are in a different world.
Their lives don’t seem like anything special until something happens to Faith that changes everything. Once that happens, the book was a lot more interesting. There was a lot more action, and some fighting and I wanted to find out what happened.
Faith and Dylan were my favorite characters. If there is another book after “Pulse” I would want to read it to find out what happens to them.
d_sebek's review against another edition
4.0
Patrick Carman creates a barren, empty dystopian world where citizens are forced to move into States so the planet has a chance to reverse the effects of Global Warming. Living in the barren, desolated leftovers of society are the last hold outs, those people who refuse the lure of the States. Faith Daniels and her friends go to school in a ghost town, addicted to their Tablets, going to school so that a "teacher" can monitor them while they watch their lessons.
Trouble arises in the wonder twins of Wade and Clara, genetic athletic freaks. Over the course of time, Faith discovers she has a Pulse and with the help of Dylan, Hawk and the Drifters she will uncover a plot to destroy the States and end the balance between humans and the planet.
This is a good read that features a great cast, especially the villainous Wade and Clara. I am looking forward to reading the sequel. This has the potential to be a great series.
Trouble arises in the wonder twins of Wade and Clara, genetic athletic freaks. Over the course of time, Faith discovers she has a Pulse and with the help of Dylan, Hawk and the Drifters she will uncover a plot to destroy the States and end the balance between humans and the planet.
This is a good read that features a great cast, especially the villainous Wade and Clara. I am looking forward to reading the sequel. This has the potential to be a great series.