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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.
meagan_kay's review against another edition
1.0
This book had great potential, but then again don't most books? The problem with Pulse was not its concept nor was it the cover of the book or even its length. The two big problems that Pulse had were that it lacked any significant character development and it wasn't very well written (in my opinion). I personally found the characters in this book to be very cliche and quite honestly, a bit annoying. In addition to this, I personally didn't care for the author's writing style (however, you may have a different opinion). Pulse was very slow paced and lacked the action sequences that I was anticipating when I began reading the book. For example, when I read Pulse, once I had read past page 100, I found that the majority of the information about the plot I which had acquired was insignificant to the overarching story line. Lastly, I felt that the dystopian world of Pulse was not explained well at all. While it was an interesting idea to write about a dystopian world with telekinetic people, details about the world were not elaborated on in much detail and new concepts were only vaguely explained.
I hope you have found this review helpful....thanks for reading!
I hope you have found this review helpful....thanks for reading!
ronimac74's review against another edition
3.0
Pulse is a unique story set in the year 2051. I actually wanted to rate the book 3.5 stars. I enjoyed the story line and felt that the author did really well developing the characters. However there were times in the book that went a little slow for me and I found myself having to go back and reread some parts because either I wasn't understanding the concept or was lost. Yet, what I found the most interesting was how the author provided a futuristic world by using the technology we have today. I find that maybe our world could head in that direction but of course with a few differences. I find that each dystopian story I come across, it is interesting to me how they can imagine and perceive a new world based on some type of current reality with their perception of what they feel our world is facing today. Pulse is no different, a great story with unique twists and turns that will leave you wondering and imagining what our world will really be like in the year 2051.
ninjabunneh's review against another edition
1.0
Oookkkaaayyyy. The only excitement in this book took place maybe the last 10%. It's as if this book was written just to set us up for the second. There are no answers given up until the last segments and by then I was turned off completely. Characters were so boring. No joke. The only one who had some saving grace was Hawk. He's a cutie. Hot hero stud muffin mysterio boy had as much personality as a brick. Oh and cue Twilight for the creepy sleep watcher. Le sigh. If you need a sleeping pill, read this book before bed.
bysoleilceline's review against another edition
3.0
Overall I thought it was a well thought out book; however, some sentences did appear awkward to me. And I though the writer should have explained the concept and reasoning behind the States earlier because it didn't make any sense to me why they would abandon all the rest of the land. Besides that I thought it was a good read, loved the aspect of love towards the end.
dlberglund's review against another edition
2.0
This was a fast, fluffy read filled with action sequences and very little character development. I couldn't really even get behind the "scientific" explanations at the end, but I can see that this would appeal to certain dystopia fans.
bookishnicole's review against another edition
2.0
I had been tremendously excited for this book when I got this. I was excited about the awesome cover and this really interesting concept. There were these people with the ability to use their minds to move stuff, not entirely different, but I'll bite this time to see if it was anything new. As excited as I was to read this, I wanted to DNF it several times.
The characters were entirely bland and didn't stand out. I guess it was cool that they could move stuff with their minds, but that was just about it. I did enjoy Hawk, her techie friend, but even he was creepy and weird how he would constantly be watching her. Faith was just irritating and so selfish, even when she was learning how to use her powers.
There was a sad attempt at a love triangle, but it all seemed convoluted and strange. It's always interesting in books that take place in the future because you wonder what type of technology they will come up with. This book had the added benefit of paranormal powers. By benefit, I'm using that term very lightly. There was this strange "drug" that they had which was a computer program that got you high. Cool right? How about the book making it essentially okay that one of Faith's Beau's used it on her.
I also really didn't understand the ending. Maybe I was just missing the entire point of this book, but I couldn't connect. I didn't like the plot, the characters or really anything about it.
The characters were entirely bland and didn't stand out. I guess it was cool that they could move stuff with their minds, but that was just about it. I did enjoy Hawk, her techie friend, but even he was creepy and weird how he would constantly be watching her. Faith was just irritating and so selfish, even when she was learning how to use her powers.
There was a sad attempt at a love triangle, but it all seemed convoluted and strange. It's always interesting in books that take place in the future because you wonder what type of technology they will come up with. This book had the added benefit of paranormal powers. By benefit, I'm using that term very lightly. There was this strange "drug" that they had which was a computer program that got you high. Cool right? How about the book making it essentially okay that one of Faith's Beau's used it on her.
I also really didn't understand the ending. Maybe I was just missing the entire point of this book, but I couldn't connect. I didn't like the plot, the characters or really anything about it.
milkteajeon's review against another edition
1.0
SPOILERS
This book sounds interesting. I’ve had lots of good experiences with books that have telekinesis. Yeah. But not this one. The fact that the telekinesis only came in % into the book may have something to do with that. And the fact that Faith was so busy staring at Wade with adoration and deciding whether her jeans looked good that she didn’t really seem to notice anything else.
“Compulsively readable, with thrilling action scenes and a tender love story.”
I’m not completely sure why I even kept reading this book. Maybe because I wanted to know whether Faith would ever become smart enough to realised that Wade is a total creep. Or maybe because I liked Hawk and his adorable geekiness. So yes the book was probably compulsively readable.
But it did not have “thrilling action scenes and a tender love story.”
It is not tender when the guy Faith is in love with takes her to a secluded part of the school that is off-limits and crawling with these freaky Drifters that are supposedly dangerous. 35% into the book I still don’t understand what they are. Not only does he take her freaking go-karting in a hallway, he also gives her a Wire Code which is the equivalent to a drug/date-rape-thing. Then he gives her another one.
I think Patrick Carman thought it might be cool to just add 45% in “Hey, this is Dylan, you know, the guy who’s been watching you sleep. Just to let you know, you can move stuff with your mind and I also like you.”
Faith is the stupidest heroine I’ve ever read about. No, really. She thought that it might have been a good idea just to climb up the side of a building with a guy who 1. Is creepy and 2. Watches her in her sleep. And this is after the other guy who took her an isolated place then gave her a drug. When her best friend Liz tries to prevent her from going with Wade the first time, Faith passes her off as “needy” and “moody,” and that it’s “suffocating,” when in fact Liz has been none of these during the first 20% of the book.
And the plot. I just don’t understand. Only half way through the book do we actually learn about the Pulse, and that’s only after Dylan practically forces Faith into a date. Actually no, he got her to climb up the building and surprise, candles and dinner. But even then Faith has a massive freak out that Dylan put something in her water so that he can take advantage of her. Her amazing idea to get away is to jump off the building. Good job, Faith. Then again I’m not entirely sure what happened because half the descriptions were either totally pointless or just plain misleading.
What happens after that? I don’t know because Pulse was a DNF for me. If you read the book, good luck.
This book sounds interesting. I’ve had lots of good experiences with books that have telekinesis. Yeah. But not this one. The fact that the telekinesis only came in % into the book may have something to do with that. And the fact that Faith was so busy staring at Wade with adoration and deciding whether her jeans looked good that she didn’t really seem to notice anything else.
“Compulsively readable, with thrilling action scenes and a tender love story.”
I’m not completely sure why I even kept reading this book. Maybe because I wanted to know whether Faith would ever become smart enough to realised that Wade is a total creep. Or maybe because I liked Hawk and his adorable geekiness. So yes the book was probably compulsively readable.
But it did not have “thrilling action scenes and a tender love story.”
It is not tender when the guy Faith is in love with takes her to a secluded part of the school that is off-limits and crawling with these freaky Drifters that are supposedly dangerous. 35% into the book I still don’t understand what they are. Not only does he take her freaking go-karting in a hallway, he also gives her a Wire Code which is the equivalent to a drug/date-rape-thing. Then he gives her another one.
I think Patrick Carman thought it might be cool to just add 45% in “Hey, this is Dylan, you know, the guy who’s been watching you sleep. Just to let you know, you can move stuff with your mind and I also like you.”
Faith is the stupidest heroine I’ve ever read about. No, really. She thought that it might have been a good idea just to climb up the side of a building with a guy who 1. Is creepy and 2. Watches her in her sleep. And this is after the other guy who took her an isolated place then gave her a drug. When her best friend Liz tries to prevent her from going with Wade the first time, Faith passes her off as “needy” and “moody,” and that it’s “suffocating,” when in fact Liz has been none of these during the first 20% of the book.
And the plot. I just don’t understand. Only half way through the book do we actually learn about the Pulse, and that’s only after Dylan practically forces Faith into a date. Actually no, he got her to climb up the building and surprise, candles and dinner. But even then Faith has a massive freak out that Dylan put something in her water so that he can take advantage of her. Her amazing idea to get away is to jump off the building. Good job, Faith. Then again I’m not entirely sure what happened because half the descriptions were either totally pointless or just plain misleading.
What happens after that? I don’t know because Pulse was a DNF for me. If you read the book, good luck.
kashumaru's review against another edition
5.0
I've never read from this author before and didn't think Pulse would be one of my new top favorites. This book is a must read. There are so many events I didn't expect to happen. I've laughed plenty of times and even cried at points. I have decided to put this series at the top of my list of purchases so I can finish because where it all ends, even the sneak preview of the next book isn't enough to satisfy me.