Thursday, February 18, 2016

Challenger Deep (4/5)




Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman


                 Challenger Deep tells the story of Caden Bosch, a boy suffering from mental illness. Hes also on a ship to the marinas trench, but this is no ordinary ship. Shusterman tells the hardships of mental illnesses through images and metaphors that make the reader really understand the hardships and confusion of living with a mental illness


                   As a person who has lived through mental illness, I've seen a lot of books trying to romanticize or make mental illness into something its not. I really appreciate how this book doesn't do that. This gives a fantastic insight into what its really like to have a mental illness. The drawings in the book are fantastic, and are actually made by the authors son, when he was suffering in his "deep", which i think is really neat. The plot of this book is also fantastic. The author gives away little secrets one at a time that really give you insight as the book goes on, which i really really enjoyed. it takes awhile to get into this book and understand how it works, but once you do its a fantastic read. Overall I gave this book four out of five stars.

                    Thanks for reading another one of my reviews, I'll be back soon with more.                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Monday, February 8, 2016

Paper Towns (4/5)




Paper Towns
John Green



                                Paper Towns is a YA novel about a boy named Quentin, who spends a magical night of adventure with his girl next door neighborhood crush Margo Roth Speigelman. When Margo runs away, Quentin runs around following the clues she left him trying to find her.



                                 This book was good, but with reading it i felt as if I became a book snob. This book has topped the YA bestseller charts for months now, and I honestly can't see why. Margo has very counterculture ideas which are nice to see, and the way she talks about orlando as a "paper town" is also very interesting. This book is also extremely funny, which honestly saved it for me. I seem to think that way about most of Green's books, that the plot and characters are predictable and cliche but the books are so funny that it ends up raising the books rating in the end. So Overall, I gave this book a four out of five stars. It was good, but I have a lot of problems with it.(Which again, might just be me being a book snob.) I'd be happy to discuss this book with anyone in the comments though.

                                  Thanks for reading another one of my reviews, I'll be back soon with more.


Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A Court of Thorns and Roses (5/5)



A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas



              A Court of Thorns and Roses is a loose retelling of Beauty and the Beast (My personal favorite disney movie and princess) that tells the story of a huntress named Feyre, who lives in the human side of her world. Feyre's world is divided by a wall, with Faeries or Fae, on one side, and humans on the other. When Feyre accidentally kills a Fae while trying to get food for her family, she is taken to the Fae realm named Prythian to live with the high lord Tamlin (Swoon!) Feyre tries to escape and get back to her family, but she finds her plans are blocked when she starts to fall for this high lord.


                  This book is honestly one of my new favorites. I loved absolutley everything about this book. The world that Maas creates in this book is absolutley fantastic. Its a nightmare but also enchanting. Speaking of enchanting...this book has a lot of blushy blushy in it. The romance is epic. It's a little on the verge on New Adult, but its not quite there yet. The writing, pace, plot, and most of the techinical features of the book are spot on, and very enjoyable. The characters in this book are what really got me though. The internal struggles and the way that maas describes the hurt and magic of each character is amazing. I don't think ive ever seen characters done so well as they are in this book. I would reccommened this book to everyone, especially if you love high fantasy. And if you havent already guessed, this book is definatley a five out of five stars.


Basically, just go and read this book. Like right now.