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What is good: suspense and dread and fascinating conversations with a 10-year old (alleged) psychopath who doesn't really understand how human emotions work and wants to learn how to pass for a normal person.
What is not: perfect in every way teen romance that is incredibly boring; equally boring descriptions of boxing; even more boring pages and pages of boring texting. I respect that Larbalestier is such a socially conscientious and earnest writer (just check out her blog), but very often her ...more
What is not: perfect in every way teen romance that is incredibly boring; equally boring descriptions of boxing; even more boring pages and pages of boring texting. I respect that Larbalestier is such a socially conscientious and earnest writer (just check out her blog), but very often her ...more
Read most but not all. Really reminded me of The Bad Seed, so it was a relief to find out it was meant to be a modern version or take on same. But because Che is such a nice boy and he loves Rosa I never felt quite as scared. The twist was intriguing as were the hints that Che has his own darkness but I still never found myself passionately invested in this one.
Thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I never read The Bad Seed, so I wasn't comparing.
The depiction of adjusting to living in New York, especially from the point of view of a boy just plonked there by his parents, was very good. The romance really worked, as did the final resolution. ...more
The depiction of adjusting to living in New York, especially from the point of view of a boy just plonked there by his parents, was very good. The romance really worked, as did the final resolution. ...more
A gripping thriller that had me on the edge of my seat as I listened. Rosa was truly disturbing and I didn't see the major plot twist at the end.
But I did find it a little disturbing what the consequences, or lack thereof, were. To me this was a weakness for the book as it almost ends abruptly after the unveiling of just who all the psychopaths really are. ...more
But I did find it a little disturbing what the consequences, or lack thereof, were. To me this was a weakness for the book as it almost ends abruptly after the unveiling of just who all the psychopaths really are. ...more
Wow! Excellent. Thank you, Ally. This is going to stick in my head the way Liar did. Perhaps not with quite the same intensity but, yeah. A a matter of fact I thought about Liar a few times, being the same author and as unsure as I was about Che's reliability as a narrator. I wondered about his perception of the events and conversations. There were a lot of other things going on besides the main story as well; things that reflected on society and the city and aspects of the context within which
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Very well written & very twisted. Great psychological thriller.
So very creepy. Lost a star due to some loose ends.
Jan 16, 2017
Peter Kilkelly
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult
Nov 06, 2016
Shauna Yusko
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
read-in-2016,
srp-2017
