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After Obsession (2011)

by Carrie Jones(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1599906813 (ISBN13: 9781599906812)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

review 1: Empezó bien, continuó bastante bien aunque decaía por momentos y entonces llegó el final y acabó con mis esperanzas de que fuera un libro genial. Se ha quedado a medias con esos capítulos medio inacabados, con ese final abierto entre ellos. Le ha faltado dureza, intensidad en su relación, explicación de qué era el hombre del río, que apareciera el padre de Alan, no sé.. algo! Una pena, pintaba bastante bien.
review 2: I think the best word I can use to describe this book is "shallow". If you'd eavesdropped on my thoughts during this book, you would have heard a lot of "Meh"s, "O-kay"s, and "Get on with it, already!"s. It may have been partly because of the way I read the book: I stumbled upon the eBook on Overdrive, checked it out, and finished in a ... morefew hours. Maybe it didn't really sink in, yet... but I honestly feel like I didn't read anything. The characters didn't do anything for me. The story switched between the POV of Aimee and Alan, but sometimes I couldn't tell who was talking -- there was very little difference. Despite their single-parent families and sort-of niceness, I felt zero sympathy for these people. One could have died, and I still would have been like, "Meh." Also, insta-love alert! They start making Bambi eyes at each other on the same day one broke up with someone else. Guys, I don't think emotions work that way.It was like they were all zombies, stumbling around and reading their lines, deadpan: "I liked her." "I liked him." "I was sad."And the adults! I don't normally pay much attention to the adult characters -- I am a kid, after all -- but I still expect them to be there, doing their thing. The whole plot happened under these people's noses, and they were equally zombie-like. Maybe worse. If my parents came home to a ripped-up, cat-clawed, trashed bedroom and a messed-up house, they would NOT have said, "It's okay. We'll just get new stuff." Not by a long shot. The plot also didn't work for me. The premise was vaguely interesting, but I feel like I know just about as much about it as I did in the first chapter. None of the supernatural elements seem to have a clear origin or cause -- not even a supernatural one. Very little was explained, and the few clues given were repeated to the point of frustration. Yes, people are acting oddly. Not like themselves. In an aggressive manner. I get it. Now tell me something else! Please!Overall, I feel like this story just didn't DO anything. I don't think I smiled or even nodded appreciatively even once. (Though I sort of grunted in an amused way when they mentioned the eBay Cheeto.) In conclusion... meh. less

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