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The Beautiful Creatures Complete Collection (2012)

by Kami Garcia(Favorite Author)

4.21 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

031621941X (ISBN13: 9780316219419)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

review 1: I personally did not enjoy this book series at all. I had to force myself to finish reading all four books; I had wanted to give up after the first few pages. The writing is incredibly bland, the characters 2d, and not only are you completely unable to relate to them, make a connection with them at any given time, you feel like punching them because of multiple reasons, one of them being their inability to express their feelings and explaining exactly what is going on with them. It would save so much time if they could do just that.All of the relationships have so much potential in the book, there are many couples you can root for, many different romantic story lines, but it is all ruined because of the poor writing. Instead of shipping the characters, you end up being ann... moreoyed by them - the couples that should be cute are just plain horrible, because of the forced romance the author forces on them. Instead of feelings gradually surfacing, instead of the characters staying true to themselves and their personalities as they fall in love, we have bland, dry romance that is not only incredibly sudden and uncalled for, with no background flirting, conversations, etc, but it is also so incredibly out of character, it hurts. There were many times when I had to read a passage over and over again - and that is most definitely not because of my ability to read, but because it just made absolutely no sense. Events would happen so quickly, so much information would be dropped on you in one paragraph, but it would not be explained properly, and it ends up confusing you, and making the book less enjoyable.Overall, the characters, the romance, even the slightly-cheesy and very-typical plot line has so much potential, but it is all ruined by the horrible writing.I do not recommend the Beautiful Creatures series, I really do not. It is most definitely not worth your time.
review 2: I've read the whole series in a short time and I loved it! I have read a lot of fantasy and I find it more and more difficult to be surprised by new books/plots/creatures and characters.But Kami Garcia invented a nice and magical parallel universe beneath (and among) the real world – I enjoyed her point of view of our world, the magical one and the worlds in between. And, of course, I was really touched by the love story. It is not a new concept, that love conquers it all, but every writer can add his/her own handwriting to a love story. Lena and Ethan are both really special and so is the story, which is wrapped around them. I enjoyed the different characters, each one with its own style and each one in its own way adorable.Beautiful Creatures is an easy-to-read series, but it is really entertaining, heartbreaking at some points and totally awesome altogether.If you love fantasy, you'll have to read it. less

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