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The Outside (2013)

by Laura Bickle(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

series

The Hallowed Ones

review 1: When I began to read this I thought I mistakenly got a Young Adult Religious Fiction book. There are so many references to religion in the form of lessons it became rather frustrating. There is very little action & what action there is is not scary. I've read much better Young Adult novels & much better Religious fiction novels then this. I cannot figure out what the hype is all about. The ending was weak & the whole novel had a Disney feel to it. I'm glad to be done with it so I can move on to something better.
review 2: A decided drop-off from the first book; without the structure of the Amish community and the clear goal of protecting both themselves and their neighbours from the vampiric threat, the central characters seemed to drift off-course. Their vario... moreus encounters along the way had an episodic (and often unbelievable) feel, quite different from the grounded realism of the initial book. The final solution they stumble across felt unearned and frankly a bit nonsensical. That said, Bickle's writing style continues to impress and she has a talent for building believable emotional connections between characters, particularly with the unlikely romance at the core of the story. less

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