Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What can I say? How can I possibly describe this book? It was... breathtaking. Gabrielle Zevin has this way of making me feel. Like, they make me feel real, alive. They make me want to cry, laugh and shout all at the same time.

I think this is partly down to how she writes her characters. They're so real, so utterly normal that you feel like you know them inside out. The way she writes in passages of time feels so natural as well, and it all just flows wonderfully.

The only way I can begin to describe to you how I felt about this book is that as soon as I'd finished reading it, I immediately turned to the front and started reading it again, purely for the sake of experiencing it again.

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This Side of the Monotony Train

This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

It says little of a book when I can't be bothered to finish it. I even deleted it off my e-reader because I just couldn't be bothered.

And you know why? It bored me.

I know, I know, it's not all that boring, but I got about halfway through then found a more interesting book to read. Then another. Then another.

Lemme tell you what happens/will happen (as I haven't finished it) Cat and Bones bicker, she gets kidnapped/threatened/chopped into peices by the villain, gets resuced by Bones. Cue more bickering. Cue waiting around for something to happen. EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN THE LAST TEN PAGES AND THEYRE BEING ATTACKTED AND CAT THINKS BONES IS DEAD AND THEN SHE REALISES SHE CAN DO SOME FREAKY SHIT AND MAGICALLY SAVES THE DAY! YAY! Cue loving words exchanged betwen Cat and Bones. And repeat.

Yeah, it bored me.

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Goddess Summoning Series (but mainly Goddess of Legend)

Goddess of Legend by P.C. Cast
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

*WARNING SPOILERS*

It was alright, I guess.

That's probably the worst thing anyone can say about a book. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad, it was meh.

Now, this came as a bit of a disappointment to me. The first book in the series was weird, but I was prepared, thanks to your lovely selves. I really enjoyed the rest of the series, and then came this one.

It was really confusing at the beginning, and I often had to read the page twice before I understood it. The writing was stilted and muddled, and don't get me wrong, I love PC, but she can't write in old languages. The language is supposed to flow easily, and it didn't in this series. I felt like there were too many chunks of dialogue and no description of what the characters are doing. Like, at one point, Arthur's in bed and talking to Isabel, and then suddenly he's standing up and walking out the door, and I'm like: wait, what? *rereads page, but no mention of him getting out of bed*. Also, Isabel's and Arthur's characters aren't built up enough. I know, I know, the whole bloody book is about them, but the only characters I thought were actually built up was Gwen. And even then, she had a random mood swing and was like, 'No Izzy, all the things you suggested to me yesterday were actually MY ideas, so stuff that up your pretty little but.' And then, five minutes later, she's like 'oh, hey, all your ideas are pretty cool, we should do them.' And I'm left going 'WTF?'

Also, NOTHING HAPPENS. Like, actual nothing. Sure, there's a lot of lusting after people, but THAT'S IT. And they prevent a war happening by baking poisonous pasties. WTH? And Mordred. Grrrrrrrr Mordred. He presents the PERFECT plot device for a little betrayal, as the angry 'imma take your throne' bastard son. And helloooooo, Arthur doesn't even need to acknowledge him. Bastard, remember? So then, after a little kick in the balls, he's like, 'Oh, Father! I'm so sorry! Love you really!' And I waited, I waited for the moment when Mordred throws it back in Arthur's face, and goes 'I'M BETRAYING YOU ALL! GOODNIGHT!'
It never happened.
And the ending was crap, too.
Rant over .

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Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Well, it was better than I expected. And by that, I mean better than The Mortal Instruments series.

Maybe I should give it two stars. I find this book very meh-inducing.

3 stars it is. To be honest, after I had to physically restrain myself from ripping the pages out of City of Ashes (it was a library book, and it wasn't worthy enough for me to pay to replace it,) anything would be better.

Then I read the blurb, and thought 'Jeeeeeez, this AGAIN?', but persevered, as my friend promised it was better than TMI.

Verdict: Meh.

Yeah, I guess it was alright and the plot was ok, but most of the time, when I like a book, I read it in a couple of sittings. This took me a week. Now, I usually tell when a book doesn't excite me because it takes me longer than 24 hours to read it. So, yeah, meh.

My one problem with this book:
WHY HAVE YOU USED THE SAME CHARACTERS AS TMI?????????

Clary and Jace annoyed me so much in TMI and I was like 'WHYYYYYYY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO MEEEEEEE WUMMAN???????????' Granted, Tessa is a more realistic character than Clary, in that I could identify with her, and Will made me laugh, but STILL. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????????????

Oh, and one other thing, Southampton is awesome. Don't diss us scummers.

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