I’m not usually one to be quite so controversial, but I have to say, explaining why I didn’t like books is way more fun than saying why I love them. Why is it so much easier to write a bad review?
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
I may get crucified for admitting this one, but it’s true. I didn’t enjoy Twilight and actually, I don’t think I finished the entire book. I’d set out to read it before watching the film, but I ended up watching it anyway and then couldn’t be bothered to finish the book.
The rest of the series never interested me, but I do really like the films, I’m not a complete monster.
Synopsis: When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town.
But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella.
Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away – until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car.
Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward’s coldness. He, and his family, are vampires – and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.
Paper Towns by John Green
This was the last John Green book I read and I don’t think I will ever read another. I honestly don’t hate the plotlines of his books and I did enjoy reading this at the time, but I very quickly realised that John Green loves to recycle his characters. Don’t even try to convince me that Margo is not Alaska and Quentin is not Miles because they are. The one exception to this trend is Hazel and Augustus.
To be honest, that is probably my main issue with this book, but it’s such a big issue that it really ruined it for me.
Synopsis: Who is the real Margo?
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew…
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