Konnichiwa all! [Totally getting good at spelling that.]
This is my THIRD blog. I'll admit; I give up on things pretty fast. I wanted to make clothes on Secondlife, I stopped after three shirts. I wanted to make a Sims series on YouTube, I stopped after two episodes. But this book reviewing thing, I really think I can push myself through it if I start getting a lot of readers.
Anywhooo, let's get to the background story of this book. The author of this book, Christopher Pike, is my absolute favorite author. I've read basicly all of his books. I would consider his three-part series, Final Friends, my favorite book that I've ever read. He's this author who started off in the 80's, and is still writing with his pen name off the Star Trek captain. The first time I read from him was when I was eleven; my school librarian at my school hadn't actually read any of his books, but still stocked the shelves with all of 'em even though they had cursing, drugs, and sex. But I wouldn't be the nerd who snitched; especially when they were some of the best plots I've ever heard of. ANYWAYS, it was Whisper of Death, and I had nightmares about it for three weeks. xD That's enough about my fetish with his books. Onwards to the reviewing!
BASICLY: This girl, Teresa Chafey, is running away from home while her parents are out. She picks up these two hitchhikers; a supposedly hot guy, and this intimidating, yet beautiful girl. You later find their names are Freedom Jack and Poppy Corn (I, too, said, "Wtf?" But that isn't their [SPOILER] real names.) So, to pass time, they start telling stories just about random things; Teresa tells about why she's running away, Freedom about a friggin' genius guy (whose problem, really, is that he just gets caught in some bad situations.), and Poppy about a girl she was close to whose life turned to shambles. As the stories go into more darker things, pretty weird stuff starts happening to Teresa and her new friends.
MY OPINIONS: This is one of my favorite books, so you won't read alot of critisism. The plot of this book is really unique and just really nail-biting to read. It was pretty vulgar at times, almost laughably so, but most of the times it was all, "DUN DUN DUN", and you would be like, ":O" I can't really say much about it without telling you everything that happens...All I can say is if you enjoy books by authors like Stephen King, I would find it hard not to not like this book. His wording is similar but he still has his own originallity.
WHO I THINK SHOULD READ: Really, I wouldn't recommend it for teenagers. It's rating is YA, but I think it's more mature for adults to read; anyone else wouldn't quite grasp some of it's points. I even recommended it to my mom (although she's not a book person, so she didn't read it.)
Should you buy this book? I think it's a book you would want to reread after sometime. If you like romance, suspense, and mystery then--YES!!:D I give this book a 8.5-9.
Thanks for reading!
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