4.5 - Yikes. If there's anyone out there who thinks only the horror genre can scare them they need to pick this up.
I have a hard time with the classification of some books, YA in particular. Why is this YA? Because of the main characters? There are more than a few supporting non-teen characters. What are they? Nothing? I mean, I'm a decent ways past my teens and I can say that I'd recommend this more to adults than to teens. Now, I know more adults than teens so that may play a part, but it's also not the entire reason. This book is just as made for adults as for teens IMO.
Malley managed to pull me right in, something not easily done. I read a lot so I tend to find many books I love, many, many that I like, and many that I don't like. But out of them all, even some of the ones I've loved, only a small percentage took me in like this did.
I felt like I wanted to jump in the book and change all of the rules. I wanted to save Anna Peter, and her parents and ever other Surplus.
I think what I liked most was what happened with Anna's parents. That sounds strange right? Yeah. It does. Allow me to explain. I don't like pat endings. I like when they're as realistic as possible. This is probably my love of non-fiction streaming over into my fiction reading but either way, a 'happily-ever-after' ending rarely does it for me.
What happened with Anna's parents needed to happen. If it wouldn't have happened the story would have lost all meaning (for me) around that time.
I've already started the sequel which I'm happy that I have available as this is one I wouldn't have wanted to wait in between on.
I have a hard time with the classification of some books, YA in particular. Why is this YA? Because of the main characters? There are more than a few supporting non-teen characters. What are they? Nothing? I mean, I'm a decent ways past my teens and I can say that I'd recommend this more to adults than to teens. Now, I know more adults than teens so that may play a part, but it's also not the entire reason. This book is just as made for adults as for teens IMO.
Malley managed to pull me right in, something not easily done. I read a lot so I tend to find many books I love, many, many that I like, and many that I don't like. But out of them all, even some of the ones I've loved, only a small percentage took me in like this did.
I felt like I wanted to jump in the book and change all of the rules. I wanted to save Anna Peter, and her parents and ever other Surplus.
I think what I liked most was what happened with Anna's parents. That sounds strange right? Yeah. It does. Allow me to explain. I don't like pat endings. I like when they're as realistic as possible. This is probably my love of non-fiction streaming over into my fiction reading but either way, a 'happily-ever-after' ending rarely does it for me.
What happened with Anna's parents needed to happen. If it wouldn't have happened the story would have lost all meaning (for me) around that time.
I've already started the sequel which I'm happy that I have available as this is one I wouldn't have wanted to wait in between on.
