“Idiots are highly flammable, love. Let them all burn in hell.”
Alright, I know that quote is very inspiring. It’s meant to offer up some confidence for our girl Juliette. But, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO KILL 600 PEOPLE. I MEAN, COME ON. I have a lot to say. A lot of feelings. I can’t really be bothered to write an intro paragraph. So, here’s my best attempt: I’m shook. I’m so shook. Here are the reasons why:
Rating: 5 Shells
One question: HOW IS THE GOODREADS RATING ON THIS BOOK SO HIGH?????? I feel very out of the loop on when we decided books like this are good. For starters, the writing is immature, the characters (to be frank) lack intelligence and substance, and overall this book feels like an adult is trying their very absolute hardest to relate to the kids. So hard, in fact, that there’s a selfie stick moment. Yea, that one hurt me.
Rating: 2 Shells
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The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.
Big yikes on this one guys. This is one of the rare YA classics that I didn’t enjoy. I think I can basically credit that to the unlikable narrator (unlikable for most of the book, at least), boring plot (again, for most of the book), and (at least on audiobook) confusing timeline.
Rating: 2 Shells
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We’ve come full circle, kids. The first book I officially reviewed (not including one certain 4,000 word rant…ahem..The Selection) was This Mortal Coil. And here we are! One year and some months later reviewing This Cruel Design. This fact is irrelevant but there it is and now you can’t unlearn it! Anyways, How do you follow up the wild ride of This Mortal Coil? I mean, it’s like how they’re making a Frozen 2 and a Toy Story 4 in the same year. Can we even handle that? Will they be as good as their predecessors? Time will tell on those. But as far as This Cruel Design goes, I think it stands up well compared to the thrill-ride of This Mortal Coil.
Rating: 5 Shells
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Jeff Zentner, you have my heart. I’ve been reading a lot of contemporaries lately because, let’s be honest, I’m behind on my reading challenge (what else is new?) and I read through this genre a lot quicker than I do fantasy or sci-fi. So I picked this book up expecting maybe a cute romance or a nice, touching book on grief or healing (because Carver, the main character, loses his three best friends in a car accident that resulted from Carver sending his friend who was driving, Mars, a text), but I got something special here. So I really need to talk about this. Because I’m tired of the blurbs calling Zentner a John Green. Jeff Zentner is his own genius and while calling him a John Green might be seen as a compliment, it’s just not enough.
Rating: 5 Shells
Books by the Water 