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A review by beaundarrows
Wisdom by Amanda Hocking
2.0
Well, I managed to read this one within pretty much two days. However, that wasn't even because I was enthralled by the story, or in love with the characters, desperate to know how it ends... It was just... There...
It was on my kindle, downloaded a while ago to see what a "self published" novel could be. Millions of copies, millions of dollars, Hocking has reportedly got from this series... And from what? Pages and pages of unedited nothing, drivel, uninteresting filler. Really, I can't remember much of what I was told was happening. Mostly I remember being annoyed with the glaringly evident lack of proofreading and rampant inconsistencies.
Basically, the main characters friend who's not really a friend is killed, and for some reason she thinks she can find out who and "take revenge" - and quite implausibly this actually happens? In the end, of course, she stumbles on the "answer" to the "mystery."
Then there's the secondary "plot" about the child vampire that was made without the consent of the "father figure" (Carlisle Cullen anyone?) and how she's nothing but trouble and for some reason these vigilante-style vampires are called in BY THE HUMAN POLICE to get rid of the "threat."
It's all very silly. And quite unlikely.
And of course there's the "love story." Only it isn't really a love story, because she keeps questioning it, him, herself. She keeps saying that she loves him; like she has to say it all the time, otherwise she'll forget.
And don't forget the love triangle. Because there's got to be a third wheel. There has to be "the ex," or someone else who just can't live without... what's her name?
Oh, that's right, Hocking's leading lady is clearly named after the better of the female characters in "Twilight": Alice. Though this one has more of the personality of Bella, which is a shame.
Anyway. 2 out of 5. Good to see the end of the series, wouldn't read it again. Also, wouldn't recommend it, unless all you're looking for is unimportant fluff filler to waste some time on.
EDIT: Hmmm, so this ISN'T the last book? She's intending, some time or other, when she feels like it, to write another? Why? Alice made her choice: she "loves" Jack and she's "decided" what she wants to do with her eternity. We don't need an explanation for how/why Alice was all along actually "intended" for Jack and not Peter.
Stop flogging this dead horse, Hocking. It's done.
It was on my kindle, downloaded a while ago to see what a "self published" novel could be. Millions of copies, millions of dollars, Hocking has reportedly got from this series... And from what? Pages and pages of unedited nothing, drivel, uninteresting filler. Really, I can't remember much of what I was told was happening. Mostly I remember being annoyed with the glaringly evident lack of proofreading and rampant inconsistencies.
Basically, the main characters friend who's not really a friend is killed, and for some reason she thinks she can find out who and "take revenge" - and quite implausibly this actually happens? In the end, of course, she stumbles on the "answer" to the "mystery."
Then there's the secondary "plot" about the child vampire that was made without the consent of the "father figure" (Carlisle Cullen anyone?) and how she's nothing but trouble and for some reason these vigilante-style vampires are called in BY THE HUMAN POLICE to get rid of the "threat."
It's all very silly. And quite unlikely.
And of course there's the "love story." Only it isn't really a love story, because she keeps questioning it, him, herself. She keeps saying that she loves him; like she has to say it all the time, otherwise she'll forget.
And don't forget the love triangle. Because there's got to be a third wheel. There has to be "the ex," or someone else who just can't live without... what's her name?
Oh, that's right, Hocking's leading lady is clearly named after the better of the female characters in "Twilight": Alice. Though this one has more of the personality of Bella, which is a shame.
Anyway. 2 out of 5. Good to see the end of the series, wouldn't read it again. Also, wouldn't recommend it, unless all you're looking for is unimportant fluff filler to waste some time on.
EDIT: Hmmm, so this ISN'T the last book? She's intending, some time or other, when she feels like it, to write another? Why? Alice made her choice: she "loves" Jack and she's "decided" what she wants to do with her eternity. We don't need an explanation for how/why Alice was all along actually "intended" for Jack and not Peter.
Stop flogging this dead horse, Hocking. It's done.