brionymarshallauthor's reviews
115 reviews

I chose to read this book as I am pretty much addicted to the TV adaptaion based on these novels. However, I was disappointed. Standing alone, this book is a good teen novel of forbidden romance and high school scandals with some excitment and melodrama thrown in for good measure. But, if you're reading this book to keep up to date with the programme, I wouldn't bother. It's totally different. I think the only thing they actually used in the adaptation was the names and they still missed some of those out! That said, the second story is better than the first in this two story book. It seems they may get better as they progress, so I shall give the second volume a try at a later date.

An insightful read that I would recommend to any Twilight saga fan. I enjoyed the book and read it from cover to cover, but it's not something I would read again or actually purchase, it's just a bit of fun. However with that being said, reading this book did bring parts of the Twilight saga to my attention, that upon reading the novels myself I'd over looked. It also gave me a great urge to join in and write up my own debates and answers to the questions (for some of them I have very differnet opinions and ideas!), but also a want to go and read the saga all over again! If I could give half points on here, I'd actually give it 2 and a half out of 5.

I read this book today during my short visit to the local library... and it blew my mind.

I'd only vaguely heard of Flanimals and just picked it up as I fancied a quick read whilst I had a spare second. I knew that Gervais would give me a good giggle or two and he didn't disappoint either. This "pocket guide" is a short snappy insight into a fantasy world that offers something for a reader of any age. I'm intrigued by the world of the Flanimals and wouldn't say no to reading another of Gervais's Flanimal books if they cross my path in the future.

This was a book I started reading to jump on the bandwagon, as everything you hear and see at the moment is "Fifty Shades". But mid-way through, I wondered why I'd bothered. The book's content is probably it's appeal, over it's craftsmanship. However, the combination of this is not being a genre I particularly enjoy and feeling of an editor absence throughout distracted me from the story at regular intervals and turned me off the novel almost completely. However, somehow, in a way I cannot explain, this book did grip me enough to keep me reading to the end (and it's not exactly a short novel!) Plus I also now have this need to go out and buy the second installment. Despite my better judgement, I'm hooked on Christian Grey: a character who I have never hated so much in my whole literary life.

I agree with my friends, "Why are you reading that?!", but honestly, I have no idea. All in all, I am thoroughly confused. Maybe I'll figure it out by the end of book number three.