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by Laura Whitcomb
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Home is here the Bookshelf is
Home is here the Bookshelf is rated it 12 years ago
It wasn't the book's fault. The writing was beautiful and the story seemed interesting enough, but I just wasn't feeling like it. I got through the half and just didn't care anymore. Maybe I'll come back later.
VeganCleopatra
VeganCleopatra rated it 12 years ago
I really liked the premise of the book and I had high hopes that I would really enjoy it. However, I enjoyed the beginning of the story more than the rest of the novel. A large chunk of the novel, especially the middle, was a bit dull and frustrating. The writing style was also inconsistent in my op...
deborahmarkus7
deborahmarkus7 rated it 12 years ago
At first, I wasn't sure that this luminous novel should be considered YA. After all, both protagonists are not really teenagers, though one inhabits the body of a teen and the other has no memory of her mortal life and is therefore rather ageless.But as this literally haunting love story progressed,...
the reader in a quiet corner
the reader in a quiet corner rated it 12 years ago
To sum up my feelings right now:Seriously. It's unlike any I've ever read, but that's not necessarily a good thing.It started out just fine. Helen is a 130 year old ghost, cursed to haunt this earth for a reason she hides from herself. She clings to hosts, and it has taken her to different places, u...
newwavepolly
newwavepolly rated it 12 years ago
This was pretty bad. I expected something more, but it was just the same trite, juvenile young adult romance. The kind that seems to be written by a 12 year old who knows nothing of love or human relationships. The plot was silly, over dramatic, convoluted, and under-developed. Once you think it can...
Obsessed with books
Obsessed with books rated it 12 years ago
This was just so good. Beautiful, heartbreaking, intense...all just so good.
Lectus
Lectus rated it 12 years ago
Very nice love story. I'll comeback to write something proper when I snap out of it :-)
Today in Jen's Library
Today in Jen's Library rated it 12 years ago
Finally, a book with a happy ending.Here is a romance with a fair amount of drama. It is decidedly not young adult if you're talking tweens or middle school, because of the sex and language. But it is a decent high schooler's story. And it addresses a few topics, albeit lightly, with which teenag...
Blame It On the Books
Blame It On the Books rated it 12 years ago
Rating: 4.5Wow.That's all I can say about this book. Okay, but really A Certain Slant of Light is probably a book not all of you might enjoy. It's a bit weird with very... specific writing, I guess you could say. (IMO, I think the writing is GORGEOUS but that's IMO. ;D ). This is a very witty, wordy...
My only books were women's looks
My only books were women's looks rated it 12 years ago
I listened to the audio version, and it was lovely. I loved the narrators (I think her name is Lauren Melling) voice, the way her voice sounded like she was smiling sometimes. It really fit the wonder and joy in certain scenes. I loved the writing, it was so beautiful and lyrical. I loved the way He...
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