I loved this book in the beginning. The concept is great and it kept it interesting; but, as the book went on, it was, at times, TOO much teen angst. And I figured out the 'twist' pretty early on. However, I think it was pretty realistic-teens going through what these kids were would really respond ...
Publisher: Hot Key BooksPublication Date: 01 April 2014Genre: Young AdultSource: Purchase / GiftFormat: PaperbackLength: 327 pagesOverview:It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young,...
I really wanted to like this book but I'm not a huge fan. It started off really slow and was difficult to finish. The writing style is inconsistent. Some of it kind of seems ripped off from Perks of being a wallflower. I couldn't really connect that well to the main character either.
I read this book a while ago, but I couldn’t quite put my thoughts into words yet. It made me sad sometimes, but mostly, I think I was bored a large part of the time. Our main character, Laurel, fluctuates between sounding like a ten-year-old wannabe writer, and a trying-too-hard philosophical analy...
It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, an...
This started out slow for me. Actually, I think it stayed slow. The plot wasn’t very eventful, and a lot of the letters consisted more of Laurel’s memories and thoughts, than what was currently happening. Further into the story, I was okay with this.I think my favorite thing about this book is the c...
Ok, so I lied. A review tonight after all. Dear Kurt Cobain, Mrs. Buster gave us our first assignment in English today, to write a letter to a dead person. For me, this book was pointless, puerile, and pretentious with a character who is the passive, dull YA Contemporary equivalent of Bella or Luce....
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.---------Excerpt from the book:"[But] it made me think of how sometimes when you feel so much, you have to find a way to let it out.”Sky smiled. “I hope we’ll both find the words for it.”---------Well, let me tell yo...
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