by John Marsden
I really enjoyed the first three books in the series, but after the third book, it kind of felt finished. Since I was reading a book containing the first books all in one, I knew it had to continue one way or another, but I was still a bit disappointed in the way they made it happen. After all, they...
We can’t all be winners all the time. That’s the theme of this book. Sure, in the past, things have gone wrong. Plans have gone awry. People have been killed. But the main objective was always achieved. Wirrawee Bridge. The officer’s houses. Cobbler’s Bay. Not in this book. This book is all about fa...
As with all the others: highly enjoyable, gave me nightmares, full of action, tension and teenage angst, not brilliantly proofread. I enjoy the series because I really think it's original and I love how fast I get through them. I just wish Ellie would be slightly less repetitive.
I liked it, but I don't know if I'll move on with the series. The books are so expensive and not available in eBook and I'm getting sort of bored with it...anyone else feel that way?
If you haven’t read the other books in the series, BEWARE. There will be spoilers in this review.As the story begins, Ellie and her friends, Lee, Homer, Kevin, and Fi, are enjoying a little R & R in New Zealand. After receiving some much needed medical treatment, they get to enjoy a couple of mont...
John Marsden doesn't pull any punches! But I like his way of doing it - it's necessary to make the series seem realistic, yet he doesn't throw them all at once, so the reader gets time to breathe between each new tragedy.I didn't like this book quite as much as the previous three, as it seemed like ...
I believe these books. Every word that comes out of John Marsden through the voice of Ellie I believe wholeheartedly. He has created such a depth of of characters and events that are so realistic and yet so surprising. With each novel in the series I'm more and more drawn in to the story.I especia...
If you haven’t read the other books in the series, BEWARE. There will be spoilers in this review.As the story begins, Ellie and her friends, Lee, Homer, Kevin, and Fi, are enjoying a little R & R in New Zealand. After receiving some much needed medical treatment, they get to enjoy a couple of mont...
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