I was on the fence about this one. If I could, I would definitely give 1 and 1/2 star rating. But only because I wanted to see how this author could possibly ruin a completely awesome idea some more. It had promise and then she whisked it away.I stayed up to finish this until the wee hours of the mo...
4.5I think you have to take the book synopsis with a little grain of salt. I went into this thinking it was going to be sort of post-apocalyptic, with this huge cataclysmic event that Jem knows is coming, and that it was going to be all about that. Really, though, it's all about Jem. The attack i...
When Jem’s mother dies Jem realizes that the mysterious numbers she sees when she looks someone in the eye are actually the day of their death. Uncomfortable with her secret Jem shuns contact with people until she meets Spider, a young man who is also troubled and alone except for his “gran”. One ...
See this review at Smash Attack Reads! http://smashattackreads.blogspot.com/2010/08/book-review-numbers-by-rachel-ward.htmlJem and Spider have led hard lives. Jem’s mother died from a drug overdose when she was young and she has been in the foster care system ever since. She hasn’t done well in scho...
3 Stars - First off, I almost didn’t finish reading Numbers. It kept me forever waiting for something to happen. I never felt that I connected with either of the characters until I’d say the last few pages. Then I finally felt like Jem was or could be a real person, who was more then the hard shell ...
Numbers was a bit of a shock to me. It was a brutally honest story about love, friendship, life, and death. I recently read The Mark which I thought would be similar to this but they were so different in so many ways.Jem has always seen the numbers and they have never been wrong. When she looks some...
Review in 75 Words or Less: Numbers was a dark, realistic look at someone with the special ability to see someone's death date. Jem is an honest and believable main character who tries her best to deal with the hand she has been dealt. Despite being rough around the edges, she is still likeable. I e...
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