3.5 stars, although the book deserves more stars than this. I'll explain my rating later.I wonder if that's true, if he'd still want me knowing who'd been there before him and what they did.This is a book about the aftereffects of rape and abuse. It's not pretty, it's not fluffy, there's no "feel go...
The words and sentence structures are the best part of this novel. It's 3 stars because while I enjoyed the story, there plot if you can call it much of a plot, was rather meandering. Also, the ending was very abrupt and left me feeling like a couple pages were missing. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the bo...
(Original review posted on my livejournal account: http://intoyourlungs.livejournal.com/31326.html)Why I Read It: In the YA sphere, Australian YA has been picking up a lot of steam. And somehow, despite not even being available in the US, this book in particular has been getting a lot of attention (...
There's something about Ausie books that are complex and outstanding at the same time. This one's just have a lot of both. And I love it. I've been wanting to read this book since forever and I'm glad I get a hold of a copy, finally! :) (happy face)This may be a typical dysfunctional family with tee...
I’ve always wondered when the appropriate age to stop reading young adult books was. I mean, I don’t want to be 30 and still creeping on the teen section of Barnes and Nobles, pretending to be buying a book for my niece or something. But at the same time, I’m hesitant to dabble into the world of adu...
I was so incredibly excited to win a copy of Raw Blue from Linds over at Bibliophile Brouhaha. (thanks Linds!!) She had raved about this book so much that I knew that I simply had to read it! Once I had read it though, I found that it is quite difficult to write a review about a book that feels like...
Melina Marchetta, Cath Crowley and now Kirsty Eagar, these awesome Aussie authors I’ve come across this year never cease to amaze me with their writing. Eagar’s Raw Blue quite literally blew me away, the way her writing flows gently tugging you along, her aching words triggered so many emotions, the...
"Raw Blue" really is an accurate title all round for this book. It is very raw and sad and depressing but not in a way that would make me cry like, say, On the Jellicoe Road. I was worried that I wouldn't connect with the characters or the story because, well, it's not like us Brits are getting in s...
3.5 starsWell apparently I'm the only one in the world who didn't absolutely love this book. It's not bad by any means. I still genuinely enjoyed it, I just didn't completely fall in love with it. Raw Blue is a deep and dark story about a girl who went through a traumatic ordeal and she's taken up s...
3.5 personal stars, but deserving more. I honestly do not know how you could deal with the subject - a group rape, which the victim has kept entirely to herself, and its repercussions on her struggle to pretend to live a "normal" life - better than Kristy Eagar does in "Raw Blue". Everything feels s...
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