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review 2018-11-15 21:09

PLAYLIST FOR THE DEAD by Michelle Falkoff

Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff

Not a book to be read quickly. This must be savored. A 16-year old commits suicide and leaves his friend a playlist to discover why he committed suicide. Listen to the song at the beginning of each chapter and see how it fits. Listen more than once. Make sure you know what is being sung. I only knew one of the songs but found a lot of them I enjoyed. Listening caused me to read slower but I wanted to be able to put the clues together to figure it out as Sam (the friend) was figuring it out.

I liked Sam. Started out hating some of the characters while loving others I met throughout the story. The ending changed my feelings towards some of the characters but not all. Some are just jerks and you can't change that. Some seemed cool but had feet of clay. Others were hurt just as much by the popular kids but managed not to lose their integrity.

Read this book for the experience.

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review 2015-06-13 15:26

Review: The Playlist for the Dead!

At A Glance
Genre: Young Adult; Contemporary
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: insta love a bit.
Cliff Hanger: nope.
Rating: 3.5 stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten
Cover: 8
Plot: 6
Characters: 7
World Building: 7
Flow: 7
Series Congruity: n/a
Ending: 6

Total: 7.5

In Dept
Best Part: Linkin Park Song!
Worst Part: Shallow plot
Thoughts Had: Lovely songs!; Poor Hayden.

Conclusion
Continuing the Series: n/a
Recommending: yes
Misc.: Trigger; Suicide

Short Review: I grabbed this because it reminded me of 13 Reasons Why, but it doesn't compare at all. The songs were nice, but they really mainly just chapter titles, i didn't see how they fit in really with what was happening in the story. I feel bad about Hayden's life and i wish it was different, but Sam doesn't seem too bad off afterwards thou, but hey, his shit not mine.

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review 2015-02-13 00:00

Playlist for the Dead

oanaread

sigh. playlist to the dead gives me a close to heavy feeling. this is a story of a boy who committed suicide and left nothing but a playlist to his bestfriend. the story is sad and mysterious. just when i thought what's happened, side stories were slowly uncovered, revealing the whole picture of the boom. and i just felt sadder coz everything might end differently when the characters just expressed themselves freely and honestly. but at the end of the day, everybody has their own lives to live and eventually they will move on.

i loved the playlist tho. i played them one by one. and they are perfect ❤

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review 2015-02-10 00:00

Playlist for the Dead

I Swallow Books Whole

It sounds good and I want to read it, but it sounds very similar to 13 Reasons Why.

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url 2015-02-06 17:10

Giveaway: January YA Buzz Books

Christina Reads YA

Hello! I'm giving away copies of YA Buzz Books (January 2015) from Harper Teen because I do not think that I will have the time to read and review them. Usually I give these away to my local library, but I thought that I ought to help promote these books & give them to eager readers on the internet instead. They are: Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff; Geek Girl - Holly Smale, City 1 (A Revolution 19 novel) - Gregg Rosenblum; and The Prey - Tom Isbell.

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