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by Anna Collomore
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YA Fanatic
YA Fanatic rated it 10 years ago
Sigh, I was ready to give The Ruining four stars. But the ending was so disappointing I can't bring myself to do it. A creepy, intense thriller that is very different from what I usually read. I was instantly hooked from the beginning. It ended up being predictable, with another incredible naive pro...
popsiclesinbed
popsiclesinbed rated it 12 years ago
I tried to forgive this book its many faults. I can be a nit-picky reader at times. When Annie describes watching Detroit fade away as she flies out of DTW and I thought, "I've flown in and out of that airport dozens of times heading to or coming from the west and have never seen the city from the a...
Lose Time Reading
Lose Time Reading rated it 12 years ago
The Ruining was easily one of my most anticipated debuts of 2013. I thought the summary sounded really intriguing and I expected it to be one of my first debuts read. Obviously that didn’t happen but as soon as I picked this up from the library I dove right in.Annie , the main character, leaves her ...
The Reading Shelf
The Reading Shelf rated it 12 years ago
See more reviews and other book-related posts at The Reading Shelf.My third debut book of the year! And, unfortunately, also my third DNF of the year.From the very beginning, this book just didn’t catch my attention. Annie was the type of “strong” girl that has dealt with hardship at the hands of an...
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 12 years ago
Promising. Suspenseful. Ultimately disappointing. But the author has potential.
Book Brats
Book Brats rated it 12 years ago
I hadn’t heard much at all about THE RUINING before I received it in a box of trade books. And this is even though I love thrillers, although I generally stick to the cinematic variety. I read over the synopsis, flipped through a few pages, and decided to jump in head first, hoping for the best and ...
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers rated it 12 years ago
I like this cover WAAAAY more than my ARC. I'm humbled I actually got this from the author and publisher and hope to read it soon.
Mandafofanda Reads Lots
Mandafofanda Reads Lots rated it 12 years ago
This is a bit of a struggle to review, because I wished it was better than it was. I also quickly read [b:The Yellow Wallpaper|286957|The Yellow Wallpaper|Charlotte Perkins Gilman|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351778524s/286957.jpg|17352354] to know the inspiration for this book and have a compariso...
Lost in My Youth
Lost in My Youth rated it 12 years ago
I LOVED this book. It sucked me in from the beginning and didn't let go until the very end.The book followed Annie, a young girl with a troubled past looking for a fresh start in life. She finds this by becoming an au pair for Libby and Walker Cohen in an upscale neighbourhood in San Francisco. By ...
Chapter by Chapter
Chapter by Chapter rated it 12 years ago
The one thing from the description of The Ruining by author Anna Collomore that really caught my eye was the word ‘insanity’. A hundred things went through my mind and combined with what the back of the novel told me about the novel, a thousand possibilities about the plot flew through my imaginatio...
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