Lauren Oliver is a beautiful writer, but I'm being harsh on this book because her other middle grade novel, Leisl and Po, was so very amazing. I was all set to give this three or four stars, but a few plot points in the last 50 pages just seemed unsettlingly similar to Neil Gaiman's CORALINE, so I ...
Liza allowed herself to be pushed forward by the seething mass of spider-people. At the last second, she turned around. Mirabella was still standing, frozen, by the edge of the River of Knowledge, clutching her mirror.When her younger brother seemed to have changed overnight and become a shell of ...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!Lauren Oliver is a truly talented writer, be it in the young-adult field, or when writing for a younger audience, like here in The Spindlers. I was impressed with Before I Fall, and I am even more so after reading this richly imaginative, darkly creepy, and...
Reads like a great MG fantasy. I thought it lacked some characterization and some of the wording was boring compared to the fantastical things that were happening. I never truly felt Liza's love for Patrick. Still, not without merit, beautiful writing.
Ahhh! There's a giveaway! I really want to read this. Like, really. After reading Lauren Oliver's 'Delirium', 'Pandemonium', and 'Hana', I cannot wait for Requiem. I just love her writing, you know? And if I could read this book, then I wouldn't have to die waiting for the next Lauren Oliver.
Great vocabulary for this age range, and a somewhat scary story that deals with the stuff of childhood nightmares (spider-people and creepy basements, a few brushes with death, bat-creatures, caves, etc). Loved it!
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