Denise Allan Steele
Autor(a) de Rewind
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Obras por Denise Allan Steele
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Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
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Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing.Okay, the blurb is huge but still grabbed my attention. I got curious about Karen's childhood, what it was like back then and how it would make her to the person she was. Not to mention the teenage crush coming back in her life all those years later. It sounded pretty fun!
The beginning of the book immediately started in a light and quirky manner. Seventies songs being thrown at you like no tomorrow, outfits being described in detail and the mannerisms of youth back then immediately transport you to that time - yes, even if you weren't even born yet, because I sure wasn't.
At one point, Karen started to disappoint me by letting others walk all over her, changing the way she looks for them and accepting that her boyfriend treats her differently when others are near. Precisely at the moment that I wanted to curse her and have a little rant, she turned right around and proved to have a voice after all! Go Karen!
Up until halfway through the book Rewind had me snorting, laughing and rolling my eyes all at the same time. But then? Then it went downhill, hard and fast.
As Karen grows up, I noticed that I was completely distracted by the story at first and didn't notice how detached she sounds - since the whole book is from her point of view. The moment I started paying attention to that, I stopped enjoying it unfortunately.
Karen had highs, lows, was mad, sad and at times, happy but I simply did not feel it, at all.
I kept reading until about 73% in the book? That was the moment I gave up. I didn't feel it anymore. I'm not one to DNF a book easily, but since I couldn't connect with Karen and didn't lose myself in the story any longer, I couldn't get myself to read on.
If I had felt Karen better, I would've enjoyed it, but I just didn't. It could've been me, really. I'm not blaming it on the book or the author at all.
So unfortunately, this is going on my small DNF-pile to maybe reread and give it another shot some day. But I doubt it...
As such, I'm also not rating this book because it would be unfair to rate a book I haven't finished.
Kathy
I received this book through LibraryThing and am not being compensated in any way. All opinions are entirely my own.… (mais)
The beginning of the book immediately started in a light and quirky manner. Seventies songs being thrown at you like no tomorrow, outfits being described in detail and the mannerisms of youth back then immediately transport you to that time - yes, even if you weren't even born yet, because I sure wasn't.
At one point, Karen started to disappoint me by letting others walk all over her, changing the way she looks for them and accepting that her boyfriend treats her differently when others are near. Precisely at the moment that I wanted to curse her and have a little rant, she turned right around and proved to have a voice after all! Go Karen!
Up until halfway through the book Rewind had me snorting, laughing and rolling my eyes all at the same time. But then? Then it went downhill, hard and fast.
As Karen grows up, I noticed that I was completely distracted by the story at first and didn't notice how detached she sounds - since the whole book is from her point of view. The moment I started paying attention to that, I stopped enjoying it unfortunately.
Karen had highs, lows, was mad, sad and at times, happy but I simply did not feel it, at all.
I kept reading until about 73% in the book? That was the moment I gave up. I didn't feel it anymore. I'm not one to DNF a book easily, but since I couldn't connect with Karen and didn't lose myself in the story any longer, I couldn't get myself to read on.
If I had felt Karen better, I would've enjoyed it, but I just didn't. It could've been me, really. I'm not blaming it on the book or the author at all.
So unfortunately, this is going on my small DNF-pile to maybe reread and give it another shot some day. But I doubt it...
As such, I'm also not rating this book because it would be unfair to rate a book I haven't finished.
Kathy
I received this book through LibraryThing and am not being compensated in any way. All opinions are entirely my own.… (mais)
Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing.I received a free copy of this book through LibraryThing early reader
This is a nice easy read, tracing the lives of two friends in Scotland. It really helped that I was roughly the same age as the two girls in the 1970s and had similar experiences. I found myself singing the chapter titles and reading some of the dialogue in a Scot's accent. A nice bedtime read.
This is a nice easy read, tracing the lives of two friends in Scotland. It really helped that I was roughly the same age as the two girls in the 1970s and had similar experiences. I found myself singing the chapter titles and reading some of the dialogue in a Scot's accent. A nice bedtime read.
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 16
- Popularidade
- #679,947
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 5
- ISBN
- 2
If I hadn't gotten it for free, I probably wouldn't have finished it, even though it's very short. I just couldn't get interested in the characters, but since it was a really quick read, I still read it. Perhaps it's because the book took place in another country that I couldn't relate to the characters as much, but I don't think that's why this book didn't really grab my attention. It's okay, but it just wasn't really my thing.