Autor: Zoe Sugg, Siobhan Curham Title: Girl Online Published: 25th November 2014 Pages: 352 Price: £12.99 Publisher: Penguin Books Rate: 2 out of 5 There are no spoilers in this review, because literally nothing happens. Maybe at the end, there's a little twist and I'm not going to steal that moment away from you when you seriously just go 'what' and read on with a straight face. This book should have come with a trigger warning: Cringe worthy situations, immature problems with immature solutions and laughable situations that are taken super seriously. Also, not going to go with the fact that this book is probably ghost-written. Many reviews have dealt with that and I shan't copy them. I'm just simply going to say why I didn't like the book. The circus arrives without warning.
It certainly did arrive without a warning for me, because I really didn't expect this book to be so magical. When I was going to buy it, I was deciding between this and some another book. I don't judge a book by its cover or the blurb, so I just went to go see what the almighty Goodreads said. Things that have drawn me to this book? The various opinions on this book, my passion for Cirque du Soleil and the lack of romance that a lot of people complained about. Because I'm having a phase when I'm bothered by romance in books. I will never be able to recommend this book enough. It has been on my Goodreads to-read shelf since ages, but then I've stumbled across it in this German bookshop. I really liked the cover, so it caught my attention. Eventually, I found out it was the German edition of Between Shades of Gray. Which so happened to end up as my favourite book. Author: Ruta Šepetys Title: Between Shades of Gray Published: 22nd March 2011 Pages: 344 Price: £3.95 Publisher: Philomel Books Rate: 5 out of 5 “Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” History can tell many stories. It may also forget some. Should we look into history books, we probably won't be able to find a mention of Lithuanian people and their deportation. And why is that? Simply because the victims were not allowed to speak of any of those terrible things that happened to them. All their stories and memories have often been put into a special container and buried in gardens or fields in a hope that someone would find it and listen to their cries for help. Between Shades of Gray is an important book, because it is a proof that these cries were finally heard and made aware of. |
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