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I don't often dish out 10 stars but this is definitely one of my best reads recently.
While I find Twilight entertaining enough, the story was too formulaic: average girl (love books not exceptionally brainy, clumsy, sucks at sports - the average target reader) meets perfect guy (gorgeous looking - and perpetually so, gentlemanly, a life-saving superhero, ridiculously rich, and who finds you the most desirable creature he's seen in a hundred years... being a vampire seems such minor inconvenience...)
This book, however, simply blows me away. It would be lovely if Rowlings can write something that makes me say, well, Harry Potter is great, but this new book is even more brilliant. (I am not saying Rowlings can't, I am eagerly waiting.) Here is an author more mature and developed who doesn't need to stay in the comfort zone.
An alien, Wanderer, in inserted into the body of a human being, after Earth has been taken over by the aliens, but to her surprise, Melanie, the soul of the host body, refuses to go away. Wanderer is haunted by Melanie's memory of the man she loves, and the two ends up as reluctant allies as they go search for him. The story moves along at a good pace with many twists, the plot is richer and less predictable than Twilight. At places when a lesser author can happily end the story, Meyer pushes on to bring it to a higher peak.
As for "the first love triangle involving only two bodies", well, things get really interesting when it becomes a love rectangle! This book makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes me think a lot, makes my heart sing for the goodness and love in life. (I have wanted to say in humankind, or in our soul, but in this case it would not be inclusive enough.) This is a book that makes me want it to continue, I want to hear so much more about the characters, all the characters.
While I find Twilight entertaining enough, the story was too formulaic: average girl (love books not exceptionally brainy, clumsy, sucks at sports - the average target reader) meets perfect guy (gorgeous looking - and perpetually so, gentlemanly, a life-saving superhero, ridiculously rich, and who finds you the most desirable creature he's seen in a hundred years... being a vampire seems such minor inconvenience...)
This book, however, simply blows me away. It would be lovely if Rowlings can write something that makes me say, well, Harry Potter is great, but this new book is even more brilliant. (I am not saying Rowlings can't, I am eagerly waiting.) Here is an author more mature and developed who doesn't need to stay in the comfort zone.
An alien, Wanderer, in inserted into the body of a human being, after Earth has been taken over by the aliens, but to her surprise, Melanie, the soul of the host body, refuses to go away. Wanderer is haunted by Melanie's memory of the man she loves, and the two ends up as reluctant allies as they go search for him. The story moves along at a good pace with many twists, the plot is richer and less predictable than Twilight. At places when a lesser author can happily end the story, Meyer pushes on to bring it to a higher peak.
As for "the first love triangle involving only two bodies", well, things get really interesting when it becomes a love rectangle! This book makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes me think a lot, makes my heart sing for the goodness and love in life. (I have wanted to say in humankind, or in our soul, but in this case it would not be inclusive enough.) This is a book that makes me want it to continue, I want to hear so much more about the characters, all the characters.
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Azuki
at USPS By Media Mail in -- Paperbackswap.com, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, June 17, 2011
Azuki at USPS By Media Mail in -- Paperbackswap.com, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, June 17, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (6/17/2011 UTC) at USPS By Media Mail in -- Paperbackswap.com, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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I hope you like the book as much as I do. Look forward to hearing your review!!
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Hi! Congratulations on finding a very special BookCrossing book.
Bookcrossing is a wonderful online community of book lovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. We are also curious to see how far and wide our books can travel. I would appreciate if you can make a journal entry on this book so we know where the book has been. You don't have to set up an account.
Feel free to keep this book, return it to where you found it, or pass it on to the next reader. If you sign up as a member, you will hear from the book as it travels and gets journaled. Visit also the BookCrossing community to meet other booklovers. Membership is confidential, free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
