The World Before Us Review

Title: The World Before Us

Author: Aislinn Hunter

Publication House: Hogarth

Publication Date in US: March 31, 2015

Date Started: May 15, 2015

Date Finished: May 26, 2015

Format: Hardback

Medium: Book

Review:

I feel as if I am in a perpetual state of dislike for the book I have been reading lately.  I don't know if it is because of my personal issues with work being hectic and I HATE MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOR or if these books are just that nonplussed to me.  Hop.

I didn't get that far into the book actually before it was a strain for me to even pick it up.  I turned to reality television and my Netflix because I have wary eye after wary eye to this book every time I looked at it.  I really wanted to like it.  Truly, I did.  I always enjoy a good historical fiction filled with paranormal and fill-ins but this seemed to just drag on.

By the time I reached page 75 I was kinda done with it and I was a little sad about it.  I like learning about the people but my main concern was that I couldn't keep any of the characters straight in my head.  I kept having to go back and re-read what I just read so I could have some sort of understanding of who was who and what was going on.  The spirits narrations weren't even the most difficult, just the regular narration in "real-time".

What I did enjoy was the actual setting.  I like learning about the asylum and the museum but geez I just couldn't get into the storyline.

DNF...again.

Material Girls Review

Title: Material Girls

Author: Elaine Dimopoulos

Publication House: HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date in US: May 5, 2015

Date Started: April 19, 2015

Date Finished: April 29, 2015

Format: E-Book

Medium: Kindle Keyboard

Review:

Agh,  just...agh.  So this book is filed under DNF (Did Not Finish) because, well, I didn't finish it.  I feel as if this book would have appealed to me at a previous point in my life, like when I wanted to major in fashion and attend the Fashion Institute in NYC.  There are certain novels that are written for a specific group of people and I feel as if this is one of those books.  While this book is a sort of dystopian (maybe utopian for some) it still kind of feels like it could be within in century.

I am a self-proclaimed sewing enthusiast that has to take monthly breaks to appreciate the art of "THE SEW".  Really what I'm trying to say is I enjoy sewing.  I like taking pieces of nothing and turning it into something that someone can wear.

I thought I would really like this story.  I had no want to read it, really.  There wasn't that catch that kept wanting me to come back and read it.  Normally I can power through something in order to give a full review but I just couldn't.  The characters lacked any kind of star quality about them and I couldn't figure out why the main character was so dull.

I don't know.  Not much to go on for a not much to go on review.  Sry.