So This is What the Afterlife's Like...

Hey Yall!

I know it seems like I don't like any books and I am way too critical from my last few blogs, but that isn't true. I guess I have just been choosing the wrong ones. I finished my previous book, Jay's Journal by Beatrice Sparks, and it was... creepy, to say the least (see last blog).

I started a new book, Everlost by Neal Shusterman, and it is AWESOME. I keep finding that whenever I read it, it is so hard to put it down! The ironic thing is, though, is that I am supposed to do a critique for this blog. So I am going to try to find all of the low points of this really awesome book. Here goes.

Well, I am only about halfway done, so I guess I have a few things to say. One thing is that one of the main characters, Allie, is way too stuck up and thinks she knows it all. The ruler of one division of Everlost, Mary, literally knows what's best and what's bad in Everlost. Yet Allie, a newcomer, wants to challenge everything that Mary says because Allie wants to prove something. I guess that it's good to have a dream and all, and you are supposed to strive for all that you can be and that sort of stuff, but it gets kind of annoying to read about a girl who thinks a little too highly of herself. Although it gets a little agitating, it adds to her character. She would just be another girl and the story would not be as interesting if it didn't have this little twist. Also, the plot would be totally different.

Another thing that can get a little annoying is the coincidence of everything in the story. It just so happens that when you think that something is going to die, "whoops it's impossible to get hurt in this world" or "her friend, who she completely dissed earlier, just came out of nowhere to save her life and suddenly got the mammoth strength to pull her out of the ground" or "just as she was about to die, she figured out something that even the greatest monster had not figured out; it was possible to crawl inside another body to save yourself". It is the reason why the story keeps going, yet it is why everything seems to work perfectly. It's kind of like a movie; things happen that would never happen in real life. Then again, this is a story about the afterlife...

Nonetheless, this is a really good book and although I am only halfway done with the book, I would definitely recommend it to other readers. I am not usually a science-fiction type of person, but this book is good for people who like all genres.

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