Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

Turtles All The Way Down

by John Green

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Rating (1-5) - 📘📘📘📘
Genre - Teens, Depression & Mental Illness, Anxiety Disorders, Coming Of Age
Format -Hardcover
Pages - 286


*Blurb*
Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.
   
Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. 
 
In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza’s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship.


*Review*
Having previously read The Fault In Our Stars, I felt like Aza was a lot like Hazel. They were both teenage girls that had a disease that made their lives difficult. I can't imagine living with a disorder that makes you feel like you have no say in your simple day to day activities. No way to make your head stop questioning everything you did or say.

I didn't read the blurb before reading the book (as I tend not to with most books) and had no idea that there was going to be a search going on for Russell Pickett. I almost felt like that part of the book was a bit cheesy. I feel as if it would have been more relatable to real life if it had just been about the typical teenage life and not have some manhunt added into it.

I did find this book extremely easy to read and follow along with.

It by Stephen King

IT

by Stephen King

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Genre -Suspense, Thriller, Mystery
Format -Paperback
Pages -1184


*Blurb*

Stephen King’s terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, “a landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times)—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: It.

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers.

Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.

*Review*

This book took me forever, but it's also the longest book I've ever read. I've wanted to read this book for a long time too because there's so much hype about it as well as the movies. I promised myself that I'd read the book, watch the original movie and then the new one. I hope the movie is better than the book.

I give lots of credit to Stephen King for the time it took to write this book - September 9th, 1981 until December 28th, 1985. Anyone who loves an overly descriptive book would enjoy this. There was a lot going on. You read from the view of seven different children from two different time periods. You would think that would make it hard to follow, but it was quite easy to keep up with. That was the reason for 3 books instead of just 2. The issue I have was how much detail went into the book. There were some parts that I think could've been left out and it wouldn't have changed anything except the length.

Some people have considered this to be a very scary book. Not once was I scared nor did I find it suspenseful. Overall I was disappointed.

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No Ordinary Star by M.C. Frank

No Ordinary Star

by M.C. Frank

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Genre -Science Fiction, Dystopian
Format -Ebook

Reading books set in the future never seem to hold my attention, but No Ordinary Star is no ordinary book. The beginning had me wondering if I was going to be able to follow the story or not. It didn't take long before I found myself unable to stop reading. The book just flows making it easy to read and the more you read the easier it is to picture everything happening. 

The year is 2524. People no longer sleep, eat or think on their own. Instead the take pills to keep them awake, pills to give them everything they need for nourishment and are told what to do. The world has become the perfect place, sort of.

Felix was just another solider, with the exception of always being the best and never breaking any laws...so why does he end up in a place that he shouldn't be. And why hasn't he left yet? Felix finds himself breaking laws rapidly. From not going home to his first meeting with Astra. Will this "tin soldier" be able to understand the truth or will he give up and head home to face the consequences of his disappearing? 


I can't wait to read the next book in the series. There are so many questions that need to be answered.