I didn’t want to remind her that I was the reason she was trapped in electric bills and kid’s shoes grown too small, the reason she was clawing at the windows like Michaels dying tomatoes. She was a beautiful woman dragging a crippled foot and I was that foot. I was bricks sewn into the hem of her clothes, I was a steel dress.
– Janet Fitch, White Oleander, page 12
Version:
ebook, 345 pages
Published September 1st 2006 by Little, Brown and Company
Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Real rating: 3.5 stars
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I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter’s hand.
– Janet Fitch, White Oleander, page 11
Version:
ebook, 345 pages
Published September 1st 2006 by Little, Brown and Company
If you’d asked me, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. But of course, nobody had asked me.
– Sarah Dessen, Once and for All, page 151
Version:
Hardcover, 358 pages
Published June 6th 2017 by Viking Books for Young Readers
Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:
My mother was not herself in the time of the Santa Anas. I was twelve years old and I was afraid for her.
– Janet Fitch, White Oleander, page 7
Version:
ebook, 345 pages
Published September 1st 2006 by Little, Brown and Company
So Meyer set out to make a gender-swap Twilight to disprove the allegations of sexism, but all she managed to do was emphasis the sexism and add some new different sexism. So that was… unenjoyable.
This book was actually really boring, so on that front the original is better; although, I still haven’t managed to put my finger on what it is that makes it so much more boring. It was actually hard to read though; I couldn’t keep my attention on it.
I will say, the ending is much better. Maybe just because it, you know, ends. Instead of dragging on for three more cringe-inducing novels. But I remember thinking all of that crap was so unnecessary when I read the original saga, so it’s nice to see the fat trimmed and the story summed up in a more efficient manner. Besides, Vampire!Bella was the only vaguely tolerable Bella. Vampire!Beau is still pretty boring, but at least it was done instead of three-and-a-half novels of “will they or won’t they” to read.
All in all, a pretty superfluous addition to an already not-good series, but not quite as bad as it could have been.
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
IT’S DOOOOOONE! IT’S FINALLY OVER!
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