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And then Deirdre got unbearable.

While I'm unsure of the rating I want to give this, I can say that it was excellent and left me incredibly depressed by the end.

3.5

What I remember most about this book is its creepiness, and how much I disliked the protagonist.

Good read nonetheless.

Really, really good. Like, exceeded expectations good.

Sci-fi YA is definitely the in thing of 2012. Not complaining.

Seeing as this is one of the two Chuck Palahniuk books I actually own (the other being Pygmy) and the only one I ever read and finished, I liked this immensely.

When it comes to ‘psychological thrillers' I usually try to cover all my bases guess-wise so a good chunk of this didn't surprise me as much as it should've, but something about the vagueness was really appealing.

Don't judge a book by its cover, they say. I'd say that saying's 100% accurate in this case.

Did not expect to like this as much as I did aaaah.

The kind of book that gives you frustrations and squeals and warm fuzzies. Lovely.

There's a difference between an open-ended ending and an unresolved ending. This book was ruined by its failure to tie up the loose ends.

this book makes me cry every time i read it. saving francesca is just a preface. tom's story is the real punch in the gut.

One thing that stuck out to me: Kuala Lumpurish. Ha.

For self-reference, the ones I like most so far:

Geriatric Ward
Dust
Homeless in Hell
Inventing Lovers on the Phone

If the concept is what I think it is, then it's one of my favourites in fiction. And right now this book, despite how much I like its sparse prose, isn't exactly jaw-dropping. So that's disappointing.

Update: Yep, it was disappointing. I was really hoping it'd be better, despite all the low ratings.

Emma is one of the most unlikeable protagonists of a book I've read this year. I almost gave this two stars because I thought Josh was decent, but the ending was just too disappointing.

The pacing wasn't really that great but I'd give this a 3.5.

Suuuuch a sucker for nice guys getting the girl stories.

The antagonist was pretty easy to guess lulz.

All I can think right now is what happens to her PARENTS. She had amazingly supportive parents and that's the real tragedy in this, I think. In a way, I actually really liked how Jessica Verday built their relationship up (even though I didn't realise Abbey's dad was in the picture at first) because I've never felt parent pity before and now it's hitting hard.

The premise was interesting, but the execution wasn't up to par. I didn't really feel any emotional investment in the characters. Christian was okay, and I wish the chemistry between him and Dough was explored further.

Kind of on the fence with this one.

The cover is incredibly misleading.

Still, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, despite its predictability.

This is probably the only book I've ever been so nitpicky about, probably because it takes on a subject I love but doesn't deliver as expected.

I might write a more detailed review later.

The writing's beautiful, but the concept is a little more than hard to believe. I think it's another one of those books where the characters' feelings felt like they bloomed in too short a time, but I'll still read Pandemonium. I really wish that they would stop making trilogies though. It feels like every ‘big' book I read this year was part of one. Ugh.