Book Battle Royale, Mockingjay & Grand Prizes, Oh My!
A reminder that final Book Battle Royale contributions & Mockingjay Mini-Contests entries are welcome until Friday, Sept. 3 and that the cut off for the Grand Prizes submissions is Wednesday, Sept. 8. Good luck, y'all!
Girl #3 is a fast paced book about what happens when the main character, Sidonia, is meant to be girl #3 in a series of kidnappings and murders. The book is well written and has a good plot line, but is lacking in detail; the author didn't elaborate enough and the book was too short. Despite this, the book is a pleasure to read, though a little scary.
I didn't like this book so much. I was a bit disappointed in the ending since nothing actually happened. Most of the action was in the middle of the book, and then there were no more interesting stuff. In the middle, the author introduced a guy, and Syd and him were supposed to like each other, but the author never finished it. I did like the way it was written though. I was written from Syd's point of view, and from what she was thinking about everything. Even though it's a serious story, there were lots of funny parts, and she gives people of which she doesn't know the names, nicknames such as 'White Car Man'. It's also very short, and not a very hard read, so it is good for people who don't like reading so much.
This book was okay, to short for me though.I like the nicknames she makes up for people. Girl #2, Ripley, Taxi Man, Creepy Gym Bag Guy, The Collector, White car man etc. A bit scary, and I got confused a lot. The author didnt explain to many things in the book. The main character Sydonia would ramdomly start talking about someone or something, and i would have no idea what she was talking about. Besides the confusion it was an okay book.
Girl #3 was a pleasant (if you like murders and mysteries) afternoon read, about a seemingly average teenaged girl called Sidonia. Sid is meant to be the 3rd target in a series of abusive crimes. The plot line was alright, if a little hard to follow due to the fact that the events weren't exactly in chronological order, there were a few characters that weren't really developed until near the end of the book. (which was really quite short). Anyhow, I'd recommend the book to anyone between the ages of 11-13 (depending on reading level and opinion towards frightening books).
I can't say that I really liked this book. I liked the idea of the plot, and the main character's, Sidonia's, personality, but that's about it. The way it was written seemed kind of confusing to me, one minute you were talking about the present then the past and it may have just been me, but it was hard to follow. I also think the author could've added more detail. The situation that Sidonia was in would be extremely scary, but the way it was written didn't make me feel afraid for her, it just kinda made me think oh big woop, she has this under control. The ending wasn't quite what I expected it to be either, there seemed like a long story to get to that point, and then it was all happy ending, she got the guy, was running the race, the bad guy was caught, whatever. I think it could've been a great story, but I just didn't like the style of it. :S