tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post6229686096645398405..comments2024-03-28T04:36:47.679-05:00Comments on Somewhere Only We Know: The Infinite Moment of Us - ReviewSomewhere Only We Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13301973028870770126noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-15283637900799686762014-03-26T18:33:28.622-05:002014-03-26T18:33:28.622-05:00Thanks for commenting Lexie! It's obvious that...Thanks for commenting Lexie! It's obvious that this one brought out a lot of frustrations and passionate feelings for you. I can completely understand why. Reading all of your issues with this one and remembering it myself has me cringing even just thinking about it. All of your points are extremely valid, and I think the Goodreads rating of 3.2 is an accurate reflection of how readers as a whole felt about this one. Thanks again fro stopping by and commenting!Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Knowhttp://sandyfarmer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-73774834806921695122014-03-26T17:03:23.170-05:002014-03-26T17:03:23.170-05:00Okay so here I am at 15 reading this book thinking...Okay so here I am at 15 reading this book thinking, 'hey this sounds good!' So I started to read this book. <br />My hobbies consist of reading and writing so I do that the time to enjoy books and learning how to properly build up characters, a great plot, etc. <br />Reading this book, I was cringing quiet often over the cheesiness, the lack of personality of Wren Gray, the lack of depth behind Charlie Parker. Starrla being the crazy ex! <br />The whole time I felt I knew Starrla more than I knew Wren. Wren's the goody two shoes who wants to pull away and grow up, so here she is everybody. She looked at a boy in a parking lot and who just so happened to look at her as her skirt went up and they instantly fell in love! I could have thought of that when I was six. When I was six that's basically how I thought I'd meet my true love. Here I am today, in high school no 'true love,' but that's besides the point.<br />There was drama, I'll admit that, but instead of building on it, it was over at the very beginning of the next chapter. It was solved so easily, where's the fighting? The hurt? The crying? The drama wasn't even that dramatic. Wow, Wren, his brother is bullied and paralysed, you're crying over the fact that he needs to help his family? That's selfish. Charlie really isn't choosing his family over you. Get that into your head Wren. <br />I don't know why Wren decides to ignore him and cry in your room every single time Dev needs help. Give Charlie a break already, there's more important things in the world than having sex. And Sex. And. Even. More. Sex. <br />Charlie, lying over the fact that your going to see Starrla and using Dev as an excuse. What's wrong with you? I mean seriously, who does that? Charlie's back story, we're told so little, and expected to know this as well as the author wants to display, but we can't their is a lack of explanation. There was so much more potential for Charlie's back story, I'm actually disappointed. <br />Starrla, oh Starrla, the typical crazy ex. I think I like the antagonist more than the protagonist in this story. I mean, I felt more connect to Starrla and Wren. We learnt a little bit more about Starrla in Charlie's back story and buy finding out her mother is in jail. Starrla's personality was more present than Wrens was. Although, I don't agree that Starrla should have tried to kill herself because Charlie didn't want her? No. She sounds like she is 13 by doing this. I mean really, and Wren being upset for Charlie going up to make sure Starrla is okay when she tried to KILL HERSELF. Wren, grow up, you're 18 not 10. <br />The climax, I don't even know where it was, was it the first time they had sex or was it Starrla trying to kill herself, because there was no falling action. I feel maybe the book should have been written in Wren's perspective so we'd get a better idea of what her personality is and maybe that would help show where the climax is. <br />Maybe it's just me but the use of the word, 'tummy,' was starting to kill me. Can't we use the word stomach or no? I feel like even though this book is for young adults (13-18), I feel its more for pre-teens. I pictured the characters at more the age of 12, going through their passage of rite, rather than at 18 and falling in love. <br />It's disappointing on how much potential the book had but was not pursued. The cover looked great, but the cheesiness, not knowing where the climax is, and unable to see the matureness of our characters and how they had matured. <br />This is just my opinion, it was easy to read, but I think more could have been done and the whole "our souls touched," was waaaaaaaaaaaay to much for cheesiness, and I'm a hopeless romantic just hoping to have my first kiss in the next year. But really, "our souls touched," can we just steer away from that? <br />Sorry for having a novel of a comment for a novel! :3Lexienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-84696490501920845862013-08-31T09:52:03.444-05:002013-08-31T09:52:03.444-05:00Yes, the cheese level was set to extra-super-chees...Yes, the cheese level was set to extra-super-cheesy! I was definitely disappointed that it wasn't as good as I was hoping. But it definitely seems that the general opinion is the same from other reviews and ratings that I've seen. Thanks for stopping by!Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Knowhttp://sandyfarmer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-33277249077608775662013-08-30T14:12:25.538-05:002013-08-30T14:12:25.538-05:00OMG "our souls touched" *cringe* I like ...OMG "our souls touched" *cringe* I like cheesy too but that's a little too much. I'm so sad about this book, It sounded so amazing but the reviews are so disappointing. *shakes fist at the pretty covers* Great review! :)Daniellenoreply@blogger.com