Reviews – Page 9 – Becky Boer

We Were Liars

December 22, 2016

As soon as I finished this book, I thought, “Well, now I have to reread it!” It blew me away. The big twist, the thing you didn’t see coming… I never saw that coming, but as soon as I discovered that the Liars were dead, so many events came rushing back to me, and made so much sense. The boys freaking out when Cadence wanted to jump off the cliff. Cadence’s mom panicking because she left the island “alone.” Will mentioning that Cuddledown was ...

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Luckiest Girl Alive

December 20, 2016

I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. First, let me admit that when I downloaded it from the library, I thought it was The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. I know, I know. The covers aren’t thatsimilar, but they were similar enough to mix me up. Once I realized that it wasn’t what I thought it was, I looked it up, and upon seeing that the author writes for Cosmopolitan, I was a bit dubious. Very judgmental, I know. But my point is that I went into it not expecting to ...

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Year of Yes

December 19, 2016

I really enjoyed this book. A lot. But Shonda Rhimes uses this weird sentence construction all the time. That thing where a person starts a sentence with a question when it really shouldn’t be a question. Let me give you some examples from Shonda herself. “My mother? Looks incredible.” “And that yes? Turned out to be something much more terrifying.” I could keep going. I really could. I counted as I read, and she did it 69 times. But you get the idea. She also ...

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Everything You Want Me to Be

December 19, 2016

I finished this book a few days ago, but it has stuck with me ever since. It’s been a while since I’ve read something that I’ve enjoyed this much! I loved the fact that the story was told from three different points of view. Hattie is dead, but throughout the book we’re given the story in her words, seeing it in through her eyes. It’s an interesting technique that makes it easier to forgive Hattie’s transgressions, because we know what’s going to ...