Wednesday, February 3, 2010

And now the the thrilling conclucion (yes yes that's what this is)

I'm starting to believe that the first three chapters were written by a totally different author. Why might you ask? Because right when I started on chapter 4, the book suddenly changed...dramatically. Suddenly bad stuff started to happen to the characters (bad as in some things don't end their way), Alyssa and the other girls are less anoying and kinda show some personality. Though not a lot. Gaby now comes off as a freaky obsessive stalker who wants this guy named Donovan (what a weird name). The main heroines still are identical-boy crazy freaks, but at least I can tolorate them.
When I said that things don't go their way (unlike the first three chapters) the girls loose a race, I think Gaby embarrises herself in front of Donovan, the magical amethyst is stollen, and the girls instantly start accusing their friends of stealing it. Gaby finds out that the guy she wants doesn't love her in return and in fact loves her friend. Alyssa hads multiple visions of her friends in danger. WHY THE HELL WASN'T THE WHOLE BOOK LIKE THIS!? The character's have flaws, not everything goes their way, and did I mention that the characters are less annoying.
Coarse the moments of glee after reading a book that didn't feel like a burden were soon to end. The whole conflict of "One of your friends is going to possibly die" and " The magical amethyst has been stollen and can be used for evil" only lasted three chapters. So guess how the last ten chapters were spent. Mary-sueism. Gaby of coarse got the guy she wanted, turns out it did snow (which came with the cliche frollicking in the snow and snowball fight scene), and basicly every single character turned back into a Mary sue after the three chapters of me tollerating them. Oh and turns out Alyssa's friends weren't in trouble after all and it was just a fake vision. Thank you book for destroying what could have been a cool plot line. THANK YOU. *sarcasm*.

Overall I'd give this book a low C. The first three and last ten chapters were crap, while the book managed to redem itself during what I call the "conflict chapters". The book is good for girls ages 8-12 *but only if that kid hasn't read any mature books*, but anybody above 12 will be dissapointed.

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