They All Fall Down
by Roxanne St. Claire
Page Count: 339 pages
My Rating: 2/5 stars
Synopsis:
Pretty Little Liars meets Final Destination in this YA psychological thriller that will have readers' hearts racing right till the very end!
Every year, the lives of ten girls at Vienna High are transformed.
All because of the list.
Kenzie Summerall can't imagine how she's been voted onto a list of the hottest girls in school, but when she lands at number five, her average life becomes dazzling. Doors open to the best parties, new friends surround her, the cutest jock in school is after her.
This is the power of the list. If you're on it, your life changes. If you're on it this year? Your life ends.
The girls on the list have started to die, one by one. Is it a coincidence? A curse? Or is the list in the hands of a killer?
Time is running out for Kenzie, but she’s determined to uncover the deadly secret of the list...before her number’s up.
Review
^^Yup that was me.
Okay, here we are..it's not that I didn't like this book. It had great potential and it seemed so intriguing when I first read the synopsis. Plus, the cover is great.
But I had several issues with it as well that I could not overlook.
Kenzie as a main character was so promising. She was determined and she was looking at things rationally which, trust me, was a good thing in this book. But as the story was progressing, I found her less appealing as a character.
Molly now, I did not like. I understand the need of the best friend that you would do anything for, but Molly seemed flat to me. The only sides of her that we saw truly develop were the ones where she wanted attention and popularity. Even when there was a small hint that she started to change, there wasn't much development.
Levi, on the other hand, I really liked. He was the best character for me. I wish though that we got to see more of his backstory and what happened to him. It would have been interesting.
I didn't like Josh as a character, although he obviously was there to enforce the mystery aspect of it and create tension.
Now, concerning the turn that things took and the ending. I found it hard to believe. There has to be a better explanation. I had one question while I was reading it and that was "What?". I wasn't satisfied by how things ended up being and I didn't understand why the ending was sort-of open. Is there another book following this characters? There was no such indication. Maybe the author has some plans about this. I don't want to be unfair at this point.
But the explanations given did not satisfy me. I was expecting something more. The reason behind "the List" seemed weird, forced, unbelievable and a bit sexist to be honest.
I liked, though, the fact that this book was fast-paced and it kept me reading even if there were moments with extensive eye-rolling.
And a tiny last comment, I think it's a bit more like Pretty Little Liars. At least it had the potential of being. With the texts and stuff. But it wasn't that developed, unfortunately.
by Roxanne St. Claire
My Rating: 2/5 stars
Synopsis:
Pretty Little Liars meets Final Destination in this YA psychological thriller that will have readers' hearts racing right till the very end!
Every year, the lives of ten girls at Vienna High are transformed.
All because of the list.
Kenzie Summerall can't imagine how she's been voted onto a list of the hottest girls in school, but when she lands at number five, her average life becomes dazzling. Doors open to the best parties, new friends surround her, the cutest jock in school is after her.
This is the power of the list. If you're on it, your life changes. If you're on it this year? Your life ends.
The girls on the list have started to die, one by one. Is it a coincidence? A curse? Or is the list in the hands of a killer?
Time is running out for Kenzie, but she’s determined to uncover the deadly secret of the list...before her number’s up.
Review
^^Yup that was me.
Okay, here we are..it's not that I didn't like this book. It had great potential and it seemed so intriguing when I first read the synopsis. Plus, the cover is great.
But I had several issues with it as well that I could not overlook.
Kenzie as a main character was so promising. She was determined and she was looking at things rationally which, trust me, was a good thing in this book. But as the story was progressing, I found her less appealing as a character.
Molly now, I did not like. I understand the need of the best friend that you would do anything for, but Molly seemed flat to me. The only sides of her that we saw truly develop were the ones where she wanted attention and popularity. Even when there was a small hint that she started to change, there wasn't much development.
Levi, on the other hand, I really liked. He was the best character for me. I wish though that we got to see more of his backstory and what happened to him. It would have been interesting.
I didn't like Josh as a character, although he obviously was there to enforce the mystery aspect of it and create tension.
Now, concerning the turn that things took and the ending. I found it hard to believe. There has to be a better explanation. I had one question while I was reading it and that was "What?". I wasn't satisfied by how things ended up being and I didn't understand why the ending was sort-of open. Is there another book following this characters? There was no such indication. Maybe the author has some plans about this. I don't want to be unfair at this point.
But the explanations given did not satisfy me. I was expecting something more. The reason behind "the List" seemed weird, forced, unbelievable and a bit sexist to be honest.
I liked, though, the fact that this book was fast-paced and it kept me reading even if there were moments with extensive eye-rolling.
And a tiny last comment, I think it's a bit more like Pretty Little Liars. At least it had the potential of being. With the texts and stuff. But it wasn't that developed, unfortunately.
