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in no way at all is twilight better than this... yes twilight was good but this is better. i dont mean to b mean but maybe your idea of super duper amazing characters is stupid. the book is really good. if these characters got more complex, it would be overkill. it would be like taking nice fancy tea, and putting a pond of sugar and a gallon of cream in it. the over all book was AMAZING. lore might have had a few errors in his grammar, but don't we all? even though the characters are aliens, they are as real as it gets... people don't think with incredible and amazing thoughts that are splayed out in an interesting and colorful way. do you act spectacularly interesting when you are around people? especially if you are an alien trying to be as bland and out of sight as possible so you don't get murdered by a ravaging alien race trying to slaughter your kind? hmmm... lets think about that.... oh and "UGH!"

Why, I do act spectacularly interesting when I'm around people. I can't help it, lol. =D

It's just my opinion! I think this book sucks. That's it.

The names of your bookshelves made me laugh so hard...

Tessa wrote: "yo, u r sooo wrong!!!!! DO. NOT. TRASH. TALK. MY. WORLD. (fyi, my wold is BOOKS)"

=)

Haleema, I think your reviews are freaking hilarious and original. I love them, but could you tell me what you think would make a book five-stars?

Theresa � wrote: "Haleema, I think your reviews are freaking hilarious and original. I love them, but could you tell me what you think would make a book five-stars?"

Hi, Theresa! Thank you so much! =)

For a book to be a slamming five stars:

1. It has to have writing that appeals to me. Not too much purple prose, not too many adjectives, and clear of unnecessary/irrelevant details. The writer's style should be unique. It should flow naturally.
2. The characters shouldn't be Mary Sues. They should have depth, emotions, and flaws. Some should be funny, others should be thoughtful and provocative. I would love a mixture of every kind of character!
3. The plot depends on what genre I am reading. For fantasy, it should be well planned, detailed, and interesting. It should leave me breathless with its twists and turns. For realistic fiction, I usually focus on the character development more, instead of the plot.

Palice wrote: "Tessa wrote: "yo, u r sooo wrong!!!!! DO. NOT. TRASH. TALK. MY. WORLD. (fyi, my wold is BOOKS)"

Oooh, ur wold iz buks, iz it?"

*shrugs* Clearly, Palice. She cannot live without her wold of books.

Oh, ho ho.

You are too generous, Palice.

look, i got mad. books can take you to worlds that will transform u

Tessa wrote: "look, i got mad. books can take you to worlds that will transform u"

Since when did a lackluster scifi/fantasy fling speak for all books?

Just, er, wondering.

Palice wrote: "Tessa wrote: "look, i got mad. books can take you to worlds that will transform u"

Yes, sure they do. But there are all kinds of different books out there. Haleema just didn't think this was one t..."

u r right sorry

I liked the book a lot, but your review had a point and was very well written. Hey, maybe it was even better than Lore's writing ;D

Qwjyaj wrote: "I believe that the book gave enough description of each character. You probably just skimmed the book for the hell of finishing it."

Pretty sure the detail in the review discredits all you've just said. Just saying.

Bah. Did you read the entire book?!

Most of it! I can't remember if I read the ending.

The ending wasn't very spectacular so I personally don't blame you

Hmmm welp personally I think you should have at least finished it.

Honestly, if the rest of the book isn't up to snuff it isn't really a reviewer's duty to read 'til the end. A good ending doesn't magically fix the rest of the book and make it a five-star read, especially when the rest of it was pretty shitty.

Sorry for jumping in here, Haleema.

But if you didn't read the whole book you don't deserve to rate it.

That rule doesn't even make sense

Well people can't just go around rating books they haven't even finished..

Why not?

there is no need to pick it to bits. if you didn't like then fine everyone has their own likes and dislikes but seriously. you review actually made me upset. I like the book and I HAVE ACTUALLY READ IT ALL BTW! but seriously if you don't have one good thing to say it sounds really rude and i agree you can't RATE a book if you haven't read it all

Are you kidding me? What happened to respecting people's opinions? I can do whatever I want, Claire.

Ok sorry about what I said but the point was that I sick of most of my fav books getting criticized this much. Your right of course that you can say what you want I guess I got carried away with me liking it so much and besides the fact that I didn't like the review all that much. You do have a almost humorous way of criticizing it unlike some reviews I have read. :(

Ok you said that everyone has their own opinion so yeah they do you didn't like it and I did and the review did make me a little upset and I got carried away. I guess because I gave it 5 stars and you didn't it was a bit weird. And I do respect everyone's opinions I just tried to make a point!

I agree absolutely with Palice!
I mean if you don't want to finish a book, you don't have to.
However, you don't deserve the privilege of rating it if you didn't even read the entire book.

I agree that she has the right to rate it and such, but I also feel that nobody deserves to rate a book they never finished.

Anne wrote: "I agree that she has the right to rate it and such, but I also feel that nobody deserves to rate a book they never finished."

Why not?

If you haven't worked hard to read the whole book, then you didn't "earn" the privilege to rate it.
It's like rating a product you didn't even use.

Anne wrote: "If you haven't worked hard to read the whole book, then you didn't "earn" the privilege to rate it.
It's like rating a product you didn't even use."

So if you only make it through half a movie, you haven't earned the privilege to say you didn't like it?
I think anyone has "earned" the privilege to rate anything how they see fit. It's not like she didn't try it. It's not the same as rating a product you didn't use, it's the same as using a product once and deciding, hey, it's not for you.

Anne wrote: "If you haven't worked hard to read the whole book, then you didn't "earn" the privilege to rate it.
It's like rating a product you didn't even use."

So if you don't use nuclear weapons you aren't allowed to complain about them?

Yes Adrianna it is like watching part of a movie and not finishing it.
Lamora: Uh haha no that is not the same.... o_O

Anne wrote: "Yes Adrianna it is like watching part of a movie and not finishing it.
Lamora: Uh haha no that is not the same.... o_O"

You're poking holes in your own argument there sweetie, it's an analogy

"OH I FORGOT TO MENTION WHAT MY POWERS ARE!"

He does this so often throughout the series.

All. The. Freaking. Time.

Anne wrote: "If you haven't worked hard to read the whole book, then you didn't "earn" the privilege to rate it.
It's like rating a product you didn't even use."

Fun fact! 'Sampling', which is taking part of the whole and analyzing it to draw conclusions about the rest of the whole, is a technique used in pretty much every statistical field that exists. The idea is that the sample will be representative of the whole. Now, obviously in books it's not possible to take a random sample from the pages (random sampling being the preferred method of getting an unbiased sample in statistics) and get an idea of the whole work, but the first few chapters should, hypothetically, serve the same purpose, I.E. they should present a reasonable example of what the whole book is like.
Now, unless you're arguing that the book made a major shift in quality beyond the part that Haleema read - and having finished the whole thing myself, I'd argue that one with you - or you're denying the viability of sampling as an analytical technique, in which case there are about a dozen scientific and mathematical fields which would like to have a word.

Anne wrote: "If you haven't worked hard to read the whole book, then you didn't "earn" the privilege to rate it.
It's like rating a product you didn't even use."

I think you just made a point here, Anne. I think that reading a book shouldn't be work at all! It's what I do with my free time - my job is not reading books. I also have to pay for books, so I actually have to work in order to be able to buy a book. Therefore, if I get frustrated with the book, either story-wise, writing-wise, grammar-wise or character-wise, I have the right to rate and review that book.
I think maybe you should check out Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ rules as well. Because we are all allowed to rate books in any way we want. Some people use star-ratings to have the chronological order in which they would like to read books. And we have the possibility to rate books that aren't even published yet.
What's the rudest thing though, is that your very own profile is private, so none of us can go and read your reviews (if you have written any) but you think it's OK for you to come here and tell Hameela that she is wrong for having an opinion, and that your way is the only way.

Lexxie wrote: "Anne wrote: "If you haven't worked hard to read the whole book, then you didn't "earn" the privilege to rate it.
It's like rating a product you didn't even use."

I think you just made a point here..."

I love you.

I love you guys.

Anila: Well that depends where she stopped reading. Haleema, where did you stop?
Lamora: Please explain to me what you mean by poking holes.
Lexxie: I think you misinterpreted me. I agree that Haleema is indeed allowed to say whatever she wants in her reviews because it is her own personal opinion, however, I also am allowed to disagree with her view and argue with the way she rated the book. You say that I say that she is wrong for having an opinion, but here is where the hypocrisy starts. Right now, I am stating my opinion about how I disagree with her, and yet you guys start ranting about how I am accusing her of not being allowed to state her opinion. The truth is, she already did share her opinion, and I cannot force her to act otherwise, but frankly, I plain disagree. I do not like the way she reviewed the book and how she did not finish it, so I am arguing against it since I am very passionate about reading, and I love this particular series. So I have the right to have the opinion of disliking how she did not finish the book. Personally, when I read a particularly horrid book, I always finish it before I rate it because I feel like the author deserves at least that much. After all, whomever wrote the book probably did have to put a lot of effort and time into it, so I feel the need to respect the author. Well, first off, it is Haleema's own choice for having written this review, so anybody has the right to read it/comment on it. Do you disagree? Secondly, I am so sorry if I would rather not have creepers stalk me, but actually I did not purposefully make the settings like that. I have no idea how to change the settings and I did not know that people could not look at my reviews. Also, why do you want to look at my reviews?

Anne I think you made a good point everyone has and option and they have the right to say what they think. If I upset anyone with what I said when I read this review I am truly sorry but here's the thing. I also have a option and I agree that it's not right that you should say " What ever happened to respecting people's opinion." When really by saying this your not respecting the others. I love this series and I know that I got carried away with my comment but the way the review was written sounded a bit rude to me.

Oh LOREd (Lord), that is a terrible pseudonym ;) Your review made me laugh and it is all true what you said.

I strongly dislike this book, it is another Twilight all over again but one of the things I find most stupid is Year 8's, 9's, 10's, 11's and 12's are all taking class together, like seriously what the hell? But I have no choice but to read the entire book and do much work on it.

Have mercy on the innocent baby. Do not ruin her/his/it (hey, mutant babies can be innocent too) future.

And everyone arguing over this strangely amuses me. It was auch a so-so book. Not bad, not good. Just bland. I've read worse so I was just... ah, okay. Probably the only thing I liked was the pet and the charm of having to kill everyone in order. Other than that, BORING~

Nataliet wrote: "Even if you don't like it, you don't have to go on crazy about it. Many people could find the spark that you couldn't, maybe you lacked in imagination. Have you seen the movie? Good movie. You just..."

It's called an opinion. Everyone has one. They're all different. She's not stopping herself from anything, it looks like, seeing as she's read more than you~

Nataliet wrote: "Oh yeah, and also, your 'see what i did there' wasn't funny. That was like my maths teachers jokes. Not Funny."

Wow, god forbid someone have a separate sense of humor from you, right? People these days.

this book is one of the modern bullshit

I agree with you, despair. this is very strangely amusing and I loved the comment about the mutants lmao

I love this book PS for those of you who compared this book to Twilight (Haleema )have no taste for books no that was BORING I FELL ASLEEP by the end of the first chapter that was a stupid lame boring book Twilight what the point I loved I am number four thought read 3 books in the series could no stop loved it

This review made my day :P :P :P It's perfect :P

Love the review! Except I can't help but get offended with the Fitzgerald part. Since no way should he be compared to this author. Authors wish they had the ability to write like Fitzgerald.

your wrong its a great book