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The Line (The Line, #1)
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This book got 3 stars mostly because I'm getting mad at books that are obviously written to be the first installment in a series. I mean those books that end on cliff hangers, as if they're a mini-series on TV. There is a way to write a book with an ending that feels satisfying as an ending and still have it be part of a series, and still have your reader dying to see what the next installment is about. Too many YA books these days seem to be composed as if the author is imagining what the story would look like on a movie screen.
My only other problem was that the most interesting part (what happened to Away, what it's like there now) only really starts to be address right at the very end!
Otherwise, I was very intrigued by this story and its 1984-like premise.
My only other problem was that the most interesting part (what happened to Away, what it's like there now) only really starts to be address right at the very end!
Otherwise, I was very intrigued by this story and its 1984-like premise.
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Oct 26, 2009 07:54PM
I totally agree. I was looking forward to an awesome ending. I'm growing tired of YA authors writing trilogies. I'd love to pick up a book and finish it without having to wait for the sequel. :/ A standalone book every now and then is not a bad thing.
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Agreed. Not that I don't enjoy a good series. But there's a way to do it where at the end of each separate book you feel a kind of ending rather than merely a cliff hanger.By the way, I like your icon :) Belle was always my favorite Disney heroine.
I just added this book to my to-read list! And I totally agree, cliff-hangers are NOT the best way to end anything, ever, movie, book or verbal account of your day's activities, nope nope nope.
I'd still recommend it though as an interesting read. I just wish I could have gone straight on to the sequel.
