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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition)
- De: Jesse Andrews
- Narrado por: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, full cast
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 876
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 777
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 773
Up until senior year, Greg has maintained total social invisibility. He only has one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time - when not playing video games and avoiding Earl's terrifying brothers - making movies, their own versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics. Greg would be the first one to tell you his movies are f*@$ing terrible, but he and Earl don't make them for other people. Until Rachel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Disclaimer: This Indie Book not for Everyone
- De FanB14 en 08-11-15
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition)
- De: Jesse Andrews
- Narrado por: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, full cast
Don't... Just Don't.
Revisado: 02-26-19
This book was recommended to me by several people who said, "If you like John Green, you'll love this book".
And so, like a fool, I believed them.
I purchased this book and started listening the same day, and finished the entire book within three days.
OH MY GOSH! I have never been so angry while listening to a book before. The main character, Greg, is abhorrent; I wanted to strangle him. He is so incredibly selfish, and uncaring; and just down right d i r t y.
I do understand, that Greg's attitude probably was a point that Jesse Andrews was trying to make, but the rest of the story did not make up for it.
Basically the message in this book is, "Don't be like Greg". Which could have been okay, if the rest of the story wasn't a complete waste of time.
I thought, for a short while, that maybe this book would have a plot twist that would make everything come together, and maybe I would actually feel satisfied with how it ended.
But that never happened.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not the type of person who just needs a happy ending; I am anything but. However, the way the story progressed--and how truly terrible Greg is--added up to more than I could handle.
I didn't mind Rachel's (dying girl) or Earl's characters, they were fine. And again, I think that ties into the whole idea that "Greg" is the bad guy of the story, and we the readers/listeners are just supposed to be seeing everything from his perspective. The moral of the story is how to be, or act, in life; i.e. more like Earl, and Rachel.
This book just did not have enough (if any) redeeming qualities for me to like it.
Also, there was an excessive amount of language in the book, that honestly took away from what little it had going for itself.
I will give the performance a high rating, because the narrators were phenomenal, but that is the only positive thing I have to say about this book.
My conclusion: Don't waste your time, or money. This novel is not worth it.
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What Light
- De: Jay Asher
- Narrado por: Mandy Siegfried
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 159
Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon - it's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other. Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I Wanted To Like This Story
- De Amber Rae en 10-30-16
- What Light
- De: Jay Asher
- Narrado por: Mandy Siegfried
Fans of Jay Asher Beware
Revisado: 02-26-19
I can sum up this book in two short sentences:
This book wished to be a coming-of-age novel that was the brainchild of John Green and Rainbow Rowell; however, it ended up being a story worse than a Hallmark holiday movie.
To expound:
Jay Asher is a great story teller; he can capture the mindset of a teenager in ways that other YA authors only dream of doing.
This man wrote "Thirteen Reasons Why", a brilliant novel that had an impactful message: We all have a purpose on this earth, and we need to be more aware of those around us, and how our actions effect others.
No matter how taboo the topic in "Thirteen Reasons Why" is, it has a valuable lesson that we all need to learn, and remember.
To say the least, I had high expectations for "What Light".
Sadly, they were not met.
The book starts out slow, and had me begging for it to get to the point--only to be reached after nearly two hours of listening. We are then introduced to said "point", and it's all downhill from there.
Our leading lady, Sierra, is quite one dimensional and forgettable. So much so, that I literally forgot her name until I went to the book-details and read it again.
The love-interest, Caleb, is your typical "bad-boy" that has been written many times before--and in far better ways, I might add.
Everything about him is cliche; his lines made me cringe, and it was painful to learn about his "dark past".
*Minimal spoilers ahead*
Apparently, Caleb lashes out after his sister makes a nasty comment to him and--to show his dislike for her words--chases her through their house with a knife and repeatedly stabs her bedroom door. Meanwhile, Caleb's good friend, Andrew, watches with terror as the horrific ordeal goes down.
And if I'm being completely honest, even the idea of Caleb--or anyone for that matter--doing something like that is very, very unbelievable.
Unless Caleb has suffered a psychotic break, why on earth would he just "snap" and go on a knife-wielding rampage after his sister???
Come on.
Those are my main complaints with this plot.
A lesser one would be the whole "path to redemption" story that the author tries to sell us readers/listeners.
Sierra makes it her mission in life (after knowing him for approximately 1 week) to help Caleb reclaim his good name, and regain lost relationships.
She accomplishes this feat by convincing Andrew that Caleb is actually a good guy, and rekindles their friendship.
...That's it.
In the end, "What Light" had me bored, disappointed, and wanting 6 hours, 45 minutes & 53 seconds of my life back.
Conclusion:
The only thing under the Christmas tree this year is roughly 7 hours of boredom, unrealistic characters, and a movie pitch so terrible, even Hallmark turned it down.
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