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June 28, 2014

THE TREATMENT (The Program #2) by Suzanne Young

June 28, 2014

THE TREATMENT (The Program #2) by Suzanne YoungI can hardly describe the overwhelming disappointment that The Treatment brought me. I know I wasn’t a fan of The Program but I did like it for the concept. Still, I had problems with it because of the many unanswered questions The Program left me with. I pegged them as cliffhangers, so I expected The Treatment answer them, particularly the ones about the suicide epidemic that wrought this society. Did I get those answers? Hardly. The big issues were glossed over so much, I was mad at the end of the book. To me, The Treatment hardly contributed to the duology. It would’ve been better left unread.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, brainwashing, death, depression, drug abuse, drugs, emotions, friendship, grief, love triangles, mental health, on love, psychology, romance, sociology, suicide, surveillance

April 30, 2014

THE ALMOST TRUTH by Eileen Cook

April 30, 2014

I think The Almost Truth is a great book for times when nothing but a light-hearted book will do. We all know those days when we want to read but our minds just won’t focus on anything that requires us to think all too much for ourselves. Not to knock The Almost Truth for being…

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· Categories: Epic Recs, Fiction Keywords: ambition, american authors, cheating, con artists, crime, delinquency, family, family problems, friendship, impersonation, kidnapping, light-hearted books, poverty, realistic fiction, romance

February 22, 2014

THE THING ABOUT THE TRUTH by Lauren Barnholdt

February 22, 2014

The Thing About the Truth is one of those books that swing back and forth between the present and the past. Had I read it as an absurd text, I might have had greater appreciation for it but I doubt that was anywhere near Barnholdt’s intention. Stuck in the present, we glimpse Kelsey and Isaac…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, high school, multiple points of view, realistic fiction

January 25, 2014

VIRTUOSITY by Jessica Martinez

January 25, 2014

Book cover of VIRTUOSITY by Jessica MartinezI can’t remember the last time I loved a book that made me so so angry! Virtuosity did it for me. I must say I experienced a roller coaster ride of emotions. There were moments I felt happy and mesmerised and others where I felt sad and furious. Martinez writes beautifully and knows how to surprise her readers, which I already said about her second book, The Space Between Us. They are moving stories with beautiful prose and lots of surprises.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: biracial characters, canadian authors, cheating, choices, competition, conduct of life, contemporary, drug abuse, dysfunctional families, mothers and daughters, music, musicians, psychology, realistic fiction, romance, self-esteem, violin

December 17, 2013

THE PROGRAM by Suzanne Young

December 17, 2013

Suicide as an epidemic and how society deals with it—perfect premise of a work of fiction for a sociology student like me. Perhaps then my opinions on this book are unfair because I am weighing them against my academic background. But I can’t help it; after years of studying sociology, it has come to influence…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, brainwashing, death, depression, drugs, emotions, friendship, grief, loneliness, mental health, psychology, sociology, suicide, surveillance

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