The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) by Michele Hodkin

Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.

It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.

There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through she can fall in love.

She's wrong.

Paperback, 452 pages

Published October 23rd 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (first published September 27th 2011)

Personal Rating: 1/5
Genres: Young-Adult, Paranormal
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MY REVIEW:



Well, first of all, i was in deep thought rating this book. There were some little parts of it that were thrilling, but that was it. Starting with the good qualities

1) The parts that are meant to "scary", "terrify" or "trouble" the reader did make my hair stand up. 

2) Then, there are little twists in the plot i really liked. 

3) Promising theme and artwork on the cover. I was mistaken by judging this book from its beautiful cover. 

Moving on to the main body of this review. My main complaints are:

1) Difficulty to decipher the meaning of some of the dialogues. Period. I found that really annoying, it made me wonder if the american readers got easily through that part - because as an excellent speaker of british english, i lost the gist of it. 

2) What's going on with high-school drama these last After-Twilight years? I can see many resemblances, which upsets me. I personally think that Meyer's story did influence many others to become fans, readers and writers of the paranormal. But, not many do have the story-telling abilities of Stephenie Meyer. 

3) And then again, this book almost made me lose my interest with the pages spend on endless tell-tales of love and hate, between "him" and "her". Hey, hasn't anyone told you that this guy is spineless? It seemed like our hero had a taste for inadequate girls with lack of manners. We are lucky he didn't lick the soles of her shoes. 

4) Many parts of the story-line where not smoothly combined. I got the impression of someone who was in a hurry to finish a book, and just smashed in every pretty idea she had in her mind. 

Overall? It's a shame. I would not complain about the plot, or the guy's character if not for the last complaint i listed above. Sorry guys :) Hope we don't share the same point of view and you liked it/will like it if you read it.