1-800-WHERE-R-U by Meg Cabot
I’m going to start off by saying
that I give this book ★★★ stars because it was a
good book. The plotline was well-structured, it caught the readers’ attention,
and it didn’t leave the reader with unanswered questions in the end; or have
any loopholes. The reason it didn’t get four stars, my usual rating for an
exceptionally well-written book, was because it didn’t have the extra bang that
I find necessary to receive gold stars. (Mind you, only a handful of books have
gotten five stars from me, so I might be said to judge harshly.)
When reviewing books, I tend to not spoil the whole thing and pretty much tell you what happens, unlike most reviews. I guess that’s the point of the review: to tell you what happens but still keep you interested so you’ll read the book. That’s not the way I roll. Wanna find out what happens? Read the goddamn book.
Anyways, the book is about a tomboy girl who usually gets into trouble, but is a good girl nonetheless. Her life pretty much turns upside down when she develops a superpower (or whatever you wanna call that) after getting struck by lightning.
Already having to deal with family problems, she feels like her life is becoming even crappier. When she tries to help somebody with this newfound superpower of hers, she realizes that she kinda got them into more trouble, instead of helping them out. She tries to fix this, and ends up doing a bunch of illegal stuff in the process.
She’s not a hero anymore; she’s an outlaw. And they’re out to get her.
I was really pleased to see Meg Cabot focusing on something that wasn’t completely related to young love. Although it was what I would call “bizarre fiction”, it was a good read. It wasn’t completely mindblowing, but it was interesting, and something made me keep going.
It doesn’t have the spice required for great books, but it was a fun read. I also really liked how Cabot put it into the girl’s perspective, and how easily the writing flowed.
I would recommend this book to people that are 13+ (12+ if you’re really mature) as an airplane-read, or a take-my-mind-off-things read.
When reviewing books, I tend to not spoil the whole thing and pretty much tell you what happens, unlike most reviews. I guess that’s the point of the review: to tell you what happens but still keep you interested so you’ll read the book. That’s not the way I roll. Wanna find out what happens? Read the goddamn book.
Anyways, the book is about a tomboy girl who usually gets into trouble, but is a good girl nonetheless. Her life pretty much turns upside down when she develops a superpower (or whatever you wanna call that) after getting struck by lightning.
Already having to deal with family problems, she feels like her life is becoming even crappier. When she tries to help somebody with this newfound superpower of hers, she realizes that she kinda got them into more trouble, instead of helping them out. She tries to fix this, and ends up doing a bunch of illegal stuff in the process.
She’s not a hero anymore; she’s an outlaw. And they’re out to get her.
I was really pleased to see Meg Cabot focusing on something that wasn’t completely related to young love. Although it was what I would call “bizarre fiction”, it was a good read. It wasn’t completely mindblowing, but it was interesting, and something made me keep going.
It doesn’t have the spice required for great books, but it was a fun read. I also really liked how Cabot put it into the girl’s perspective, and how easily the writing flowed.
I would recommend this book to people that are 13+ (12+ if you’re really mature) as an airplane-read, or a take-my-mind-off-things read.
