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Liked It “This is a really great book. At first i thought it would be really stupid but i started reading it and loved it.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 2 members found this review helpful “This book was really, really awful. I wanted to like it. It has a different premise for a fantasy--a girl cursed to go mad at 18 unless she performs three impossible tasks based on the song "Scarborough Fair". Unfortunately, the characters were so annoyingly one dimensional, the dialogue to...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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joko s wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is a really great book. At first i thought it would be really stupid but i started reading it and loved it.”
Nikki K wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book doesnt feel like a fiction story at first, it seems like something that could happen to anybody. But as you procress further into the book in get more fictonal. You wouldnt want to put it down once you pick it up!”
Danna wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I enjoyed it. It was interesting. It was definitely different.”
Kasey H wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It is about a girl that has a curse that was set upon her family that makes her get pregnant by age 17, whether she wants to or not, and aafter the baby is born she go's completly nuts, then the baby which is always a girl grows up, gets pregnant at 17 and the process continues. After reading a letter from her mom (who's completly insane) about the curse she wants to break it. (It's based on the song Scarborough fair) - Laura”
University School of Milwaukee 7 wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“i have not read it yet so i cant give it a rating i maybe want to but i need to hear it from other people to see if its good and if its worth reading it. But just from my thinking it will be a girl book.”
A.h.#6 wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Serious pageturner--couldn't put it down. Part fairy tale, part realistic teen romance, part mystery, part suspense, and 100% recommended.”
Sue L wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A refreshingly down-to-earth take on the faerie tale/fantasy genre. 17 year old Lucy finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, oddly determined to keep the baby, and the latest victim of a curse that dooms the women in her family to go totally nuts by their 18th birthdays. In order to break the cycle and save her unborn daughter, she has to complete three impossible, mystifying tasks described in her crazy mom's version of "Scarborough Fair."
Karam wrote this review 9 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Werlin tells this convoluted magical story in a way that makes it seem rational and realistic. Her characters are as well-developed as ever, and the relationships between them are wonderful and touching. Her writing's not the most elegant prose in the world, but the sincerity of her effort more than makes up for that.
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“A family curse. That is why the mysterious Padraig Seeley is hanging around Lucy’s home. That is why her mother is the crazy bag lady who wanders by the track pushing her cart of bottles and singing. That is why Lucy is raped on prom night and pregnant at 18. Lucy has no idea that the women of her family are cursed to repeat this chain of events over and over and over. But thanks to a helpful diary written by her mother and some very strong foster parents and a sweet, protective boyfriend Lucy has better odds than the others at actually completing the three impossible tasks before her daughter is born.
Ali wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I loved how strong and supportive Lucy’s family and friends were, but I felt the story focused too little on the actual impossible tasks and, personally, I think Lucy achieved them too easily. Though Lucy was supposed to be this strong-willed, independent girl the majority of the hard work in completing the tasks was done for her.
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