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2 STARS So Al Gore decided to write a pre-apocalyptic, time-travel young adult romance…In all honesty, I liked that this attempted to at least cut across a bigger message, one that’s worth writing about, sure. But if I’m going to read about a spineless, astigmatic time-traveler moon over a boy and his mad card-playing and science skillz, at least make me feel like there’s some subtext of purpose snuck in. So while this lacked a certain degree of subtlety in that aspect, I’d take the thinly-ve
Initial Thoughts: A group of travelers from the future arrive in our time, escaping plague and environmental disasters. They are closely monitored by their group and are given 12 rules that they must follow in order not to change the timeline. Interesting premise. Did it work? Yes - I read this book in one sitting. I loved Prenna and Ethan. The Review:3.5 starsI read this book a few weeks ago and got a positive vibe from it. As I sat down to write my review, I found myself wondering what made Th...
What a disappointment. And an unexpected one since I was such a fan of her Sisterhood in the Traveling Pants series (which rocked my socks off!). I didn't dislike this one right away; at first I was very much into it. We start by learning of their dystopian-like community that has formed in the past (our present), after having escaped from a plague ravaged future. A future that is, quite frankly, not at all unrealistic, making it all the more terrifying. Once we get down to business, though, thi...
Quick review for a quick read. Goodness, what a disappointment. This so called "epic romantic thriller" was surprisingly emotionless, tedious, and unimaginative. It saddens me to say that I expected so much more from Ann Brashares. I'm not going to say that there weren't great ideas in this story and some moments of clarity, but just as soon as they were built, they were subsequently dropped. Not to mention they were noted in a tell, not show fashion that related a disconnect throughout the enti...
Richie's Picks: THE HERE AND NOW by Ann Brashares, Delacorte, April 2014, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73680-0 If you could have one shot at traveling back in time, where would you go? If you had the audacity to try to change history, what is it that you would try to do? "I start to stand up, but he reaches for my hand. 'Prenna, please. Only another minute. It may be important. There is a single act, a murder, that will change the course of history, and it must be stopped. I don't want to give you an...
It wasn't bad by a long shot, just not enough content. It felt like a start of something, just, not complete. IDK MAAAAAAN
2.5 starsHaving read several negative reviews back when The Here and Now was first released, I nevertheless decided to give it a fair chance hoping I would feel differently, as I sometimes do. The opening part seemed very promising, which allowed me to think my stubbornness would be rewarded, but it quickly became clear that my opinion would align with those of several trusted friends. The Here and Now is not a bad book as such, but I found it lacking in characterization, scientific background a...
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2.5 stars really, but I gave it 3 to round it up . This book had so much potential, there are so many avenues this book can explore within the plot , they go a route and that’s fine but that ending killed me , I mean come on that was a disappointing ending, the book attempts too much and falls flat , maybe it needed to be longer . The plot of time travelers who come back from a dystopian future to change it so it doesn’t happen lends itself to so many approaches and myriad of plots but there is
3 Stars.Interesting subject, likeable main characters, but the story is bogged down by needless repetition. Plot was in need of more detail, particularly about the world Prenna left behind.
It's not always easy to strike a balance between enough science to explain the world and not overwhelming the reader. Brasheres does a nice job of balancing the two. Time travel always makes my head hurt a little, but this one did a nice job of not being too cerebral. I don't know if this is a stand alone - if it is three cheers to Brasheres for the way it ended. That took guts.
I have never read a successful book about time traveling. This book continues that trend. This book is about time travelers from circa 2100, AD, not too far off. The future is plagued with mosquitoes and dangue fever plague runs rampant.IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY FUCKING SENSE.This is one of the shorter books I've read this year. It could have been a whole lot shorter, because it was so completely lacking in viable plot. If a butterfly flapped its wings within the pages of the book, would it make me fa...
3.5What is the most dangerous creature on earth?Before reading THE HERE AND NOW, I hadn't really thought about it...but after recently reading numerous articles and watching a BBC documentary on the spread of disease over the years- I found out, it very well could be the -ever so annoying- mosquito.[image error]Mosquitoes and the diseases they spread have been responsible for killing more people than all the wars throughout history. Transmitting diseases to millions, killing millions, debilitati...
This could have been such a good book! It just didn't make it there for me. Prenna has traveled back in time to escape a blood virus carried by mosquitoes..Just the kind of book I love right? NOT. The girl is about the most dingy main character I've read in awhile. She and her instalove boyfriend set out to save the world. They take breaks to discuss sex, play cards and who cares by this point what.By the time anything actually happens in this book you really don't care anymore. Dang you boo...
This book has got to be a joke. Someone please tell me it is. You can’t be this horrible on purpose, can you? Seriously, it feels like this book was written in order to cash in on the dystopian/post-apocalyptic craze and the new resurgence of contemporary in the YA market.And it fails terribly.For such a short book, it was a struggle of monumental proportions to get through this. At only 242 pages, even if it’s a subpar read, I would finish this in a day or a day and a half. No, this took me a f...
remember when it was like "oh my gosh the brilliant mind that brought you the modern literary classic sisterhood of the traveling pants is back with a new YA romance"?and then it was this weird sci-fi clustercuss?yeah. that was my villain origin story.part of my review-books-i-read-a-long-time-ago-while-referencing-wes-anderson's-fantasic-mr-fox project.
** This is actually somewhere between 4.5 and 5 stars, but since I really (and I mean REALLY) enjoyed reading it, I am going to go with 5. This was my first book by Ann Brashares and I really loved it. For whatever reason, I never got around to picking up any of her Sisterhood novels, even though they always sounded fun and exciting to me. I'm glad I didn't make the same mistake with her latest literary endeavor. The Here and Now is a gorgeously written, smart and moving Science Fiction novel ab...
I guess I just don’t have it in me to truly trash a novel. At least not in the manner currently undertaken by certain individuals. Should you wish to read a review where THE HERE AND NOW is dragged behind a pickup truck for 248 miles on the I-405, I’d direct your attention to a different public service announcement.I bring up this particular calamity, because I read a review filled with wrath and vengeance that tainted my reading experience. Did I like the novel? No. Would I have liked THE HERE
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ARC provided by NetGalley. Thank you, NetGalley!!!!1.5 StarsI never read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (because I’m not into self-harm HA!). Although The Here and Now is by the same author, I held out hope I would like it based on the following blurb: “An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to.”
Review originally posted at ,a href="http://mostlyyalit.blogspot.ca/2014/0... YA LitAs a fan of Ann Brashares' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, I was really excited to read this - her first YA novel since that series, and a time-travel one, too! I'm really sad to say that while the book had some really gorgeous passages that made me think, I found the plot and characters to be pretty trite.I was engaged in the plot most of the time that I was reading, and I did want to know what wou...