tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post7784855808810291111..comments2024-02-19T00:31:22.948-08:00Comments on Books Obsession: Pretty Little Devils by Nancy HolderAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08651632799594666997noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-14218718876816379002013-03-29T18:40:34.345-07:002013-03-29T18:40:34.345-07:00to all the critics giving the reviewer hate, what ...to all the critics giving the reviewer hate, what is wrong with you? it's her opinion and i agree with it. ya some parts of the book were suspenseful, but most parts were too forced. if you're in high school and still type like a seven year old, you need to be shoved into reality. if you're like me, you were trying to guess who was sending the anonymous texts the whole time. i wasn't even surprised by the "plot twist." this book would have been enjoyable if it wasn't so predictable. Alyssahttp://sacka-hundreds.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-57791348630747295712013-03-05T09:37:38.929-08:002013-03-05T09:37:38.929-08:00Actually Pretty Little Liars resembles the book, a...Actually Pretty Little Liars resembles the book, as the book was Published a full 9 months before the show was released. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-51496703330076903552012-11-29T21:17:41.365-08:002012-11-29T21:17:41.365-08:00i love your books lz write more ill die if you don...i love your books lz write more ill die if you dont<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-48458363592713944892012-04-03T14:04:22.557-07:002012-04-03T14:04:22.557-07:00I suppose the whole drug and alcohol and sex thing...I suppose the whole drug and alcohol and sex thing wasnt very appropriate. but lets think about it... isnt that what most teens do now a days????? really.. i think it made the book more realistic. and honestly.. i really enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-66201259008592329862012-01-13T14:15:17.195-08:002012-01-13T14:15:17.195-08:00first of all whoever wrote the review is WRONG!The...first of all whoever wrote the review is WRONG!The book was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO amazing and i LOVED it.I read it in three days.Thats alot 4 264 pages.I thought that if u r stupid enough to underage drink and do drugs that maybe u r stupid and need a reality check.So what if the book said some stuff that was alittle bad.Look at how it ended up.Lesson learned.But one question is still in my mind."Is there a Matty Vardeman out there?"If so please find me:).And to all of you who said it resembled pretty little liars pretty little devils came first so blame them not Nancy Holder.If your reading this Mrs.Holder please write a sequel.I love your book.So to all you haters if you dont like the book dont read it and comment.<br /><br /> DestinyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-26816939728814899512011-02-04T21:21:03.560-08:002011-02-04T21:21:03.560-08:00i thought that the novel was pretty awesome. But s...i thought that the novel was pretty awesome. But somehow it resembles to me, the hit show pretty little liars?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-50717746158499319942010-12-25T18:59:14.573-08:002010-12-25T18:59:14.573-08:00--continue--
Megan's death, however, was the ...--continue-- <br />Megan's death, however, was the motiveless part for me. Megan does diss Ellen once in awhile, but from what I seen it's nothing too mean. It's more likely that Sylvia should be the one she wanted to kill. Megan seemed pretty fine to me, I had no idea why Ellen killed her. <br /><br />It's a good suspense novel though. :) I do agree with you that Hazel was not really all that likable. I found Sylvia was my fave, somehow. The typing and texting do not bother me at all, though. I had no problem with the cliche new girl to popular thing, since it's all over the TV now. :P Not that bugged about it.<br /><br />I agree with you about the drinking part, though I think the main moral values/ lessons in this story were pretty obvious. I don't think it was about popularity. More like the price if you toyed with relationships with people. For instance, "friendship". It could get you killed to manipulate relationships with people, the way Sylvia did. ( she's unlucky anyway, met a psycho like Ellen. Most people just put up with the clique pressure. :P )<br /><br />Overall, I truly enjoyed this book. :) Nice review by the way. :)<br /><br />Sorry for blabbing :PQian.http://miroir.tk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-15551402390312417562010-12-25T18:58:36.789-08:002010-12-25T18:58:36.789-08:00I agree with you at some points, but I had to disa...I agree with you at some points, but I had to disagree with some of it too. For a start, I don't think that the ending was really that motiveless, although it's a bit confusing, I do wished the author had explained more about Ellen's motive though. :) I still think this mystery was laid out quite perfectly. It had you guessing. I think many of us had suspected Ellen while the story continued, but the author averted our gaze, which is quite clever, I think.<br /><br />However, I thought the motive for Ellen to, you know, kill them was a bit obvious, I'm surprised I got fooled by her... innocence act. <br />I was left confused in the end, either, but then I remembered some of the details, so I flipped back to certain parts and read it again --- the author had left clues, subtle ones, throughout the book.<br /><br />In the clique, Ellen is ignored, and it got even worse when Hazel joined, as she was somehow... replaced, even though they didn't kick her out.<br /><br />You could see she was constantly left out, or left alone, and the author did dedicated a small part in every one of those scenes to describe her disappointed expression and all. She was obviously hurt, a lot, by her friends throughout the year, with all the constant dissing on her clothes and other stuff. Although killing her friends as revenge was a bit too drastic for me, but I believe there's motive right there, because people obviously handle things differently, and the author had portrayed Ellen as this sensitive, easily hurt and.. I always thought she was a bit scary, the type of person who's so quiet that you don't know what's going on inside her mind at all.<br /><br />If you compare every diary entry of the killer to the scenes right before it, you'll realize there's always a reason for Ellen to be mad at her "friends" before she wrote her blog.<br />As for the part where Brandon, Ellen's girlfriend was killed, it was actually quite obvious after all. When Hazel slipped ( or not, I don't remember ) and told Ellen about Brandon and Sylvia, you could see Ellen was... I don't know, I thought her reaction of weird straight away. She acted as if she was fine with it, but actually she wasn't, not at all. Then Brandon died right after that. It would have been really suspicious.<br />Although the author did succeeded in averting the reader's gaze --- had us thinking that Sylvia did it. It was very suspicious too because of the Breona Wu part, where Hazel realized Sylvia was the one who killed Breona's dog, not the other way around. ( or so I think )<br /><br />Of course, these clues were very subtle, most people wouldn't really notice if they are reading very fast, skimming the details, wanting to get to the end xD I didn't notice either.<br /><br />But when hazel received the text right after Ellen left, the truth was revealed right away. You don't really have to read the last diary entry to know it was Ellen. <br /><br />The ending was shocking for me lol, since I didn't notice the clues the first time I read. I did suspected Ellen after Brandon died, but the author had cleverly got me into thinking Sylvia did it instead, later on.Qian.http://miroir.tk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-52633495602404901122010-12-13T07:23:59.345-08:002010-12-13T07:23:59.345-08:00i like you did not like the ending and found it co...i like you did not like the ending and found it confusing and motiveless. Hazel (the main character)confused the crap out of me and i didn't know whether i liked her or not. this book was good and suspenseful but it did have some motiveless, pointless parts to it. it was good overall thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-73931570378288704242010-12-07T13:05:56.865-08:002010-12-07T13:05:56.865-08:00Please, if you're going to leave a message arg...Please, if you're going to leave a message arguing about every single little point I made about this book, at least TRY to include some correct grammar and stop being 'anonymous' so I can email you back. I'm not a fan of cowards.<br /><br />I understand that there are obviously people out there that enjoyed this book, and I TRIED TO LIKE IT. However, it just wasn't for me! I even said in my review to give it a shot..Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651632799594666997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-87645715347766445652010-12-06T21:27:27.157-08:002010-12-06T21:27:27.157-08:00this book is SO much better than your making it so...this book is SO much better than your making it sound. stop hating on it. it's my favorite book ever! i don't know where your from, but teens do type like that. you can almost imagine the characters in your head. it is very descripitve. it also talks about how drinking is bad. and hazel is very much likeable. and in the end, she does change and becomes friends with one of her old friends. she learns from her mistakes. and it is possible to go from unpopular to popular, and vice-versa. anything is possible and that's what the author is saying. your not one to judge. and just for the record, there are such thing as people who are untouchable, the author is trying to make it seem like a real life situation, not some fantasy realm where everyone is equal and love is everywhere. and Alyssa Kirk and Christinabean, it is a very good book and you guys should read it for yourselves, not let someone persuade you into thinking something. dont take my word for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-6147934372509388432010-11-24T19:15:21.270-08:002010-11-24T19:15:21.270-08:00Wow, this book is SHOCKING! It's a thriller!Wow, this book is SHOCKING! It's a thriller!Deannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-52978450234986703372010-10-16T16:31:39.783-07:002010-10-16T16:31:39.783-07:00ok sorry i dont feel the same way but i loved this...ok sorry i dont feel the same way but i loved this book... and what do you no about texting you used the word lingo... and it does because breona wu gets drunk and they talk about hangovers and how the suck... and i think shes going to have a seconed book that will awnser some of the questions...and christinabean it is better then she made it soundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-19439467074079093172010-07-26T18:38:19.331-07:002010-07-26T18:38:19.331-07:00I just won a couple of Nancy Holder books a few we...I just won a couple of Nancy Holder books a few weeks ago and I'm dying for them to come in. I hope they are better than this one sounds. Thanks for the review.Christinabeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945271825456977665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-89992772430624865502010-07-14T09:58:56.644-07:002010-07-14T09:58:56.644-07:00Too bad this was disappointing. Doesn't sound ...Too bad this was disappointing. Doesn't sound like it would be for me either. Hope your next is better!<br /><br />~Alyssa<br /><a href="http://www.teensreadandwrite.com/" rel="nofollow">Teens Read and Write</a>Alyssa Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05619379952262450970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390019422100466668.post-4558277997470553182010-07-09T17:29:24.714-07:002010-07-09T17:29:24.714-07:00I've been wanting to like a Nancy Holder book,...I've been wanting to like a Nancy Holder book, but unfortunately, it just keeps not happening. And since you say none of the characters in this book are likable, and you didn't like it, I fear this would be the same. Unfortunate indeed.brizmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163313230550265190noreply@blogger.com