I'm surprised this got such rave reviews from other people. It seemed generic and predictable, more for 12-14 yr olds than the over 14 crowd. I'm not saying it was a bad book. It moved quickly, was somewhat entertaining (especially when using it to avoid writing a paper) and there didn't seem to be any major plot holes. Still, it wasn't extraordinary and definitely not worth a five star rating (unless you're comparing it to Meg Cabot or Darren Shan, because everything looks better when compared to those two). It's more like average. It was neither great, nor did it suck. And it made me want to read both Dracula and Frankenstein, which I never got to read in school.

In a time when you can find a thousand hetero fairies love stories (and a couple of gay boys)in the young adult section, it's refreshing to see something a little more relatable to the female queer kids. Add to that the retelling of a classic fairy tale in a new way, where the girl isn't waiting for her prince to come (she spends some time waiting for her fairy prince to come, but gets over the notion soon enough). It's equals a fun read that you can escape into for a couple of hours.

The book that wouldn't end. It's one redeeming virtue is that the last page is beautifully written.

Good lesbian books are a rare treat, especially ones found sitting in major chain bookstores. So I was amazed when I saw this one in Borders, picked it up, and it was actually good.
It's happy. It's sad. It's a road trip story. It's a coming of age story.

While this book adds good closure to the series, should it be the end of it, it is nowhere near the quality of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker books. Adams writes like the king of random, and the rest of the series is almost like hysterical descent into madness. Colfer's writing is more like black and white compared to the vivid colors of the previous books. There are funny parts and it's readable, but in the end, it's imitation.

This book traumatized me. I had seen the movie and thought I knew how it'd go, but I ended up reading the last chapters through tears. And so I now can't decide whether it was a good thing or not that she sold out the ending for the movie.

Long, boring, and relatively pointless. I read Going Bovine first and it was an awesome book, so I had high hopes for the rest of her work. I was very dissapointed by this series, especially since I love seeing stories out there about girls that don't fallow the set path. This book doesn't deliver a memorable story though. The one good thing I can say is that at least it's not one of those books brainwashing teenaged girls into buying more jimmy chu shoes.

Some interesting tidbits about geriatric patients, but I agree with another reviewer that this book would have been better as just an article. It's too long for what it is and not as profound as the author thinks it is.

Before I read this, I never knew how contrived brit punk was and by reading this book, I lost a lot of respect for it. Basically, it's the sex pistols as a boy band put together totally for the point of making money, as well as a lot of clothing merchandizing and a couple of fights.

Kind of a mix of arabian nights (with the stories within the story) and grims fairy tales. It's good, but if your not into that type of book, then you probably won't enjoy it.

Got it free from the early reviewers and still haven't gotten around to reading it. Looks interesting though.

Good, but one of the things that's weird about reading the comics when you're a Gaiman fan is it makes you wonder where his humor went. One of the things I love about the author is his ability to mix wit with fantasy and it's not something I see here. Still, it's a good quick read and I love Death's character.

Kind of interesting in this really trippy way.

I think I've been scarred for life by this book. Not by the stupid things the captives do to themselves, but by their stories and how I'll be walking along and suddenly see something that reminds me a really messed up story from the book. It's like watching the Doom Generation or a Rob Zombie horror flick. It's not really scary, but I leave the theater thinking, "What the hell did I just sit through?" That being said, I really liked the story of heaven being found on venus.

I love all of Bucky's books (well, except for the self-help one that i haven't read due to the fact that I'm neither a man nor an alcoholic) and even though my favorite poems are from Whiskey and Robots (which is the first half of this book), this book is great too.

Honestly, in the grand genre of teenage books mixing fairy with modern day reality, this book is forgettable. I stumbled onto it on my list and didn't remember what it was until I clicked on it. That's not to say that it isn't highly readable. It is, and enjoyable, but I recommend library over buying it.

I've thinking of adding another part to the title of this book. It should read, you don't have to be a diabetic to love this cookbook, but you should have loads of money or else you won't really be able to cook the things in this cookbook. I have no such loads, so I just tried to make some snapper. It worked out okay, only I then learned that maybe I don't like snapper all that much. So I really couldn't tell you if it was the recipe or the snapper. I was also hoping there would be more things to do with cooking vegetables in the book, but was also disappointed. It's a pretty book and full of delicious sounding things, but I'd recommend having money to spare and maybe being a really good cook, as none of the recipes seem that easy.

I got this book because I thought, "Jane Austen and zombies, that sounds funny as hell." The thing was, while the Austen parts made up an interesting story, the zombies weren't that funny and actually made it kind of annoying. I'm usually very for random stuff going on in established fictional worlds, but the zombies didn't add anything good to the story. It makes me wonder if Chris Moore or Jasper Fforde had written it, if it could have been awesome. I ended up wishing I had just picked up a real copy of pride and Prejudice. It was pretty disappointing.

Kind of long and redundant, but has some really funny parts in it.

As a lesbian, you get used to books where a young lesbian just coming out ends up sad and alone at the end for the crime of being gay. This is an exception and one worth reading. JD Glass has created an excellent character in Nina, someone with integrity and heart. She has some really tough times, but through it all, maintains who she is. It's gritty and realistic and the best of JD's work since she refuses to read her past novels before continuing the story, creating inconsistencies in the lives of her characters, and then jumps genre with them in later books. While that bugs me, it might not bug you and you do get to learn more about Fran and Sam in later books. Plus, Glass knows how to write about great love and does pretty hot work with sex scenes. I also recommend Red Light, except for the last chapter when the genre jumping begins.

Best quote about dead hookers ever.

Really closely resembles the shining if you think about it.

This book made me cry over a dozen times. It made me angry even more. I think everyone should read it.

Some interesting parts, but eventually I was bored with all the strangeness (and I'm not easily bored with strangeness). Did enjoy the bit about the Macdonalonians.

My favorite of his books, possibly because of my affinity for stuff having to do with secrets in the underground of cities, but a great book none the less.

Bucky is the king of poetry that can mean both nothing and everything at once. His stuff is funny, sad, and enlightening. He is definitely worth going to see in person, especially at a small setting where he'll feel comfortable enough to read some of the more powerful things in the book. I believe that this is the best of his work, despite the more recent all blacked out and no where to go which had some great stuff in it.

okay, so the movie really sucked, but the book is actually kind of decent and worth killing an hour or two with.

This is my favorite book of all time. I've read it so many times that I don't have to read it anymore to know exactly what is going to happen on each page. It is well written and profound. There are parts of it that connect to life every day. You'll definitely never look at cucumbers the same way again. It's intense, but worth getting through. I've lent it to people that read it and could only say, "wow." Ellen Miller became my favorite author by writing one book, that's how good it was. It was a great disappointment when the second novel that was supposedly in the works never came.

This book would make the next great Tim Burton claymation movie.

Westerfeld proves that there are still people out there interested in writing a good story, rather than just making it look profound. He takes old ideas and gives them a new interesting twist. I have to say that he is one of my favorite young adult writers of all time.