tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post326841757692671881..comments2024-03-28T04:48:48.741-04:00Comments on Alexa Loves Books: The Promise of Amazing - Robin ConstantineAlexa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-39869254025255538142014-01-20T04:15:32.596-05:002014-01-20T04:15:32.596-05:00It's funny that you mention that the title fit...It's funny that you mention that the title fits very well, because while I thought the opposite before (as in it's not amazing at all), you are right. It promises to be amazing, and is not. I think I liked this even less than you did. I thought the characters were frustrating (I liked Wren at first, but then she just turned out to be bland.) and especially Grayson was such a cliché. I still think it's sad that a book with such a cute cover and adorable title ends up being so blegh. <br /><br />The friends with arcs idea is so fun! I can definitely relate to what you said: I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life either, and I was quiet like Wren. There's this one thing Wren says in the book that really did something to me - when she says that being quiet is not a flaw, and not something she can just do something about. So true.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169574717441851611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-32178498010098063892014-01-12T21:46:10.490-05:002014-01-12T21:46:10.490-05:00It's very difficult to say how I managed to fi...It's very difficult to say how I managed to finish this one! I think I ended up thinking that it was like watching some crazy teen movie, and that's how I got through it. Sorry to hear that you weren't able to finish it!Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-8414954276053095582014-01-12T21:45:12.375-05:002014-01-12T21:45:12.375-05:00I'm glad you like our Friends with ARCs idea! ...I'm glad you like our Friends with ARCs idea! It was a fun one born out of a conversation Rachel and I were having one day :)<br /><br />True. I'm curious to see how you're going to feel about this one! Perhaps you will like it a little bit more than I did :)Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-40570774613754878652014-01-12T21:42:55.631-05:002014-01-12T21:42:55.631-05:00I'm glad it came across concisely and honestly...I'm glad it came across concisely and honestly! It was really one of the books that I was hoping to fall in love with, but fell short of that love. Very short.Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-5227440117066412902014-01-12T21:42:19.750-05:002014-01-12T21:42:19.750-05:00Yes, it's really sad. I wanted to like this on...Yes, it's really sad. I wanted to like this one more, but it really just went downhill after the two main characters meet. I mean, if we took Wren out of the story and put her into another one, I actually wouldn't mind that!Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-24756349457476361852014-01-12T21:40:42.227-05:002014-01-12T21:40:42.227-05:00Actually, the meet cute involved choking. Trust me...Actually, the meet cute involved choking. Trust me, it was as unattractive as the puking sounds. It made me so sad that I didn't end up liking this one, as it had sounded so promising when I first heard of it.Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-28048730747158106992013-12-31T13:40:38.692-05:002013-12-31T13:40:38.692-05:00I made it less than half way but still 150 pages a...I made it less than half way but still 150 pages and... I just don't have the desire to pick it up again. Wren was an okay character for me, I was really digging Grayson, and I didn't feel their relationship much at all. I think I may end up just passing on the rest of this one even though I wanted to finish it! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133612131488048932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-44570876215524974422013-12-27T22:03:58.455-05:002013-12-27T22:03:58.455-05:00I feel like a lot of people are MEH about The Prom...I feel like a lot of people are MEH about The Promise Of Amazing, which idk, I am sad to see but at the same time, I know to go in with lowered expectations so I might end up loving it. <br /><br />I like how you describe the title as being a lot like your experience with the book.<br /><br />AND YAY THROWBACK PICTURES.<br /><br />Love the ARCS with friends idea!!!April (BooksandWine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15268544465552896599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-77837511983770893622013-12-27T10:06:35.210-05:002013-12-27T10:06:35.210-05:00Aww man! I had hoped this book would be really goo...Aww man! I had hoped this book would be really good, but your review is one of many I've recently seen that say it falls short. I'll be skipping this one, but you did a great job of explaining some of the reasons it didn't click with you!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058757489545239601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-48234653499910475392013-12-26T17:35:33.054-05:002013-12-26T17:35:33.054-05:00I've been hearing not so great things about th...I've been hearing not so great things about this book. Somehow it's worse when a book doesn't live up to your expectations that a book that's just bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-26739868418980635482013-12-26T02:42:31.714-05:002013-12-26T02:42:31.714-05:00A friend of mine just finished this and pretty muc...A friend of mine just finished this and pretty much shared your opinion so it's safe to say I won't be reading it. She told me.there was some weird meet cute with puking involved?<br />I rarely read contemprorary as it is so it really needs to be special and this clearly isn't. <br />Great review, Alexa.Maja (The Nocturnal Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14276646316400863181noreply@blogger.com