This Week's Reviews

This past few weeks I watched a new movie and read two books. So just like the last post, I'll be reviewing and summarizing them.
The movie I watched was If I Stay:

I should have done this a long time ago, post the trailer that is. It's about a girl who gets in an accident. Her body is dying, while her spirit is watching. It flashes back and forth between her in the hospital and her life before the accident, so the audience doesn't get the full story until the very end. It was beautiful. I'll be honest, I bawled the entire time...literally the full two hours tears were streaming down my face. Luckily my roommates weren't home, otherwise they probably would have thought I was crazy because they've never seen me shed a tear, let alone wail whilst my mascara is being smeared across my face from so many tears. If you ever need a good cry, this is your movie. I give it a 4/5 stars.

The first book I read this week was:

 

To be honest I was very disappointed in this book. It's been on my "to read" list on Goodreads for years and I finally got around to it. It was a great idea: a modern version of Rapunzel, Cindy C. Bennett just didn't execute it as good as I think she could have. Rapunzel was kidnapped as a child by Gothel but doesn't figure out her "mother" is crazy until she's 18. She's been locked in a tower for as long as she can remember, her only freedom is her computer. She meets a boy in her town online who ends up rescuing her. I give it a 2/5 stars. The two points are for the idea. I don't actually really recommend it.

The much better book I read this week was:

This is about a girl named Macallan who meets Levi in seventh grade. They soon become best friends. The book travels through until their junior year, where they question whether boys and girls can really be "just friends" or not. Each chapter switches from Macallan's point of view to Levi's, as if looking into their past. In between each chapter is them commentating on their past that we are learning about. It's very clever actually, I really liked it. This book made me mad, happy, and I had to hold back tears. Overall I'd give it a 3.5 or 4/5. Let's just say I'm very glad I read this one after Rapunzel Untangled so that I could be reminded of good books in this world. I have read another book by this author though, Prom and Prejudice if you were interested, and it was cute too. She's a clean author and isn't too cheesy ;).

Well, until next time!