The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George *Contains Spoilers*

Hello. If you are reading this discussion because you are looking for a happy, joyful, 5/5 star rating book to read, I advise that you quickly scroll down.

The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George is about a girl named Becca King. Becca King has a semi-supernatural power: she can hear other peoples' thoughts. On the run from her murderous step-father, she comes to Whidbey Island in search of a safe refuge. Instead, she finds herself wrapped up inside a mystery and realises she might not be safe after all.

This book started out fine. Really well. It was luring me in, it was curious, and then it just slowly got boring, then more boring, and more and more boring until I fell into the pit of boringness.

The real mystery doesn't even start until halfway through the book, and I was just plain bored. Boring characters. It was just too ordinary. Still, I soldiered on and finished it.

Okay, this part contains spoilers, so if you want to read the book, please look away.

Okay, I HATE DUMB CHARACTERS SO MUCH. Becca was THE DUMBEST PERSON. EVER. She was such a clueless character. Why wouldn't you tell the sheriff that you mysteriously appeared on the island because your step-father was trying to murder you and your mother? That would have saved SO MUCH time. I'm not even kidding. And then, when her step-father appears again at the end, that wouldn't have happened BECCA if you had only told SOMEONE about your problem other than Seth.

The characters were not developed enough. I know that in order for the characters to appear mysterious that we couldn't know everything they were feeling. It's just I wanted to know what they were feeling. I wanted to know exactly what they looked like. This book is the first in a series, so I hope that the characters are developed more thoroughly than in this one. I'm not reading the second one though.

Also, another thing that bugged me was George's comments on Becca's weight. I know that during adolescence that weight can be a subject that is approached and that it is a problem for many people, but seriously? Teenagers already have enough on their minds, and then George just keeps mentioning how overweight or thin Becca is/was. Even the line 'In through the lips and into the hips' makes me feel kinda bad about what I am eating. I had one chocolate today. Give me a break. I feel that these mentions were unnecessary and added nothing to the story.

Her 'mind reading' abilities did absolutely nothing to the story.

The ending though.... IT WAS THE STUPID DOG WHO PUSHED DERRIC OFF THE CLIFF??!!! When I figured that out (bty, I figured it before they did in the book) I was like oh my gosh, that was what it was? The DOG. After all that lying and protecting and accusing and everything that took up more than half of the book, it was the dog. Seth's stupid dog. Ugh.

I wouldn't read this book again. I enjoyed it at the start, but then it just plunged into boringness.

I would give it 2/5 stars on account for it's interesting beginning. It is by Elizabeth George and this is her first YA book.

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Can I just stop for a moment.

Okay, I am going to get this off my chest. I have A WHOLE LOTTA BOOKS TO DISCUSS. Ones that you will probably be reading:

The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George.
White Cat by Holly Black
Paper Towns by John Green
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Four by Veronica Roth
Hunger Games Video Review for Hunger Games and Mockingjay (written by Susan Collins, video created by me)
Divergent Video Review for all books (written by Veronica Roth, video created by me)
Lorde-Your Heroine by Marc Shapiro.

There you go. I hope you have a lot to look forward to.

It will be a pain trying to write all of these discussions as fast as I can so I don't keep myself (in a way) and others waiting.

This is what my expression is right now. Except I'm not staring at an artwork, I'm staring at my bookshelf. Trust me, I love books and reading, but writing all of those reviews!



Trust me though, they will be written! :)

Oh, and I thought I'd pop this one in for good measure (me when I finish all of them):





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Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (aka you tuber Zoella)

Man oh man oh man. I have not written on this blog for a super long time.

I just finished this really great book called Girl Online. It was written by Zoe Sugg, also known as you tube sensation, Zoella.

This book was really great. I loved it and it was just a cute, light read. I loved the characters and the storyline. Very cute.

It is about a girl named Penny Porter, who writes on a blog, anonymously, and she calls herself Girl Online. She is 16 years old and suffers from anxiety, the result of a car accident. Her parents design themed weddings, and they were asked to create a Downton Abbey themed wedding in New York, so Penny, her parents and Penny's best friend Elliot (male) travel to NYC.

While they are staying in a grand hotel, Penny comes across a mysterious young man playing a the guitar. The 18 year olds' name is Noah, and he shows Penny around New York, as well as places like Brooklyn. They  start to fall in love.

However, Noah has a huge secret he has been hiding from Penny. And when Penny finds, out, she is absolutely devastated.....

I am not going to spoil anything in this discussion.

I loved Penny. She was such a relatable character. She's funny, socially awkward and peer pressured immensely by her ex-best friend Megan, you typical 'I'm so popular and perfect and everyone loves me' girl. Penny gets panic attacks when she gets nervous or she does something she is not comfortable doing.
I loved how she didn't have a group of girlfriends. I think, with a lot of stories like these, the main character has a girl as her bestie, but I liked how she just had Elliot.

Moving on. I also loved Elliot, Penny's best friend. He is quirky, funny, but insecure at times because he hates his homelife and has come to terms with being gay. His parents do not accept/notice this, and he is not loved as much as he should be. He wears unusual clothes, and is a very stylish person.

Lastly, Noah was not my favourite character, I have to admit. I really liked him, and I liked how nice and sensitive and generous he was, it's just I don't know. Something was not quite right about him. For those who have read the book, he turns out fine, but I still feel a bit off about him.

But, as hard as I tried, I could not stop imagining the main characters as Youtubers. I kept seeing Penny as Zoe Sugg, her brother as a mix of Joe Sugg and someone that my brain conjured up, Elliot as Connor Franta and Noah as, like, a mixture between Dan Howell and a punk dude. I dunno.

*Skink!* (AmazingPhil reference. Just ignore that if you don't know what that means.) This book has been confirmed that it was partly ghostwritten. There is some speculation about whether a massive part of the book was ghostwritten or just small parts. Anyway, DO NOT WORRY AND IGNORE THAT. This book is fantastic anyway and overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.



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