WIJFR: Beautiful Creatures (ns)

Re: WIJFR: Beautiful Creatures (ns)

• nocturnalintimacy member

  

  October 2013

  I felt that this book lacked....everything. I was so annoyed by the end of it, I won't be reading anymore in that series.
  
  Also, agreed on the Ravenwood plantation.
  

  
  
  
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• nocturnalintimacy member

  

  October 2013

  I felt that this book lacked....everything. I was so annoyed by the end of it, I won't be reading anymore in that series.
  
  Also, agreed on the Ravenwood plantation.
  

  
  
  
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• Young_Love member

  

  October 2013

  It was way too long, and the whole book was built on this CHOICE. And in the end...well, I'm not going to spoil, but...meh.
  

    
  

  

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• Lauren620 member

  

  October 2013

  I only liked the first two books in this series.  The writing drags on and on and I thought the third and fourth book were obnoxiously long and boring.

  
  
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• RevJen member

  

  October 2013

  I only read the first one and then stopped.  It just annoyed me.  All of it.  I would, however, investigate Ravenwood if it was a real place.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• jkfranklin member

  

  October 2013

  GilliC said:

  Okay, not "just" finished, because I finished it last weekend, but the wijfr/wiar post made me realize that I almost never post them. So... new leaf!

  
  

  I enjoyed reading this, but I felt like it was mostly unoriginal. The civil war history and antebellum southern attitudes were unique and interesting, but the plot just felt rehashed. It was like rereading the beginning of the House of Night series in a different setting (and with better writing).

  
  

  Also similar to House of Night, I didn't feel confident that the authors really knew where the series was going. It seemed like the book ended by just stopping at a random point without resolving any of the questions or sub-plots. Most series manage to have a long-running plot while still giving each book has some feeling of resolution at the end. This abrupt ending made me question how well the authors planned the series, so I'm not sure I want to continue. Is the series complete? If this is one of those series that's basically just a single story divided into multiple volumes, I might read the other three, but if this is going to be like House of Night, which just kind of drifted around without direction, I'd rather stop now. If you've read all four, what do you think?

  
  

  PS - I agree with @booneybear that Ravenwood plantation was the best part!

  This!  It was a very incomplete ending.  And I agree with @young_love
  

  
  
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• pinkybooklover09 member

  

  October 2013

  This book is a classic example of why two people writing a book together isn't always the best idea. It definitely seemed like a 'too many cooks' sort of situation. I liked the story overall but I hated how long it took for me to get there. I just read the first book and have no plans to continue on with the series. Ain't nobody got time for that.

  

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• j*&p* member

  

  October 2013

  I'm not familiar with the House of Night series at all, but I agree that the plot didn't feel all that groundbreaking. I enjoyed the story while I was reading though, especially the southern gothic feel of the setting and Ravenswood. I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed it given all of the negative comments I'd heard before picking it up. The next books have never really edged out other things to get to the top of my TBR list list though.  

   
  

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• MrsJenE member

  

  October 2013

  I stopped reading it after the second book. It seemed like the authors had no idea where the story was going to go, but they were taking a long time to get there.

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• mrsvedo member

  

  October 2013

  I bought all of these books for Kindle when Amazon had them on sale but haven't read them yet. They were only like a dollar or two each so we're not talking about a huge amount of money. After reading this post, though, I'm bummed I spent money on them and they're not very good and taking up space on my Kindle.
  

  

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• GilliC member

  

  October 2013 edited October 2013

  mrsvedo said:

  I bought all of these books for Kindle when Amazon had them on sale but haven't read them yet. They were only like a dollar or two each so we're not talking about a huge amount of money. After reading this post, though, I'm bummed I spent money on them and they're not very good and taking up space on my Kindle.
  

  @mrsvedo That's when I bought the first one, and I had considered buying the others. If I had, I might have gone ahead and read them when I was in the mood for teen paranormal romance, but I don't think I'm going to pay full price for them.

  
  

  FYI - You can remove books from your Kindle if you need the space and then download them again when you want them. I buy so many Kindle Daily Deals that my default is to have them sent to the Kindle Cloud Reader. I rarely put them on my device until I think I might read them, because I have over 400 purchased Kindle books plus 1100 free ones. I typically keep just a few dozen on my device at one time.

  

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• Savanna111911 member

  

  October 2013

  I really liked Beautiful Creatures. I did agree that it was a little long (I don't mind long books, but long books that are longer than they need to be annoy me).  But overall I loved the story.

   

  Do yourself a favor though and don't watch the movie.

  

  

  

  
  
   
  
  

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• GilliC member

  

  October 2013 edited October 2013

  Savanna111911 said:

  Do yourself a favor though and don't watch the movie.
  

  Too late!

  
  

  I hated that the movie didn't make the house nearly as cool and completely changed What's-His-Name (the male cousin), but I thought it actually did a better job than the book of trying to wrap things up. Since it's a film and all. Minor Spoilerish Comment Warning!  Highlight to read: The novel was so all over the place with his parents and the book and the choice and the ancestor flashbacks that it just got confusing and messy. I liked the fact that the film had to simplify all that into a more clear and concise explanation.

  

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