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Crash: The Not Quite Unreal Sequel
Life's too short to slow down, and no one know this better than the young, the rich, and the screwed up.
In "The Faster They Go...", the kids of the M o f A and the P face the biggest, most dramatic situation their pretty heads and shiny hair have to face ever: they are NOT invited to the biggest open party of the season! That sucks, really, especially if you already planned on what you're wearing, right? Shit.
In "...The Harder They Crash", things take a turn for the worse as they realize that surviving through the school year means dealing with the biggest threat they have to face: each other. With hearts racing, and hormones raging, there's no stopping now.
Two exciting stories, one not quite unreal sequel. Brace yourself. You're in for a ride.
In "The Faster They Go...", the kids of the M o f A and the P face the biggest, most dramatic situation their pretty heads and shiny hair have to face ever: they are NOT invited to the biggest open party of the season! That sucks, really, especially if you already planned on what you're wearing, right? Shit.
In "...The Harder They Crash", things take a turn for the worse as they realize that surviving through the school year means dealing with the biggest threat they have to face: each other. With hearts racing, and hormones raging, there's no stopping now.
Two exciting stories, one not quite unreal sequel. Brace yourself. You're in for a ride.
200 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2009
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November 4, 2014
I don't know if I like Roles better than Crash. This one is more complex but maybe - just maybe - it's a little to heavier for my taste. So, 3.5 it is.
Now, unto the third book! :D
Now, unto the third book! :D
March 27, 2011
If Roles was failed hope for 150 pesos, Crash is panggatong at 200 pesos. I was half-expecting Crash to be at least better than Roles, but again, hopes here went down the drain.
First, we slog to the ridiculously impossible scenarios presented in the book. One of these is the plausibility of a young man, not yet 18, driving a sleek car. If this was set in the Philippines, how is this possible? Another was the rather unusual shifting of the sentences and again, the awkward sentences rearing an ugly head. Words are used without sympathy; how simple is it to write that a malnourished kid is wearing sandos instead of a tanktop?! If there were parts in the book written in Filipino, I personally find it necessary to use “sando” instead of tanktop.
One of the passages I detest was the one against Ever Bilena. Sure, the brand itself may be the epitome of the baduy (un-cool) in the Philippine context but putting a NAME of a brand in bad light to force-feed humor to the reader questions the logic of the writer. So you mean ALL SALESLADIES wear Ever Bilena? What if the Saleslady dons Max Factor, or Maybilene, or Etude House, or Kanebou, or Shiseidou?
Visprint has its notables of hits and misses and this one is obviously a miss. I suggest you buy GM Cordero’s horror novel, one of the best and the most well written pieces in Local Horror in English. Your 200 pesos deserves more.
First, we slog to the ridiculously impossible scenarios presented in the book. One of these is the plausibility of a young man, not yet 18, driving a sleek car. If this was set in the Philippines, how is this possible? Another was the rather unusual shifting of the sentences and again, the awkward sentences rearing an ugly head. Words are used without sympathy; how simple is it to write that a malnourished kid is wearing sandos instead of a tanktop?! If there were parts in the book written in Filipino, I personally find it necessary to use “sando” instead of tanktop.
One of the passages I detest was the one against Ever Bilena. Sure, the brand itself may be the epitome of the baduy (un-cool) in the Philippine context but putting a NAME of a brand in bad light to force-feed humor to the reader questions the logic of the writer. So you mean ALL SALESLADIES wear Ever Bilena? What if the Saleslady dons Max Factor, or Maybilene, or Etude House, or Kanebou, or Shiseidou?
Visprint has its notables of hits and misses and this one is obviously a miss. I suggest you buy GM Cordero’s horror novel, one of the best and the most well written pieces in Local Horror in English. Your 200 pesos deserves more.
February 19, 2013
mas malala pa ito sa Gossip Girl... or baka parang GG siya ng Pilipinas. sobrang scandalous, to think na high school students lang sila.
sa weekend na yung buong review. :D
sa weekend na yung buong review. :D
January 22, 2014
you were right about it :)
January 22, 2014
very perky :-)
March 27, 2020
I get why Siege wrote this book - written at a time when Gossip Girl was the in thing - heck it even inspired its own local rip-off, Lipgloss. But Roles/Crash was way better than that.
It was not bad at all. I love how it was fast-paced and how everyone gets a fair share of attention. And, oh, I'm a fan of that Jason-Ordiz-Voltaire sexual tension. Also, Mitch and her sense of rationality.
It made me miss my private school life, somewhat. And all its craziness.
It was not bad at all. I love how it was fast-paced and how everyone gets a fair share of attention. And, oh, I'm a fan of that Jason-Ordiz-Voltaire sexual tension. Also, Mitch and her sense of rationality.
It made me miss my private school life, somewhat. And all its craziness.
October 30, 2012
The lovely cliffhanger by the first novel was not "directly" followed here. If the first novel follows the misadventures of the characters, and the mystery lying on each one them, here we will see a more dynamic, a more interesting, and a more daring characters and plot. What seems to be the awkward flaw of the novel is that the questions that were raised in the first novel were not answered, there were awkward scenes within the novel that makes you question reality in its entirety, if you're going to base teenage reality to that of the novel--which I presume is the target of the series, and there were a lot of incoherence with how things happened.
Flaws aside, the story in itself is interesting enough to have a potential. The novel will not fail to recognize that this is our generation, and that you'll feel some sympathy to the characters.
Looking forward for the finale!
Flaws aside, the story in itself is interesting enough to have a potential. The novel will not fail to recognize that this is our generation, and that you'll feel some sympathy to the characters.
Looking forward for the finale!
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