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November 26, 2015
This was a really good book, the ending was a semi cliff hanger. I really enjoyed everything about it, there were so many things that I never saw coming which made the read all the more better! 10/10 would recommend as an easy yet amazing story-line read.
November 27, 2016
This book is shallow. It is not intresting enough to make me feel like I understand. I believe that this book is unfortunately circulates on one idea that everything is going to be fine. Even with Ellen's injury she revived with Kay's blood, which is not possible. In a sense with all the genetic altering going on, this book is entirely based on a belief of that genetics can make this happen, make that happen in 20 years. Soldiers with metal body parts is a cool creation but ulimately have you heard of people with metal parts able to survive? This book, if considered fiction, the ideas are possible, but setting it in a scene so close to home makes it unrealistic somehow. This scene may be encoutered by us, the people living around the area and that makes strange. Look at JK's books, they are set in the wildlands. So, it is believable. Even with books with Cornwell, places I had being to, it is still , in a way, created to be realistic, in which is not presentable in this book.
This book's vocabulary is minimal and theirfore easy to read. That is why I consider this book for 7-9s, not 13+ . The vocabulary, compared to my textbooks, is a league away and the descriptions are unclear. This book can be finished easily and that is nice. The limited vocab also allows easier reading, which is good.
The grammer is well, all right, perfectly fine but and suppose that is another star for addition.
Romance and feeling is another star for this book. This book has a little romance un it, making it healthy and with a simple dose, not very complicated, it gave this book a touch of flavour and it creates problems which can be further elaborated. The feeling for her mother is barely visible, and not clearly or meaningfully expressed. However, one can see that the 2 have a bond in which is undestructable. There is no swooning and the feeling are related simply. It made everything easier to understand and I believe that this is a good half mark.
In general, this book has simple and correct use of vocabulary, accurate grammer, shallow story, understadable romance and a sprinkle of love.
This book's vocabulary is minimal and theirfore easy to read. That is why I consider this book for 7-9s, not 13+ . The vocabulary, compared to my textbooks, is a league away and the descriptions are unclear. This book can be finished easily and that is nice. The limited vocab also allows easier reading, which is good.
The grammer is well, all right, perfectly fine but and suppose that is another star for addition.
Romance and feeling is another star for this book. This book has a little romance un it, making it healthy and with a simple dose, not very complicated, it gave this book a touch of flavour and it creates problems which can be further elaborated. The feeling for her mother is barely visible, and not clearly or meaningfully expressed. However, one can see that the 2 have a bond in which is undestructable. There is no swooning and the feeling are related simply. It made everything easier to understand and I believe that this is a good half mark.
In general, this book has simple and correct use of vocabulary, accurate grammer, shallow story, understadable romance and a sprinkle of love.
July 30, 2023
Gabby Tye returns with "Seek," the eagerly awaited sequel to her previous novel, "Hide." In this captivating follow-up, Tye continues the journey of protagonist Mia as she navigates through new challenges and confronts the lingering shadows of her past. With its powerful themes and compelling characters, "Seek" is a deeply satisfying read that radiates hope and resilience.
Picking up where "Hide" left off, "Seek" thrusts readers back into Mia's tumultuous world. While she has made significant progress in her personal growth, she finds herself facing unforeseen obstacles that test her newfound strength. Tye skillfully captures the internal struggles Mia faces as she grapples with self-doubt, fear, and the potential unraveling of her hard-earned progress.
One of the standout aspects of "Seek" is Tye's ability to delve deeper into the complexities of Mia's character. As readers, we witness the continued evolution of Mia as she confronts her own vulnerabilities and discovers inner reservoirs of strength she never knew existed. Tye writes with a deft hand, allowing Mia's growth to unfold organically, while also keeping readers engaged and committed to her journey.
However I don’t expect the ending.
Picking up where "Hide" left off, "Seek" thrusts readers back into Mia's tumultuous world. While she has made significant progress in her personal growth, she finds herself facing unforeseen obstacles that test her newfound strength. Tye skillfully captures the internal struggles Mia faces as she grapples with self-doubt, fear, and the potential unraveling of her hard-earned progress.
One of the standout aspects of "Seek" is Tye's ability to delve deeper into the complexities of Mia's character. As readers, we witness the continued evolution of Mia as she confronts her own vulnerabilities and discovers inner reservoirs of strength she never knew existed. Tye writes with a deft hand, allowing Mia's growth to unfold organically, while also keeping readers engaged and committed to her journey.
However I don’t expect the ending.
April 12, 2020
I borrowed the book from a friend from school so i didn't manage to read the first one. But the moment I read until page 10 I feel in love with the book and spent the rest of the day reading it. I really want to read the rest of the trilogy, so I can understand the story better. I too want to read EverAfter, because I know the books are gonna be as good as the one I read. Or maybe even better. Gabby Tye inspires me to be a writer of my own books. And I can't stop thinking about the book. The story really hit me and made me open to read more. Thank you Gabby.
May 15, 2016
Overall good book. Book 2 is the best out of the 3. This book ended too lazily, it felt like the author had rushed through it. There isn't any depth to characters and not enough details about the parents, too vague. Writing is choppy but one can't expect much from a 14-16 year old writer.
August 11, 2020
I have borrowed this book from my friend and I loved it since then. I love the way Kayla or rather Zee having so many techniques and magical powers! I LOVE it
December 20, 2023
The story wrapped out quite well. Of course, it was still fairly annoying how Kayla seemed to be invincible in the sense that she had all sorts of superpowers. I kind of understood the whole thing, and I like how the whole telepathy ability is explained. But .
And another thing about the superpower is how "fake" the author trying to nerf Kayla feels. As we know, she can see in the dark from the previous book. But she can only see the outline of figures in the dark: blue for humans and red for Eaters. I'm fairly sure this is mentioned in the previous book. In a very weak attempt to make her look like she's not all that great, guess what the weakness is? That's all she can see. She can't see objects. She can't navigate in the dark. Wow.
Anyway, it's ultimately still fiction, so let's not focus too much on that.
The grammar in this story can only be described with 1 punctuation: ?. So I'm sure we all know that there is a certain order of using tenses when you have an order of events. For example, "I was reading when I heard a loud sound." You use past perfect to talk about an action that occurred before something in the past: "By the time we arrived home, she had already fallen asleep." And you use past tense to talk about an action that occurred before the present, of course: "This is the seashell she found on the beach". It just doesn't make sense for the present tense and the past perfect tense to be put together when there isn't even the past tense. Like, you won't say, "This is the seashell she had found on the beach."
Because that's kind of what happened in Chapter 7. "I feel a pang in my heart. We had been so happy." It just doesn't make sense. Who allowed this kind of grammar? Do note that the story is written in the present tense. Like, you imagine you are Kayla, and you recall an old happy memory. At this current moment, you feel a pang in your heart. Are you more likely to think "Oh, we were so happy..." or "Oh, we had been so happy..."? I think you know your answer.
Another thing in this book I noticed was how unrealistic certain things can be. Like I don't think this book mentioned that Kayla had super strength. So how did the katana in Chapter 3 "[slice] through the air and straight into the soldier's chest"? Okay, some people have very good aiming, and Kayla has been trained for certain things, so I can buy the aim. But swords are not designed for throwing. Swords are meant to be held. The moment the sword leaves your hand, it can become a weapon used against you. I guess it looks cool, but man, it's not going to work. Maybe if the author had used a knife instead, it would be more believable because some knives are made for throwing. A sword is so big and heavy. Do you know how heavy a katana is? It's around 1 kg. It's going to lose momentum in the air. Chances are the sword is going to drop onto the floor before it can even hit the soldier.
I feel like the people in the book aren't struggling enough. In a way, everything is handed to them on a silver platter called PLOT ARMOUR. Like, they already know the answer is somewhere. They just have to find it and decode it. Everything just feels too convenient. And it just doesn't feel very thrilling because everything is going to be okay, you know? I get why but because I could somehow feel like everything was going to be okay. So there's just something about this book that gives the vibe of "nothing is going to go wrong". And well, . So I guess this book shouldn't even be considered Young Adult. Older kids won't be able to stand this. I used to enjoy this book as a kid but not anymore. This book should be Middle Grade or even Children's Fiction.
Of course, I applaud the author for having the brain power to think of all the possible puzzles Kayla's mother could give to Kayla. I think I've mentioned this in the reviews for Run or Hide: the idea of the story was great. It was just executed poorly. Certain aspects of the story were nice, but there were many aspects that were just... meh.
In the beginning, I had to put down the book for a few seconds to tell myself to ignore the grammatical errors and unrealistic aspects. However, I did find myself not doing that eventually. So I have to say that, at the very least, the book was engaging enough.
I find it quite nice how the book also alludes to a possible sequel, which we already know is EverAfter. Since it was published in 2017 and 2019 respectively, I hope the author's writing has improved and the editor does a better job at editing. Honestly, I don't even blame the author for grammatical errors because they do happen, but the editor's job is to look out for these issues, yet they weren't corrected. If I'm going to be very honest, the standard isn't there. It doesn't feel like something a publisher would publish. It feels like this book was independently published without going through an editor. I just hope that the sequel will be better.
To curious people, if you want to read this book, read Run and Hide first because this is Book 3. I advise shutting your brain when you read it. Don't expect too much. But in my opinion, it will get better. 3.5 stars because I can't bring myself to give it 4 stars.
Related Reviews:
Run (Book 1)
Hide (Book 2)
Seek (Book 3)
And another thing about the superpower is how "fake" the author trying to nerf Kayla feels. As we know, she can see in the dark from the previous book. But she can only see the outline of figures in the dark: blue for humans and red for Eaters. I'm fairly sure this is mentioned in the previous book. In a very weak attempt to make her look like she's not all that great, guess what the weakness is? That's all she can see. She can't see objects. She can't navigate in the dark. Wow.
Anyway, it's ultimately still fiction, so let's not focus too much on that.
The grammar in this story can only be described with 1 punctuation: ?. So I'm sure we all know that there is a certain order of using tenses when you have an order of events. For example, "I was reading when I heard a loud sound." You use past perfect to talk about an action that occurred before something in the past: "By the time we arrived home, she had already fallen asleep." And you use past tense to talk about an action that occurred before the present, of course: "This is the seashell she found on the beach". It just doesn't make sense for the present tense and the past perfect tense to be put together when there isn't even the past tense. Like, you won't say, "This is the seashell she had found on the beach."
Because that's kind of what happened in Chapter 7. "I feel a pang in my heart. We had been so happy." It just doesn't make sense. Who allowed this kind of grammar? Do note that the story is written in the present tense. Like, you imagine you are Kayla, and you recall an old happy memory. At this current moment, you feel a pang in your heart. Are you more likely to think "Oh, we were so happy..." or "Oh, we had been so happy..."? I think you know your answer.
Another thing in this book I noticed was how unrealistic certain things can be. Like I don't think this book mentioned that Kayla had super strength. So how did the katana in Chapter 3 "[slice] through the air and straight into the soldier's chest"? Okay, some people have very good aiming, and Kayla has been trained for certain things, so I can buy the aim. But swords are not designed for throwing. Swords are meant to be held. The moment the sword leaves your hand, it can become a weapon used against you. I guess it looks cool, but man, it's not going to work. Maybe if the author had used a knife instead, it would be more believable because some knives are made for throwing. A sword is so big and heavy. Do you know how heavy a katana is? It's around 1 kg. It's going to lose momentum in the air. Chances are the sword is going to drop onto the floor before it can even hit the soldier.
I feel like the people in the book aren't struggling enough. In a way, everything is handed to them on a silver platter called PLOT ARMOUR. Like, they already know the answer is somewhere. They just have to find it and decode it. Everything just feels too convenient. And it just doesn't feel very thrilling because everything is going to be okay, you know? I get why but because I could somehow feel like everything was going to be okay. So there's just something about this book that gives the vibe of "nothing is going to go wrong". And well, . So I guess this book shouldn't even be considered Young Adult. Older kids won't be able to stand this. I used to enjoy this book as a kid but not anymore. This book should be Middle Grade or even Children's Fiction.
Of course, I applaud the author for having the brain power to think of all the possible puzzles Kayla's mother could give to Kayla. I think I've mentioned this in the reviews for Run or Hide: the idea of the story was great. It was just executed poorly. Certain aspects of the story were nice, but there were many aspects that were just... meh.
In the beginning, I had to put down the book for a few seconds to tell myself to ignore the grammatical errors and unrealistic aspects. However, I did find myself not doing that eventually. So I have to say that, at the very least, the book was engaging enough.
I find it quite nice how the book also alludes to a possible sequel, which we already know is EverAfter. Since it was published in 2017 and 2019 respectively, I hope the author's writing has improved and the editor does a better job at editing. Honestly, I don't even blame the author for grammatical errors because they do happen, but the editor's job is to look out for these issues, yet they weren't corrected. If I'm going to be very honest, the standard isn't there. It doesn't feel like something a publisher would publish. It feels like this book was independently published without going through an editor. I just hope that the sequel will be better.
To curious people, if you want to read this book, read Run and Hide first because this is Book 3. I advise shutting your brain when you read it. Don't expect too much. But in my opinion, it will get better. 3.5 stars because I can't bring myself to give it 4 stars.
Related Reviews:
Run (Book 1)
Hide (Book 2)
Seek (Book 3)
September 25, 2023
while this wasn't the most well developed story, it was ten times better than the first book in the series.
the world building wasn't very well done, but I appreciate the attempts at creating something with more mystery and plot line, like the part where her father was the lead scientist trying to steal her blood, even if it wasn't a great execution.
the main character still has too much power, even with the weird part where her connection with Connor was cut off forever. she can literally heal with her blood, read minds, see in the dark, and see the future. like damn leave some for the rest of us
I also didnt like the way she kept switching between Connor and Jae. while we already knew who would be endgame, it was still pretty annoying to watch get possessive over Connor and then cringily slap herself mentally
the world building wasn't very well done, but I appreciate the attempts at creating something with more mystery and plot line, like the part where her father was the lead scientist trying to steal her blood, even if it wasn't a great execution.
the main character still has too much power, even with the weird part where her connection with Connor was cut off forever. she can literally heal with her blood, read minds, see in the dark, and see the future. like damn leave some for the rest of us
I also didnt like the way she kept switching between Connor and Jae. while we already knew who would be endgame, it was still pretty annoying to watch get possessive over Connor and then cringily slap herself mentally
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December 1, 2023
this is actually the first book i’ve finished in a day and i have to say there were so many plot twists and tbh i rlly didn’t see myself finishing this series because i picked it up a long time after i’ve read the first book and to me, the second book was a 3/5 (it could’ve done better) but this book and eryn’s death made me cry but im glad she survived and the whole family reunion thing for the other survivors was so adorable and when the scientist who was carrying his eater siblings i just couldn’t like it was so sad i BAWLED and im so glad they kept the gates open and in the end when kayla’s mom screamed, i was expecting it to be because they actually found a way to cure the eaters but apparently it was just because of a seedling and i know it is something to be excited about but i was a lil disappointed and expected it to be the eaters recovering back to humans
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December 2, 2019
The last book in the trilogy, well in the series, there is still ever and after, the ending was much unexpected and a bit boring, it had a average climax, but the ending was still considered satisfactory, I enjoyed reading this little series and gave me a new insight into romance novels a bit more. Regardless, I recommend this series to young adults who enjoy a blend of thriller and romance.
July 13, 2017
If only the ending is not like that, I could have rated this more than 3.
Overall, the story is okay. Run-Hide-Seek, I like the concept.
Overall, the story is okay. Run-Hide-Seek, I like the concept.
June 14, 2022
ok not my fav but still an amazing book. i loved the twist and turns and new things we discovered in this book. tho i feel like the other characters shld have more time to shine as well!
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May 19, 2023
amazing
October 26, 2023
Why does it have a cliffhanger. Ugh
April 20, 2016
It made for a quick read but I thought that it ended too lazily and all the solutions to problems are really lazy too. I don't know if it's my personal take on YA that made me annoyed with the conner or jae thing, but I thought there was just enough action for me to overlook that. not too bad for a series though.
August 13, 2023
Meh. She shouldn't have shouted and screamed at her mom. She broke the law for her daughter and this happens?
June 3, 2023
Read in 2019 in one night with the other books except after. Really good book.
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