I tried. Truly I did. But I could not get into it. The writing style was really good, but Mia just...fell flat. I couldn't even finish the book, and let me tell you why: it's a personal preference, I don't like books with a lot of blatant biblical things. And holy shit, this book was nonstop talk...
Los Angeles to miasto, w którym rzadko pada. Wszyscy w to wierzą, ponieważ w końcu o tym mówi ta sławna piosenka: "Nigdy nie pada w Kalifornii, ale dziewczyno, nie ostrzegli cię? Jak już leje, to leje", więc musi to być prawda. Uciekająca przed przeszłością Mia, zamieszkuje tam wraz z rodziną i w...
In Struck, the main character, Mia, a girl with an addiction to lightning, must figure out her place in the world after a major disaster. She must figure out how to deal with her dysfunctional mother, and uncooperative younger brother, and two cult-like groups, both trying to win her over onto th...
You never know when that jagged scrawl of white fire, charged with a hundred million volts of electricity, might blaze down from the sky and find its mark on you; sear a hole like a bullet right through you, or turn your hair to ash; maybe leave your skin blackened to a crisp, or stop your heart;...
Parker met me at my locker after school, right on time. We got our rations—this time we had a couple cans of fruit cocktail and a chocolate bar—and carried them to my car. Parker didn’t say a word to me the whole time, and he didn’t meet my eyes once.I had never felt so alone in my life, and that...
The immense building could have been designed by a rabbit; it seemed more warren than house. The walls, floor, and ceiling were exposed wood, oily and aged. Ethereal paintings of moths with black circles on white wings crowded the walls in the hallways. The same species of moth that was inked on ...