Back-Story: I had just bought a Nook HD and saw that this book was only 99 cents, so I went ahead and bought it. Usually I read the sample of the book first, but the description talked about a ghost living in the Brazils room and being a huge fan of Meg Cabot’s Mediator series I went ahead and bought the book.Review: I was a little let down about this book. There was a lot of cussing and name calling that I didn’t care for. The ghost isn’t in the book all that much and he doesn’t end up as a main person like I thought he would be. The book is very long which I thought would be a good thing, but the book just kept dragging on and I was just wanting to finish it to get it over with.Looks: The cover on Goodreads is different than the cover from the Nook. I like the Nook cover better (it’s a girl in a swimsuit on the beach), but it doesn’t look like a very professional cover. It looks more like someone took a picture and used an app from their phone to put the tittle on.Content: A lot of cussing and Brazil puts herself in a dangerous situation with a guy that doesn’t have a good reputation.Likes: The ghost and his story of way he’s still lingering on earth.(I just wish there was more focus on his story).Dislikes: The language, the ghost doesn’t get as much attention as I thought he should have.Overall: This book was cheap and long which I liked, but the book overall was disappointing. I’m glad I only spent a dollar on it and I wouldn’t recommend it unless you can’t find anything new to read and just want to kill some time. I love a good mystery especially when it includes the supernatural. What better mix? That is why "Safe Landing" is such a hit for me. Brazil Parkin has had to overcome many problems of late including her parent's divorce, the selling of her horse, Carrington, and moving to a small lake community leaving her friends behind. She blames her mother for not fighting hard enough to keep her Dad instead of the sweet young thing he is currently dating.Upon moving to the town of Pelican Bay, Brazil or Zilly immediately senses a spiritual presence in her new home, the house the locals call haunted. Soon, she finds letters written by a teenage boy from 1880 who once lived in the house. He makes his presence known and asks for Zilly's assistance in discovering why the girl he loved never responded to any of his letters. As a matter of fact, they were returned unopened to him.Brazil has a lot on her plate. Not only is she trying to fit in at a new school, handle her anger towards her mother, she also discovers that her best friend since third grade has recently started dating her ex-boyfriend and did not even have the decency to tell her. Boy, isn't Facebook great? Soon, thing will begin to make sense as Zilly discovers that good old Dad was having an affair before while he was married and her mother is suffering in silence. She also begins investigating Sebastian's lost love all while trying to come to gripes with her feelings for Seth, a cute boy at school.This is a great story about how a girl manages to move beyond self absorbsion while trying to help others only to discover that she helps herself as well. If I had one criticism it would be that the story ended a little too soon for me. I wanted to know what happened to Sebastian in the end. Did he ever move on? Take my advice, this a great story and just the perfect read for those who like ghosts and mysteries.
What do You think about Safe Landing (2000)?
it was ok not my favorite out of the books tess oliver has writin, but enjoyable
—107joker
it was a really good quick read and it had me lusting after seth the whole time!
—MouseBouse
Hot dead guy, hot alive guy, girl who comes into her own priceless.
—kary
