Zach is in a coma and his mother employs Paige to read to him every day. Eventually she starts to talk to him and tell him about what she did during the day at school and her weekend plans, until one day when she knocks over the books in his book shelf and she discovers his journal. I was hooked to this book from the first paragraph. The idea of him being in a coma and her coming to read for him each day, you just knew that she would eventually fall in love with him and then you continued reading because you wanted him to wake up. Sleeping Handsome is from the point of view of Paige, the spoiled teenager. Paige is essentially a doormat to her troubled and equally spoiled friend whose name I can't remember because she's really not important. When I say troubled I don't mean inner city kid who doesn't believe in themselves. I mean the girl will probably kill someone because they picked her up late, shake her boobs (which are compared to a Kardashian's) and every guy in the world will fall over themselves trying to prove her innocent. Paige and Friend deserve each other.It starts off terrible. "I walk into a room that smells like medicine and sounds like death between the whoosh of air and a constant beep."Haus, Jean (2011-12-20). Sleeping Handsome (Kindle Locations 12-13). . Kindle Edition.In what way is death the sound of air whooshing (go buy a thesaurus for cripes' sake) and constant beeping? Is coma guy beeping? I can't recall his name because the writer makes sure the reader doesn't care about the characters. Author lady does make sure you read all about the color of Paige's lip gloss, her tan skin, her chipped nails, her backstabbing and manipulative Friend, the coffee she picked up on the way,and her Mommy issues. The name of the book should have been first world problems and how you deserve expulsion but the principal cuts you some slack for an unknown reason. The accessories on Paige's wrist contribute nothing to the story. The word whoosh is used 9 times, bitch used 9 times, something is nervously twisted 9 times (see the trend here?).Eventually Paige decides to invade Coma's privacy by reading his journals after insulting his taste in literature. But not before we read more about toxic relationship with AMANDA. FRIEND'S NAME IS AMANDA I JUST REMEMBERED. Anyway, borderline eating disorder, sunglasses, a missed nail appointment, and a party where Paige, Amanda, and some girl named Kelly that we're supposed to care about plan on being bitchy to every female in sight for no reason. "Even the cheerleaders bow to us."They go to a high school where a 6 year old BMW is, like, RLY OLD GUISE. A high school where Amanda-self-destruct tells her friends that the "better not be late" picking her up for some party. It feels like I'm listing things I don't like about the book....And I'm not even halfway through it.This e read was a waste of time. SPOILER ALERT: Coma boy wakes up and surprises Paige in her school play (of course she has the lead. she's, like, popular) and tells her he loves her. How? I don't know. Maybe putting on make up and complaining about her privileged life while she was supposed to be reading his favorite books made him wake up and want to slap her. Maybe because she constantly undermines his reasons for contemplating suicide by comparing them to her social life. "but, like, I want to be popular so I'll put myself through all this crap even though I can clearly see how pointless it is. It's not as serious as my parents ,like, forcing me into a future I don't want, you pasty comatose man you, but they're the same? y'know? because I have to make everything about me even when it isn't". Admitting your reasons are shallow and selfish don't make it okay, honey boo boo child.She stands up to Amanda in the end by threatening to self-destruct's innermost secrets. (Amanda needs a therapist. how can a 17 year old girl be this catty?) The more Paige interrupts Coma's life story by pointing out her own petty problems, the more she admires him. In fact, she doesn't want him to wake up because he's HERS. I cannot make this up, it's in the book. A high school senior has claimed a comatose guy who just so happens to be tall dark and handsome. OH THE CONVENIENCE BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT PAIGE WAS LOOKING FOR A MAN. Give me a break. This girl couldn't be creepier. She's so creepy that she once again admits her flaws (show don't tell is not something that was used here) and runs out of the room because she can't even LOOK AT HIM, when he's done nothing wrong. The more the story goes on, the more I think Amanda and Paige should just run away together, never to be seen again.Paige is a terrible character. She's a brat, generic, as bland as a cardboard box, inconsiderate, weak, and doesn't care about the consequences that she brings on herself. The reader doesn't care about her or the rest of the characters and the paper thin plot. Do not waste your time with this book. Oh, and she also falls in love with him. But from the way she interjects her vapid problems while reading about his life, it would make more sense for Paige to fall in love with herself.ZACH. COMA'S NAME IS ZACH.
What do You think about Sleeping Handsome (2011)?
this book was beautiful. I mean its like a modern sleeping beauty but beauty is a guy
—Josh
The title really covers the whole point of the story. And i like its simplicity. :D
—fitorito
OH MY HEART!!!!!I freaking love it! I wished it was longer though.
—Elizabeth
