Stephanie Kuehn
Auteur de Charm & Strange
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- female
- Lieux de résidence
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- Courte biographie
- Stephanie Kuehn is a psychologist and an author. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family and their many pets, where life is loud, joyous, and filled with animal hair.
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By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone (Murder, She… par Stephanie Kuehn
Murder she wrote is back in for a new generation. Jessica Fletcher is technically still around but not solving murderers anymore. However, her great niece is the new resident writer and mystery solver. Beatrice Fletcher lives in Maine in a town that is part residents and part elite boarding school. Beatrice spends her spare time writing for a true crime website all about local stories of the state of Maine. When her best friend goes missing one night, she’s sure something foul is a fight and it’s up to her to figure out what it is. This was a nice fun, cozy mystery. In the vein of the original Murder She Wrote books and television show. For as light as this book is, it drags on in the beginning, and you’re waiting to get into the mystery. This book, while about the mystery is much more about be the type of young woman she is and becoming and the life around town. This was a fine mystery that’s approachable for middle grade and up. It falls in the cozy as there is no blood guts, no horror, etc. it’s not a bad companion to the original stories, but it’s not the best mystery for the age group that’s out there. I have a hard time determining if I care to read the sequel. Not every mystery is solved in book one, there is a mystery that will arch into book 2. But one mystery is satisfactorily resolved. If you have kids who want to break into reading mysteries and may not be ready for more adult titles like Karen McManis, E. Lockhart, Tiffany Jaxon, etc. then this is the series you start with.… (plus d'informations)
½
I was very excited about this book the minute I heard about it. I could tell from the description that it was going to give me all the things I love when it comes to Stephanie Kuehn books. Mainly, messed up main characters that you aren't sure if they're the good guys, the bad guys, or both.
I can't tell you a lot about this book because almost everything feels spoilery to me, so I'll tell you this: It's hiking and things go bad. It's DARK, and disturbing at times, and it has characters that you can't really trust or like.
Right off the bat, I was hooked. The beginning of this book delves into Ben's relationship with Rose. It started off as just something to do for Ben, but turned into "love" (I say that in quotes because I'm not sure if these characters really know what love is), eventually getting to a place where I wasn't sure what the heck was going on. Was Rose playing head games with Ben because she was jealous of his relationship with his mother?? Was Rose restless in their small-town and wanted something more than Ben could offer? Did Rose know something about Ben that we didn't? Her motivations to me were a mystery that I wanted to know.
One of the more interesting parts of this book for me was that Ben suffers from debilitating migraines due to a traumatic head injury in his past. Being that they were out on a dangerous hike to begin with, the threat of an oncoming headache made the tension that much higher.
I used to get migraines when I was young, and when important days came along (SAT day, graduation, first day of a new job), I used to worry that one would happen and I wouldn't be able to go. I've always hated the way people throw around the word migraine because it makes it seem like it's just a headache to people who've never had one-- it's NOT just a headache. It's not something you can just power through.
The best thing for me: I love the fact that Ben was this character that we as readers didn't know for sure if he was someone we should be rooting for. I wanted to root for him because he was telling the story, and he was someone who had giant shortcomings, but owned up to them. I respected that about him-- but due to his violent past and that we KNOW that he's going to have a violent future, I had to keep reminding myself that he's not necessarily a protagonist in this story.
I really love the way Stephanie Kuehn does the hero/villain blur. Everything gets confused and mixed together and by the end, I'm always left feeling a little icky. This one was no exception. The last line made me want to read this book all over again to look for clues that I missed.
OVERALL: Such a "me" book. It's dark, and there are no true heroes or villains. I love a YA book that plays with psychology and messes with my head. This book is heavy on the character development, but also has the tension of being isolated in the woods. I definitely recommend!
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I can't tell you a lot about this book because almost everything feels spoilery to me, so I'll tell you this: It's hiking and things go bad. It's DARK, and disturbing at times, and it has characters that you can't really trust or like.
Right off the bat, I was hooked. The beginning of this book delves into Ben's relationship with Rose. It started off as just something to do for Ben, but turned into "love" (I say that in quotes because I'm not sure if these characters really know what love is), eventually getting to a place where I wasn't sure what the heck was going on. Was Rose playing head games with Ben because she was jealous of his relationship with his mother?? Was Rose restless in their small-town and wanted something more than Ben could offer? Did Rose know something about Ben that we didn't? Her motivations to me were a mystery that I wanted to know.
One of the more interesting parts of this book for me was that Ben suffers from debilitating migraines due to a traumatic head injury in his past. Being that they were out on a dangerous hike to begin with, the threat of an oncoming headache made the tension that much higher.
I used to get migraines when I was young, and when important days came along (SAT day, graduation, first day of a new job), I used to worry that one would happen and I wouldn't be able to go. I've always hated the way people throw around the word migraine because it makes it seem like it's just a headache to people who've never had one-- it's NOT just a headache. It's not something you can just power through.
The best thing for me: I love the fact that Ben was this character that we as readers didn't know for sure if he was someone we should be rooting for. I wanted to root for him because he was telling the story, and he was someone who had giant shortcomings, but owned up to them. I respected that about him-- but due to his violent past and that we KNOW that he's going to have a violent future, I had to keep reminding myself that he's not necessarily a protagonist in this story.
I really love the way Stephanie Kuehn does the hero/villain blur. Everything gets confused and mixed together and by the end, I'm always left feeling a little icky. This one was no exception. The last line made me want to read this book all over again to look for clues that I missed.
OVERALL: Such a "me" book. It's dark, and there are no true heroes or villains. I love a YA book that plays with psychology and messes with my head. This book is heavy on the character development, but also has the tension of being isolated in the woods. I definitely recommend!
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Sadie, Emerson, and Miles... 3 teens interconnected in all the worst ways. Sadie has just been kicked out of her final boarding school amid criminal charges. Emerson is hiding from his dark and angry past. And Miles is a sickly boy with dark thoughts. Sadie knew the 2 brothers when they were kids, and it seems her coming home for the first time in years has ignited some sort of fuse. In the end, only Miles (who sees visions) knows where they're all headed.... and it doesn't seem good.
My Thoughts:
What. Did. I. Just. Read? I feel insane after reading this book. It's like nothing I've ever read before. I feel like I need a Dr. Call-Me-Tom (the school psychologist that Miles and Sadie briefly speak with) to explain some of this stuff to me.
Basically this book is about 3 teens who are missing vital pieces of their personalities. Sadie is missing the empathy part. She's a girl who does things to entertain herself, out of boredom, and just because. Mean things. And she doesn't care what the person she's doing it to is feeling. She just doesn't know how. Emerson feels more empathy than Sadie... at least he feels guilt over the things he's done. But he has a dark side that he can't really control. Miles is tougher to figure out. He's this sickly kid who gets bullied constantly. But at the same time, it's not like he's sad about the lack of human interaction. He doesn't want any.
Of all the characters Sadie stood out the most for me. I just kept wanting her to care, knowing she was never going to. That's just not how sociopaths work. They can't learn to care. The author tried really hard to make me hate this girl, but something about her, I just didn't. This is probably going to sound stupid, but I almost got to the giving up point on her when she went to the bathroom and didn't wipe just because she could. I mean EWW!!! And there were many of those random moments where I was completely disgusted with this character. And somehow I kept on hoping she would feel bad for what she did in her previous school, and hoping she would save Miles somehow.
The ending of this book is just???? I'm really not sure what I just read. I think the coolness of the writing and the short poignant chapters won me over. Also the uniqueness and feel of the entire book. But I still wished for more of an ending. And I also wished for more from Miles. I felt like he had a much bigger story inside of him and I wanted to hear it.
OVERALL: This author is not afraid to tell it. This book is creepy, chilling, frustrating, scary, (gross at times), and tries to do something out of the box. I'm not sure it completely succeeded with me, but I could not put it down. It's definitely not going to be for everyone, but I feel like it's worth a try to see if it clicks with you. If nothing else, you'll get to read good writing and something completely new and fresh.
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My Thoughts:
What. Did. I. Just. Read? I feel insane after reading this book. It's like nothing I've ever read before. I feel like I need a Dr. Call-Me-Tom (the school psychologist that Miles and Sadie briefly speak with) to explain some of this stuff to me.
Basically this book is about 3 teens who are missing vital pieces of their personalities. Sadie is missing the empathy part. She's a girl who does things to entertain herself, out of boredom, and just because. Mean things. And she doesn't care what the person she's doing it to is feeling. She just doesn't know how. Emerson feels more empathy than Sadie... at least he feels guilt over the things he's done. But he has a dark side that he can't really control. Miles is tougher to figure out. He's this sickly kid who gets bullied constantly. But at the same time, it's not like he's sad about the lack of human interaction. He doesn't want any.
Of all the characters Sadie stood out the most for me. I just kept wanting her to care, knowing she was never going to. That's just not how sociopaths work. They can't learn to care. The author tried really hard to make me hate this girl, but something about her, I just didn't. This is probably going to sound stupid, but I almost got to the giving up point on her when she went to the bathroom and didn't wipe just because she could. I mean EWW!!! And there were many of those random moments where I was completely disgusted with this character. And somehow I kept on hoping she would feel bad for what she did in her previous school, and hoping she would save Miles somehow.
The ending of this book is just???? I'm really not sure what I just read. I think the coolness of the writing and the short poignant chapters won me over. Also the uniqueness and feel of the entire book. But I still wished for more of an ending. And I also wished for more from Miles. I felt like he had a much bigger story inside of him and I wanted to hear it.
OVERALL: This author is not afraid to tell it. This book is creepy, chilling, frustrating, scary, (gross at times), and tries to do something out of the box. I'm not sure it completely succeeded with me, but I could not put it down. It's definitely not going to be for everyone, but I feel like it's worth a try to see if it clicks with you. If nothing else, you'll get to read good writing and something completely new and fresh.
My Blog:
… (plus d'informations)
4.5 Stars... really addicting
Jamie has just found out that his older sister has been released from juvie... and now he can't feel his hands. 2 years ago, Cate went away for starting a fire, but now she's out and apparently she wants Jamie to know some things. Like what really happened when their real mother died... and other things that Jamie can't remember.
Jamie and Cate were adopted by a couple after their mom was shot and killed. Cate was outgoing and fun, Jamie had tons of problems. Through the years with therapy, he's been able to get most of his anxiety under control, until Cate returns. Now he's freaking out worse than ever, and he's starting to realize that the only way out is to find out the truth of their past.
My Thoughts:
This is a seriously thrilling, addicting, messed-up, and unsatisfying kind of book. I really enjoyed reading it, and I had to keep reading it until I finished. I have a thing for books that feature teenage boys as the main character. I relate so much better to guys than I do girls most of the time. I'm weird like that. But this main character was written so incredibly well that I felt like I knew him inside and out. Every feeling in this book came across as so genuine.
Jamie is out-of-control scared of his sister, but he also desperately needs information from her, and this basically is what drives the book. He also has a thing about fate and wants to believe it's real, which kind of stems from the circumstances surrounding his mother's death and how his adoptive parents came to want to adopt the 2 siblings. I especially liked all the mystery that the sister brought to the book. Cate was this cryptic enigma of a girl and normally I think that sort of thing would get on my nerves, but in this book it totally worked. The writing is amazing! I've never read a book by this author before, but I love the way she wrote this. The way she describes things, the like, philosophy that goes through the main character's head... it was really brilliant. I wish I could write like that.
The only thing that holds me back from screaming from the rooftops for everyone to read this book is that I had a feeling from the very beginning what was going to be the end result. And I was right. I didn't want to be right. After the "big reveal" happened, I kept waiting for there to be another major twist to tell me I was wrong and that never happened. Also there is no conclusion in this ending. It felt very unsatisfying... creepy, but unsatisfying. And I have a love/hate thing with endings like that. I'll probably like the way this ended a lot better in a few weeks. It's too fresh now and I feel like I need to know MORE!
OVERALL: A book about a boy with psychological problems and his need to find out more about his past in order to overcome them. It's got the whole psychological mystery thing going... and it's a total mindfuck. I recommend this for anyone who is in the mood for spectacular, addictive writing. I just personally wish the ending was more concrete.
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… (plus d'informations)
Jamie has just found out that his older sister has been released from juvie... and now he can't feel his hands. 2 years ago, Cate went away for starting a fire, but now she's out and apparently she wants Jamie to know some things. Like what really happened when their real mother died... and other things that Jamie can't remember.
Jamie and Cate were adopted by a couple after their mom was shot and killed. Cate was outgoing and fun, Jamie had tons of problems. Through the years with therapy, he's been able to get most of his anxiety under control, until Cate returns. Now he's freaking out worse than ever, and he's starting to realize that the only way out is to find out the truth of their past.
My Thoughts:
This is a seriously thrilling, addicting, messed-up, and unsatisfying kind of book. I really enjoyed reading it, and I had to keep reading it until I finished. I have a thing for books that feature teenage boys as the main character. I relate so much better to guys than I do girls most of the time. I'm weird like that. But this main character was written so incredibly well that I felt like I knew him inside and out. Every feeling in this book came across as so genuine.
Jamie is out-of-control scared of his sister, but he also desperately needs information from her, and this basically is what drives the book. He also has a thing about fate and wants to believe it's real, which kind of stems from the circumstances surrounding his mother's death and how his adoptive parents came to want to adopt the 2 siblings. I especially liked all the mystery that the sister brought to the book. Cate was this cryptic enigma of a girl and normally I think that sort of thing would get on my nerves, but in this book it totally worked. The writing is amazing! I've never read a book by this author before, but I love the way she wrote this. The way she describes things, the like, philosophy that goes through the main character's head... it was really brilliant. I wish I could write like that.
The only thing that holds me back from screaming from the rooftops for everyone to read this book is that I had a feeling from the very beginning what was going to be the end result. And I was right. I didn't want to be right. After the "big reveal" happened, I kept waiting for there to be another major twist to tell me I was wrong and that never happened. Also there is no conclusion in this ending. It felt very unsatisfying... creepy, but unsatisfying. And I have a love/hate thing with endings like that. I'll probably like the way this ended a lot better in a few weeks. It's too fresh now and I feel like I need to know MORE!
OVERALL: A book about a boy with psychological problems and his need to find out more about his past in order to overcome them. It's got the whole psychological mystery thing going... and it's a total mindfuck. I recommend this for anyone who is in the mood for spectacular, addictive writing. I just personally wish the ending was more concrete.
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… (plus d'informations)
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