I admit... this is the longest I've ever taken to read a book.

I also admit that I kinda lost interest halfway through the book, which is probably why I left it untouched for weeks. It might just be me, but I find that the story took longer to unfold than it should, and it ended a bit abruptly. All that unnecessary drama that lead up to the finale was... unnecessary.

I found Hal's character a little hard to relate to at first, but it got better. Also, what Am did in the end kinda confused me. One minute she was all mad and 'hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned', and the next minute she was helping Charley. It was like Am had multiple personality disorder or something. O_o

I dunno... I just didn't really get this story.

After abandoning the book for so long, I decided that I finally had to finish it, so I could get along with my other books. I missed reading every so often, but with this book, I find that I just didn't have the mood to pick it up and read. And when I did, I quickly got bored of it. I was about 60% through with the book when I left it untouched for several weeks,so this time when I read it, I forced myself to finish it, otherwise GOd knows how long I'd take to slowly finish it. ( )

I actually really like this one at the start. It was interesting, the characters were belivable. It really pulled me in and kept me eager for more. It started to fall apart after about a hundred pages though. The randomly shoved in thoughts between Charley and Hal were annoying and confusing and the story just started going all over the place. It really lacked focus for the second part of the book. It had potential but didn't impress me overall. Also, I'm not sure why they made such a big deal about the author knowing Philip Pullman. He's quoted on the front cover, talk about in an intro and then at the back we're told he taught her English. It was just silly and I feel that a book should be able to stand on its own without relying on the name of one famous author. Once would have been fine but they didn't need to mention him three times. ( )

Somewhat tedious in the middle, this book picks up at the end, when a young man comes back to knowing what he knew all along... that his sister was strong, in love and that sometimes accidents happen to the wrong people at the wrong time. One of the hardest parts of this book is when the family battles back and forth about taking a young, previously vital young woman off of life support. The family asks, "What would she have wanted?"

One of the best part of this book is the relationship between the young man and his younger sister. You gotta love a boy who is so sweet to his younger sister. ( )

A haunting book. It had a good plot that kept me at the edge of my seat. Though a little long-winded, I'm impressed with how the story was put together. By the time I reached Part Three (the book was divided into three parts), I had to finish reading the rest in one sitting; I could not put it down!

Told in a series of flashbacks and switching perspectives, this is the story of a brother and his older sister, who now lies in a coma after a surfing accident. While trying to find out what happened the night of her accident, he learns more than he bargained for, but must keep seeking the truth, whatever the cost, to get her voice out of his head. More than a little repetitive, this book was more tedious and unending than enjoyable. The story might have been better without the whole literal voice-in-his-head subplot. ( )