Didn't really enjoy this book
938835
Didn't really enjoy this book. It was way too long and dragged in most places.
The story line was ok and you do feel for the characters but it was just too long and I didn't really feel the chemistry between the characters.
2685643
I really did not enjoy it. The style with the jumping back and forth in time from different characters POV might have been a fun exercise for the author, but it did not add to the story for me.
4259771
If you've read a Harry Potter book, you probably will not enjoy this book. I was not a huge fan. It took me so long to get through this book, that I had trouble even finishing the story. It was not as crazy exciting as the Potter series, and I was expecting so much more from this book. Sadly, I was disappointed and unimpressed by the topics she went over.
4102867
I didn't get very far into this book, seemed to be moving so slowly...I didn't really like it.
3724852
I finally sat down to read this book.  I didn't really enjoy reading it. I was looking for information on seers,but with religious training. This is more a new age movement type book, which I am not into.
I didn't really enjoy reading this book.
Brenda
565068
I know this book has really high reviews. I normally tend to agree the majority. But I really just didn't see what people loved so much. I read A LOT! And I read this style of book constantly. I just really did not enjoy this one. I wanted to, I really wanted to. The tone of the whole book was very self entitled and self absorbed. It wasn't terrible. I finished it. I like to be fair. But there was something also very irritating in the whole tone of it all. I didn't find anything that was enlightening or "wow yes exactly moments" Some of her concerns and issues with Christianity ring true, but I think they do for a lot of people. There just wasn't much walking away feeling like I got anything from reading it. I hate to say that. But there is better books for the questioner, doubter and wanderer. Much better one.
4484142
I don't think I am the target audience for this book. I just couldn't get into it and I didn't really enjoy it. I found the characters frustrating and annoying. They didn't feel like real people. I did like the format of the book as a diary/letter of sorts that tells the story. That was about all I liked. I read this book because it was a Reese Witherspoon recommendation, but I'm discovering I only like about half of the books she recommends.
3279435
I usually don't mind unsettling books, but I honestly did not like this one very much. I didn't really like any of the characters. Actually, I despised basically all of them except the little boy, and I actually found him annoying at times, so I didn't like him as much as I feel I should have.
I liked the beginning of the story, but as it progressed, I liked it less and less. There were parts in this book that actually made me feel ill, and the ending was far from what I'd hoped it would be. The end felt a bit rushed as well, and with that on top of the fact that it also felt incredibly wrong and unsatisfying, I was very disappointed. After reading the last page, I just sat there for a few minutes with my stomach upset thinking to myself, "...that's all? Is that really how it ended? Are you kidding me?"
The author's writing was pretty good (although the various insect metaphors got a bit old after a while), but not good enough to bring up my rating. For me, this book is a pretty solid three stars.
80805
This book was not a great escape or fun to read. I stuck with it because I was curious, so I'll give it that, it did make me wonder how this all came about and how it would end, but it was too long and dragged. I found myself wishing I had not started reading it. Some of the graphic detail was unnecessary; it was just too much. There was very little that was positive or uplifting - no real winners. There is enough of that in real life; when I read I want to get away and have an adventure, or be thrilled by the use of language. I got neither from this book.
2074881
I really did not enjoy this book.  It has so many flaws I do not know where to begin.  I'm glad I received it free, I would have been angrier if I had purchased it.
2922630
It wasn't my type of book.  I didn't enjoy the book that much.
1981323
I'd read this book a long time ago in high school and didn't like it.  However, when it came up on a recommendation list and I couldn't remember why I didn't like it, I decided to give it another shot.

Well, I can say I still don't like it.  The writing is ok, but didn't care for either main character.  Garnett was wishy-washy and didn't really seem all that concerned about her safety or the safety of others.  If she did, she would have either really gone cold turkey on magic, or she would have been working on getting herself un-possess by Lilith.  In general she was just too flighty for me, with few of her decisions making sense.

As for our other main character, I never really got a good handle on Sebastian and I never connected with him as a character. He really was just a giant blank for me.

I made it to the scene where Garnett tracks him down, but I was skimming pretty fast by then and couldn't find anything that made me interested in continuing to read this book.
2844610
I did not enjoy this book - I did not even finish it; it was not my type of book.
118275
Couldn't get into this book.  It didn't catch my interest.
2079645
I don't enjoy nor appreciate the tone of this book. It also goes too slow I think. A drag to read.
3550469
I didn't like this book to say the least. The writing was fine, but the plot was very unrealistic. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found myself getting annoyed with the amount of unrealistic events and actions. And I definitely don't agree with anti-consumerism. Not a good book for me and I don't understand why it was so popular amongst others. I can see why younger kids might like it though.
3249328
I didn't care for this book. I read it to the end, thinking I would find something about it to like, but I really just didn't enjoy it. I guess it was just too out there for me.