The story line is pretty good, but I do not think it is ...
341503
The story line is pretty good, but I do not think it is the same high caliber as other books he has written.
4951652
I think the story could potentially be quite funny and entertaining with more development.  Maybe it has a better flow moving into the book?  For me this story line would be more of a light "summer read".  I would normally go for something with more bite.  Unique story line, but again probably would have passed it up on the shelf.  Good Luck and keep at it!
1164707
It's a short story. It isn't bad and it isn't Shakespeare either.

Lets begin with the cover. Yes, I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but, nice cover.

The writing is clear but the dialogue is too direct to the point for my tastes. It's all surface no depth. Not that it needed "depth" because lying or not saying what you mean, isn't something angels are supposed to do, at least not the ones in this book. It was just kind of off-putting to me because I'm more used to reading between the lines even with the most "honest" characters. At the same time it is kind of refreshing.

It has an interesting premise, which is a good thing. But the author seemed too fixated/fascinated with the rules that the characters live with. The truth is, the story still works even without the details that the autor put in to explain the new world Lizzie (main character) lives in.

This is a short story in a series of short stories. I am normally not fond of that sort of thing. Short stories don't normally have enough real estate to bring character development or interesting concepts to the table, at least the bad ones don't. This one though, I would be willing to read more about.

3 stars. I want more... I mean that in both a bad way and a good one.
4882634
I enjoyed the story, but it wasn't one that I couldn't take a break from.  It wasn't long, so I read it in two evenings.  My belief does not lie in all those lengthy events happening, but this is my opinion. Actually. by mistake, I purchased the wrong book, so take my opinion very lightly.. ...............Pat
1318728
I  am not a fantasy fan. I got into this and "Miss Perigrine's  Peculiar Children" by accident. It 's a fun read, but  I may not be the best judge, I thought  the first book was about a Holocaust survivor and I guess it is, sort of. i think it might be a good read for  young adult/ late childhood readers.
2028432
I did find that the writing style was not what I was used to and that made it a tad difficult at times. However, the story the story was pretty good and I enjoyed it. I would suggest it for Young Adult/ Teenagers as well. I think the audience would be able to relate very well to the main character.
3266542
The storyline was pretty good but I can't say the acting was that great overall
2515082
I don't feel this is one of his best story tales, but not too bad.
553078
It's pretty good.  I love the concept, and the acting was pretty good.  That said, I didn't by the chemistry between the leads.
1819966
I wouldn't say the story or the narrative is outstanding but they are fairly good and the characters are really interesting. The movie was fairly similar.
782132
I'm not sure what it is about the book, but it didn't hold my interest.  The story line is good enough.  There is mystery, and humor.  I didn't find the humor to be particularly funny.  I didn't care very much about finding out the who or what that was responsible for the killing.  Over all, it was good enough to read to the end, but I won't read anymore of this series.
4073462
I am into the idea of the story. However, the way the problem is introduced and the further the details are not smooth and not compelling enough for me to buy the significance madness of the heroin and the upsetting classical evil character which suddenly just popped up. I know romance story can be irrational but this is just the irrationality that I cant tolerate. I knew about this story from its Manga version, so I am pretty disappointed seeing that it does not serve as good as what the manga introduced me to.
1171145
Once again, I'm torn between three and four stars, but this time I've demoted it to three.  It's pretty obvious that the writer studied Sherlock Holmes mostly through movies and not the original books even though there are references that are only in the books.  It was an OK story and is not anachronistic, which is all too easy when you rely on movies for the inspiration.  I enjoyed it, but I don't think everyone will.  This might be worth the risk, but it is not going to be everyone's cup of tea.
2605078
I would rate this book as "fair".  The story itself was pretty good, but the teenagers were so intellectually advanced, at times I didn't know what they were talking about.  Maybe I'm just dumb, but I usually don't have to reread parts a couple of times to try to think what is meant.  I've lost a few people close to me to cancer, so I could identify with parts of the book.
1293028
The series is pretty good. In the beginning however I was a bit confes until I realize that the author goes back in forth with the characters past, then to the present.  A few times I felt as if the storyline was all over the place.

There is definitely a lot going on in the series with the Character.

There is a Character who supposedly gets caught doing horrific things then she appears in another one of the books as a person everyone likes.  I won't ruin anything by saying who, but this confused me.

Not sure if I will buy the other books in the series though. Haven't decided yet.
3566177
It was an interesting story line but I really have a hard time accepting it as factual.
2667554
I rated the book at four stars because I thought the story was pretty good.  Not my cup of tea, but pretty good.  I prefer books that have a lot of action.