I guess you can only write so many books before you start repeating yourself...
352526
Am I the only reader who thinks Koontz just threw together the first half of Odd Thomas and the second half of The Taking? The last few chapters were all over the place, and the ending seemed silly.
My Synopsis:So, there's this guy who is perfect and can only go out at night (Odd Thomas) who sees Clears and Fogs (Again, Odd Thomas), and he gets together with this girl who is also perfect but can somehow disguise herself with goth makeup even though he himself can't even be seen in a ski mask and gloves.  And there's this bad guy who steals art and wants to rape the perfect girl, and who is somehow connected with the Archbishop. There are these mannequins that are central to the story for some unknown reason, and the artist who created them killed his family. There is also guy who has known both the main characters all along but never thought to bring them together.  And then, all the Clears come out (Odd Thomas) and everyone in the world dies of evil (The Taking) and a couple, some kids, and a bunch of dogs are saved.  (again, The Taking). Oh, and a girl comes out of a coma just in time to be saved...
4231692
It seems to me too repetitive. If you understand the idea exposed in the first character, then you have the hole idea of the book.
4437689
I truly love Kristen Ashley's books but I am so sick and tired of reading the same thing over and over again. The characters are the same, the story lines are the same, the cute little nicknames for each other, it's just ridiculous. how many times do you have to pay for the same book before you learn?
535010
This is three small books that should be one.  I don't understand the purpose of making this story into a series.  As a reader, I feel taken advantage of; and ultimately, I think it's a disservice to the author.  I enjoyed the story and it is well written.  But the repeated sections, written in one book and then repeated in the next, was irritating.  All books were published in a relatively short timeframe, so why not publish as one?  And none of the three could possibly be a stand-alone book.
4740902
As some reviewers have pointed out before, not always putting a bunch of blog posts together and organizing them somehow, is enough to produce a good book.
The book is a continuous repetition of small (very small sometimes) variants or permutations of the same ideas. Honestly, at some point I thought my kindle was broken and I was reading over and over the same essay.

However, I think there is still value in following the authors blog.  Personally I will follow it. However the book is unbearable and I wished they had reduced it to the 'minimal' essence and leave it with 20 pages.
742571
Ive noticed for a while that authors are breaking their books up into a series to make more money. I get it. But this is leading to authors not giving us readers enough in single books, not enough to come back for more anyway. If the description of the book tells you what the book is about then I don't think the author should wait till the very end to touch on said description.
3514101
I THINK DANIELE HAS TRIED TO PUT OUT SO MANY BOOKS SHE SEEMS TO REPEAT OVER AND OVER THE SAME THOUGHTS==NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER OF HER RECENT BOOKS
2193437
I liked the concepts the author is talking about but he takes one idea and goes over and over and over it. Too many examples, etc. All the ideas could of been written in a much shorter book. I felt like he needed to just fill pages.
991276
The first and second book in the series were great. Now it seem the author is just writing words that
will fill a book that can be sold as part of a great series that is now not very interesting.
1829762
I read some of the other reviews and I have to agree with the ones who believe that someone else wrote this for her.  I have read most all her works and this one is at the bottom.  Not only does the prologue tell you ending before you get started, but the book could have been written in a 100 pages if she wouldn't have repeated herself over and over and over.
If she did, in fact, write this, then I suggest she takes more time and writes one great book every six months or year instead of trying to have her own book-of-the-month club.
1360559
Third book in Divergent series. Trudged through this one hoping there would be some revelation at the end that would justify suffering through the heroines endlessly repeated spats with her boyfriend coupled with the passionate but platonic kissing scenes as they reenacted the same plot themes over and over again with new villains that were just like the last villains.
Really too bad as the author can write but this book like much of the second book in the series really was one of those where several pages later you ask your self "what did I just read?"
I also found myself skipping whole pages because so many of the scenes were like - "Take one - forgiving and making up with boyfriend" and would wallow on and on just like the last ten scenes with the same characters doing the same exact thing. I didn't realize how bored I had become until I finally, gratefully, finished this series and picked up a new read.
1205624
While I LOVED the idea behind this book, the actual writing involved was painful. I adhere to the idea of "so many books, so little time". Therefore, if I can't focus on or remain interested in what I'm reading, I move on to the next. Reached 12% before I have up
1083050
I found myself highlighting many statements from the book, but after the first third of the book I realized she was repeating the same points over and over again.  It became so frustrating that I was rushing to finish the book so I could move on which is kind of the opposite of what the title is.
4158924
I wanted to love this, because there are so many good reviews. However, after the first five chapters or so, I couldn't take it anymore. I don't enjoy Authors who use  500 words to say something that could be said in 100 words.
4185010
Repetition can been a good thing, but in this case Dweck's point would fit in one chapter of a book, or make a very good article. Her concept is good, and I found myself in both types of mindsets, therefore I learned something new. As for the other authors she makes reference to, those have been more helpful for me, specifically Carnegie and Gladwell.
403384
I've just finished reading all 8 of the Bug Out "Booklets" on my Kindle.  I am a fairly serious reader, averaging 7 to 10 books per week and I found this storyline somewhat interesting.

However, the repetition throughout this series has gotten older than dirt.  How many times do you need to describe taking your dog out for a walk to do his business?  How many RV parks will you jump to from another in an effort to put words down on paper?  This book should have been written as a single, approximately 400 pager, and not broken up into little mini-booklets that are designed to dollar the reader to death.

Oh, and does no one use editors and / or proofreaders anymore.  There are so many misspelled words, improper punctuation and all around mistakes in the whole series that it is extremely distracting.

That said, the author needs to wrap this story up and quit taking advantage of customers who just want a good read.
594382
This book was written as a "storyless story" which is a bunch of writing about a lot of different things, but few situations get resolved. It's the un-story of a character named Meg who has become tired of writing genre novels and wants to write her own original novel but spends all 425 pages of this book trying to get past the same 43 words.  At times she writes thousands of words, but then ends up deleting them.  I wanted to scream, "Just write something and get the darn book published!"  It was almost as annoying as her loser boyfriend Christopher, who she'd been supporting and living with for seven years while she really was in love with someone else who was a lot older and with someone else. Christopher was the kind of guy you just wanted to smack.

I guess the book was interesting enough that I finished 425 pages but every time I thought it was finally going to liven up, it just meandered off in a different direction, a different idea or topic.  I liked the philosophical discussions, both those in her mind and those with other people.  I could see why the book would appeal to some people, people with more patience than I have.  It was kind of like the thoughts, many repetitive, that I sometimes have running through my head all day, thoughts of projects unfinished that I can't seem to figure out how to finish, and they just ramble through my head, getting mixed up with thoughts of the meaning of life and whatever else, day after day.  This kind of thinking annoys me when I do it and I felt even more agitated reading about someone else doing the same thing.

 I thought it would be interesting because one of the things she does for a local paper is to write book reviews and since I write book reviews for Amazon I thought there might be a connection.  There were some interesting parts about some of the New Age type books she was reading, but much of kind of goes around in circles.  In spite of all of that, I did find myself liking the character.  But I wouldn't want to read it again.