I wish I didn't have to give it any stars
594946
I ordered 2 of these at 2 seperate times neither one would work, Amazon was good about taking them back. Ended up ordering a Boss amp from Sonic Electronics and it has been awesome
256379
I thought this book started out sounding like it was going to be an adventure in self discovery for a troubled young man, told in an original way. I was so wrong. The story, told in the form of letters that the main character writes to friends and family, is unique and may have been the only thing that made me read to the end.  That and I really wanted to find out what happens to the main character.

After about a third of the way through I began to get annoyed with the main character's behavior.  I hated him in fact.  I kept waiting for him to change.  He never does.  This is what made the book a painful waste of time.  I can't remember if I paid for this book or if it was free from amazon, but the cost of the book was trivial to the amount of time I wasted reading it.

Some people may like long, pointless, drawn-out stories that lead nowhere, with characters who never change, but I don't.  I'll give it to the author for writing well enough to keep me reading and having a unique presentation, but I just didn't like the story or the characters, period.  Although, if it was the author's goal to make me hate his characters and wish bad things would happen to them, then he succeeded.  I normally won't think of writing bad reviews, but if I can save one person from wasting several hours of their life on this story, I guess I'll feel a little better, I wish I had been warned myself.
880386
I don't want to give this any stars because I really don't feel it deserves any. The quality of the video is awful and you can barely hear what anyone is saying. If I could get my money back I would return it.
3163393
I don't usually write many reviews, but when something is this bad I just need to write something to save someone their money.  This is quite possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. The idea was promising, I liked the Raven character initially - sexy mechanic chic.  In another review someone mentioned this was an "insta-love" story. And I was thinking hey I can do insta-love, I read 50 shades of grey and liked it despite the idiotic inner goddess.  This book is a whole new low.  There is NO suspensful chase, it is literally an anti climactic insta-love written terribly and predictably through and through. The characters are one dimensional, no evolution at all.  Major flaws in the plot line too. I found myself skimming it to the end, I don't understand how this can have such rave reviews.
824192
I've always counted my time as being far more important than the few bucks we spend on ebooks. This book, or what I read of it (the first three stories) were a complete waste of my time. I only got this book because it had such high reviews, which are completely baffling to me. I didn't read all the stories. I read the first one, and was disappointed by the overly simplistic writing style and the way the concepts were handled. Then I read the second one, which was so utterly forgettable that I can't recall anything about it now, and finally I moved on to the prison story with my rapidly dwindling  hopes, but that was the lamest one of all. Maybe it's me, but I found these stories dull and pointless. Absolutely pointless. I'm still mad about how much time I wasted on this book. While I was reading it, I didn't look forward to my breaks at work like I do with most other books. This book was just so incredibly boring and I couldn't feel a connection with any of the characters. I have taken the unprecedented step-- for me, anyway-- of deleting Galactic Energies from my kindle and my kindle library.

My apologies to the author-- I'm sorry for disliking your book so much. I have written and posted this negative review for the benefit of other readers. I wish there had been a review like this to warn me. All those (in my opinion) undeserved five star reviews raised my expectations to the point where I was extremely disappointed with the reality.
4259526
I really hate giving a bad review.  Writers put their heart and soul into their work and I really respect and admire anyone who writes a novel.  I know it is hard work because I have tried myself and I suck at it.  However, I hated this book.  I really did.  It was not because the writing was bad or anything like that.  It was the characters, the content and the story itself.  The story was sickening.  I literally wanted to vomit after I finished it.  There was not one decent character in this story except for Jamie and even he was extraordinarily flawed.

This is the story of Sarah Clark who at the age of 14 had an affair with Daniel Carr, her married 38-year old sick ass, child rapist, English teacher.  This guy is the scum of all scum and she being young and stupid was sucked in and fell in love with him.  He was extremely abusive and enjoyed hurting her physically and mentally.  Eventually the guy left, she grows up and continues her quest to have sex with every guy in town to try to recreate this disgusting relationship she once had with Daniel Carr.

She had one genuine, real and healthy relationship with her best friend, Jamie, and she manages to screw that up and mess up his life as well.  I really hated what she did to Jamie.  He was a decent man until he became one of her many many sex partners.  Even he does something so dispicable, I could hardly believe it.

She eventually runs into Daniel again and rekindles their sick, sadistic, sexually abusive relationship.  I was truly shocked by the appalling ending to this horrible story.
3912180
I'm reeling after having read this book. I bought this one, the first from this author, because I had just read her last book, "While You Were Sleeping" and it was incredible. So I went back to read her first book and it was horrible. The story was so bad, the characters so irritating, that I ended up flipping quickly through it just to see if it ever got any better but it didn't. It got worse and worse until the end. This was no a psychological thriller and I can't imagine why anyone gave this 5 stars. Horrible. The main character is so selfish and such a horrible mother that I was hoping she would be killed. If the author was trying to write a "9 1/2 Weeks" type of thing, she sorely missed the mark. I had to get my money back and now I'm not sure I want to try again with this author's other books.
1683782
There really was nothing to learn. I wish I didn't have to waste my money on this
874385
Listen to the other 1- and 2-star reviewers and stay away from this train wreck of a book. It is impossible for me to overstate how awful, clunky, cliched, overwrought, and downright terrible the writing is. The premise was interesting, and I'm OCD enough that I felt compelled to wade through the schlock to see how it all turned out. I'm about 80% through, but I'm basically just hate-reading it now.

I genuinely cannot understand how this thing garnered such an overwhelming number of 4-5 star reviews. Unfortunately, those were the only ones I read before I bought it. I'll try to make it a habit to read both the good and bad reviews from here on out.
2628854
I hated to give this even one star.  I thought that the idea of two families living in one house could be an interesting story, but this was so trite, and the writing was amateurish..  In order not to give away the story for someone who plans to read it, I won't go into the ridiculous "coincidences" in the story line.
2169390
that is pretty much all there is to it. it doesnt deserve the one star i was forced to give it lol
3859849
I gave one start only because I had to give a start to start a review. This was the absolute worst thing I had ever had to suffer through reading. I had to read because my kid wanted to read them and I have to review that crap. They need to be set on fire and then the ashes set on fire again. I feel less intelligent for having read this. I wish I had borrowed it from the library so as not to have given any additional money to this author
4321261
I was so hopeful about this book - the premise sounded cool.  And 5,000 ratings with an average of nearly 5 stars?  Nobody gets that type of rating. This is going to be the new book of the year.

Nope.  Not. Even. Close.

So...those ratings must be FAKE.  There's no way 5.000 people read this and gave it an average of nearly 5 stars.  The writing in this book is very unsophisticated and the characters are so cookie cutter and stereotypical, it was painful to read about the things they said and did.  There are way too many well written novels out there to waste your time on this.  This doesn't even read like a YA book.  I don't know how else to describe it.  I feel bad, the author must be paying someone somewhere to give her very positive ratings every day or so.  There is just NO way that these ratings are real.

So, I find that annoying.  Honestly, I probably would have liked the book a lot better if there wasn't the fake review issue.  But I was so annoyed I therefore took the time to give it a real rating, from someone who reads a lot.
934759
I really hope that the author reads the bad reviews on this site because that way he should easily figure it out that he is not meant to write books. It's sad someone let him publish one but it's never too late to stop. I was looking up free books on my nook and I came across this. Just by looking at the title anyone with a common sense can tell that it will be trash. One who would give a title like that to his book already has problems. Now I have to agree with some of the other people who say that this is not a book. It's more like random sentences somehow put in some order and then written down. Like if someone took some random notes of a persons life and then wrote them down in the order of events.. It is almost unbearably dumb. If I didn't know better I would assume that it was written by a 10 year old child who is not very good at creative writing but has a homework to write a book and he has to produce something so he doesn't get an F. The story is not the worst but I just can't see how the author or anyone as a matter of fact thought this was even worth finish reading. I can't even finish reading it. It's almost not even worth free. I wish I was paid to waste my time reading it and even then I would not do it again. And I only got through less than half of it. This is the kind of book that I would expect someone write after waking up from a coma that caused severe brain damage. Please if you value your time on earth do not read even the title.
2073824
I only gave this one star because I had to in order to review it.  Didn't even make it through 10 minutes.  Save your time.  Wasn't even worth it for free.
2623509
At first, I wished I could give this book zero stars, thinking it had absolutely nothing to offer. However, I did at one time wish to finish reading the book, just to see if it EVER got better. After almost an entire year of letting it sit on the bottom of my nightstand pile while I found other books vastly more interesting, entertaining, and rewarding, I've finally given up on finishing the last >100 pages. It's just not worth the time.
  We Were the Mulvaneys is dismally depressing, without any apparent purpose. I think most people would be hard-pressed to find a single character for whom they felt any affection or lasting interest.
  I think it's notable that there are nearly 800 used and new copies for sale, starting at a penny. I paid $1 for my copy at the local library sale. The book is headed back there now.
4519844
This book is written witch such a condescending tone, it's just not enjoyable to read. I'm so glad I paid so little for it.