Review: Fallen by Lauren Kate
Title: Fallen
(Fallen #1)
Author: Lauren Kate
Summary:
There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention
from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding
school in sultry Savannah. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell
phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security
cameras watch every move.
Even Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce – he goes out of
his way to make that very clear. But she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a
moth to a flame, Luce has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep
secret...even if it kills her.
Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, FALLEN is a
page-turning thriller and the ultimate love story.
Review:
So… Im not sure where to start with this. I have seen this
book a lot recently, with both positive and negative reviews, and when I saw an
Omnibus Edition (the first 3 books) available on the ebook site for my library,
I snatched it up.
Now that ive read the first book, I cant decide if I liked
it or not.
The story is about a 17 year old (I think shes 17 anyways)
girl, who has serious issues. She sees “Shadows” that haunt her, things no one
else sees. Then, after going on her first date, the boy dies in a crazy fire,
and everyone thinks she is to blame for it. She gets sent to a boarding/reform
school, by court order, and then things get even worse for her.
She meets a few people, and of course 2 guys are instantly
in love with her, though she doesn’t know why. And of course, she is all crazy
for them too, even though she doesn’t know either of them.
Then the paranormal aspect comes into play. And, in case you
are one of the few people who haven’t read these books yet, or haven’t heard of
what it is… im just gonna tell you anyways… they are angels. (though I know that,
that’s about all we know, because even after finishing the first book, you don’t
know much else)
I gotta say, I wasn’t impressed with any of the characters.
Luce is dumb. I mean seriouslydumb. She is at a reform school for crazy and dangerous
kids. And yet, when a guy tells her (a guy she has known for less than a week)
to get in a car and leave the school to meet him, (at a place she doesn’t even
know) she does it. Alone. Without having a way to get back. So dumb.
She doesn’t understand anything, though the reader catches
on very quickly. She is gullible and naïve! Not my favorite heroine, buy a long
shot.
Then the side characters… no depth. Nothing. I was not impressed
at all. And when I finally started liking Arianne, I found out who she is, and
then everything you know about her is false anyways.
Lame.
I agree with many reviewers who claim this to be very
Twilight-ish. But Twilight was WAY better. Not the best book in the world, but
better than this. The first half of this book was so SLOW. I skimmed so much of
her inner monologue. (Gotta say that it was so repetitive. Luce continuously repeated
what had happened, over and over, even though we had just read it. SO ridiculous!)
The romance... wait, was there romance? I mean, sure… she
fell in love with a guy she didn’t know, and had the hots for another guy. Plus
both guys loved her. But this all happened in a week’s time… so that’s not
really love, right? (Though, it is explained later that they have known each
other for a long time, so its understandable why the 2 guys want her… you just don’t
know that at first.)
Despite all of that, about half way through the book it got
better. There was finally a little action (very little) and some questions were
answered, though only a few. And…for some reason I cant explain, I even enjoyed
it a little. More than that, im curious about what will happen next.
So, I will start book 2, and hope its better than the first.
Rating: 3 stars
I've just gone back and reread my review of Fallen, because I remember I loved it and gave it five stars. Looking back, I think what I loved the most were the depictions of the settings and the promise it had for the next two instalments. I think Fallen presented a great potential to work on in the following books. However, after reading Torment - which was a big disappointment to me - I agree with your review. I don't even have any inclination to read the rest of the series.
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