Review 28: Remember Me

Title: Remember me (+ The Return and The Last Story)

Author: Christopher Pike

Number of Pages: 789

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Shari Cooper wakes up dead. The last thing she can remember is falling from a balcony during her friend’s party. Her death has been ruled a suicide, but Shari knows she was murdered. All of her closest friends are now suspects. As she tries to find her killer from the other side, she discovers her friends may not have been so loyal to her after all. Now, Shari is not just out for justice, she’s out for revenge….

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I picked the Bind up for Remember Me because I had heard good comments about Christopher Pike’s work. When I picked it up, I thought I look good. I like the feeling the cover gave me. To be honest, I’m on the fence with this one.

The plot of the first book really got me interested. I really enjoyed it. When I started to read the second and third one, there was just something off for me. Maybe it was the religious aspect and the way reincarnation was presented (saying that someone is brought back as a cripple because he committed suicide just doesn’t go that well with me. I would honestly have been satisfied with just the first book.

The characters were okay. I liked Shari, but the rest of the characters just seemed to be complete idiots or complete stereotypes.

Pike’s style is excellent, but I’m just not so sure about were he wanted to go with The Return (the second book) and The Last Story (the third). I just had trouble with all the religious aspect.

If I had to rate this book as one, I would give it a 6.5/10. Separately, I would give Remember me a 7.5/10, and the other twos a 6/10 

Review: Thirst by Christopher Pike

Instead of doing my essay for my Italian class, I've decided to write about what I really enjoy, books!

So here is my first review, hopefully, there are more to come!

Thirst 1 (including The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Dice) by Christopher Pike

Release Date: August 4th, 2009
Number of pages: 594

Publisher: Simon & Pulse
Source: Bought

As to blood-Ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty…
            Alisa has been in control of her urges for the five thousand years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive.            Her quest leads her to Ray. He is the only person who can help her; he also has every reason to fear her. Alisa must get closer to him to ensure her immortality. But as she begins to fall in love with Ray, suddenly there is more at stake than her own life…

Last month, I started reading the first bind-up of Thirst, which includes The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Dice. I was quite disappointed. I had heard so many good comments about this book, that I was really excited to read it. Maybe that’s why I was expecting more. It took me a week to read the first two parts. I had no will to read the third one, as I had just bought many other books. Two days ago, I decided to pick it up and finish it. I actually liked the third part. Maybe it is because I expected less, but I enjoyed reading it. It is still not on my favorite list, but now I want to read the second and third book.

One of the things I didn’t like about the story was the main character. There are characters that you love to hate, but I just ended up hating her. I really wished I could have liked her, but everything about her got on my nerves. The way she expressed herself and acted seemed to me like a bad written character. I hate to say that, because I had read Remember Me by Christopher Pike and had adored it. Unfortunately, the main character really killed it for me. I like the plot, the way he writes things, except his characters.

I’ll try reading the second book, to see if it gets better, and I will review it soon.

Peace, love and lots of books!