Sunday, July 31, 2011

Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison


Here Lies Bridget
What do you do when the five people you meet in limbo all want you to go to hell?

Bridget Duke is the uncontested ruler of her school. The meanest girl with the biggest secret insecurities. And when new girl Anna Judge arrives, things start to fall apart for Bridget: friends don’t worship as attentively, teachers don’t fall for her wide-eyed “who me?” look, expulsion looms ahead and the one boy she’s always loved—Liam Ward—can barely even look at her anymore.

When a desperate Bridget drives too fast and crashes her car, she ends up in limbo, facing everyone she’s wronged and walking a few uncomfortable miles in their shoes. Now she has only one chance to make a last impression. Though she might end up dead, she has one last shot at redemption and the chance to right the wrongs she’s inflicted on the people who mean the most to her.

And Bridget’s about to learn that, sometimes, saying you’re sorry just isn’t enough.…

At First Sight:
I thought this would be an interesting read. I've never really liked mean protagonists before because I find it very hard to relate so I treaded this book with caution.

My Thoughts:

Bridget is definitely the Queen Bee. She's popular but has gained her popularity for being intimidating rather than nice. She's even horrible to her friends and step-mom. I have to say, throughout the book in general, I really didn't connect with Bridget. I tried to feel sorry for her, to understand her confusion, to feel some kind of sympathy for her--but it never came. That was my biggest problem with the book.

Of course, there's a rival girl and a cute guy. Anna (the nice/rival girl) is too cliche for me to relate and the cute guy (what was his name again? See, this is why I hate reviewing books months after I read them) was bland, nothing that stood out as a perfect match, to be honest.

My favorite character was the step-mom. She had the most depth and complexity out of all of them and actually reading her part in the book made me like the book more.

The story is not bad, I suppose. I enjoyed the book and some parts were fairly entertaining and light enough to read quickly but I've discovered that I certainly do not like the mean-type characters (why do I still want to read Before I Fall?). I'm such a big character-driven reader and writer that any time I face a character I cannot relate to, I'm not as invested in the story.

By the end, it got better but it didn't feel as believable as it should be. I don't want to spoil it for any one so I'll leave it at that.

Plot: 4
Characters: 2.5
Writing: 4
Cover: 5
Overall Feeling: 3
Average: 3.7

5 comments:

Cindy said...

I've read mixed reviews on this one, and am not sure if its for me. Great review :)

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وهناك الكثير من الخدمات التى تقدمها شركة العربى لمكافحة الحشرات بالاماكن العامة والخاصة وتعمل الشركة على توفير الطرق الحديثة والامنة للعمل على مكافحة كافة انواع الحشرات المختلفة بدون رجعة وضمان عدم عودتها مرة اخرى
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شركة تنظيف بحائل
عميلنا العزيز هل تبحث عن شركة متخصصة في خدمات التنظيف المختلفة ؟
اليكم عملاؤنا الكرام شركة العربى لخدمة تنظيف الكنب بحائل ،وتوفرها الشركة لجميع العملاء في مناطق حائل وبريدة والقصيم وعنزة ومن ابرز الخدمات التي تهتم الشركة بتوفيرها كالتالي :
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• توفير المنظفات المستوردة المستخدمة في عمليات التنظيف
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• تقديم الخدمة باسعار مغرية
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