"I have learned that knowing where you're going means remembering where you've been. I'm not afraid of what lurks behind me, or ahead."
Author: Kat Rosenfield.
Release Date: July 5th, 2012.
Description: 288 pages, Paperback.
Availability: Amazon, $9,49.
Genre: YA, Romance, Mystery.
Rating: 2 Stars.
Resume: Rebecca is a small-town girl with big hopes for the future. Fresh out of high school, she plans on leaving Bridgeton after the summer to go to college in a big city. However, when the body of Amelia Anne Richardson is found lifeless at the beginning of the summer, Rebecca reevaluates the choices she made.
Review: Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone is beautifully written. There is no doubt that Kat Rosenfield is an extremely skilled and talented writer; she proves it with her debut novel.This book is divided between chapters from Rebecca's perspective and the story of Amelia Anne. Oddly enough, Rosenfield keeps switching from the first to the third person, which can be confusing for the reader.
Despite having her name in the title, Amelia Anne Richardson isn't the main female character of this novel. The YA follows the every moves of Rebecca, a girl who just graduated from high school with honors. Rosenfield painted Rebecca has an indecisive, sensible and relatable character. However, the very little information we get on Rebecca, makes it hard for the reader to connect with her character.
Rosenfield's repetitive and heavy descriptions of Rebecca's discomfort and break downs throughout the story, decrease the interest of the reader for Rebecca's journey. James, Rebecca's boyfriend, is an high school dropout and a perpetual smoker. We get a few flashbacks and some glimpses of James. With James, Rosenfield is redeeming herself for insufferable Rebecca. His raw emotions and honesty, makes him a really likable character. I grew attached to James throughout the book. The character of Amelia Anne is charming. She is a glimpse of sunshine in the dark and moody atmosphere of this novel.
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone is lacking suspense and mystery, despite being described as a thriller. The plot is entirely missing, making the reader wonder if someone clipped a chunk of pages from their copy. Extremely slow-paced, redundant and bland, Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone failed at captivating its readers.
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone is a coming-out-of-age novel disguises as a thriller-mystery. It is prettified by prose, metaphors and figures of speech, while also being filled with excessive, irrelevant descriptions.
Picking up this book, there was promise of a few thrills and twists. Rosenfield, again, failed to deliver. The identity of Amelia Anne's killer can be easily guessed within the first chapters. His motivations and actions are just as predictable. The story could have benefited from solid, interesting, secondary characters. Rebecca, as a protagonist, doesn't offer a strong enough tale to be the sole entertainer of the book. She definitely needed more meat around her. Her family is mentioned, but its too little, too late. The only information we get on them is that her mother's an alcoholic and her father's a judge. Again, the character development is poor.
This novel had a lot of potential that, sadly, wasn't exploit. I do hope Kat Rosenfield continues to write because she has a beautiful and different writing style. Hopfully, I can connect more with her next project.
Overall, Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone was disappointing, misleading, heavy and incredibly boring. It was, personally, a major let down. For those of you who appreciate gorgeously written book without caring about the plot or the character development, I would recommend this one.
Despite having her name in the title, Amelia Anne Richardson isn't the main female character of this novel. The YA follows the every moves of Rebecca, a girl who just graduated from high school with honors. Rosenfield painted Rebecca has an indecisive, sensible and relatable character. However, the very little information we get on Rebecca, makes it hard for the reader to connect with her character.
Rosenfield's repetitive and heavy descriptions of Rebecca's discomfort and break downs throughout the story, decrease the interest of the reader for Rebecca's journey. James, Rebecca's boyfriend, is an high school dropout and a perpetual smoker. We get a few flashbacks and some glimpses of James. With James, Rosenfield is redeeming herself for insufferable Rebecca. His raw emotions and honesty, makes him a really likable character. I grew attached to James throughout the book. The character of Amelia Anne is charming. She is a glimpse of sunshine in the dark and moody atmosphere of this novel.
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone is lacking suspense and mystery, despite being described as a thriller. The plot is entirely missing, making the reader wonder if someone clipped a chunk of pages from their copy. Extremely slow-paced, redundant and bland, Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone failed at captivating its readers.
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone is a coming-out-of-age novel disguises as a thriller-mystery. It is prettified by prose, metaphors and figures of speech, while also being filled with excessive, irrelevant descriptions.
Picking up this book, there was promise of a few thrills and twists. Rosenfield, again, failed to deliver. The identity of Amelia Anne's killer can be easily guessed within the first chapters. His motivations and actions are just as predictable. The story could have benefited from solid, interesting, secondary characters. Rebecca, as a protagonist, doesn't offer a strong enough tale to be the sole entertainer of the book. She definitely needed more meat around her. Her family is mentioned, but its too little, too late. The only information we get on them is that her mother's an alcoholic and her father's a judge. Again, the character development is poor.
This novel had a lot of potential that, sadly, wasn't exploit. I do hope Kat Rosenfield continues to write because she has a beautiful and different writing style. Hopfully, I can connect more with her next project.
Overall, Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone was disappointing, misleading, heavy and incredibly boring. It was, personally, a major let down. For those of you who appreciate gorgeously written book without caring about the plot or the character development, I would recommend this one.
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