Disappointed by the open ending of both of her books I've read (Living Dead Girl). Very simple writing, but striking. ( )

I did not like this book because it just made me depressed, I couldn't get into it and I just couldn't finish it. I think it just was more emotional to me because it is about a suicide bomber and I am in the military...and see my brothers and sisters killed by them everyday. I just couldn't do it, my weakness and in no way the fault of the author'w writing. Hope you find a better review elsewhere, here are a couple to try. ( )

Kind of feeling mixed about this one. Complete review tomorrow. ( )

I dunno. I think I was supposed to find this far more chilling than I did. ( )

Finished this one in just a couple of hours, very compelling read. A great learning tool for how to write an engaging story with limited pages. Characterization is great, especially considering half the characters mentioned are dead/never seen.

I did feel a little like some of it was going over my head. Things move quite fast and don't wait for you to catch up. Things aren't over-explained. Our protagonist, Grace, is a teenage girl in a country where she has been raised to believe that by sacrificing her life and being a suicide bomber means that she is an Angel. Yet she gets scared when she's supposed to set off her bomb, and ditches the bomb and escapes. Her bomb kills over thirty people.

Because Grace hasn't done her duty and blown herself up (as her other friends - also Angels - have done), her husband stabs himself and her father disowns her. She herself will be killed if she doesn't escape, so she bribes her way onto a train and attempts to make her way to freedom.

Recommended! :) ( )