I didn't really like this book, because it's not normally the type of book I read. I don't know how to explain it but it was like a "dark fairytale" for lack of a better description. The whole book has a sort of sad feeling to it, but throughout the book, you get to meet all these people that have hidden lives.
The REAL story behind the book is about how Echo (the main character) feels overshadowed by her angelic mother. She thinks that she pales in comparison, but she has this one talent. It's kind of wierd though. If she stripteases or dances for a guy, she can tell what their past was like, how they feel, and other stuff like that. Even with this "power," she feels as if she just blends into the background, but she meets this guy named Storm, who she falls in love with, but he tells her to wait because "it's not the right time." The story goes through many narratives that talk about her life, her boyfriends, and other stuff, but the book isn't always told from Echo's perspective. I don't want to give away too much for fear of spoiling the book, but the main point of the book was to show how you must first learn to love yourself, before you can offer your love to anyone else.
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Okay. I was surfing the web, and I found some pictures that related to the book:
These pictures relate to the book because at the beginning of the story, Echo goes to the ocean, and she almost drowns, but a boy named Storm comes and rescues her. She begins to fall in love with the boy, but when she touches his back, she feels the wings of an broken angel. She starts to wonder if Storm was real or just a figment of her imagination.
3 comments:
Why do so many books take place in big cities? Sometimes I get bored of reading those books. When I read the summary of this book, I thought it was something like the Twilight books, and I thought immediately, NO!
But now that i read your summary, I see that it's different. even though it's annoying me.
Yeah um, and the way you describe the book I've decided to never read this book. It seems like there's too much, and I find these things hard to believe. (I know its supposed to be fantasy!)
It's just the way these books are...the way the authors try to incorporate real life happenings with fantasy in this time period...it seems wrong, it sounds wrong.
sorry , but I'm glad you didn't really like the book.
This book sounds confusing,I think its because its not only told from Echo's point of view. I think I know what you mean when you say its a " dark fairytale" it has all these fictional creatures that have dark secrets, is that what you mean? It weird how the author chose the setting of the story to be in a big city, it sounds....interesting.
It sounds pretty interesting though.
Dark fairytail... that sounds rather mysterious. But then, you said that it takes place in LA and NYC and I can't see fairytails taking place in large cities like that.
Like Kate says, it seems kind of wrong. Although the angel with broken wings sounds interesting. I might check it out sometime ^^
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