After the Moment by Garret Freymann-Weyr (May 18th 2009—Houghton Mifflin)
Grade: 3 stars out of 5
Summary: “Maia Morland is pretty, only not pretty-pretty. She's smart. She's brave. She's also a self-proclaimed train wreck.
Leigh Hunter is smart, popular, and extremely polite. He's also completely and forever in love with Maia Morland.
Their young love starts off like a romance novel—full of hope, strength, and passion. But life is not a romance novel and theirs will never become a true romance. For when Maia needs him the most, Leigh betrays both her trust and her love.”
Review: After the Moment felt to me like I was looking in a private affair through a glass window. Captivated but knowing that it was bad to be watching. Because of this I felt a disconnection between all the characters. Like I know of them, but I don’t know them.
I would agree with some that After the Moment was slow and a tad on the boring side. It felt that I was fluttering along the novel waiting for something, anything, to happen. It would touch on many subjects, never breaking free of that one barrier to make it astounding. There was a lot of buildup, a lot, to reach the climax. I felt that the climax could have been dragged a bit longer for a better impact but it still manages to shake the reader (especially with the gruesome fist to fist fighting).
There was a lot of potential behind this book. Some came through others needed to be expanded more. The ending for me was bittersweet.
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Thank you Trish for allowing me to be the first stop of Garret Freymann-Weyr’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS. Check out the other stops:
Thank you Trish for allowing me to be the first stop of Garret Freymann-Weyr’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS. Check out the other stops:Tuesday, October 20th – Eclectic Book LoverThursday, October 22nd – Cindy’s Love of BooksTuesday, October 27th – The Brain LairWednesday, October 28th – Luxury ReadingThursday, October 29th – Pop Culture JunkieMonday, November 2nd – Steph Su ReadsWednesday, November 4th – Bart’s BookshelfThursday, November 5th – A Striped ArmchairTuesday, November 10th – The Bluestocking SocietyThursday, November 12th – As Usual, I Need More BookshelvesMonday, November 16th – Starting FreshTuesday, November 17th – Beth Fish ReadsThursday, November 19th – Book AddictionMonday, November 23rd – The Novel BookwormTuesday, November 24th – All About {n}
Bummer this book didn't work for you like it did for me. But that's what makes reading so great, right? That it's such a personal experience.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being on the tour and for giving us your honest opinion!
Too bad you didn't really like it! I might still get it from the library to see how it is for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review!
I agree about the ending and the potential of this book. I expected a little more from this story.
ReplyDeleteDear Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteIf you do get it out, please email me. I love hearing people's thoughts, no matter what. It's so interesting. I wanted the end to be bittersweet, so at least I got that across, and it's so great that Thao expected more. People usually have v. low expectations for a YA. It's been so illuminating to me that the YA community finds the book to slow to start and the romance/adult fiction focuses on the love story or the writing. I really appreciate anyone spending time with Leigh & Maia. I worry that they have been lonely since leaving my laptop. :-)