Beautiful creatures11/15/2023 In "Beautiful Creatures" it never rings true and is based on old tired cliches of narrow-mindedness and drawl.īut even all these issues aside, the book is simply a too long, often pointless concoction. I think the book would have been better if told in 3rd person, at least the writers' inability to channel a voice of a 16-year old boy would have been somewhat concealed.Īs for Southern small town feel, I am pretty sure even Charlaine Harris writes it better in her trashy vampire books. The story follows same old dead-beat formula: a paranormal/human pairing, uncovering of the "mysterious" partner's true nature, teens drawn to each other for some unknown reason (even my hope for some kind of reincarnation "twist" didn't quite work out), constant i-can't-be-with-you-cause-it's-dangerous back and forth, the inability to "be together" physically. I personally found none of it particularly striking. Turns out the most appreciated aspects of the book were: an original love story told from a male POV (compare it to those other romances told from whiny girls' POVs), truly original paranormal lore, and small town Southern setting. Having finally finished this book with a high level of irritation and disappointment, I decided to check out the favorable reviews to see what people liked about the story. Unfortunately, "Beautiful Creatures" was just another painfully boring overlong dud. When will I learn not to buy into hype? Just like so many readers, I gave into the favorable internet buzz and opened the book with an expectation of it to be something special. Ugh, another overhyped paranormal YA creation.
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