Reviews for This Side of Paradise

The average rating for This Side of Paradise based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-06-27 00:00:00 Brandon Cassady oh my god remember THIS hot mess This book is literally written like a robot wrote it. I've never read something so terribly written. It feels like a ten-year-old trying to imitate adult writing wrote this. know a girl who was writing better stuff than this at ten. I'm pretty sure I wrote something better than this at age ten. Every single character is a trope. The grandmother can kick your ass. The brother is a complete fuckboy. The dad is a creep. The mom is a robot. I mean that literally, she's replaced by a robot halfway through. Every plot twist is completely predictable, to the point where I don't think the author was trying to surprise anyone. This book is embarrassing. Seriously. I am fucking embarrassed that this got published. And moreover. I'm confused as to how this wasn't a parody? You could've sold this to me as a parody and I would've fucking loved it. But in this form it's hysterical in a bad way. Blog | Goodreads | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-24 00:00:00 Frederick Hutchinson First off, let me start by saying that I don't intend to be mean. I just need to give an honest opinion here. This book is absolutely horrible. It's honestly a boring read. As one would say, great idea, poor execution. There are spoilers in here, but they probably won't ruin anything because a., this book sucks enough already and b., everything is so obvious. Every single plot twist was predictable. The foreshadowing sounds like a two-year-old trying to keep a secret. Mom being a robot was obvious as soon as she returned. For example, they say that she spoke in a monotone voice, her words were hollow, and she didn't let go of the plate. These, to me, are blatant giveaways of the fact that she is a robot. To add to that, if you listened to the CDs of the book, he reads Mom's lines in a robotic voice. CAN YOU GET MORE OBVIOUS THAN THAT? I also strongly dislike the way it's written. It seems like a child wrote a novel and overused the thesaurus. I can't seem to pinpoint what exactly is wrong with it, but that is just a personal opinion. I'm also tired of the religious references. Mr. EDEN, ADAM, GARDEN SCHOOL, PARADISE. To me, raised in Christianity, this was an obvious reference to The Garden of Eden. Though, to others, it may not be as obvious, and some people may actually dislike it (like me). It's not something everyone would get. For example, someone raised an atheist with no knowledge of the Bible won't get these references. For me, it just got tiring. The process went like this. This side of Paradise. Paradise. EDEN. Ha, funny; I get it. Adam. Oh, another reference. Garden school. This is honestly getting old now. I'm not even going to pay any mind to these anymore. To reiterate, this was a boring read. I honestly wouldn't waste your time with it. EDIT: I realized that Jori is a biblical reference as well... It's driving me insane.