Reviews for Impossible [With Headphones]

The average rating for Impossible [With Headphones] based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-12-03 00:00:00 James Pace OK so I read this bizarre interview over on Teen Reads where I thought Nancy Werlin was a certified kook: It sort of made me want to read it because I knew I'd hate it. I realize there is something wrong with me to have these sorts of thoughts. When I arrived home that night, I discovered I had an ARC of the book I must have grabbed at the Book Expo. Onto reading I went! Surprise me, kooky lady! Make this book actually GOOD! Sorry, Nancy did not surprise me. This is basically sort of like Magic or Madness but not as well-written and without the ADORABLE. (Geez Larbalestier brings the adorable.) NOTES: 1. Ohhhhmigosh "high" doesn't mean drinking from a flask, writer lady. It means HIGH as in DRUGS. 2. I should really have stopped reading this book because I found it irritating and not very good, but the story itself (according to the back cover and that interview I read) was so intriguing to me (again, in a very Magic's Child way) that I kept going. Masochist? Perhaps. 3. Many random scattered sloppy POVs. All read in the same voice. 4. Taking a page out of the Stephenie Meyer book of how to not write anything too challenging, lazy Werlin had lots of key scenes happen "offscreen". 5. Did you know marriage is LITERALLY HOLY? Even when you are teenagers only getting married to do some legal loopholey shit to prepare for the Elfin Knight to try to use magic rape on your unborn child in the future? WELL NOW YOU DO. 6. I hate Mary Sues forever and ever. 7. Hey did you also know if you have any problems with your inlaws a baby will magically fix all of them? It's a really great lesson for girls whose boyfriends' parents don't like them much. 8. I swear there's a scene where a dude acts jealous of a mannequin and then gets an erection (unrelated). 9. This quote about marriage which I will just type out for you: "He felt animal. He felt mated." 10. Totally also must have read Breaking Dawn because a character who had no desire for a baby AND WHO TALKED HYPOTHETICALLY ABOUT ENCOURAGING SOMEONE ELSE TO GET AN ABORTION is all nooooooo I could never get rid of my unborn child even though I am only seventeen and got magic-raped by the Elfin Knight and I could end this whole frigging family curse by a TOTALLY LEGAL MEDICAL PROCEDURE. I'm gonna have to read a shitload of Meg Cabot to get over this one.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-31 00:00:00 Graham Wrigley [and asks Lucy to marry him. So they marry. Really, I was reading passages in this book, simply thinking: Are you totally nuts? Why would you do something like that? And why has it to be portrayed like the marriage makes everything better? Like it is the idea for a seventeen-year-old and a nineteen-year-old to marry in the given situation? I mean, okay, they are childhood friends and have known each other for a long time. But they have never had a relationship! They never even kissed before the proposal. Yet, everything works out fine. Renting a house or buying a car is not a problem. Even Zach's parents, who aren't too fond of the idea at the beginning, will eventually, when the baby is there, see that it is for the best! Sorry, but this is just not something I can understand. (hide spoiler)]