If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first of four books from the New York Timesbestselling author of the Wake trilogy.
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Crash by Lisa McMann
Published by Simon Pulse
Released: January 8th, 2013
Hardcover, 233 pages
Source: Library
Reviewed by Angela |
Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.
What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow.
The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more shesees. The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.
In this riveting start to a gripping series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa McMann, Jules has to act—and act fast—to keep her vision from becoming reality.
(May contain spoilers)
Jules has been in love with Sawyer, the son of their rival family since...well forever. Lately she's been seeing a vision everywhere. Billboards, TV, a movie without sounds, no credits and no one but her sees them. A truck hitting a building, bam the building explodes and there are nine body bags in the snow. One day she sees one of the faces in one of the body bags and it's...wait for it...drumroll...Sawyer. So she decides she'll do whatever she can to save him. Slowly, she starts figuring out the vision and what she needs to do to stop it from happening.
Okay I seriously don't understand the point of this book. I've been waiting through the whole book for and explanation for the visions. Guess what? It doesn't have any. I feel like I have to read the next book because there are too many untied strings and unanswered questions. Is there going to be a explanation for the visions, like she's been chosen to save humanity or something? Or did the author just throw in the vision element for something to write about with no explanation whatsoever?
To a certain degree, the story was entertaining. Wanting me to keep reading to find out what happens. I really liked Jules siblings, Trey and Rowan. They were supportive and were actually civil towards one another, unlike ahem me. But I feel like this book lacked depth, aside from the whole vision aspect, what else was there? Maybe I missed it but I couldn't see it. There are so many questions I think I might be going crazy. Why does Jules see visions? Why did Sawyer start seeing them at the end of the book? Arrrggg it's driving me crazy. I'll definitely read the next book, Bang, because with that kind of ending, how can you not.
3/5 Stars
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