glimpse of that ultimate reality which is Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God 's kingdom. glimpse of those days. A member gives us a vivid glimpse of those days. glimpse of your future will be to BB A Vision For You, p.

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My only complaint was that I saw most of the plot points coming a mile off. The ending was virtually no surprise to me, and I felt that Leighton really brushed over what Liz's revelation and Zachary's meant for everyone!

What about poor, ignorant Liz's dad? Though I have to say, he frustrated me a lot in this book so I don't feel THAT sorry for him. I think the ending could have benefitted from a more solid conclusion. But other than that, this was a great read!

YA ghost stories have always been my favourite kind of story. This is not just any poem. The thing: Books do not have to be spectacular to entertain or be loved, but if you write about a beloved, classic poem — your book needs to be very good. Not just good but breathtakingly brilliant.

But still. The man — no, boy — who turns out to be the famous Highwayman is truly underwhelming. He haunted the roads, robbed and killed people and did all the things highwaymen used to do.

I was expecting some Dick Turpin or Claude Duval, someone interesting and maybe unlikable but authentic for an eighteenth century highway robber.

We do not get that. We get Zachary. In short: We get a really nice teenaged boy. Mind you, I would have loved a nice, considerate boy in any other YA read. I despise the brooding dark YA hero who treats the heroine like dirt, I do not want that kind of thing in any boy.

In fact, Zachary is great. A highwayman, however, he is not. I get that, according to the book, the poem is a complete romanticisation of the actual events, but still.

The other thing that bothered me was the ending. It was rushed. A lot. This is a slow book and I really like that. I would choose darkly atmospheric reads over lots of action anytime.

This book builds and builds and revelations come slowly and it keeps you guessing right until the end and I adored that. The book is a great, well-written, atmospheric, eerie read. The ending however is half-baked.

I mean it! If you want to read this book, do NOT click on this spoiler. The thing is: The ending is highly problematic in my opinion. Is it just me or is killing a teenager to steal his body wrong, wrong and wrong again? I really liked it. The characters were great. Liz is an interesting, well-rounded protagonist and I liked her voice.

I really liked the way the plot about her trying to remember her past was handled. My favourite character was Susie though. I wish there had been more of Susie in the book. As a spooky YA ghost story I really liked this book.

You might just be disappointed. Kristina Vallaste. As for the rest, however, I admit I got totally pulled into the characters and their struggles.

Maybe it's because it's been a long time since I've properly read books, but I know I'm going to be missing these characters - especially Zachary - for a while. And as great as this book is as a standalone, I regret not being able to glimpse into the future these two face now, after the events of this story.

An epilogue would've been nice, though not needed for a conclusion, to soften the abrupt ending. I wasn't familiar with The Highwayman poem before getting into this book it's included in the first pages , but I must say I very much appreciated the mysterious and dramatic setting it provided.

A very well pulled-off retelling. Ana Victoria Rubí. Author 2 books 5 followers. Very enjoyable story! Although I found it to be very predictable, I flew through the last pages and liked the outcome very much. A very good and pleasant introduction to paranormal romance.

Also, I loved Zachary as a character Spoiler down here! But I was disappointed at him occupying Scott, who was so unlikable. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers. Show full review. I thought this was an above average middle grade creepy book.

I liked out main character Elizabeth as well the other characters in the book. There was a twist at the end that I didn't see coming and I liked the way it all fitted together.

Rating: 3. Glimpse by Kendra Leighton has been inspired by "The Highwayman" and I must admit that the book is just as lovely as the poem. Glimpse is a YA novel centered around 17 year old Liz who had been in an accident ten years ago. She lost her mother as well as her memories but gained the ability to see ghostly body parts floating in the air or 'Glimpses' as she calls them.

Due to this she is constantly tormented in her school by the bully Derek and his comrades. But she has recently inherited The Highwayman Inn after her grandfather's death. So she has decided to move into the inn with her father and have a fresh start in a new school. She is determined to become 'normal' and makes a list in order to achieve normalcy.

She dresses in jeans and shirts giving up her vintage dresses in order to fit in better. She eventually becomes successful in making a friend-Susie. But there is a problem in the form of Scott-the school troublemaker. Moreover he is Crowley's the inn's caretaker son and helps out in the inn.

Even though she is determined not to see Glimpses she can't control it. In a place as old as the inn seeing Glimpses inevitable. She is worried that Seth might come to know about this and torment her later. She doesn't want a repeat as he reminds her of Derek One night she meets Zachary who turns out to be a ghost.

And he is not just a regular ghost either. He is the highwayman from Alfred Noyes' poem who died when he was nineteen. He is searching for Bess more like her ghost who had disappeared a few years ago. In the beginning Liz is very wary and finds it difficult to believe that he is a ghost.

But as she spends more time with him she learns more about him and begins to feel attracted to him. But Zachary asks for her help in finding Bess. Liz agrees and decides to try her best to reunite the two.

But there is a malevolent, jealous ghost in the inn whIch doesn't want Liz to help Zachary. In addition to that she is warned to stop by both Scott and an old psychic lady Meg.

Nevertheless Liz still wants to help Zachary. As she digs deeper into the history of the inn, with Susie's help, she finds more about Zachary's past and her own powers. I really loved the atmosphere created by Kendra Leighton in the novel.

It was quite creepy at times when Liz saw the Glimpses. Poor Liz!! I feel sorry that she had to through such horrifying experiences. The story had a dark and eerie feel and Ms. Leighton wove the events of the poem into the story In a skillful manner.

The suspense and the mystery was very intriguing and I kept turning the pages for more. It was very wonderful to see the relationship between Liz and her dad become stronger.

Susie was a wonderful and loyal friend. Scott and Crowley were absolutly selfish. And Ann was just simply crazy!! I absolutely loved the twist in the end!! I had a feeling that it might happen and I was very happy that it did. I recommend this to all those who are looking for a completely different and original ghost read.

Its really creepy and beautiful at the same time. Michelle Fluttering Butterflies. I have been very excited to pick up and read Glimpse for Kendra Leighton for awhile. I don't know, I never really expected for ghost stories to be my thing but I've been reading several lately and they and especially Glimpse!

have been really surprising and entertaining and just lots of fun to read. I am definitely looking forward to reading more ghost stories like this in the future and especially to read more with a British setting as well.

That's always an added bonus for me. Glimpse is the story of teenage girl, Liz, who has not had an easy life so far. Seven years ago, at the edge of 10, she was involved in a car accident that claimed the life of her mother as well as all of the memories of her life.

When she wakes up in the hospital, she has no recollection of who she is or who her father is. All she wants is a normal life with a full set of memories but instead, she wakes up with the ability of see 'glimpses' of bodies and people that nobody else can see.

She also has terrible nightmares and she's bullied badly at school because of her odd behaviour and the strange way she's dressed. The bullying included in this story was quite to read about and it really made me sympathetic towards Liz right from the start.

Then Liz and her father inherit The Highwayman Inn and they move back to the place Liz's mother was originally from in order to start over in this new place. Liz hopes for a new beginning and makes a 'Normalcy List' to help her in her goals.

No more strange behaviour, no more nightmares, no more bullying. Fresh start, new life as new Liz. Despite her plans, Liz soon meets Zachary and everything that Liz has been running from comes at her from different directions and forces Liz to deal with them directly.

I really loved reading Glimpse. I love how the story is based around the famous Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman' and how much that forms the narrative of this story. I had no experience with the poem before reading Glimpse, but the full poem is produced at the start of the story and then is referenced throughout.

I really love when other stories or poems become the basis of something new in this way. I also enjoyed the fact that Liz and her new friend, Susie, begin researching The Highwayman Inn as part of their school project to learn more about ghosts and how haunted the building is which allowed them and the reader to learn more about the history of this time period.

I thought there was plenty of suspense and tension in this book both from witnessing Liz's glimpses and her nightmares as well as from another angry ghostly presence for this book to be quite creepy and unsettling.

Liz and Susie visit a medium in the area who has been in contact with some of the ghosts from The Highwayman, one of which in particular is hell bent on vengeance towards Liz which puts her in some mild peril. It was all very entertaining! But Glimpse is also a love story and I really loved the combination of ghosts and romance in this book.

There's lovely echoes of the love story between the highwayman and the innkeeper's daughter in all of the relationships within Glimpse and everything about this element of the story really made me happy.

I really do recommend this book for anyone looking for a good ghost story! Glimpse starts with a re-telling of The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, a tale of doomed lovers set at The Highwayman Inn, the story continues to the present day where we meet Liz a teenage girl with a tragic past and a miserable life in the present, you see Liz is not a normal teenage girl, ever since she lost her mother in a car accident seven years ago she has suffered nightmares and worse she is frequently visited by "Glimpses" ghostly bits of humans, and I mean bits literally it can be a disembodied hand that brings itself to her attention.

She does get warning of them about to appear in the form of pins and needles but it still does not prepare her for how frightening it is, and when she is cornered by them when she is around people they just think she is mad.

Thankful for a new start, Liz is glad to move to the Highwayman Inn, a forlorn building she has inherited from her grandfather, she hopes a new life here will stop the Glimpses and help her start to be normal, she has made a list that states these things, no nightmares or glimpses, be normal and make friends!

The inn also comes with a caretaker, one who seems to come and go as he pleases and also to her horror the schools resident disruptive pupil Scott, is his son and he is less than friendly, she fears the bullying she left in her old school may rear its ugly head here.

Her Glimpse free life is very short and she starts to see and hear things, the inn is the most haunted building in her village, she also fears that someone is trying to get in to the inn when one night she see a man in the shadows below her window, a man who returns every night, she doesn't know to be afraid of him or not and when she finally speaks to him he tells her he knows about her Glimpses and he can help her.

His name is Zachary and he is a spirit and the highwayman of the poem, he is searching for his one and only, Bess, they were souls together but she has disappeared and he asks Liz to help him find her. Glimpse is a very spooky story with some ghostly encounters being quite scary, my own fault for reading in the dark on my kindle!

The story of Liz and Zachary is compelling one, you can see that as Liza gets comfortable around him that she is falling from him but she gets warned by various people to stay away from him but she can't stop now she has started. The conclusion of the story is great as we find out more about Zachary and Liz, why they are drawn to one another, it was not what I expected at the end it was a OMG why did I not see that earlier moment, I love a twist!

The inn itself is so amazingly atmospheric in its description you can smell the musty curtains and see the dust, it is not a place I would willingly spend a night! If you like your stories dark and mysterious with a hint of romance then you should love Glimpse!

Glimpse is awarded 4 out of 5. Angie~ Faery of Weirdness. Glimpse Watch me by moonlight by Kendra Leighton The highwayman came riding- Riding- riding- The highwayman came riding, Up to the old inn-door.

I just wanted a new start! You may think that this is a hateful review, but not necessarily. It has its moments when I feel like I could get through it, but then… at the same time- Liz does happen to get on my nerves.

This whole time I actually was hoping for Liz to end up with Scott in some twisted and sympathetic way… but I guess all of the characters had what was to come for them in the end. Like- is this the actually story behind the poem? Cos, if it is- this author surely did a lot of research.

You might find it more interesting than I did:. Laura midorireads. The first time I'd ever heard of the The Highwayman poem, was when I went through my Anne of Green Gables 's phase, and watched the Anne of Avonlea movie. Anne had done a memorized presentation of the poem, and recites it wth so much feeling, you can't help but be enthralled by it.

So, when I'd read the synopsis for Glimpse , I couldn't resist checking out a story based on the famous poem. Glimpse starts off by introducing us to Liz, right as she's being bullied at school. We soon find out that the reason she's being bullied, is because she "sees" things, things that she calls 'Glimpses'.

Fortunately, she's moving away, and will be able to have a fresh start without these bullies, and people knowing that she sees things that she shouldn't. But just as soon as she arrives, she begins to see Glimpses more often. She also has a few new people to contend with: Scott, a troublemaker, and possible bully; and Zachary, a kind, but mysterious young man.

Liz just wants to figure out why she has these Glimpses, and if they have anything to do with the memories she had lost years ago, in an accident that had killed her mother. Glimpse was an easy, fun read. I enjoyed the story, and read it relatively quickly because it was entertaining.

There were aspects of it that seemed genuinely creepy, and creepiness is always one of my favorite selling points. There's a moment when Liz wakes up from a dream. In it, she dreamed her mother hates her, grabbing her and yelling, 'Get out! Get out!

I imagined this mother who loves her child, but for whatever reason, she's full of hatred, and screaming at her. This was such an intense thing for me to think of dreaming about.

The mother that Liz lost the mother she can't remember full of fury towards her, albeit in a dream, but still, the fury was so real, no matter if it was in a dream state. To add on to the creep factor, I wish there was more of these moments, and I would have loved having more in the spooky department.

The characters were actually not annoying to me! I really liked them, and there's no one whom I could pinpoint as being exceptionally annoying. Everyone had their place, and no one I'd have omitted from this story, so that warrants a thumbs up.

Obviously I liked this book, so yes, totally recommended! A MUST read for fantasy romance lovers. I mean, Zachary is a man to fall in love with. Sadly, he's taken ladies. Taken in an all consuming love that no power in this universe can break.

So yeah, any old romantic at heart will love this tale of fighting for love and never giving up. Lauraelisabeth fashion-by-the-book. But when you have no childhood memories and you see ghost all the time, it's hard to be normal.

So when she moves into The Highwayman Inn with her father, she hopes for a new start. But instead, things get weirder. What secrets are hidden within the infamous inn?

Curiously, I wasn't expecting to really enjoy this book very much. I was expecting the run of the mill, urban fantasy with a protagonist who was! not cool! but still magic boy loves her!. And I guess Technically, Liz was the normal character for this time of book.

Unpopular and doesn't think she's pretty, but main guy character still loves her. And yet, I really liked her. She is a rare character who is actually physically bullied and hurt but still keeps her head up.

That's very likeable in a character, to be honest. The horror, ghostly element in this book was done so well! It was so creepy, but not so creepy that I had to sleep with the lights on.

That's how I measure creepiness. On a scale from one to ten, one being I honestly have had more fear from public restrooms and 10 being I had to take extra anxiety medicine.

Glimpse was about a 7, scary enough that I was a little afraid to take my dog outside at midnight, but not too bad. That's the perfect amount of creepiness, to me. Anyways, I loved how Liz could see ghost, but only bits and pieces of them which seems original.

And the plot twist at the end is crazy! Also, I loved that it was based off the The Highwayman Poem, which I actually haven't read before. I did see Anne Shirley recite it in the Anne of Green Gables movie, does that count??

I loved how history and poetry was a element of the story. In retellings and classic continuations, poetry isn't a factor very often so this was a nice change. All in all, I really enjoyed Glimpse and it's utter creepiness. I recommend it to fans of ghost stories.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in return for an honest review. For more of my reviews go to www. com I feel like this book had a lot of potential but didn't live up to it.

I struggled to connect to the main character, and even more so to the romance. Liz was vulnerable and determined and stubborn, and I liked these qualities about her, but I didn't feel like I knew her well enough.

Jonah is one of them. He can feel when a quake is about to hit. This skill is called a Glimpse , and this internal warning system although taxing on the Glimpser, can save lives.

This skill can also make you rich and famous and is sought after by many. When Jonah sees signs of a group called PANN in the market, he is instantly wary and angry. Years before this group had come to D Zone, and left nothing but broken dreams and heartbreak behind. Jonah was one of the biggest losers.

He tries to warn his fellow D Zoners and is surprised his best friend Bas is being sucked in by PANN, but nothing Jonah says seems to have any effect. This time PANN is not on its own, and the battle to move them on almost impossible.

Seven years of struggle. PANN is promising a way out and too many people are listening. From the award winning author of the powerful The Bridge , Glimpse is penned from her own experiences in the Christchurch NZ earthquakes.

Just like The Bridge , I was taken into a dystopian world, and gripped early by this story and the powerful writing that delivers it. Glimpse is a scenario in a perfectly possible future of corporate greed and organisations willing to prey on the vulnerable, all with a fantastical element of seeing events just before they happen.

Fast moving, beautifully written and authentic. I could almost feel the ground shaking, the roar of wrenched steel and concrete, and the dust filling the air. Glimpse has been written in tribute to the many rebuilding the city of Christchurch.

My eyes are officially open. Her words captivate me and reading her books through poetry is the best experience that a reader can have. A lot of people don't enjoy poetry in YA books and think that grammar and spelling is important to captivate readers but I think the opposite: reading YA books through poetry is amazing!

Better yet, reading this book through poetry is amazing. The concept and plot matches perfectly with the words and this author is great at making me cry, as well. It could tear my throat apart, I think. You have to have the feeling and you need to be able to go through the vibe that this author creates.

It is mixed with many concepts that are combined in one-- suicide, depression, abuse, and seeing all of that happening to one family is so sad and tears me up when thinking about it. This is about fourteen year old Lizzie who tries to commit suicide, but her sister catches her about to do it, and Liz is suddenly taken into the hospital where she is looked after.

Hope, her sister, is trying to figure out what's the mystery behind her crazy mother and her sister's action and why she's the one that no one loves. I'm just going to say that this is the type of story that you're going to cry for because of how the emotions are written so deeply and beautifully and because how bad you will feel for Hope.

Her scenario is truly heart-breaking and I seriously don't know what I would do in her situation. It's the type of situation that you just cannot put yourself in because it's so horrible and destructive.

This plot was very moving and fast paced. So much was happening and every chapter left us wanting more. It was very difficult for me to leave this book down for even the slightest minute. It was so beautiful all throughout and so captivating.

My only slight problem was Hope. She was too easy and too loving to her mother when she was practically verbally abusing her, and this made me so sad because she was letting her mother act this way to her and she didn't do anything about it!

If she got that boost up maybe she would've been more confident and would've known what to do. Overall, the book was amazing. The ending was very light and open, although I do wish that we found out what happened to the sisters later on because we all want to see them happy and free!

I was quite surprised when I flipped through this book to see it's all written in poetry style. And, honestly, I groaned. I'm not a big fan of poetry. I think my main problem with it is that I believe in the rules that go with our use of English — grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.

They all serve a purpose. As such, it can be hard for me to operate outside these rules. While written as poetry, this book flows like a typical novel, you know, written in prose. And the poetry actually serves this book VERY well.

I was very impressed by how well it worked to communicate tone, hidden meanings, and emotion. I think it was far more effective than any prose would've been. I am in awe. Pure, complete awe! This, indeed is an amazing work of art.

And this, my friends, is why I give it 5 stars. It is fantastic. The plot, it was good. Shocking, and good. But, I was able to figure out the "big secret" quite early in the book. I'm guessing most adults could.

But, given that this is a book for younger readers, I think the big reveal just might shock their socks off. At least, I hope there are youngsters out there who are still innocent enough to not figure it out — at least not until closer to the actual revelation occurs in the story.

The end is not satisfying, in my opinion. I want to know more. What happens to the girls? What about their mother? These questions, however, aren't enough to make me penalize this book's rating.

Normally, I would, but this was so artfully done. So unique and so amazing just in how it was written that I think it deserves a full 5 stars. WARNINGS: Grief, suicide attempts, rape, child prostitution , fat-shaming. Just no. Too depressing. Like, it got to the point where it wasn't even sad anymore.

Just depressing. I picked this up in my school library without the full intention of reading the whole thing. I'd read the first few pages and got a little bit intrigued, wanting to see where the plot was going.

The main event of the book is a sister tried to kill herself. The other sister is left with their not so great mom. So I wanted to see if the element of hope ever came up.

It didn't. Well, not really until the last page. Overall, it was just depressing. Like, there's no other words I can use. And it's not because it was just a sad book. It was because of the way it was told and how nothing ever went right for Hope the MC and narrator of the story or Lizzie the sister that tried to kill herself.

But honestly, I wasn't reading this book for pleasure. Like I said above, I randomly picked it up in the library to read for school for a grade.

And yes, I did get graded for reading it. Welcome to High School English, folks. So it didn't matter that much to me that the book was a let down. Content Review: Violence: There's nothing really super violent about this book aside from the fact that Hope walks in on her sister holding a shotgun towards herself, about to pull the trigger.

Maybe a few other minor things that I can't remember. Language: Damn and hell were used throughout the book. The mom calls a lady a "fat b! itch" and tells her daughter she looks like a "whore" and "slut". t is also used a few times. Sexual content: The mom's job is implied to be having sexual relations with other men for money.

The daughters refer to these men as "visitors". Later in the book it's revealed that the mom got Lizzie included with these "visitors".

At this point in the book, I was so done. And Hope and her friend have a party at which Mari her friend kisses a boy. Another boy at the party says that Hope should've passed him a card, implying that she could've dropped it and kissed him.

The game they were playing was where you can only pass a playing card by sucking on it on your lips and passing it to another person who has to do the same thing.

Therefore if you dropped the card, you'd end up kissing whoever you were passing it to. And the last thing was just the mention of girls being on periods. So there's all that. I'm not a fan of this book, for many reasons.

But mainly because of some of the content and just how depressing it was. Have a good day and happy reading! Emmy Rayne. I have now read this book three times and it still has the same impact that it did when I first read it nine years ago. I still find this the best sister story I have ever come across.

It's a hard read, but an amazing one. It is all worth it when you see the payoff in the end, beautiful. Author 7 books 22 followers. This is not an easy book to read. Furthermore, the subject is a very difficult one emotionally, as it deals with child abuse, dysfunctional families, and trauma in a very raw, hands-on way.

The writing is rich and haunting, unpretentious, and really manages to put the reader in the mindset of a thirteen-year-old girl grappling with very adult questions, trying to understand why her beloved sister would hold a shotgun, fingering the trigger, thinking about leaving her.

Sometimes, a glimpse of these troubling issues is all we can stand, but even that can be enough to make us alert to those suffering, often before our own very eyes. Abigail Young. I love this author. This book is written in poems which I love.

This book is good. It made me sad. But I didn't cry. It leaves the reader with a hollow aching feeling inside. It's a book of loneliness and hurting. Dawn Taylor. Why are most verse novels so sad?! A harrowing tale of sexual abuse, vividly recounted in prose poems.

Hope and Lizzie are sisters who are very close. Lizzie, the eldest, is very protective of Hope. As the novel opens, Lizzie has been hospitalized for a suicide attempt. Hope does not understand why her sister will not communicate with her or with her mother when they visit.

Hope has her friend, Mari, but she misses Lizzie. Lizzie begins treatment with a new psychiatrist, who asks Hope to try to remember anything that might have pushed Lizzie to such desperation.

I loved Miss Freeman, an compassionate elderly woman who suspects that something is not quite right with the two sisters. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.

Show full review. As an English major I had my fair share of classes who's required reading lists included quite a good amount of work written in verse.

I admit that I never really enjoyed it much. It could have been for any number of reasons, I may have been too immature to grasp the beauty of it, it could have been because it was simply required, or maybe because it was the fact that I had a time deadline that I needed to stick to, but either way I stayed away from it after graduation.

Maybe I just don't have a lyrical soul? I hope that's not the reason. But this year I have found myself reading quite a bit of verse voluntarily. Is this a new trend in young adult literature? This is my third tour book written in verse and I was once again unsure if I would enjoy it.

I think this book could have been written another way or in a different format but I also think a lot of the powerful emotions behind the words comes out so strongly simply because of the formatting Carol Lynch Williams chose to work with. Hope is a young girl who comes to find her older sister Lizzie attempting to commit suicide.

Lizzie is placed in a mental hospital and Hope is left with her mother and no clue as to what could have driven her sister to take such drastic actions. I've never felt such hatred and disgust for a character the way I did towards Hope and Lizzie's mom. If you give this book a chance, you'll come to understand why I have these extreme feelings toward the woman.

Hope comes to learn that Lizzie kept a journal and the story becomes a race between Hope and her mother to find the journal before the other does.

It's a tough read emotionally to make your way through, but Williams will amaze readers with her ability to weave such a deep and moving story together with such ease and flow. This is not a light read but one that I think worthy of a reader's time and energy.

I have come to really love verse novels. This one is no exception. Carol Lynch Williams takes on some very tough issues in this book, and does it in a way that will make you want to protect Hope until the very end.

Hope and Lizzie aren't just sisters, they are best friends. When Hope finds Lizzie with a gun to her head there lives are changed forever.

The tragic events in this story are pretty easy to unravel from very early on, but because of the age of the narrator, Hope, it takes a while for things to unfold in the story. In some cases I would find this very annoying, but it wasn't.

I was on the edge of my seat the entire time waiting for Hope to figure it out, and waiting to see how she would react. I was able to relate to Hope's confusion andq guilt when it came to her sister. I have an older sister myself, and when I was a teenager she tried to kill herself.

So I could understand all of Hope's feelings on that issue. Williams' writing was very good. The story was told at a pace that made it unable to put down.

The Southern atmosphere of the story made it feel like it could be happening in my backyard. It was all very beautiful, even though the content was hard. All in all, this was a great read. It was fast, it took me maybe 2 hours to read it.

And you will be thinking about it for days afterward. Read it! Finding her sister with a shotgun to her head, Hope tries to figure out what would make her sister do such a thing.

Glimpse had a high bar to reach after The Chosen One and Carol Lynch Williams managed to deliver. Written in verses, Glimpse is a novel to breeze through, but the emotional and tragic subject for the novel is not.

It is a story of struggle of money, of deaths, of protecting the sisterhood. Glimpse is only a glimpse of I foresee and expect of Carol Lynch Williams. This was literary L O V E.

Ah, but I do question some of the vague details of their past life and of Hope. Is she 13? Or is she 12? Still quite depressed after finishing this one. It was slow to start, but became heart-wrenching around midway. Wasn't satisfied with the ending at first, but after re-reading it on the plane I believe it's the best possible ending for this book.

I'm not a fan of books written in verse but this one worked. The story was heart wrenching but a bit predictable. I often question why I buy and read these dark YA contemporary books because they always leave me feeling miserable but this was one of the better ones that I've read.

Amanto Moura. Estou chocado com o rumo que a história tomou, não esperava nem imaginava que fosse acontecer algo do tipo e agora tudo faz sentido desde o início com ritmo lento introduzindo os personagens dando contexto até o desenrolar.

Uma história bem pesada cheia de drama desde o início, uma mãe que faz programa além de ser ausente, irmãs que perderam o pai e a mais velha uma suicida. De cortar o coração principalmente nas últimas páginas.

Demora a pegar embalo mas vale muito a pena, e o formato em versos ajuda a leitura fluir. Joan Conte.

That is all I can say. Knowing that this book was written in verse intrigued me. It kept me reading. In two hours the journey was over. This book should have some hefty trigger warnings. The writing captures a story in ways that I physically felt the details.

The poetry isn't amazing but the story is one that rarely is told in such detail. This is a hard book to read but the ending is satisfying and gives me hope that this narrative can help young women in similar situations find courage.

Emily Ryder. Hard to read and very dark story. I read this a few years ago and after finding it in an op-shop decided to pick it up again. Definitely doesn't pack a punch like the first time I read it. Didn't exactly leave me feeling much but sadness either.

Heather Pearson. Wonderfully told story of the site events in two young sisters lives. How could a supposed loving parent be so heartless. This was a quick read since it was written in verse. I figured out early on, around page or so what Lizzie's secret was.

I wasn't expecting this book to be about their mom being a prostitute and what she forced Lizzie to do. I'm so glad Hope chose to tell on her mom and stick up for her sister.

This was a quick heartbreaking read. James Bird. Glimpse: A short and easy read on flashbacks to months ago when life wasn't so rough, when Hope still had a sister. Follow the struggles of having to grow up at a very young age, before you're a teen.

Having to leave home so mom can work, having to be dropped off so mom can meet a stranger for work. Take a glimpse at what life for 2 sisters who rely on each other for life, while their mother relies on desperate men for life. This story captivates you on a new level, and leaves one big question lingering in the back of your mind throughout the story 'What happened to Liz and why is she staying away from home?

Williams writes this story as if she lived this life, as if these experiences were her own and captures all the moments in the best version she could have. I would strongly recommend this book to any teen reader who is looking for a very quick and easy read.

This book is only getting a 4 stars due to the fact that the way this story is written it sometimes loses you on whether you are reading about her present life or one of the flashbacks to months ago and you find yourself having to reread the last page or two.

Personal Response: I personally liked this book. I thought that it was very good book because I can relate to it. I also thought that this book was very sad.

I thought so because Hope walks in on her sister Lizzy holding a shotgun to her head with her fingers on the trigger. This book is a good book to read because, it tells a story about a girl who wants to kill herself, and how shows how much that it hurts the people around you.

It also makes you think of how much you should appreciate what you have rather than what you don't. Summary: This book was heartbreaking because no sibling wants to walk in on their sister, or brother almost killing themselves.

Hope felt very ashamed, she felt ashamed because if her sister Lizzy would have actually killed herself she would have blamed herself. Hope would have blames herself because she feels like there could have been something she could have done to stop her.

When Lizzy was in the hospital, Hopes friend came over to to get her to go hiking and hangout, but Hope said to her that she cant go because Lizzy was not with.

Although She did go, but told her that she has to go home to her sister in a little bit even though she was not necessarily there. While Lizzy was in the hospital Hope really missed her. It hurt her to have to know that her sister is in the hospital for trying to kill herself.

Throughout this book it is very hard for hope to get through the day. It is hard for her because she doesn't know if her sister will kill herself while she is not there by her.

Characterization: Hope in the beginning of this book was very depressed.

Our lives have changed when I walk in on Lizzie my sister. With raw and haunting writing reminiscent of Ellen Hopkins and Elizabeth Scott, Carol Lynch Williams is a promising new YA voice.

It definitely deals with some very tough issues, namely with Lizzie and what she goes through, and with Hope, who finally figures out what her sister was going through. I really felt like the story being told in verse took away from the characters and the emotional impact of everything going on.

I feel like the story was better suited to being told in prose. Or if it were arranged in really interesting ways on the page. The mother working as a prostitute, and forcing Lizzie to do the same…I really wanted the mom to get into massive trouble for what she did to Lizzie, and she just kind of disappears, which is slightly frustrating.

Lynch Williams handles it well, but there was something about it that felt a little forced to me, and like it was there to make the book different and edgy.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. In one moment it is gone. Our lives have changed when I walk in on Lizzie my sister holding a shotgun. Still, the book went pretty fast, and there was something compelling about it.

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Add to Wishlist. Learn more. SHIP THIS ITEM. Qualifies for Free Shipping. Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by Thursday, February PICK UP IN STORE. Overview "A waking dream, at once powerful and subtly sinister. From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a novel that puts a bold new spin on the supernatural thriller.

Rain Thomas is a mess. Seven years an addict and three difficult years clean. Racked by guilt for the baby she gave up for adoption when she was sixteen. Alone, discarded by her family, with only the damaged members of her narcotics anonymous meetings as friends.

Them, and the voices in her head. One morning, on the way to a much-needed job interview, she borrows reading glasses to review her resume. There is a small crack in one lens and through that damaged slice of glass she sees a young boy go running down the aisle of the subway train.

Is he screaming with laughter or just screaming? The day spins out of control. Rain loses whole chunks of time. She has no idea where her days went. The voices she hears are telling her horrible things. And even stranger things are happening. Unsure whether she is going insane, Rain sets out to find answers to long buried questions about an earlier life she has avoided for years—in what may be the most dangerous collision of all, that between reality and nightmare.

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Product Details ISBN Publisher: St. About the Author. JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times bestseller and the multiple Bram Stoker Award—winning author of Joe Ledger: Unstoppable, Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology, Dogs of War, Kill Switch, Predator One, Code Zero, Fall of Night, Patient Zero, the Pine Deep trilogy, The Wolfman, Zombie CSU, They Bite, and more.

His work for Marvel Comics includes The Punisher, Wolverine, DoomWar, Marvel Zombies Return, and Black Panther. we get a glimpse into the soul of a man — eloquent, wry, contradictory, profound. Murray is the kind of poet Canada needs way more of: a Kung Fu Buddhist who walks his own pet.

Murray may have come up with the ideal poetic form for the age of Twitter. It's easy to breeze through its bite-sized witticisms in a sitting. And yet, what's perhaps a bit surprising is that the book continues to yield enjoyment, and a sense of discovery, on re-reading. are certain to remain with readers long after the text is completed.

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