- Hardcover: 464 pages
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (Sep 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0810970716
- ISBN-13: 978-0810970717
- Product Dimensions: 21.9 x 15.4 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #475,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle offers a spine-tingling, unforgettable story of friendship gone very, very wrong.
Lauren Myracle brings her keen understanding of teen dynamics to a hypnotic horror story of twisted friendship.
When Bliss’s hippie parents leave the commune and dump her at the home of her aloof grandmother in a tony Atlanta neighborhood, it’s like being set down on an alien planet. The only guide naive Bliss has to her new environment is what she’s seen on The Andy Griffith Show. But Mayberry is poor preparation for Crestview Academy, an elite school where the tensions of the present and the dark secrets of the past threaten to simmer into violence. Openhearted Bliss desperately wants new friends, making her the perfect prey of a troubled girl whose obsession with a long-ago death puts Bliss, and anyone she’s kind to, in mortal danger.
Lauren Myracle has taken the ubiquitous friendship novel to a new, dark place.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Courtesy of Teens Read Too,
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bliss (Hardcover)
Bliss is different from the rest of the students at her new school. For one, they didn't grow up on a commune with hippie parents. They didn't have a last name of 'in the Morning Dew'. They didn't hear the voice of a girl who killed herself years ago in one of the old halls on the school grounds.
While Bliss may be different, she quickly learns that she likes the kind of life her fellow students lead, the kind of life she never had the opportunity to have. She wears make-up for the first time. She attends classes with other kids her age. She makes friends. She gets a boyfriend. She attends a school dance. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for Sandy, the misfit of the school who Bliss befriends because she knows what it's like to not fit in. Unfortunately, Bliss quickly finds out that Sandy isn't completely sane. Sandy wants people to worship her, to understand her. She'd go all the way to the point of bringing alive someone from the past -- Lillian, the girl who jumped out of a third-story window all those years ago -- to achieve her goal. And Bliss finds herself in the middle of this bloodlust. Myracle writes an interesting story that links to the American events of 1969-70. Her writing is amazing; the reader feels happy and terrified right along with the protagonist. This story is sure to capture readers, although the ending does not have quite the touch of finality that most stories do. Reviewed by: Steph
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3.3 out of 5 stars (28 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad,
By Andrea Cox "funnymom29" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bliss (Hardcover)
First of all I'd like to say that I did enjoy Bliss. It had good momentum through out, good action, some fairly interesting creepy moments. However, and this is just my own preference here, I hated the ending. There was no resolution. And here's a spoiler so don't read further if you haven't read the book.....that disgusting Sandy basically just takes over the school. The student population turns a blind eye to her past behavior and she suddenly reigns supreme. I know it's just fiction but the ending just felt weak. Further, no one seems to be mentioning that this book seems to tell the story behind the "bitches" in the earlier novel Rhymes with Witches. And after all the build up in Bliss about the "power" now held by Sandy all that power seems to be used for is for certain girls to be "beautiful and popular" which let's face it, certain girls seem to manage without any help from dark magic. What ever happened to Lawrenece? What about Bliss and Mitchell? The ending just left way too many loose threads hanging for my taste.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed,
By Laura - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bliss (Hardcover)
It's amazing to me when an author can't end a book. I was looking forward to some sort of closure to tie this haphazard mess into a story, well, I'm still looking. She made some attempts, but there were too many loose ends, too many questions. The author did a great job of interweaving current events that were taking place in with the story line and at first I was interested in where the plot was going. Unfortunately, the plot wasn't well thought of, instead it seemed she was more interested in writing a book about Charles Manson and The Family and not of this world she had created. The characters she sketched at first were interesting and drew you into the story but then the book dragged on. 'Scary' scenes felt fake and the real malice that she was trying to create seemed nothing more than a fabrication. I wanted to like the book because it did seem different, but I just couldn't. I felt the book was a huge disappointment and let down, especially after reading reviews that said how wonderful it was. I'm an avid reader and with many books to compare, this one will never be recommended by me.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good 60's book...,
By Sarah Woodard - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bliss (Hardcover)
Summary: Bliss was left with her grandmother, when her hippie parents ran off to Canada. She is now the new girl at Crestview Academy. This will be Bliss' first school. She also has to change her lifestyle from living on a commune to the living in the city.
Crestview Academy was a convent before it was a school. School legend is that a girl named Liliana, jumped from the third store of the building. She sense that something is wrong with the school. She can hear the Liliana's plead to come set her free, but she can tell the voice is one of evil. Bliss just wants to make friends; not hear a dead Liliana's voice. She meets a girl, Sandy that is obsessed with the past. Especially that of the suicide at Hamilton hall. Sandy also tries to justify the Manson Murders. Bliss also becomes friends with Sarah Lynn, a popular girl that Sandy hates for some reason. As one of her friends goes deeper into the hole of evil, Bliss wants to save her, but she might lose someone else. My Review: This book is amazing. The layout is awesome. Each chapter is started by a quote with references to "The Andy Griffith Show," the Charles Manson murders and racial intolerance. Sometimes, there is a diary entry from another character that goes by S.L.L. The diary entries have blood splattered on them. I also really liked Bliss, she is a really sweet girl. She is quite innocent, which is perfect for a horror novel. Lauren Myracle of telling a story in the 1969's. The plot was amazing. I think this is Myracle's best work, and highly recommend it. |
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