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Fearless

5 star:		(75)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Francine Pascal is a good writer. She has the ability to keep the readers very interested, and this series is a great example of that. But she depends too much on action and drama and spends too little time actually dealing with the characters reactions to these events well. Because of this her characters seem too contrived and their emotions all seem obvious and unreal.

I believe that a good story must be believable. Even when you write about issues that are physically impossible (like not having a fear gene) your character and the rest of her predicaments must be within the realm of reality. I find the fearless series to be more and more unbelievable. Gaia is your stereotypical outcast, she is very defensive and therefore has little to no friends, and dresses badly which of course means everyone shuns her. But after this has been made clear Pascal makes sure to show us another, contradictory side of Gaia, the one that every single male is obsessed with. Ed Fargo, her best friend is, of course, obsessed with her. Then Sam, a guy who is dating the most popular girl in school is obsessed with her. And then there is heather, who is insanely jealous of this supposed outcast because of how "she doesn't even try" and manages to be beautiful. Sounds too good to be true? well that's because it is. If you are going to make your character one of those luminous people that everyone is drawn to (and that is what Francine Pascal is trying with Gaia) then your readers need to understand the appeal. They need to see that despite the sweatpants and nasty scowl, she is somehow undeniably lovable. The readers need to love her too and be able to see how just about everyone who knows her has fallen in love with her. Pascal does a good job showing everyone else mooning over her, but the reader can't always see why. An neither can I. I can't seem to find this quality in the character that Pascal has created in these books that makes her so wonderful. I can't see any undercurrent of kindness or optimism. She gets defensive and jealous easily over popular girls in her school (heather) but lacks any interesating personal qualities or maturity that might bring her to overcome these flaws. Gaia has superhuman strength and fighting talents, but her personality is very normal. Nothing about her own person is surprising or interesting except for her overcomplicated and dramatic past. I guess this is why I find it hard to fall in love with Gaia Moore.
good story, but not the most convincingly fanatastic character.

This was an extremely interesting book. I would never have thought the things that unfolded would actually happen! I'm fine will Sam and Gaia's relationship, but I'm really sad about the Gaia/Ed thing.

i never thought that i would love this book. i was just you know kinda...? the title was/is different and the antagonist is different also.being born without the fear gene is somewhat different some kind of a mutant thing.you'ver got to read this book.it's fantastic! you'll like it too!

The first time I read "Fearless" I was kind of mad, I mean, it was good, but the plot changes get pretty annoying. The second time, you get a lot more out of the characters and the scenarios, and it's a heck of a lot more interesting.

Gaia Moore is different than most girls her age. Not only is she a natural beauty (IE she doesn't need to wear makeup, designer clothes, etc), but she has a black belt in any type of karate you can think of. She's also fearless. She was actually born without the fear gene, and can handle anything that comes her way. If she sees a girl getting mugged, she just runs into the fight and breaks it up, not thinking about how dangerous the situation is. And most of the time, she beats the guy.

One day, she goes too far and gets not only herself in to great danger, but her newfound friend Ed and Sam, the "love of her life."

Overall grade - A

I usually don't go for action stories in general, they seem not as fun to read than to watch in the movies or television but Fearless proved to be more. I first bought the book because I was having a slow summer and thought that reading a series would help to take up the long hours. It first moved so slow that after only about 30 pages it was left collecting dust, but when I picked it up once again i couldn't put it down and finished it in a day, rushing to the library to get the next one. The main characters of this story are very interesting and theres a level of humor that one can easily relate to. The one problem is that after your done, its not over. This series of almost 30 books are a continuation of one big story, despite the smaller stories within each book. Don't read this one unless you are commited to either reading several more, or being kept in suspence!!!

This was a great book that kept me hooked 'til the end... and further; I'm now on book #26 and I'm still not sick of the characters or unique writing style displayed by Francine Pascal. If your looking for a great book that is followed by a page-turning series, read this book. It's about a girl who has a rather cynical outlook on life and how she deals to cope with the changes around her. Throughout this series, you start to love the characters and feel attached to them after learning how their attitudes and opions of each other change. I highly recommend this book and entire series by Francine Pascal.

This was the most surprising book yet!!! Gaia thinks that Sam is trying to kill her when he's not. You'll never guess who is! Gaia and Ed are not really the boyfriend and girlfriend or girl friend and boy friend type in this book. Gaia sees another part of Jake she has never seen before. Natasha says that Gaia's fater is dead. Gaia doesn't want to believe it. But Dmitri and the CIA don't know where her father is. So Gaia has to go and try and find her father or people who might know where her father is.I know I left yall hangin sorry. Pick up the book to find out more! It'll make all sense when you read the book.

facinatingly wonderful!
when I picked up this book I had no idea that it was going to contain such poignant quotes in it.
I jhust figured, "hmmmm, I wonder what this book is about and I have been waiting for the first book to be in."
from the same lady who has written an insane amount of books!
all of the good quotes are convieniently written in italics also :)
I had to resist the temptation to highlight things because ALAS it was a library book!

...I had to get the next books as soon as possible, which, even though it was the next weekend, wasn't soon enough. Well, I read those books in record time, and I canm't get enough of it. These books are so original, so interesting, and so ... great that you would have to get a crow bar to make me stop reading them. I don't see any problems with them; they are practically perfect. Gaia's situation is so unique, that I can't help but read the books. I'm SO glad that I decided to start this series, and I'm sure you'd enjoy them as much as I did.

When I plucked this book off the shelf, and paid for it my mother said to me "why on earth would you read that?". I don't know what she was talking about. THIS BOOK WAS INCREDIBLE!!! It has it's only little twist of wittiness (is that a word?), action, and even a little romance. My favorite... :) This has been the first of the series, and I think i will be getting a ton more of the books.

Gaia (guy - uh) is a not-so-normal girl in NY. The reason she is not so normal is because she has literally no fear. She was born without the fear gene...strange, huh? Her father made her train in kung-fu, tai-chi, tae kwon do, karate, and any other kind of defence-attack thing. Then her father *being in the CIA or something* leaves her, and her mother dies, and she is put in a foster home with George *who likes her* and Ella *who is 30 something and acts like she is 17*. Gaia goes to a new school, and all that stuff. She meets Ed, a handycapped person, and they become sort of friends. Gaia loves to play chess, and she plays all the time with this old man named Zolov. She meets Sam playing chess too...you never know, there might be some kind of thing behind it all *as the second book is called 'Sam'... READ TO FIND OUT!!!

*another note* I thought that this book was ok for the first half of the book, but when all the action happened in the middle, I couldn't put it down! I encourage anyone who is looking for something different, but with a little action and romance. ^.^