Fast paced, as is to be expected for a YA book. Would be a great intro to the genre.

I don't give away spoilers in my reviews. I am a fan of Ms. Wiseman's writing - specifically, all the research she does to write her books. I did not know much about the coal industry at all. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of it after reading Coal River. I love historical books because I like to learn while I read. Emma is a young woman who once lived in Coal River. She's vowed to never return for very good reason. After becoming an orphan years later, she finds herself back in Coal River at her Uncle Otis' home. He is the local coal mine owner and a brutal, harsh man. Her Aunt Ida only wants Emma in the home to provide free maid duties. Emma has a past history with her cousin Percy and is not happy to live in their home. Emma has maid duties as well as store clerk duties in the coal mine's general store. She begins to learn about the coal mine and how its employees are treated. Most upsetting to her is how young the breaker boys are and how dangerous their jobs are. I don't give away spoilers so I'll just say this was a spectacular, emotional read that is so well written. I was often sad while reading it, but also found a lot of hope in Emma. (from my Goodreads review)

This is an amazing book series about a boy named Todd who, along with the other men in town, can hear Noise, which is a never ending pool of thoughts. Women don’t have it. After needing to escape town as the last boy in town, Todd meets Viola, a girl. She is the first girl Todd as ever seen in his life except for his mother, who died when Todd was young. Together, Todd and Viola attempt to reach the one safe place on their planet. But can they succeed? This series is a trilogy and is a science fiction/dystopian series. I highly recommend it to people who like science fiction and dystopian novels. This trilogy is full of action and excitement along with extremely heartfelt moments. This trilogy is simply amazing.

Very disjointed story line

This book was good I guess. I read it in 30 minutes in a car trip today. My mom doesn’t like the series because of how hard the mom try’s and the middle school boy doesn’t care. She said that she would write about all her great ideas as a mom and how we think that there all soooo great. Blah blah blah, then I told her that no way it would get on a bestseller list! She thought that was funny. Still a pretty funny series. This book was my second favorite out of all of them, the first being the spaghetti one.

AMAZING BOOK, 100 STARS!!!! Just read it! It’s awesome. This book consists of 2 novellas about a SecUnit, who calls itself Murderbot. This book is awesome read the entire series!

Potentially a good addition to the Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard legacy

An amazing book that embraces you into the characters lives 10 out of 10 recommend!!!!!!!!! :)

Meh….overrated and predictable

Maybe it's because it's in translation, but this book promised some torrid love affairs and all I got were sad people who were too philosophical.