Today’s post is on Break My Heart 1,000 Times by Daniel
Waters. It is 342 pages long and is published by Hyperion. The cover is a
close-up of a girl’s face with the title in red and lines counting time over
her face. The intended reader is someone who likes young adult novels and
horror stories. There is mild foul language, no sex, and violence in this book.
The story is told from third person close of the main characters. There Be
Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Since The Even, Everyone Is
Haunted…
Most days, the ghost don’t bother Veronica. Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the dead is not a part of life. The again, sharing her mirror every morning with a phantom teenage boy can be too close for comfort.
But the ghost are gaining power. When Veronica and her friend Kirk investigate why, they stumble upon a sinister plot. One of Veronica’s high school teachers, August, is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter won’t return as a ghost. He believes she just needs the right body, and the more he follows Veronica, the more he knows she’s a perfect match. Even if he’s wrong, where’s the harm in creating one more ghost?
Most days, the ghost don’t bother Veronica. Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the dead is not a part of life. The again, sharing her mirror every morning with a phantom teenage boy can be too close for comfort.
But the ghost are gaining power. When Veronica and her friend Kirk investigate why, they stumble upon a sinister plot. One of Veronica’s high school teachers, August, is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter won’t return as a ghost. He believes she just needs the right body, and the more he follows Veronica, the more he knows she’s a perfect match. Even if he’s wrong, where’s the harm in creating one more ghost?
Review- I liked a lot about this book; the setting of a
haunted world, the serial killer who wants his daughter back, the ghosts and
the effect they have on the world even though they are not part of the world
anymore. The way that the characters interact with each other and the ghosts
was very interesting and I think very real. Some people are scared of them and
what the ghosts could mean, others are invested in discovering why the ghosts
are here, and others just think that the ghosts are now part of life. But the
ending was not great. One of the ghosts, who we get his perspective, is trying
to stop the killer and get revenge for his murdered girlfriend. The killer is
stopped by the ghosts of the people he killed and something bad happened to him
and the ghost was taken by his girlfriend into the afterlife. I was happy then
the last chapter ruined it. It is implied that he comes back to Veronica in the
end. I did not like that at all. But overall I really enjoyed this story with its very unusual ghost world and characters.
I give this novel is Four out of Five stars. I get nothing
for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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