*Review* The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LeBan

The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LeBan

Series : No

Released : 10th January 2013

Publisher: Random House

Format : Paperback

Source : Publisher (Thank you)

Buy : Amazon Paperback (UK/USA)/Book Depository

Overall rating

 .................................... The Blurb  ....................................

Every year at an exclusive private boarding school in New York state, the graduating students uphold an old tradition - they must swear an oath of secrecy and leave behind a 'treasure' for each incoming senior.
When Duncan Meade inherits the room and secrets of Tim Macbeth, he uncovers evidence of a clandestine romance, and unravels the truth behind one of the biggest mysteries in the school's history.
How far would you go to keep a secret?

 .................................... My Thoughts   ....................................

In Short

- The Tragedy Paper is such a unique and captivating read right from the first page.

- I love the way in which this was written, Allen told the story in a very interesting way.

- Both the main characters are well developed characters.

- Although the ending wasn't as shocking as I hoped I still really enjoyed the book.

In Long

After finishing The Tragedy Paper I can honestly say I have never read a book like this one before. In every sense this is a unique, breathtaking read which had me captivated from the first page. More than anything I loved how throughout my time reading this book I was able to lose sense of my own reality and become part of Duncan and Tim’s.

The way that the story is written has taken a storyline with great potential to one which becomes more powerful and meaning than the storyline itself. I mean this in a good way, not a bad one. What I mean is The Tragedy Paper is a gripping story which has had powerful characters added to it making it impossible to put the book down.

The main character, Tim, is someone who I started off feeling very sympathetic towards from the beginning. The more I got into the book however the more I loved how Leban hadn’t written Tim’s character for the reader to feel sorry for but instead had written him in a way in which you can only feel admiration for. I really liked how I got to know Tim at the same time as Duncan.

I really liked Duncan’s part in the book, he is another well developed character who I warmed too more and more throughout the book. We don’t get a lot of time with him as the book is mainly about Tim and his story but I thought having Duncan there really added to the story.

The ending wasn’t really what I expected, I felt there was a massive build up to this big ending and then suddenly it was all over and although the ‘accident’, which is referred to throughout the book, was horrible I couldn’t help but feel a little let down by it.

Final Thoughts

The Tragedy Paper is such a well written book which is written in a new and different way. I am very excited for Elizabeth’s next book, I am sure it will be another great one.

The Time Will Come #95

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The Time Will Come - 

Every Thursday l am going to list a book which l really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! 

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Want to join in?

- Pick a book you have been meaning to read

- Do a post telling us about the book 

- Link the post up in the linky

- Visit the other blogs!

Wither - Lauren DeStefano
I can't believe I haven't read this series. I think maybe I am a bit overwhelmed because I have left it too long to start this series as there are now 3 in the series and a 4th one which is 1.5. 
Saying that if I enjoy Wither it would be great to be able to read it then read the next one without having to wait for the next book to be released. 

I haven't actually read that many reviews on this series but it has good ratings on goodreads mostly. 
If you have read Wither let me know what you thought.

The Blurb

By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children. When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can’t bring herself to hate him as much as she’d like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband’s strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?

Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Leap of Faith - Jamie Blair
Published : 3rd September 2013
Lately I am finding that I am rather fussy with books in the way that I want a unique read. I am not in the mood for a little cute romance with an easy storyline at the moment.
Leap of Faith definitely sounds like a lot more than a cute little romance. I love books with secrets and with a secret as big as this? I can see this is gonna be a great read.
It really intrigues me as to why such a young girl would kidnap a child and also lie, so much I want to find out! 

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The Blurb :

Can true love be built on lies? A teen on the run seeks relief and redemption in this gripping, romantic read.

Leah Kurtz has finally found a place to call home, a town where she and baby Addy can live in peace, far from the drug-infested place she grew up. Chris is one of the best parts of her new life, the only person who’s ever made her feel safe. And now that she’s found him, there’s no way she can tell the truth:
Her real name is Faith, not Leah. She’s seventeen, not nineteen. And the baby isn’t hers—Faith kidnapped her.
Faith’s history catches up with her when a cop starts asking questions and Chris’s aunt spots her picture in the newspaper. She knows it’s time to run again, but if Faith leaves, she’ll lose Chris. If Chris is in love with a lie, though, did Faith ever really have him in the first place?

Top Ten Tuesday (#6)

Top Ten is run by The Broke and the Bookish 

Top Ten Favorite Book Covers Of Books I've Read

Shooting Stars - Allison Rushby

Fury - Elizabeth Miles

Hollywood Ever After - Sasha Summers

The Last Echo - Kimberly Derting

Everneath - Brodi Ashton

But I Love Him - Amanda Grace

Haunting Violet - Alexandra Harvey

Forgive my Fins - Tera Lynn Childs

Starcrossed - Josephine Angelini

Die for Me - Amy Plum

UK Blog Tour - Boy Nobody

Please welcome Allen Zadoff to Books for Company.

Allen is the author Boy Nobody, a YA thriller. 

Thank you Allen for taking the time to answer the questions =)

I’m interested to hear how you developed the character of Boy Nobody. Did you know who he was going to be before you started or did you get to know him as you started writing?
AZ: The character of Boy Nobody arose seemingly out of nowhere while I was working on a different book (a comedy of all things!). I knew he was a dark figure, a teen assassin who worked for an organization that might or might not be part of the U.S. government. I knew that he was alone almost all the time, moving from place to place, never connecting with anyone but seamlessly fitting in wherever he went. And lastly, I knew that he did not have or could not remember his name. These were the basic elements that have grown into an entire series in my head. I’m amazed by it even now.

Do you have a favourite character?
AZ: Aside from Boy Nobody, I’m partial to Howard, the geeky teen hacker who befriends Boy Nobody and may or may not help in future missions. Howard is an exile at his own school, a kid who had a tough experience his freshman year that has given him a bad reputation that he can’t shake. Both Howard and Boy Nobody are doing the best they can with the hand fate has dealt them. They are completely opposite in many ways, but in that particular way, they are the same. I’d tell you more, but I don’t want to give away future books!

When you write, do you prefer to have a plan or just see where the pen takes you?
AZ: It’s a combination of both. I always have a plan, but I’m open to where the pen takes me. You could compare it to a driving vacation. I know which city I’m headed to next and roughly how to get there, but I’m more than happy to stop on the side of the road if I see something that catches my interest. And I may even change the plan if there’s a good reason to do so. As a writer, there’s nothing more exciting than when inspiration takes over and you suddenly find yourself someplace you never expected. But I never wait for inspiration. The artist Chuck Close said, “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just get to work.” So I get to work and amazing things start to happen.

Was there any part of the book you found particularly challenging to write?
AZ: The love story. Boy Nobody is a character who has been trained not to feel, so the idea that he begins to have romantic feelings for a girl was very challenging. How does a tough, angry, highly disciplined soldier open himself up to love? This was a big challenge, but it’s also what makes the book so exciting for me. Because as Boy Nobody starts to feel, his world starts to crack open.

What did you enjoy the most when writing Boy Nobody?
AZ: I really enjoyed the action sequences. My previous novels were of the funny, heart-breaking variety (some have called them “Lad Lit”), but Boy Nobody is a straight out thriller. There are fights, chases, and all kinds of suspense. Boy Nobody’s voice (and the entire narration of the book) is very stark, so describing those fights with very few words was a wonderful challenge.

What are the main three descriptive words you would want to hear others use to describe Boy Nobody?
AZ: Thrilling, heart-stopping, unforgettable. But I’d settle for any one of those three!

Thanks again to Allen Zadoff  and Victoria from Hachette 

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Make sure you check Alluring Reads on Tuesday for the second post.