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Such a unique story. When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash and wake in a peaceful, lush forest, they are at first confused about what happened. They meet Leaf who has been in the forest for a very long time. He tells Nick and Allie about other children like them he has met and about a monster named The McGill. Eventually they set out together to explore this strange new world called Everlost. One odd thing they come to realize is that only children live in this afterlife. Something else surprising is that there is a great deal of danger even to the 'dead'.

Neal Shusterman has written an engaging story full of twists and turns to keep the reader on their toes. This is not simply a YA novel, adults can fall under it's spell just as easily and teens. The story doesn't end on a cliffhanger but I can't imagine not wanting to dive right into the next book in the series.


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Everlost The Skinjacker Trilogy Neal Shusterman Books Reviews

After really enjoying Neal Shusterman's Unwind I decided to try out this book. I'm very glad I did too because its one of the most fun books I've read in a long time. Everlost is grand adventure with many fun twist and turns around every corner. In this sense it reminds me very much of some of the fun stories I used to hear in fairy tales as a kid. Its also very impressive how the author ties up all the loose ends at the end of the book. Every little detail you read about in the beginning comes back around in the end of the book and its really quite amazing, you'll have a hard time putting it down. I would easily recommend this book to anyone. I believe no matter who old or young you are you will enjoy this story.
I am 50 years old and recently got a for my birthday. My 11 year old daughter was reading Everlost at the time, that she checked out from the library. She was so excited by this book and wanted to share every detail with me, but at the same time she wanted me to read it for myself. I am so glad she did! I was absorbed into this story from the beginning. It is written with such detail that you can picture everything the author wants you to "see" in your mind, like it or not. The characters are interesting, well rounded and unique. As soon as I finished Everlost, I jumped right into Everwild, which I love! I am anxiously awaiting Everwind. I can totally see this series of books translate into amazing movies if the characters are handled with the same care that is done in the books. Neal Shusterman is now one of my favorite authors. You will not be disappointed by these books!
My 11-year old daughter loved this series. She couldn't put it down and flew through the books. The plot, from what she tells me, is fairly dark and there is some tragedy throughout but she loved it.
What if your light at the end of the tunnel burned out? What if your train to Nirvana derailed? How about your reincarnation stopped by Depo?

If any of these things stopped you from moving on, you may end up in Everlost, as Allie and Nick found out after a fatal car crash left them in a luscious forest. As this pair get acquainted with their new afterlife, they stumble across an assortment of villains, horrors, and a bibliophile. Or maybe you could call the bibliophile the "Life After Death for Dummies" superstar author.

The characters in this book really fell flat. For someone we spend the majority of the book with (Allie), we really don't get a good feel for her or really step into her character much - and the person who really seems to turn the book around (Nick), we see very little of and don't know him much by the time the book ends. The one character I feel we connected most with, that had the most real emotions coming through were Mary and Vari. We got to see more of their personality instead of being told what it was.

The villain in the book seemed... for lack of a better term, nonthreatening. Ugly, very much so. Rude. UH-HUH. Evil?? Nope.

It was an easy read, the story moved along, but at times, it really didn't feel like we were doing much. It almost seemed like scenes were put in there just to fill the time. The plot isn't deep, the ending is pretty predictable, and there isn't much to the suspense. I know this is labeled for a younger reader, but I still believe that this could have had a few subplots woven in for the enjoyment of older readers, especially given Shusterman's fan base.

One thing that really and truly upset me were the amount of errors found in the book. This is a book put out by one of the biggest publishing houses out there. There is no reason to have as many errors as there are in this book. Self-published authors get slammed on a daily basis because of their lack of editing, and the big houses are putting out books that are entertaining, yes - but also riddled with blatant errors. There were instances of two characters speaking in the same paragraph, commas missing from the end of dialogue, "id" being used instead of "is" and the list goes on.

I feel that, especially in a book that is aimed at younger readers, our goal is to show them how English SHOULD be written, not by throwing a popular author's book out there full of errors because the publishing house knows it will sell.

I'm giving this book a three-star rating because the storyline was interesting, I was able to finish it, and I wasn't bored to death. However, I will say that I am getting increasingly more angry at the large publishing houses for their lax editing and formatting on their eBooks.

As a whole, I am not interested enough in the series to pick up book two. I will, however, be reading book two of his Unwind series (which I thought was brilliant). Everlost is the second book of Shusterman's that I have read, and while I'm not thrilled with it, I haven't given up on him as an author. I want to see what else he has in store for me in his other books. )
Nick and Allie died. They don't realize it at first but they are dead. And they haven't got where they were going. They are stuck in Everlost. An in between death. But they aren't alone. Thousands of kids have gotten stuck in Everlost and either sunk to the middle of the Earth or are knit together in groups trying to protect themselves from the true monster of the in between. They try to get home to see their parents but realize that if you aren't in a dead spot you might sink to the middle like hundreds of other kids. Can they get home in a world of quicksand? Can they get themselves out of the pickle they have gotten themselves in? Can they get where they are going? They don't have much to lose. They are already dead.
I gave this a three out of five stars on Goodreads. I love Neal Shustermans writing. And I liked the story. I thought the world could have been a bit more developer. I also didn't really connect with the characters. I love his dystopian series "unwind" and I'm hoping the second book turns out better than this first in this paranormal. I was a fun read. I enjoyed it.
Such a unique story. When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash and wake in a peaceful, lush forest, they are at first confused about what happened. They meet Leaf who has been in the forest for a very long time. He tells Nick and Allie about other children like them he has met and about a monster named The McGill. Eventually they set out together to explore this strange new world called Everlost. One odd thing they come to realize is that only children live in this afterlife. Something else surprising is that there is a great deal of danger even to the 'dead'.

Neal Shusterman has written an engaging story full of twists and turns to keep the reader on their toes. This is not simply a YA novel, adults can fall under it's spell just as easily and teens. The story doesn't end on a cliffhanger but I can't imagine not wanting to dive right into the next book in the series.