I felt a bit conflicted as well Melissa, it's hard to say I loved it because it is so dark and disturbing and really plays on the emotions - but that's also what makes it such a great book.

I tend to agree with you to a certain point. Eva doesn't really lend herself to sympathy. It's really hard to read about a mother who feels that way about her own child, it's certainly not what you would expect. Part of me thinks that perhaps she should have been brave anough in the first place to admit to herself that she didn't really want to have children, that's the feeling I got from her anyway. Ill definitely check out the discussion.

I really hope that you enjoy it Laura, as disturbing as it is, its totally absolutely one of those books that are worth reading. Any book that can play on your emotions as much as this one does it worth reading.

haha, thanks Ange, maybe Ill have to repost some of the 7.5 reviews as well then. Thanks for listening to me on the radio, it was a really lucky thing to have been able to do.

Thanks Jo, cheers to that as well!

You're hilarious! Can't wait to get back into blogging - I miss my blogging friends :-)

I have read the third book at the end of last year and loved it. It was different to the first two but still very enjoyable. The movie was definitely aimed at a younger audience but the books had very adult themes

I read book 3 at the end of last year and I did enjoy it very much

I hope you enjoyed the movie, I know I definitely did

It was definitely repetitive of The Hunger Games, I am glad that you said that. I have to admit that when I picked it up I didn't expect to see the Hunger Games in action again. I think I did find the books got a little bit more bland as they went on but I still loved them all.