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Amanda Noble, #zoolife

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Great read. Well written, with a great plot and characters. Some of the things that go on in the story are funny. This was interesting book. Overall I enjoyed it. I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Netgalley.

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This book started off slowly. After getting through more than 80 pages of seemingly pointless dialogue and introductions, I was very close to giving up and DNFing this novel. It wasn’t until after the 100 page mark that things actually started to happen and I begun to enjoy the story. Unfortunately, however, I can’t say that the novel got drastically better after this point, the plot remained predictable, the main characters distant and the narration boring. While I found certain aspects of the storyline amusing and partially relatable, there was non of that laugh-out-loud humour that I had been expecting.

One aspect of the story that disappointed me were the characters. I just couldn’t make myself like Amanda; her character was neither unique nor relatable and the minimal development she experienced throughout the novel simply didn’t interest me. The other main character, Kyler, was sweet enough without being overly impressive.

While I personally wasn’t a massive fan of this novel, I can imagine other people, especially younger readers, enjoying the book. I wouldn’t be quick to recommend it but then again, maybe the book just wasn’t for me. My rating? 2 stars ⭐️.

I received Amanda Noble #zoolife from Netgalley in return for an honest review. This novel was released on 23rd October 2017.

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I loved this book! I study biology myself and when I was little it was always a dream to work (and live!) in a zoo. So it was really fun to read about someone who actually did this. I had a lot of funny things mixed with serious moments (I won't spoil anything). And this mix really made sure that I kept reading, it isn't a very long book, which worried me at first, because I was really looking forward to reading way more about the subject. But I ended up really liking it, and I'm keeping this in mind, because I definitely want to read it again.

ARC provided free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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3.5 Cookies

I recived this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review...
It literally took me a whole week to finish this. I don't really know why, but it did. There were several aspects of this book that I really enjoyed, and some that I did not. So I'm just going to go though them both:

Cons: (I start with cons because why end with something bad?)
🍪: Basically. I knew what was going to happen wayyyyy before it did. None of the plot twist were a surprise.
🍪: The next point was it moved so slowwww at the beggining. The hardest thing for me was waiting to get past all the relationship goo to finally get the action.
🍪: Amanda disliked her dad for a good half of the beggining of the book. WHY AMANDA WHYYYY!!!???

Pros: (Lets end on a happy note shall we?)
🍪: I liked Amanda so much (even if she disliked her dad...) She was just a fun character to read about. This character was awkward. And I liked that about her. She was so sweet and caring. And I just loved her so much for that.
🍪: It was about a zoo. Need I say more?
🍪: The actual storyline was intriguing. It was a fun read and I enjoyed the story overall.

I give this book a thumbs up honestly. It was a good story! I would reccommend this, because it really is underated.

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This book is so up my street.

As an animal lover myself, and a slightly awkward person at that, an animal loving main character who lives in a zoo (what a dream!) and has awkward encounters multiple times akin to Bridget Jones and her giant pants (except perhaps more PG rated) this is exactly what I'm looking for in a book. And this book is also so funny. I'm not sure if it's designed to be funny or not but the combination of crazy animal antics, an embarrassing dad on TV and the friends but not really "just" friends (to anyone with eyes) relationship between the main character and her "best friend" just had me giggling all the way through.

I should be ashamed really, because some elements are quite serious - I mean, their neighbour is being accused of murdering his wife, Manda's dad might have to put the zoo in jeopardy to help (and he's still embarrassing her on TV!) and Manda's "best friend" is now getting all snuggly with some other girl. So, shame on me for laughing right? But I challenge you not to!

A short, funny and really warm-hearted read about a girl, a zoo and a suspected criminal or two.

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Loved the concept of this book... hate the cover. Seriously, it makes me so sad that such a fun story is being representative by a cover that looks like it was designed in Paint. This story is all about a girl who lives at a zoo, so I knew I'd love the story right away, which is why I picked it up on NetGalley in spite of the cover. And thankfully, the writing didn't disappoint. This was a really fun story, following Amanda as she went above and beyond to help her family and save her home!

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