As a finale for a brilliant series, Reached was unsatisfactory, somewhat boring and slow, and did not meet my expectations at all. Was anybody else as disappointed as I was???

I am sooooo disappointed with the Beautiful Creatures movie as an adaptation that it makes me sick! If I hadn't read the book it would have been amazing. But because it was a conversion from a book that I love to a movie that basically just used the title and main characters, it broke my heart... I can understand leaving out parts of the plot that don't pertain to the main story, but the writer completely omitted important characters and whole concepts!! For example: Ethan's dad (mentioned but never interacted with or even seen) and Aunt Marion (the librarian and Keeper), and other family members of Lena's (her other cousins, Reese and Ryan, who have important caster roles), were just erased. Marion's absence makes me the most upset; she is a prominent character and needed a role in the film. Instead they made Amma the Keeper, which makes absolutely no sense to me. Why?!? Also missing is the fact that Macon is an Incubus, not a dark caster (and the fact that Incubuses even exist) were deleted from the entire story. Not to mention this terrible excuse for a screen writer totally changed the climax AND the ending and in doing so, along with concept changes, left us without the option of a sequel. The next book deals with Macon's history and being an Incubus, Ethan and Lena coming to grips with the real outcome of her claiming, and it lays the ground work for the.following books/sequels...It was a good stand alone movie, and it was awesome seeing the characters come alive, but I just hate the writer/director for ruining the story when adapting it into a film. EPIC FAIL!

I'm now looking forward to another movie based on a book... I feel very proud of myself that I have finished a Classic American Novel and even enjoyed it. So what did you think? Has The Great Gatsby earned its place in American history? Are you excited about the new movie?

I really hope this book was just a teaser for a series to come. It really feels like that there is so much more to this story.

For a finale it seemed to be lacking a certain something. I don't know but I didn't think it was as exciting as I was expecting it to be. I did enjoy it though; the idea that even death couldn't keep these two apart.

This book was amazing up until the point when I realized that Cassia and Ky wanted different things and were going to go in two different directions. The next novel Reached better bring them back together or I swear....

I thought this short story was kind of pointless. I'm pretty sure you can read the series and skip this book entirely. Don't get me wrong it was interesting to follow a different character for awhile, but I could have lived without it...

I started this book a couple days ago and I hate when I have to put it down. It reminds me so much of The Giver which is one of my favorite books and am glad to hear that it is also part of a series. What do you think of sci-fi novels like this with Utopian-like societies and controlling governments?

I thought this book was much better than the first but that's because Lena is barely in this one. I'm sorry but I don not like Lena. She's whiney and too self-loathing. Does anybody else dislike this character? Who are your favorites?

So what did you think about Beautiful Creatures? Are you excited for the next book? Please debate with me and other members....