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A review by aliciamay
The Coordinate by Marc Jacobs
4.0
3.5/5 Stars
This is a book that I might read again but not necessarily go out and buy a physical copy of.
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway for a fair and honest review; I have not been paid and only received the book for free.
This is a book that I breezed through quickly (in about a day, though I had plenty of free time, it took probably five hours to finish it). It was interesting and something that I wanted to know what happened next. It was a book that followed to high school seniors, it was a mystery combined with a coverups and a bit of romance added in. It reminded me a bit of National Treasure, with having to find clues in hidden places. The two main characters are a bit tropey but they are interesting and it makes you hope that they have a good life.
Now for the spoilery-ish parts.
Raves:
- The history teacher! I was a history major in college and I feel like the teacher very much teaches how a professor in college might, wanting the students to find out their interests as well as doing history rather than just learning history.
- Emma having been the one to really learn all and be the star of the book even though it is very focused on Logan.
- History-based information, such as Christopher Columbus, and going to the archives. Jacobs obviously did a bit of research before starting this; especially when it came to some coordinates on the star map.
Issues:
- They were supposed to be 17 and they were flying to a foreign country without their parents permission; that would never happen. A lot of this was a stretch but this is the real issue that I saw, why not just make them 18?
- The romance seemed to move a bit quickly without letting the audience really know their feelings toward each other. I think it could make sense that they had fallen for each other but it was so action packed and we didn't really see the emotions between the two of them build up.
This is a book that I might read again but not necessarily go out and buy a physical copy of.
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway for a fair and honest review; I have not been paid and only received the book for free.
This is a book that I breezed through quickly (in about a day, though I had plenty of free time, it took probably five hours to finish it). It was interesting and something that I wanted to know what happened next. It was a book that followed to high school seniors, it was a mystery combined with a coverups and a bit of romance added in. It reminded me a bit of National Treasure, with having to find clues in hidden places. The two main characters are a bit tropey but they are interesting and it makes you hope that they have a good life.
Now for the spoilery-ish parts.
Raves:
- The history teacher! I was a history major in college and I feel like the teacher very much teaches how a professor in college might, wanting the students to find out their interests as well as doing history rather than just learning history.
- Emma having been the one to really learn all and be the star of the book even though it is very focused on Logan.
- History-based information, such as Christopher Columbus, and going to the archives. Jacobs obviously did a bit of research before starting this; especially when it came to some coordinates on the star map.
Issues:
- They were supposed to be 17 and they were flying to a foreign country without their parents permission; that would never happen. A lot of this was a stretch but this is the real issue that I saw, why not just make them 18?
- The romance seemed to move a bit quickly without letting the audience really know their feelings toward each other. I think it could make sense that they had fallen for each other but it was so action packed and we didn't really see the emotions between the two of them build up.