Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

 

  Author: Michelle Hodkin

 Pages: Hardcover, 452

 Published: September 27th 2011 by Simon & Schuester

 Mara Dyer # 1

 Book rating: ★★★★☆

 Cover Rating: A MILLION STARS

Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.
There is.
She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.
She’s wrong.

Mara Dyer turned a riveting 180 degree twist from her former life. From living in the chilly state of Rhode Island, to a city of overtanned blondes & palm trees in Florida. From studying in a public school, to attending Croyden High- a private school of plaid skirts, neckties, crested vests, evil teachers and even more evil bullies.  From having a bestfriend, a boyfriend, and a not-so-friend, to being the sole survivor of an accident that killed the three. From a completely sane person, to a possible lunatic.

Well, this is rather scary.

Introductions scare the heck out of me. Atleast, in real life it does.

Well, cyber-introductions scare me less, but it's still there. I blame no one but my parents for giving me such HIDEOUS peculiar name, but It took all the guts I had to talk myself out of changing it once I get the chance. 

My name is Mariegin, and it has become a lifelong drill everytime I meet new people, to repeat my name about five excruciating times and if I'm lucky, I might even need to spell my name out loud! People always ask me how to properly pronounce my name, and after sixteen years of my existence, I found out recently that even I don't know how to properly pronounce it. Embarassing.

So, yeah, I'm Mariegin (MEH-RI-JIN or MAH-REE-JIN, whichever) and this is my blog.