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Summary: LEO AND BREE is Wittlinger at her most compelling
Review: I think this is Ellen Wittlinger's best book since HARD LOVE. Leo and Bree are fascinating characters, and the story of their long night is one you won't soon forget. It's true that there isn't much suspense--if Leo were really crazy enough to kill Bree, it would quickly become a very different book--but that's hardly the point. The real joy of this book is watching the journey of the characters over the course of their night together. I found them to be beautifully realized, almost real. If you've enjoyed Wittlinger's other books, don't miss LEO AND BREE; and if you've yet to discover her, pick up any of her books--you're in for a treat!
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Summary: LEO AND BREE is Wittlinger at her most compelling
Review: I think this is Ellen Wittlinger's best book since HARD LOVE. Leo and Bree are fascinating characters, and the story of their long night is one you won't soon forget. It's true that there isn't much suspense--if Leo were really crazy enough to kill Bree, it would quickly become a very different book--but that's hardly the point. The real joy of this book is watching the journey of the characters over the course of their night together. I found them to be beautifully realized, almost real. If you've enjoyed Wittlinger's other books, don't miss LEO AND BREE; and if you've yet to discover her, pick up any of her books--you're in for a treat!
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Summary: Well Written..
Review: Imagine your sister being brutally murdered by her boyfriend and everything changing so fast, you didn't even have the chance to blink. That's what happened for Leo. It's the fourth anniversary of her death and he can't get the images of her being stabbed out of his head. Especially with his mother in a rage and showing him the pictures over and over. So he flees into his car and drives until he sees Bree, in her short skirt, high heels, and ruby red lipstick. In a rage, Leo kidnaps Bree, persistent that she should have been the one to die, not his beautiful and perfect sister. . What happens the following night changes the way both Bree and Leo look at things. I loved the emotion in this book because it felt so real. One thing, I didn't understand was why Bree didn't report Leo when he kidnapped her. For all she knew, he could of done these type of things to everyone. Other than that, this book was great.
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Summary: The Long Night of Leo and Bree=AWESOME!
Review: Leo, a brave kid, has been going through a lot with his sister and mother. You wouldn't think that he would get to the point that he would actually do something crazy, would he? All I am saying is that by the end of this book Leo is going to be a new Leo. Another main character in this book is named Bree. This girl is good girl brought up with a mother that is very over-protective and will hardly let Bree go out with her boy friend. Then until one night something happens that changes her perspective on life and her mother over-protectivness. Then some how, some way their worlds meet in a very unexpected way.
The Long Night of Leo and Bree is a very good book for teen people and even people older. But you should most definitly have a mature mind. The book makes you feel like your there, witnessing everything that goes on. I love this book because i love how it is written. The author Ellen Wittlinger wrote this book in two different worlds. There is a world in Leo's perspective and Bree's perspective. It is really cool! She also creates great moods and feelings that makes you want to keep flipping the pages. I absolutely love this book!
The long night of Leo and Breeis a heart-throbbing, suspencful, and intense kind of book. I recommend this book to anyone over 12 and a mature teen. If you want to read a more exciting book then this book is for you!
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Summary: Hmm...Not Ellen Wittlinger's Best At All
Review: Ok, maybe I am a little biast because I read Hard Love the same day that I read this book, and I loved Hard Love. I did not think that this book was good at all. The fact that someone would "identify" and "become real" to their kidnapper is just beyond me completely. And the fact that Bree did not trun him in is just stupid. That girls need to wake up and smell the crime! I would recommend this book to someone who is looking for a quick read, and has nothing to do. The thing that I did like about this book was that the emotions were right on the page. That's why I'm giving it two stars instead of one. I loved the emotion, but hated the story.
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Summary: Hmm...Not Ellen Wittlinger's Best At All
Review: Ok, maybe I am a little biast because I read Hard Love the same day that I read this book, and I loved Hard Love. I did not think that this book was good at all. The fact that someone would "identify" and "become real" to their kidnapper is just beyond me completely. And the fact that Bree did not trun him in is just stupid. That girls need to wake up and smell the crime! I would recommend this book to someone who is looking for a quick read, and has nothing to do. The thing that I did like about this book was that the emotions were right on the page. That's why I'm giving it two stars instead of one. I loved the emotion, but hated the story.
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Summary: Gritty and quick
Review: On the one year anniversary of his sister's brutal murder, Leo finds himself going slightly mad, along with his mother, who has never been the same since. Rather than stay in the house with his mom, Leo goes out driving and when he spots Bree, a rich kid who decided to take a walk on the wrong side of town, he wonders why she lived and his sister didn't. In a fit of insanity, Leo takes Bree hostage and plans to kill her, but when he and Bree begin to talk, he finds his saving grace.Ellen Wittlinger, author of Razzle and Hard Love, tackles a tough subject with this book and pulls it off quite well. The story itself is very short - just over 100 pages long. Almost the entire book is dialogue, and it takes place in only a couple settings. It's a quick read, but rather grim material. If you're looking for a happy ending, don't read this one! I enjoyed reading The Long Night of Leo and Bree, and my only complaint is I would have liked it to be longer - I'd love to find out what happened afterwards!
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Summary: Gritty and quick
Review: On the one year anniversary of his sister's brutal murder, Leo finds himself going slightly mad, along with his mother, who has never been the same since. Rather than stay in the house with his mom, Leo goes out driving and when he spots Bree, a rich kid who decided to take a walk on the wrong side of town, he wonders why she lived and his sister didn't. In a fit of insanity, Leo takes Bree hostage and plans to kill her, but when he and Bree begin to talk, he finds his saving grace. Ellen Wittlinger, author of Razzle and Hard Love, tackles a tough subject with this book and pulls it off quite well. The story itself is very short - just over 100 pages long. Almost the entire book is dialogue, and it takes place in only a couple settings. It's a quick read, but rather grim material. If you're looking for a happy ending, don't read this one! I enjoyed reading The Long Night of Leo and Bree, and my only complaint is I would have liked it to be longer - I'd love to find out what happened afterwards!
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Summary: Nice try but...
Review: Some have compared this book to Robert Cormier's "Tenderness" and there are some similarities: teenaged boy who is not quite right in the head kidnaps teenaged girl with homicide in mind, but spares her, and in their time together they develop an affinity for each other. However, there is a crucial difference: "Tenderness" is good. "The Long Night of Leo and Bree" is not. I really found the ending unbelieveable. Sometimes kidnap victims do end up falling for their captors. But Leo and Bree just didn't quite make the mark. In "Tenderness" it easy to see how Lori could fall for Eric in spite of who he is, because Lori is incredibly screwed up. Bree isn't. The book did not do an adequate job of explaining how a level-headed if slightly spoiled girl could lose her head that badly. In addition, both characters tasted of corrugated cardboard -- not quite two-dimensional but not well-rounded either. There are girls from wealthy overbearing families, and there are boys who drop out of school to care for their moms, but there's got to be more to the picture than that. Leo and Bree both felt sort of cookie cutter. It was a good idea but something went badly wrong in the making. I was very disappointed in this book; I recommend "Hard Love" by the same author instead of this novel.
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Summary: Being Kidnapped by Leo
Review: This book is about a boy who had a sister that died from her boyfriend. He can't forget about his sister and how she died. Her boyfriend stabbed her fifty seven times, and Leo keeps seeing the pictures of his sister when she is dead. This book is also about a girl named Bree who is tired of her perfect boyfriend, her perfect mother, and her perfect life. So one night she goes out on a ride to get away from everything and gets kidnapped by a guy that says she should have died, and not his sister Michelle. It ends up being Leo getting `revenge', even though Bree has nothing to do with the murder of his sister.
I liked the whole story, but not at the end because it leaves you hanging, and there are two narrators which are Leo, and Bree and sometimes it gets confusing.
I would recommend this book to teenagers (mostly girls) who are into mystery books.
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