Review: 3.5 Clever Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
When I read the blurb.. okay okay when I skimmed the blurb I assumed Naomi Grim would be something similar to the now canceled T.v. Show Dead Like Me, I LOVEEEDDD that show. Well Naomi Grim was nothing like Dead Like Me. Well except they were focused on Grim Reapers. Thats pretty much were the similarities lay. The world of Naomi Grim was way more imaginative. Here Grims exist in a world or dimension separate from us. They call where they live Nowhere. Grims collect our lifestones which they turn in to the head Grim in exchange for a longer life, money, and power. They live by very strict rules and begin collecting the lifestones at age 13. Now there is sooo much more to the rules and life of a grim but why would I sit here and spoil them for you now? I wouldnt thats not my style.Naomi lives with her parents and 2 brothers one older, one younger. Shes always been a bit of an oddball in her family. Showing sympathy for the humans they collect stones from. See most grims think of humans as a means to an end. This becomes a huge problem when the kids and 2 of their friends are sent on a huge mission. They are to collect 148 lifestones. You see they are sent to a school where a group of kids are going to blow up their school.. Real sweethearts those kids. I really expected the outcome of that to be the end of the book. However it wasnt. Soo much more happened, I have to admit I was completely surprised by so many things that happened. The death of the kids really put me off. I dont like to see when bad things are coming I like to be slapped in the face with things like that. I dont want it to loom over the book it causes some really odd duress. I have anxiety issues. But once that whole mess was over. I was slapped, kicked and punched by all sorts of surprises!Naomi Grim was a completely refreshing read. So often I can tell where things are going in my reads but again I didnt see so much coming. I had a hard time with some of the self imposed stress. Im sure that was not Smith’s intentions my body clearly didnt care. I greatly appreciated the world she created it was new and exciting!