Off Book, by Jessica Dall

Off Book, by Jessica Dall

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Off Book, by Jessica Dall

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Twenty-year-old Eloise has learned all she can from the School, where characters live until joining their novels. No one knows genre and plot structure better than her, but despite her knowledge, she's yet to be assigned to her own story. All her friends are off starting their lives with their authors-and if Eloise doesn't get assigned soon, she'll fade away, forgotten by all. When she is offered a job at the Recording Office, instead, she takes the chance to write her own future. Suddenly living among the post-storied, Eloise meets Barnaby Fitzwilliam, a former romance novel hero who hasn't lost any of his in-story charm. But just as their relationship begins to get serious, Eloise is sucked into a novel she was never meant to be part of, turning everything they thought they knew about their world upside down. Now, caught where the only rules are made by authors and truly anything is possible, Eloise must find her way back home-or her life might end before she ever gets the chance to live it. Set in an intriguing, unique world, OFF BOOK explores the story beneath the stories we all know and love, taking readers and characters alike on an adventure just waiting to be written.

Off Book, by Jessica Dall

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6414175 in Books
• Published on: 2015-06-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.99" h x .78" w x 5.24" l, .87 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 348 pages

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I loved the concept of the story By Aisazia I loved the concept of the story, it's what drew me to want to read the story in the first place. I've not read many stories about characters waiting to have a story of their own and the idea of it intrigued me. I wanted to see and explore what the author had in mind for the characters.The characters didn't quite hit me in the right places emotionally. I felt impartial to most of the characters. I suppose Barnaby is the one who I found most compelling because of his drive to help Eloise get out but I felt indifferent to Eloise. I could sort of sympathize with her and her situation but I felt that there wasn't enough at stake for me to care about any of the characters. I did like Alice though but she was a minor character.I do think it's a unique read but I felt like it didn't quite live up to the expectations I had for it. The world building seemed incomplete and lacked in details. I couldn't imagine the world as vividly as I would have liked because it didn't allow me to fully immerse in the story. We don't get to see how or why people get chosen for the stories. We do sort of see it at the end but it wasn't satisfying enough for me.The writing read as simplistic and I found I skimmed through the text as I read. I felt the writing needed more editing because I didn't feel like all the words used were significant to the story. Some of the dialogue seemed pointless and it lacked in descriptions. I wanted to know more about the world, the different departments and the people who ran it.Another issue I noticed but may be fixed in future editions is the interior formatting in my .ePub file. There were breaks mid-sentence which sort of bothered me as I read but wasn't a huge deal since I already was skimming the text. As a note, this may bother other future readers.Overall, I think it's a fascinating concept but the execution seemed lacking to me but it may be different for others. If you like an "out-of-the-box" quick read then you might be interested in picking this story up.3 out of 5 rating for me!(A copy was provided for an honest review. I was not compensated in any other way.)

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An unconventional "Behind-the-Manuscript" tale By Sandra's Book Reviews When you read a book, your main focus is typically on the story with the characters being pieces in this grand plot puzzle. Just like when watching a movie, you never think about the life that goes on behind the scenes with the actors, directors, casting crew, and all. Well, this book does!Eloise is a fictional character (actor) awaiting her casting call in a story. While others are getting cast as wizards, spies, nymphs, vampires, Martians, cowboys, and whatnots in all sorts of novels, Eloise continually sits on the sidelines, taking useless classes on character development and generally what authors (directors) are looking for, feeling more and more discouraged. At her age, the chances of getting cast are only getting slimmer. If she doesn't get called soon, she will be a teacher ("Those who can't do, teach!") and fade away, forgotten.I was intrigued by this unconventional story. It's a behind-the-manuscript documentation, detailing the tasks and efforts in the making of a novel. I liked it!Right off the bat, you root for Eloise and hope she gets a part. Then she does get a part--a part as a recorder, a part of the stage crew. "Now she wasn’t teaching people who were going to go off and have lives. She was watching people who already had lives in progress." (22) Kind of a bummer, especially knowing that most of your co-workers are "post-stories" (people that have been in stories and are now working behind-the-scenes.) Of course, one of which is a former and starred in an erotic romance novel. Nice! Barnaby is a charismatic British stallion that sees something in Eloise, who flushes whenever he's around."We are all tools authors use to perfect their art. They make us wait around for months, years, picking us up, killing us off all for the purpose of getting their story told. And we have to put up with it because our entire existence is based on them giving us a story. We have no free will. Either you give yourself over and let those people do whatever the hell they want to do to you, or you’re stuck in that damn School left to fade away. If they want to break us, bash our heads in, slowly flay us alive, we just have to take it. It’s like .. . I don’t know. Mind rape. Life rape.” (34)But Eloise didn't want to be "just another character sacrificed in the name of the plot." (53) Then, suddenly, she accidentally finds herself in a story--a strange, medieval-fantasy hybrid story. At this point, we cross back and forth between the story and the story within the story, all spliced with dialogue and a fleeting narrative.Frankly, I wasn't so interested in the story Eloise found herself in. It sounded like she was in a world where King Arthur meets Robin Hood or Harry Potter or something. Regardless, I did want to know how it would turn out for her. Could she be trapped? And would it be the absolute worst thing if she were to stay? Did she break some sort of cosmic rule by falling into a story? I actually thought that Eloise was going to take initiative and write her own story.It's funny because Eloise being trapped in the story made me think of those Bugs Bunny episodes, ones that had him arguing with the cartoonist over silly things like forgetting to draw his ears. In this case, Eloise would converse with the author, pleading for assistance. I thought that was kind of weird and the interplay would be confusing at times.I was more fascinated by the concept and how it all began rather than the quandary, which is where the story started losing me. From that point on, I was mainly just muddling through it. And even though I didn't really know how Eloise ended up where she did or why Barnaby needed to go through the endless tedium of going through proper channels and procedures, I still kind of wondered how this would end.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good Reading By LAS Reviewer It’s hard to sit by and watch other people find their destinies. Eloise has been gracious about it for a long time, but when will it be her turn?There were quite a few plot twists that I didn’t see coming. Ms. Dall’s vivid imagination worked really well with the premise of this story, especially once the characters settled into their roles and began reacting to everything that was happening to them. What I appreciated the most about all of these surprises was how well they worked with the plot as well as everything I was able to figure out about the personalities of the characters involved in them.Speaking of the characters, I would have really liked to see more time spent developing their personalities. I like Eloise and Barnaby, but I finished the final chapter without ever having a clear understanding of what it would be like to be in the same room with them. Would they be talkative or quiet? How would they react to disappointing news? What kind of response could I expect from them if they were angry? Had even some of my questions about them been answered, this book would have easily earned a much higher rating.One of my favorite things to see in a possible romantic subplot is a strong friendship. If two characters have enough in common that I could see them being best friends, I will almost certainly root for them to end up together. It took a while for the romantic elements of this tale to fully appear, but I was glad the author took her time to show the audience why the people involved in that storyline might make such a good match. It kept my attention and made it hard to stop reading.Off Book was incredibly clever. I’d recommend it to anyone has ever wondered what characters really do when an author stops paying attention to them.originally posted at long and short reviews

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