[Teasing Trailers] - #8: Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger

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Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger

Coming March 5, 2013

     I was pleasantly happy with Let the Sky Fall, and I was happy to see this trailer. I shared this with you now, after I read the book, because frankly I enjoyed the book that much to share it again, and hope you enjoy this trailer. Furthermore, I hope you check the book out, and the review I did.

     The reason I enjoyed this trailer was the character imagery. I never pictured Vane or Audra they way they were portrayed this way. I pictured Vane as a smaller, shorter, scrawnier type of person than what's given in this portrayal. Furthermore, my image of Audra was a darker brown girl who wasn't so... well beautiful. This girl plays Audra as a beauty girl, not some warrior elementalist that's ready to give her life up for Vane. The portrayal of the two characters just gives me a light into what the author or whoever did the trailer was thinking when they did it. I enjoyed it and the trailer did a fair enough job (more so than any others I have seen lately) in describing what's going on, and the plot behind everything.

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[Teasing Trailers] - #7: Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn

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Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn

Coming June 11, 2013

     I wasn't all together sure about this book, and rightfully I am not sure if I am interested in this book at all. I wanted to pass the trailer along, so maybe someone can tell me why I should be interested in this book. The synopsis is rather weak, and explains how Annaliese walks out of the woods in front of a High School party drenched in blood and screaming, yet vanishes. How does one simply vanish? Someone had to notice a girl coated in blood screaming walking away or running. However, she appears later miles and miles away, yet she's not sure who she is or what her past is. So amnesia is the plot twist here?

     I am not sure I buy into all these ifs and just go with the flow sort of thing. I am looking at this book and the trailer doesn't do a great job pushing me into enjoying this book either. A girl making a promise or vow in the woods isn't all that  encouraging for the book either. There's little to no information about what the book is about, and no character detail at all. A little more involvement or hell, a little more backstory/narration would have been better. Please, someone give me some insight in why I should be looking at this book differently.

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[Teasing Trailers] - #6: In The After by Demitria Lunetta

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In The After by Demitria Lunetta

Coming June 25, 2013

     In the After was a book that I've been looking at and have wondered if there was more to the book than what the synopsis is. I had it on my list of books to check to see if it has a good book trailer, and frankly I was more confused by what the trailer showed than what I already was. I am struggling trying to understand what is taking over the planet, and just how much suspense is going to be in this book. I'm not saying this is a bad struggle in fact I find myself intrigued and want to pursue the book further just so I can answer my questions better. So without making myself look more foolish and trying to perceive something that I just can't until I'm immersed in the book, I'll be quiet and let you watch!

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[Teasing Trailers] - #5: 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

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5th Wave by Rick Yancey
     So this is a different style because 5th wave didn't just have one trailer. It released a series of 5 Waves of trailers which I thought was rather unique, and I want to get those out to all of you as well. I have been meaning to get back in the swing of posting book trailers, and I figured this weekend if I have some free time I will do just that.

     I really don't want to talk much about this book, I haven't read it yet and I loved the trailers. Take a look at them, and let me know what you think of them. I love the thought and the meaning behind every book trailer that they released.

The First Wave: 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Second Wave: 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Third Wave: 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Fourth Wave: 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Fifth Wave: 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

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[Teasing Trailers] - #4 Leviathan

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Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

      Leviathan, this book trailer took my breath away. I found this trailer after I read the book, and realized just how great this trailer is. It does a great job introducing the viewer/reader into the world, explains some small backstory about how this story is similar to the war we all know, and read about during school. The book twists the war into a question about morals, and who is right, The Clankers or The Darwinists.

     I love the question at the end of this trailer, "Do You Oil Your War Machines... Or Do You Feed Them?" - I enjoy that question, because when I first listened to it, I thought what's the difference? Wouldn't oil be food to the machines so in a sense it would be the same thing, and feeding the animals means you maintain or oil them to keep them fighting. When you boil it all down, a means of war is the same, no matter how you look at it. That in itself makes this trailer great, it shows and gives a question that really has no answer, and lets the reader guess and figure it out for themselves.

     As well, the book brings Alex and Daryn to life, and explains their backstory in a detailed manner. It shows how unique and diverse the characters are, while being so different from each other. They both fight for what they believe in, and shows their world and the fire in their eyes. The characters are so far apart, that their relationship and struggle to agree together, seems to clash and come full bore at every turn. Least that's what I got, tell me what you see when you watched this trailer.

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[Teasing Trailers] - #3 Blood Red Road

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Blood Red Road by Moira Young

      Now this is a prime example of what I expect out of the good trailer. The trailer answers enough questions about the book and pulls you into the book, and the premise that I guarantee you will feel utterly engaged afterwards. Blood Red Road boars this female character that has some femininity but mainly its her strength and perseverance that saves everyone.

     The focus of this trailer lies on Saba, and that makes me sad. And the greatest motivator in this book, the book intro. When Lugh is taken from Saba, and nothing about Lugh or Jack is mentioned. Okay Lugh is briefly and there's no mention of why Saba needs to save him. I was disappointed with the lack of the other characters, but if you look at the book Saba is the main character, but her strength and her stubbornness pours through every choice and event.

     So back to Saba and the fact that this trailer is focused on her primarily. First off her character and her essence is captured nearly perfectly in this piece. However, there are times where she is compassionate (however few times that may be), so I wished there was more depth to her. Then there is the location of this tailer compared to the book. The location and what's happening to Saba right now, is only a small... small portion of what the book is about.

     I enjoy everything about the trailer though, it does get you involved more than any trailer I have seen thus far. Blood Red Road is definitely one of my more memorable reads, if not one of my favorites of all times. I would recommend the book to anyone, and if you think you may be interested in this book take a look at the trailer.

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[Teasing Trailers] - #2 Fallen

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Fallen by Lauren Kate

I have to say this is by far one of my most annoying series. I so wanted to enjoy this series and over all I was let down over and over in this series. It's a mediocre series that seemed to let me down more than it got my hopes up and that I enjoyed the series. Now I'm not saying that the book was all that bad, I just hoped the characters would have been better and the plot as well.

Anyways this is a simple teaser video, and it plays hard on the whole romance this book is supposed to have. Don't get me wrong the book was a great romance, however the character Luce just is too moronic and doesn't seem to do anything thinking for herself in the book.

I digress from the book, I should be dissecting the teaser rather than the book. The one thing I hated about the teaser is it really just doesn't explain the characters, doesn't give me any interest into what the book is about. It does provide one statement that sticks in the back of your head, "Some angels are destined to FALL." That quote tells more about the book the the rest of the teaser put together. When I first looked at the teaser, that statement was the ONLY thing I took from the trailer. It's just generally awful.

I would have personally liked to see something done with characters. I'm sure you could have asked any one of the fans of this book to do one for free and it would be better than whatever this is. The teaser does nothing for me, and I can't see how it does anything for anyone else.

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[Teasing Trailers] - #1 The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I'll start this off with one of my favorite series, and what NOT to do with a book trailer if there is going to be one. There is more praise about the book, from people not even mentioned, then there is background or information about who the characters, the plot, okay a good portion of the book is left out.

The Hunger Games has been out for a while, since Sept. 14, 2008 so I'm not sure if this is the original trailer for the book. In fact, I hope it's not. This trailer is horrid, I don't know why the company even released it. If I was Suzanne Collins and this was done for my book, I would fire the person immediately and go look elsewhere. This is complete garbage.

I don't know what else to say. There is a lack of character information, some information about the plot, and what the general idea of the book is, but other than that there just isn't a lot here to get people hooked and want to read the book. I know in book world, trailers aren't the first place readers turn to see if they are interested, but this is just a waste of time and money.

I am definately going to have to do another one, just to show that all tailers for books aren't that bad. I mean most of the actors are rather horrible, but c'mon the overall budget for these is rather lacking so I can't hold that against them really now. Anyways, this was just so bad that another one needs to be done to give some hope to this segment already.

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