Emily the Strange: The Lost Days audiobook

This is my third effort at writing a review of the book. Obviously, it resists reviewing (at least by a 44 y.o. like myself).I found this book, and the whole Emily the Strange phenomenon, by accident, while browsing in a used bookstore. I picked up a copy they had out on the shelf and started thumbing through it and was immediately hooked. The conceit of the book caught my attention, and three days later, I'd finished it (the book, not the conceit).I found the book to be extremely enjoyable and quite compelling. I expected to be disappointed by the book; any book with more than one author (like any screenplay with more than one writing credit) is bound to be terrible. But the book is smart, well written, and, as one would expect from a novel coming out of the Emily the Strange milieu, very cleverly illustrated.As a 44 year old man, I would never have thought to have been caught dead with an Emily the Strange book in my hands. Having read it, while I may not rush out and put a EtS bumper sticker on my car, I'll buy the next book in the series and not worry quite as much about being seen with it.

i made an account just to like this book. it is my favourite book because it is the only book i finished. :D

13 Elements you will find in the first Emily the Strange novel:1. Mystery2. A beautiful golem3. Souped-up slingshots4. Four black cats5. Amnesia6. Calamity Poker7. Angry ponies8. A shady truant officer9. Top-13 lists10. A sandstorm generator11. Doppelgängers12. A secret mission13. EarwigsEmily the Strange: 13 years old. Able to leap tall buildings, probably, if she felt like it. More likely to be napping with her four black cats; or cobbling together a particle accelerator out of lint, lentils, and safety pins; or rocking out on drums/ guitar/saxophone/zither; or painting a swirling feral sewer mural; or forcing someone to say "swirling feral sewer mural" 13 times fast . . . and pointing and laughing.4 words: I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK.Emily the Strange: The Lost Days is told completely through diary entries by Emily-- or Earwig as she calls herself in the book. The overall voice and tone of the book is entertaining and generally hilarious. The cover is kind of misleading, because looking at it makes one think it the book is a gloom and doom goth book. But DON’T BE FOOLED! This book is so funny and enjoyable, and seriously, not at all as dark as it seems.I was very surprised by this book. I didn’t take it as seriously as an actual novel, but it actually had great characters and plot that really threw me for a loop. I love Emily (Earwig) as a character. She was just so spunky. I really had a great time being inside her head. She makes up the funniest curse words and slang. (NOTE: There is no actually cursing. Just funny words.)One of my favorite parts of this whole novel were the drawings on almost every page. They added a different perspective to the reading experience, and really brought the novel to life.This was a much lighter read than I’m used to, but still totally enjoyable. 5 stars!Review from "What's Your Story? YA Book Reviews":http://whatsyourstorybookreviews.blog...

It is a book written by an amnesiac girl (whom we already knew as Emily, since it was written in big red colour on the cover, duh!). She found herself sitting on a super-mini-park bench, totally in amnesia, equipped only with a slingshot, a pen, and a blank black book. She didn't know her own name, didn't know the name of the town she was in, didn't know what she did there. But it seemed that she knew many unusual things, such as repair anything broken (including golems), how to throw stones accurately, and how to play Calamity Poker (after watching the game for some time, while others have to do some bloody ritual first, and learn it for years, before understand the rules). She lived in a refrigerator box, behind a cafe named El Dungeon, a very unusual grey place, with Raven as the dim-witted barrista, who couldn't say a complete sentence, but she made very delicious sandwiches.Was there any reason she was there? Who made her amnesia? How come Raven was never sleep? Why there were no trees but the one in the mini-park? Why everything was painted grey? Why her parents didn't look for her? And lotsa lotsa questions, one by one will be answered at the end of the book.Some pages in the book was ripped (by Emily herself) for some reasons. Of course, you can read the ripped pages at the end of the book, but it would spoil the story. I have liked Emily's character since I saw her on t-shirt, and after finding out in this book that she was so singular, makes me even like her more. Would go buy the second book: Stranger & Stranger.

(Sorry for my English:))Sometimes I start to read English books when I cant wait for the hungarian edition. This is the story how I met Emily's book. The story is full of black humor and irony. If I read in English I'm very slow, that's my fault.At times I must get out my dictionary for idiot sentences for example: "BRITTLING FAVVWARX” meg „BLOGYAM!!!” What?! That's the way how to replace round oaths in young adult - most of them mean NOTHING... (or I don't want to know because what I figured out it was disgusting!)What did I expect? hmm... Goth girl does idiot things, takes melancholy and/or morbid adventure in Amnesia City. The frist 100 pages contain gripping investigation with amnesia, black cats but after... PONIES?! Aw, man....! Nononono... I got migraine. Fortunately it was subplot. After this scary episode I cant stop in reading. 80 pages for 3 months, but now I read ~150 pages in 2 or 3 days!I really loved illustrations and the story! The cover is cute. It was not the morbid comics what I expect but I'm happy with this novel.My favourite sentences: ”Broggling harmwarts, let’s hope so.” (177. p.)

En cuanto lo vimos en la biblioteca, a mi hija (tiene casi 11 años) ya le llamó la atención. Ella huye de las historias de princesas, y este libro con la portada en rojo y negro, un tanto gótica y misteriosa, y esa cara de pocos amigos en el retrato de la protagonista, ya dejaba de manifiesto que iba a encontrar pocas princesas en su interior. Se lo leyó de una sentada (y eso que no es corto) y le gustó mucho. Me animó a leerlo y a mí me venía bien para cumplir con un reto de lectura que sigo, así que me adentré en la historia de esta chica un tanto extraña (¿quién lleva un tirachinas en el bolsillo y sabe arreglar cafeteras a su edad?) que desde la primera página ya te anima a desvelar junto a ella el misterio de su identidad y de cómo ha ido a parar a ese pueblo perdido en la nada del que nunca había oído hablar. Está escrito en primera persona aunque en tiempo pasado, pues Emily nos relata sus descubrimientos en forma de diario. Los personajes son muy peculiares, al igual que el escenario donde se desarrolla la trama y los sucesos que acontecen, que (aunque todo tiene su explicación) a veces rozan lo inverosímil. Por eso mismo engancha, y quieres saber más. El personaje de Emily me ha gustado mucho. Se supone que tiene unos trece años y, pese a utilizar las expresiones típicas de su edad, también introduce un vocabulario más culto, lo que indica que es una chica inteligente, leída, y que posee un gran (y a veces oscuro) mundo interior. Como anécdota, diré que el hecho de que tenga que volver sobre sus pasos e investigar las propias pistas que ella misma ha ido dejando, como miguitas de pan, me ha hecho recordar una película titulada "Memento", un recuerdo "vago", sí, pero me ha venido a la mente. Por cierto, la edición es fantástica. Su interior está lleno de ilustraciones en colores rojo y negro, manteniendo esa estética misteriosa y gótica que a mi hija ya mí nos llamó tanto la atención. Me ha gustado mucho. Es una lectura muy recomendable si se busca algo más que la típica historia de" preadolescentes en el instituto". Por cierto, ya tenemos el segundo volumen en casa.

“Emily the Strange: The Lost Days” by Rob Reger is a fantasy book about a "miserable" girl named Emily who has amnesia and is lost in a small town by the name of “Black Rock.” She is on a journey to try to find out her biological family and remember her OWN name. I recommend this book to kids who like dark and weird stuff because Emily is (obviously) strange and she talks about negative stuff about people and the world. She also likes talking about black magic or ritual stuff. I really liked this book because I thought that this book was different than other ones. I’ve never read a book whose main character has an interest in evil or a kid who has memory loss and I just thought it was really cool to make a character like that. I don’t really recommend this book to people who hate or dislike negative people or stuff because Emily is completely the opposite of positive. She rarely likes to smile, she talks about black magic, she has low self esteem, and she wears all black (which according to some people that’s negative). But unless you can handle her negativity, you’ll be just fine! But even though she might be negative, she can be pretty funny and relatable in a way. Otherwise, I do like this book and recommend it to kids or people who love dark stuff.

story 4/5characters 4/5writing 4/5audio/paper Paper.reread? Absolutely.Recommend it? Yes.Verhaal: 4/5Karakters: 4/5Schrijfstijl: 4/5Papier/audio? Papier.Herlezen: Zeker.Aanrader? Ja.

I listened to the audio of this with my boys (ages 13 and 15). They really enjoyed it, it was too bizarre for me.I gave it 3 stars and they both gave it 4 stars.I think we will listen to the next book before we decide to continue with the series or not.

I never logged this book in my goodreads for some reason? but just finished another re-read and still loved it !! :)

13 Elements you'll find in the bookI've had this book for more than 5 years and I still re-read it from time to time!Emily lost her memory and she finds her self sitting on a bench in a park (more of a patch of grass really) located in a beige coloured town. All she has with her is a journal, pencil and slingshot. She sets out and "befriends" the waitress in the local shop (El Dungeon) named Raven who's beautiful but slow. She eventually builds a lean-to made comfy by 4 black cats. Emily documents her interactions while trying to figure out who she is , and why she's in this beige forsaken town that happens to be named Blackrock. She meets Jakey a.k.a Moonchild and his parrot. The longer she stays , the more things are not what it seems. Raven seems to be more than a beautiful slow-witted waitress, there is something more to the 4 black cats ,something nefarious with Jakey's companions in the circus and much more about the boring town. She slowly finds clues why she's there,saves the town from an arch enemy and inherits a legacy.This book is written in fist person and in journal style. The plot twists is entertaining as well as the doodles in the journal. This books is one of my favourites ! If your looking for something light, with mystery and twists , then I recommend you read this.Book JacketFrontBackEmily Strange is

I had only heard of Emily The Strange in passing, and didn’t really know much about the books, comics, or product line. However, I’m already in love with the character and the way the stories are told. It reminds me of a very intelligent version of Greg Heffley from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, except that instead of it being almost entirely graphic novel, it's part novel, part graphics, and part a whole bunch of other interesting stuff. In a way, it’s similar to the process through which the Objectivist poets like William Carlos Williams in Patterson and Louis Zukofsky in A would compose a book-length poem that was comprised of a motley mixture of various elements, like some of their own work with newspaper clippings, letters, posters, ads, and all sorts of other treasures. Aside from the composition of the novel, the story itself is also engaging. Unlike the normal progression of most stories, which starts at the beginning and moves through to the end, you get the sense that you’ve picked up somewhere in the middle. This is especially evidenced by the fact that you start on diary page 13. Thus, you are on the amnesiac ride along with Emily the entire time. What makes this particularly clever and interesting as a twist to the story is that, in reality, the whole point of the story is shifted. You think it’s about Emily’s quest to get her memory back, when it’s actually about something else entirely, which you can only discover as she uncovers it.This has quickly become one of my new favorite books, and I’ve recommended it to several people already. It’s a great read for anyone with an afternoon free, but its target age will be 9-13 year olds.-Lindsey Miller, www.lindseyslibrary.com

Okay, this book was adorable. I'll admit, at first it was a little difficult for me to get into. In fact, I almost put it down. But once I got into the story and the writing style became familiar I fell in love! There are a lot of lists and some very short and choppy sentences. But it is supposed to be following the thought processes of a young strange girl. And while she is VERY strange, its a strange I can definitely relate to. It is also incredibly diary style with awesome drawings.But apart from the very hipterishness of this book where there is gothic drawings and she wears all black and is super cool (coming from a hipster, I think hipster things are cool) and has weird things, this book actually has a pretty cool story line. You don't get straight into the meat of it until a lot later in this book but eventually a lot of questions are answered and it gets really suspenseful. Surprisingly so. I really thought the hipster in me would enjoy this book, but let's face it, I all around enjoyed it.I already added the sequel and the graphic novel to my wishlist on amazon. So, buy it for me or I'll have to buy it for myself soon!First Line:"Ok. I think I better take some notes, cuz something super strange is happening to me."

REVIEWEmily does strange, but she does strange funny. She is sarcastic and smart – she asks quirky questions and has crazy conversations. She doodles and draws – she is random and resourceful. What makes all of this extra STRANGE though, is that Emily does not even know who she is for most of the book.Presented in a diary format, The Lost Days truly gets into Emily’s mind. The pages are filled with drawings, 13-item lists, snippets of conversations, and Emily’s hilarious personality. She’s strange all-right, but that’s why I liked her so much. With the help of her friend Raven (who is odd in her own ways), Emily sets out to solve the mystery of who she is and why she is in such a peculiar place. The mystery goes back around 100 years and it was a complete surprise to me. This book is packed with humor, fun, and mystery. Strange is the new normal for Emily and it looks great on her.RATING5 Plot5 Characters5 Attention Grabbing4 Girlie Meter5 Ending24 TOTAL5 STARS