Alone (Fearless, No. 22) [Mass Market Paperback]

Francine Pascal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

They say that you only hurt the ones you love.
So I guess that means I can't get hurt.
Nobody's close enough to hurt me.
And nobody ever will be again.

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About the Author

Francine Pascal is the international best-selling author of SWEET VALLEY HIGH. She currently has sold over 260 million books. Gaia Moore is her new, complex character, ready to burst on to our streets. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743444000
• ISBN-13: 978-0743444002
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Francine Pascal is the creator of the Sweet Valley High series and one of the world's most popular fiction writers for teenagers and the author of several bestselling novels, My Mother Was Never A Kid (Hanging out with Cici), My First Love and Other Disasters, as well as the series Fearless. Her adult novels include, Save Johanna! and If Wishes Were Horses (La Villa) and the non-fiction, The Strange Case of Patty Hearst. Pascal is on the Advisory Board of The American Theatre Wing. Her favorite sport is a monthly poker game. She lives in New York City and France.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The BS of #22, July 11, 2002

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Eden (Kahului, HI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alone (Fearless, No. 22) (Mass Market Paperback)

Much like the other reviews, I have to agree with the estimation that in Alone, NOTHING happened. 200 or so pages of tediously prolonged bullcrap. Gaia wrestles with the pitfalls of her existance, nothing is resolved with Ed, Tom and Natasha get dirty in the Cayman Islands, blah, blah, blah, a further waste of vocabulary till a sneek peek at book #23 Fear and you are submitted to rereading all the drivel that occur prior.

AND in how many boringly repetitious methods can Pascal remind us that Gaia is fearless, a muntant freak, a contrary genetic bubble girl immune to fear, a carrier of a disease that kills off everyone who gets close to her.....That is really pissing me off. Pascal needs to learn to stop rewording everything just so to spread her monotonous statements in her next 200 page book for the sake of what little Fearless fans she has left.

Anyways, it was a bonus to read about Ed chucking his crutches off his roof along with this pending self-doubt, a relationship forming between Tatiana and Gaia (nevertheless with Pascal's immeasurable quest of any laudable bond forming in our young title character's life, this is not going to wrap together happily) and the end of George.

Word the the wise, don't waste your money. You'll collect more just by flipping through a few pages in the Young Literature section.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Patience, patience, patience, July 16, 2002

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hiphopgirl_1000 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alone (Fearless, No. 22) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have told myself to be patient. Told myself that Francine will somehow bring back the excitement in this series, which has pretty much disappeared since book #20. Unfortunately what I got was some more frustrating story lines. Gaia is still avoiding Ed. Nothing new there. All we hear is how she want to be with Ed but can't(very repetitive) Now she is trying to see who is leaking information about her father to Loki. George, her friend and former CIA agent tells her it is Natasha, her new foster mom. Gaia definitely believes him, there is evidence. But Tatiana, Natasha's daughter is out to prove otherwise. As the two of them work together to uncover the truth, a relationship forms between the two of them and each learns something new about the other(of course we know that this friendship will most likely not last, just like Gaia and Heather's short friendship didn't either) When the traitor is finally revealed you won't believe who it is. It makes you want to scream because it another stupid storyline that Francine is throwing at us once again!

Another disappointment was that there was no advance in the Tatiana-Ed-Gaia love triangle. Yeah, Ed has been avoiding Tatiana at all cost so they don't have to discuss the "kiss" they had in the park. One good part is Ed finally gets to walk without his crutches(Yeah!!), after encouragement from his new physical therapist, Lydia, who is kinda a suspicious character. Still Ed and Gaia didn't even have really much conversation in this book and the most interesting storyline, the love triangle, had little to no mention at all!!!

Another total change of character is with Josh(You know characters can't just go from evil to good like this so it is totally frustrating!! It just seems that Francine makes these characters good when she needs them to be good and evil when she needs to kill off a character!!! He has totally changed from the character that killed Sam) Josh has now desperately fallen in love with Heather(UGH!!!!) However Loki wants him to give her the serum that will make her fearless, just like Gaia. Josh of course is undecided on the matter, as is Heather. He fears that once Heather takes the serum she will change to a person he doesn't know, one he doesn't love. Of course bother Josh and Heather make some stupid decisions and Heather does take the serum and the new Heather is very much different....(Why does Heather have to be so jealous of Gaia? COME ON!!!)

Lets just say my patience is wearing thin. Francine please end this series soon. Even if I am desperately hooked on this series the last few have dragged on and the 200 pages practically were a waste. Too much the same thing. When I actrully finished the book I thought did I really find out anything new? Isn't it pretty much like 21? Francine PLEASE just put some SENSE into Gaia. Get her and Ed together once and for all, kill Loki PLEASE!!!! Hopefully Fear is a lot better than Alone. It better be or I really will stop reading this series, even if it used to be my favorite series and I still want to know what happens.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hopeful, July 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Alone (Fearless, No. 22) (Mass Market Paperback)

Alright...I've read alot of the reviews so far, and I feel kinda bad for Pascal. Fearless is a wonderful series,and I'd recommend the books to anyone... but I too have noticed the neverending story lines in the series. I am definately planning to stay fateful to reading Fearless, but I do agree with alot of the other reviews. As I would hate to see my favorite series end, I would like to ask Pascal to spice it up, or wrap it up. Give us something new to read about Gaia, instead to throwing us into circles of the same story lines. I know Pascal is a great author and she can do that...but please give us something worth spending our money on.