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61 out of 62 people found this review helpful.
Perfect blend of romance and rebelliousness!
I could not put this book down. I was hooked at the first page. Meg and 3 of her friends are caught on a railroad bridge, under the influence, right before their spring break. As punishment the cop who found them decided that instead of going to Miami for a school tr...Read More
I could not put this book down. I was hooked at the first page. Meg and 3 of her friends are caught on a railroad bridge, under the influence, right before their spring break. As punishment the cop who found them decided that instead of going to Miami for a school trip, they should be forced to ride around with either the police, firefighters, or ambulance personnel.
Meg unluckily gets stuck with the police officer that arrested them. Officer After seems like somebody Meg knows but she can't quite place him until her friend tells her that they went to school with him and that he is only a year older then them. As the week progresses Meg is unnerved to find herself beginning to fall for Officer After even though she knows that it can never go anywhere.
Through the week Meg and Officer After begin to connect in different ways and some shocking things are revealed about both of their pasts.
Will Meg and John be able to get past their differences and finally be in a good relationship or will they ruin everything with their hostile natures toward each other?
Honestly, this is one of the best books I have ever read. It has just the right mix of romance, comedy, and rebelliousness. I could safely say that this is book for just about any teenage girl.Show Less
Meg unluckily gets stuck with the police officer that arrested them. Officer After seems like somebody Meg knows but she can't quite place him until her friend tells her that they went to school with him and that he is only a year older then them. As the week progresses Meg is unnerved to find herself beginning to fall for Officer After even though she knows that it can never go anywhere.
Through the week Meg and Officer After begin to connect in different ways and some shocking things are revealed about both of their pasts.
Will Meg and John be able to get past their differences and finally be in a good relationship or will they ruin everything with their hostile natures toward each other?
Honestly, this is one of the best books I have ever read. It has just the right mix of romance, comedy, and rebelliousness. I could safely say that this is book for just about any teenage girl.Show Less
posted by katiesbookblog on February 23, 2009
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5 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
Dissapointment
This book was cliche and predictable. At first, I was interested. However, towards the middle of the book, the plot became VERY predictable and honestly, quite boring.
posted by 2026076 on March 27, 2010
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Perfect blend of romance and rebelliousness!
I could not put this book down. I was hooked at the first page. Meg and 3 of her friends are caught on a railroad bridge, under the influence, right before their spring break. As punishment the cop who found them decided that instead of going to Miami for a school trip, they should be forced to ride around with either the police, firefighters, or ambulance personnel.
Meg unluckily gets stuck with the police officer that arrested them. Officer After seems like somebody Meg knows but she can't quite place him until her friend tells her that they went to school with him and that he is only a year older then them. As the week progresses Meg is unnerved to find herself beginning to fall for Officer After even though she knows that it can never go anywhere.
Through the week Meg and Officer After begin to connect in different ways and some shocking things are revealed about both of their pasts.
Will Meg and John be able to get past their differences and finally be in a good relationship or will they ruin everything with their hostile natures toward each other?
Honestly, this is one of the best books I have ever read. It has just the right mix of romance, comedy, and rebelliousness. I could safely say that this is book for just about any teenage girl.61 out of 62 people found this review helpful.
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Amazing.
I bought several books with all a similar theme- a guy and a girl and, usually, sex.
This was the fourth one I read. The first two were pretty terrible and/or lame. But this one and the one before it was emotional and intriguing. The characters were much better than I actually like and connected with them.
The book has strong language and sex. If you can get past that part, it is an amazing read.
Meg and her "boyfriend" Eric (aka guy she sleeps with) take a pair of innocent friends, Tiffany and Brian, out onto the bridge. All of them had just gotten drunk (Tif for the first time) and Meg and Eric were getting off their high. Behind the NO TRESPASSING sign, they start to do their thing when a tall dark and handsome cop puts on the siren to arrest them. Meg's body twists as she starts to think about the handcuffs and being locked up but luckily the boys get the lecture while her and the crying Tiffany get placed in the car. Meg makes snide remarks while parents are called from the jail cell. Everyone, aside from Meg's, parents claim their children and go home for the night. The officer who arrested them wasn't done though. He and the "Powers That Be" arranged for each of the kids (except for son-of-a-lawyer Eric) to have to tag along and learn the law instead of enjoying their spring break. Lucky Meg got him. The two got off to a bad start and Meg quickly realizes that tall-dark-and-handsome has this strange obsession for the bridge. During her week on duty she and him develop this strange bond and push each other to their limits.
---Spoilers--- (Characters)
Meg is 17 and had cancer four years ago. She dies her hair bright colors and sleeps around as a form of rebellion against death. Her parents emotionally scarred her by strapping her down for treatment when she was younger and now can't even wear a seatbelt without feeling claustrophobic
John After is 19 and went to Meg's school just a year ago. When he was 9 his brother and his brother's girlfriend were killed on that bridge. Ever since he has wanted to be a cop and to watch over the bridge to make sure it never happens again.
Eric is jerk pothead who just wants to get laid.
Tif is a straight A virgin.
This is one of the books that I think about days after finishing.26 out of 27 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted March 27, 2010
Dissapointment
This book was cliche and predictable. At first, I was interested. However, towards the middle of the book, the plot became VERY predictable and honestly, quite boring.
5 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
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Sweet and fun book
Rating: 4.5 rounded to 5
Going too far is such a sweet book. On the surface it's a love story but that's not all it is.
Meg is a 17 year old girl with blue hair and an attitude that has put her in trouble many times. John is a cop. Because of an incident at the unsafe town bridge, Meg is an unsafe bridge in the town, Meg and her friends are arrested and she has to spend a week patrolling with John as a substitute to being put in jail.
The week they spend together is an eye-opener for both John and Meg. As they struggle to cope with the situation and as the blurb says 'drive each other over the edge', they realize that they both have some growing up to do. And it's not sudden or magical.
John and Meg are such likable characters. And the best part is you can sympathize and understand both even if they are on different sides of the fence. If I did have my doubts about how 2 people so different could fall in love convincingly, they were baseless. It was fantastic to see them falling for each other.
As I said before, this book is much more than a teenage love story. It's also about coming to terms with your fear and insecurities. It's about broadening your horizons and cutting ties with things and emotions that pull you down.
But.it's still a light read. It's fun and hot and exciting. Jennifer Echols has done a wonderful job with Going too Far.
Obviously recommended. Read it if you like light hearted stories or just want to have some good time. Don't get me wrong, this story is complex, but fun anyway. I have to read other books Jennifer Echols has written.5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Loved it from begining to end
Great book! I found myself crushing on Officer After too. Trying to teach a teenager a lesson isn't always easy but Officer After is going to try just that. You find out pretty shocking stuff about each. I found myself so frustrated with Meg & her decisions at times. This is a cute quick read.
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Melbarr
Posted April 3, 2011
amazing!
I could not put it down. It is so good, I might read it again!
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Anonymous
Posted March 15, 2011
Great story !!! :]
This book was so good I could not put it down and read it in one night ! My hubby got annoyed that my lamp was on so late into the night... lol I think the writer gave us a good insight into the their lives, past and present, and I loved the sexual tension between them. ;] Awesome book and I'll definitely be rereading this one a lot in the future !!! :]
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A Sexy, Unconventional Love Story - The Characters Sizzle
Okay Jennifer Echols, it is official - you're amazing. Going Too Far blew me away with its strong lead characters and intelligent dialogue. Meg is sarcastic and angry and rebellious and wondrously complicated, while John After is slightly mysterious and calm and definitely a little sexy, but complicated at the same time.
Together, these two people create quite the story. Echols somehow squeezes so much into a week of cop car ride-alongs, stolen glances, arguments, fainting, and maybe even the possibility of a something more. Each chapter left me wanting to know more about Meg and John and the issues that they both hide; I couldn't put the book down.
What starts with a night on a bridge somehow morphs into so much more. The story is peeled back slowly, layer by layer in Echols deliciously seductive writing. The love story isn't fluffy or contrived, it's raw and powerful, full of heat and desire and pain. Everything that makes a good love story. And the mystery of Meg's panic attacks and John's obsession with a railroad bridge had me eager to figure out just who these two people were below the surface.
Going Too Far is an unconventional love story that is well-written with incredible chemistry. Rebellious, blue-haired Meg is feisty and sarcastic and is the perfect counterpart to John's clean-cut, rule-following self. It's sexy and fun with laugh-out-loud comedy and tender moments that will steal your heart.
Opening lines: "That's the worst idea I ever heard," I told Eric. Then I took another sip of beer and swallowed. "Let's do it." ~ pg. 1
Favorite lines: This was like no handshake I'd ever shared. Clumsy, and sexy, and way too friendly for comfort.
Friends my ass. ~ pg. 116
And this one:
As I watched him pull himself from the car and walk casually across the brightly lit parking lot, I thought dumb things: I will never wash my knee again. I will never wash these jeans again. I will cut the knee out of these jeans and sew a pillow to sleep on every night, just to have a molecule of him in my bed with me. ~ pg. 1262 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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GOING TO FAR - Jennifer Echols
I loved GOING TO FAR. I don't know how else to say it. It was all around fanastic! It was funny, it was sad. I even cried a little and I NEVER cry. I'm such an emotionless shrew it's unbelievable. But I loved Meg! She's so witty and rebellious! She and John are hysterical together. I love how she messes with him! It's so great. Anyhoo, I loved this book, and that's all there is to it! Totally recommended!
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Meg pushes limits.
Right before Spring Break, she and her friends are found trespassing on a dangerous railroad bridge, under the influence. They almost lose their lives.
As punishment, they must forgo their trip to Miami Beach and instead each spend a week riding with a trauma unit in an effort to teach them a lesson.
Meg must spend the week riding in a police car with the officer who brought her in. She's unnerved to find that not only is he a few years older than she is and that they once had class together - but also that she's falling for him.
For Meg, the girl who doesn't plan anything and who runs away from any emotional ties, this week could spell out her downfall.
Jennifer Echols deals with the limits of life and shocking everyone in GOING TOO FAR, a novel readers won't want to put down.2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Raven-Marie
Posted September 17, 2010
An Intense, Edgy, Passionate, Guilty Pleasure.... without the guilt. MUST READ!!!
I love this book! Once i started reading it i could not put it down! Literally!!! It was just That amazing and intense it kept me ripping though pages, just to read what would happen next. I would recommend this book to anyone! Mostly teen girls, but ultimately anyone will love this book. Easily gets five stars and is one of my Top 10 favorite books.
The characters in this book are incredible! Their fighting and bantering throughout the book was just hilarious! The chemistry between these characters is so hot and passionate you feel like your right there. The way they push each other straight to the edge... and then right off is simply astonishing! I loved it!!
Meg's funny, witty, sarcastic, sexy, rebellious attitude easily draws you in. The reasons behind her attitude keep you there. With her heavy dark secret it's easy to sympathize for her. Then there's the intense by-the-rules-but-he-is-oh-so-hot, Officer After, who also has his own dark demons lurking the back of the closet. Together these polar opposites create one hell of a roller coaster. Their story will defiantly keep you entranced till the very last page until you go back to the beginning just to read it again.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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MegESmith
Posted August 28, 2010
Awesome
This book was wonderfull!! Except there were some parts i liked way more than others.. My name happens to be Meg and I have a brother named John.. Sooo, you can obviously tell that some parts were a little bothersome.. But overall this book was one that i just couldnt put down!
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Auden150
Posted June 28, 2010
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Too good for words!!!
Im sorry but the story is NOT realistic no matter how much we want it to be. Seriously, John is everything I want in a guy and Meg's voice is real. She actually sounds like a real 17 year old. In all, I loved the book and Echols and I think she should write more books like this one. AMAZING!!!!
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love the angst. love the drama. love everything!
By far, GOING TOO FAR, is the best YA book I had read in a while. Amazing is a good word to decsribe it. There were no dragons, no vampires, just a story of how a boy and a girl fell in love.
Meg was a girl who loved to be dangerous, and do things she wasn't supposed to do. She didn't care about feelings, or the thoughts of others, they didn't matter in her life. John, the 19 year old cop who never wants to leave his home town. He is the rule follower, the one to serve and protect. These two cross paths when Meg gets arrested by John. Now, instead of going on her spring break to Miami, she is stuck doing cop ride alongs on the 3rd shift with Jon. Little does she realize, that he is soon to become her own best friend, with feelings and thoughts.
There are so many twists and turns in this book, you can't see them coming. Definitely one to make you melt. And Office After is my new favorite hero.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted June 24, 2010
omg luved it!!
i looooved this book beginning to end!!! it was soo good i couldn't put it down. and yea johnafter sounded really hOt:) too bad there aren't real guys out there like that... i didn't find the book tHaT predictable, although some parts were. i would totally reread this book so it is definitely worth the buy.
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beautiful book
the writing was no very predictible to me .... the characters are so easy to love and the whole setup of the book is capturing. the writer was not afraid to GO THERE with her words and that made it more real for me . Sweet book and I love John After it is deffinately worth re-reading. the story was funa nd it had me addicted.
beautiful author and a very nice book i reccomend it1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Loved It!
This book was amazing, Going Too Far is now one of my favortie books, Jennifer Echols definitely knows how to write a story. I got So Attached To Meg And jOHN , I Felt so involved in their romance, it was thrilling and i loved it!
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Amazing!
this book was by far one of the best i have ever read. at first i didn't think this would be a good book at all but i decided to go ahead and buy it and i was in for a giant shock! it was edgy and fun. i thought that john and meg were so cute and fun and their romance was like a thrilling adventure. it had an over all good plot and it is definatly a book i would reccomend to my friends and reread many times to come.
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peras_pensamientos
Posted December 15, 2009
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going to far
i love this book!!!!!! it is one of the best books i've ever read. Meg and john are just so cute together. i like it how he is willing to leave behind change for her and she for him. the way they flirt with each other is just so cute and funny. the only thing i dont like is that he smokes but other then that i love how he is just so jealous and trys to keep her safe. This book rocks i read it all day, i didnt go to sleep till i finished!!
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Breath Taking
This was the BEST book i ever read. it was filled with love, danger, humor, and action. It's a book for both guys and girls. A very inspirational book. It teaches you to try to improve yourself and be a better person. I was so overwhelmed with this book, i think it should be read to students at school.
I suggest that you read it.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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