Point Books In Pursuance Of The Starlight Crystal

Original Title:	The Starlight Crystal
ISBN:	0671550292 (ISBN13: 9780671550295)
Edition Language:	English

The Starlight Crystal Hardcover | Pages: 195 pages

Details Regarding Books The Starlight Crystal

Title	:	The Starlight Crystal
Author	:	Christopher Pike
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 195 pages
Published	:	December 29th 1995 by Pocket Books
Categories	:	Young Adult. Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Horror. Teen. Time Travel

Chronicle Concering Books The Starlight Crystal

I'm usually such a Christopher Pike fanatic - this year I have an evil plan to read books by him I haven't yet, and re-read books by him I have but never reviewed.

It's all laid out obsessively so, which is how I usually am with most books. I have to say this first book of the year, though - The Starlight Crystal - it and I didn't have chemistry or sync.

He writes well, of course, as he always does, but here there was a stroke of melodrama behind some of the dialogue and emotions. He doesn't typically focus on love stories of this nature, so perhaps it's that emo-ish yearning that seeks out, even though nothing he'd write could ever be called straight out "emo."

This science fiction tale was as complex as anything else he comes with (how CAN he think of these things??), but while his mysteries and thrillers and drama pieces leave me mesmerized in their complexities, this one left me in the dust when the ship set sail.

My mind just doesn't think this way; sad but true. I followed it awhile but I started getting bored. I could see the cleverness, but I didn't like the result either way. Inconsequential, all is love, time ultimately rules all, creation will end and begin and blah... The character ultimately has to do some pretty crappy stuff too, betrayals of friends and loves, all because of the way it's ultimately supposed to be, some higher realization stuff mantra that looks toward the goal of what will ultimately be rather than what IS now.

Lots of people feel the love for this story, so it may not be something you need to write off if you personally want to try Pike's work - personally I recommend his other complex works. He's always been a heavy science-fiction writer, and it's inevitable I'd find something by him that wouldn't work well with me. No biggie, I'll keep reading and re-reading the others.

Oh, and by the way, that cheesy "one liner" pops up again later - and actually has plot relevancy!

"I'm Paige."
He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?"

Rating Regarding Books The Starlight Crystal

Ratings: 3.85 From 2015 Users | 98 Reviews

Critique Regarding Books The Starlight Crystal

I don't remember Christopher Pike sucking this bad. In fact, I remember him being a guilty pleasure read as a teenager. I guess it's good to know that my reading tastes have matured so well.I found this book pretty stupid. In fact, I only finished reading it because it was so short and I was kind of hoping that there would be some grand epiphany at the end and suddenly everything would make sense.

This may be the most cracked-out book I have ever read, and that is saying something. It was lent to me by a dear friend, who imprinted on Pike as an impressionable young thing, and I think that's the key here. I'd never read any Pike before this past week, and coming to him for the first time with adult eyes is . . . well, not the way you're supposed to come to him.This book didn't read so much as a piece of fiction as an outline for a piece of fiction. There was a lot of terse description of

I love Christopher Pike. I have been reading his books since I was 11 or 12 and I am almost 30 now. His books are amazing, filled with colorful characters, unique settings and amazing stories. And The Starlight Crystal is no exception.It's probably my most favorite Pike book and it's one of his least well-known. The story is not a typical Pike story and the blurb on the back does not do it justice. Nor does the cover.Paige Christian is an 18 year old girl who has just fallen in love for the

I will do this man a disservice or..maybe just not be entirely fair by not copying what I say for all of his other books. So far, I come away with the same gratitude that I was able to purchase his books and read them. I simply love them.What else can I say about Mr. Christopher Pike that hasn't already been said? Each novel that I've read, I've been so enticed by (to say the very least). He creates wonderful characters, a thrilling and creative story while not getting overly complicated with it

I have read this book four times and I still adore it. If you like your sci-fi mixed with Eastern philosophy and epic multi-world, multi-lifetime heroes like in the Matrix trilogy, definitely check this out. Don't be put off by the fact that it's marketed as a cheesy teen horror novel- that couldn't be further from what it is. ____________________________My review from my book journal when I was 12 (I was an aspiring book review columnist): "Pike's best book, full of wonder, grief,

Heaven only knows how many times I've read this book, though the last time was well over a decade ago. I remembered how much I loved this book, but I had forgotten how utterly depressing it is. Reading it was like reading 200 pages of chapter three of New Moon, gut wrenching pain. Except this is worse, because there isn't just a metaphorical death to deal with, it is total loss. I had also forgotten that this was the period in Pike's writing career where he went off into eastern philosophy as

I wanted to like this one, but it was a little too all over the place for me. I love Christopher Pike books, but I'm not as big of a sci-fi fan, so maybe that's why this one fell flat. I would've liked to see more character development and have loose ends tied up a bit more.