Back in Black (A-List, #5) by Zoey Dean

Back in Black (A-List, #5) Reviews

• 
  Michael

  Ooooh! this book was just horrible as the last one. There is too much descriptions of each building and clothes(I though I was reading a travel's guide) and nothing happens. I didn't expect much from this book, and I wish I didn't buy it. But I'm continuing to the series, I'm wanting to see Anna/Ben. But now I don't have a favorite character in the book, Sam is just bitchy and horrible, Cammie is worse, Dee is loony and boring, Adam is okay, Parker is okay, and Anna is really boring. I have to say the dialogue is boring and boring.
• 
  Adam Buongiovanni

  I've never read a book that elaborated more on the exact details of the clothes someone is wearing, or the accessories they carry. It was a book that revolves around a very high end, mostly stuck-up group of friends, who have what I like to refer to as "rich people problems". The main character gives us some redeeming qualities, but besides that most characters are a tad annoying. However, I actually enjoyed this frenzy of annoyance. It took me 3 days to read this book and I was thoroughly involved in the story. It truly felt like a very descriptive version of an episode of Gossip Girl.
• 
  Lauren

  I’m not sure this series is getting any better. I admit the Oscars was a cool touch, and I liked Cyn coming back. But other than that kinda meh. I still like the series and want to see this play out but I’m not sure I’d recommend it unless you know you like the author.
• 
  Lauren

  This is definitely what I expected for a middle book in the series. Not too much happens and some of the stuff that does happen (hypnotism??) is ridiculous. I was annoyed with Cammie/Adam and Anna's continued thirst over Ben. Sam is still pretty great though.
• 
  Smileylover

  This series was okay, but get's tiresome after, like, the 2nd or 3rd book.... eventually it's all about name-dropping, mentioning hip clubs, talking about how much money people earn and how to be mean to people who aren't earning 60 million every minute. Plus the constant chatter about the clothing (who designed it, how much it costs what kind of cut and the fabric it's made from and when and where the characters got it) AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it gets soooooooooooooo annoying, as well as the mentions every 15 seconds about various plastic surgeries certain characters have gotten.... and the characters have sex like 98 times a day!! You think it would get boring!
• 
  Patrí

  I was disappointed with Ben. :| He's a loooooooooooooooooooooooooser!
  This book was full of SEX and TEENAGE DRAMA. Though the two words together is okay with me, the story was awful.
  I mean, fuck. K. Never mind.
• 
  Brooke

  This book described clothes and buildings way too much. WOW not good!
• 
  Malarie

  Took me forever to read this book. So boring.
• 
  Ireland

  I kind of expected this to be another book similar to “The Clique” series. And I was right in that sense. I wasn’t a total fan of this book. I’ll be continuing this series because I want to see what happens between Ben and Anna. I didn’t think there was a whole lot of redeeming qualities of the people in this book. I would say this book was way too descriptive of the clothes and buildings.
• 
  Rory Gilmore

  I put only 1 stars because I really didn't like the plot of the story the others books were way better this one in my opinion is slow and boring and Idk something about this book really disappointed me compared with my expectations.
• 
  A. T. Theiler

  I love these books. Drama, love, and the details of expensive brands. What else could you need?
• 
  Amanda

  I liked this one better than the last and that's all I have to say about it.
• 
  Courtney

  See my review of The A-List for my take on revisiting this series and omitting ratings:
  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
  
• 
  Linda

  Back In Black, by Zoey Dean is about a group of friends that go to Las Vegas for a school trip. They were actually supposed to go to Washington D.C., but they ditched their school and flew to Las Vegas. Adam, Cammie, Sam, Anna and Parker are all friends and they are all 18. They're seniors and it's like a tradition for the "cool kids" to rebel and go somewhere else besides the place they're actually supposed to go to. In Vegas, everybody goes through a rough time. Anna misses Ben. He's in Princeton and they recently just broke up. She can't stop thinking about him and how they could've worked out. Cammie and Adam are having hard times because Cammie thinks Adam is just too good. She wants him to loosen up a bit and be bad, but Adam refuses to. Sam just misses her boyfriend who's in Paris. She thinks that shes the ugliest girl compared to her friends and she's imperfect as imperfect could be. Parker is just dealing with his money issues. People think he's rich, but he's actually insanely poor. He has to keep up the act, but it's getting harder and harder as he uses more money.
  I love Anna. She's probably my favorite character. She's really reserved and conservative. She knows how to have fun, but she knows when fun stops and when to be serious. She's insanely gorgeous and she's really nice. She reminds me of myself because I'm more of the quiet one in my group of friends. I don't like to be loud, but I know when to have fun.
  I like this book and the A-List series in general. I love Zoey Dean's writing. It just makes you want to keep reading and reading. She's one of the writers that you know is good. Every book that she writes will capture you and make you want to keep on reading. She's like Lisi Harrison except she writes books about more mature teenagers.
  
• 
  Alexis L.

  Summary: this book is all about a group of teens supposed to be going on a school trip to Washington D.C. but they are going to Vegas on Dee’s, Dads privet jet. They get into trouble by the police but there parents don’t find out about it. Everything gets crazy at the end because they go to a hypnoses show and nobody knows what happened except Anna and she doesn’t want them to know what happened because they spoke the truth. When they watch it everyone gets mad at each other.
  Main characters: Anna, Dee, Sam (girl)
  Setting; Vegas
  Conflict: everyone gets mad at each other
  Resolution of conflict: only a few people make up about the video
  Main idea: the main idea of this book to me was that teenagers think they can do whatever they want when they are rich and their parents are famous. Really the get into trouble but their parents done find out about it.
  My opinion: my opinion of this book is that it was good but it wasn’t very appropriate for our age type. It was a little confusing at first but I got the hang of it.
  Recommendation: I think that this book should be for older kids like high school kids because it is inappropriate for us now.
  
• 
  Brittany

  How I Came To Read This Book: Danielle lent it to me.
  
  The Plot: Anna Percy and her LA frenemies are heading to Las Vegas for a week of sin and debauchery. In between a showgirl striptease contest, a mysterious casino visit, and a night with a hypnotist, each of the main girls deals with the relationships with the most important people in their lives - past and present.
  
  The Good & The Bad: Ah the A-List, back in boring form. Despite a minor upswing in plot and character development in "Tall Cool One", this book was boring. Not a lot happened, the characters felt contrived again, and their overall relationships with one another were frustrating. Honestly not tons more to say on this book other than that - I guess if you like the series, it is better than books 2 or 3, my least fave, but otherwise, I still question why I'm reading these books.
  
  Anything Memorable? Nay
  
  50-Book Challenge?: Book #43 in 2008.
• 
  Kori Smith

  I thought this was a(n) incredible book. This book is about how Anna and her friends, Sam, Dee, Adam, Parker, and Camilla (Cammie) were supposed to go on the senior trip to Washington D.C., but, instead, they went to Las Vegas. They had a tacky Vegas contest and Camilla decided to show off. They went to a hypnotist show where their deepest, darkest secrets were revealed. They all went through ups and downs and experienced all of the crazy activities that gave Las Vegas its name: Sin City.
  This book was full of lots of drama. It had some mysterious moment when the author would cut a moment off right in the middle of the drama, which created suspicion. Many people can relate to this book because it has dysfunctional families for almost every character.
  
  
• 
  Amber Ventura

  Back in Black, an A-List novel was an OK book....I'm thinking because I didn't read the first 4 books before was the reason it was just OK. I couldn't really connect to any of the characters, but the only character I really wanted to know more about was Anna. I wanted to know more about her and Ben and what what was the reason they split up. Of course at the end of the book they reconnect finally...and then thats what wants you to get the next book to read, to see what happens with them as a couple. I don't know if I would buy the previous or next books to read them, but I might borrow them from the library, if I couldn't find anything else that interested me.
• 
  Gina Torn

  I had no clue it was a series. The back of my copy said they accidentally get on a plane to Vegas instead of DC and one gets mistaken for a pop singer. I thought the writing was a little juvenile; there were grammatical errors, the wording was off, like it wasn't proofread. I'm all for fiction but 17 year olds going to Vegas? There was a lot of famous designer name dropping and it got old real quickly. Quick read, very easy to follow.
• 
  Isla Chiu

  These people are HIGH SCHOOL KIDS? Get freaking real. Also, Cammie is 18, right? Please tell me she is 18 because I'm already like WTF with her strip-tease as it is.
  
  Also, Ben, AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH.
• 
  Andrea

  After going to the Oscars, Anna decides to go with the A-list crew to Vegas instead of the senior trip to Washington. Once they get there secrets unfold and Dee is put into a psych ward. Anna meets up with Cyn and Scott. Anna has always had a crush on Scott but he makes it clear that he is not interseted. Anna tries again to recindle the fire with Ben and he comes to Vegas for Anna.
• 
  Alexandria McCarthy

  This book was good, if you are into that type of "Gossip Girl" type book. I don't read the Gossip Girl series, except the first three, or watch the tv show but I do like this series. It doesn't make me want to run out and buy the next book in the series, but if I happen to go to the library again I will probably get it.