"THE SWEET FAR THING" - Libba Bray

[lolandlold]

I absolutely love the books.. Im sad to say.. the ending was terrible though. Great books.. but a let down at the end.

[dra1000]

@lolandlold Hi Lolandlold... I typically let people just make their comments here and I stay out of it, but I felt compelled to respond to your comment because I SO TOTALLY AGREE with you! I just loved the books, but I honestly felt like each one deteriorated just a little bit from the one before it, cumulating with the ending of the final book. What a let down, indeed! A series with SUCH potential, it seemed a shame, I think.

[lolandlold]

@dra1000 I so totally agree! It could have been much better... Yet you are right.

Do you think they would ever make a film of the books?

[genie3971]

ew why does kartik look like a little boy!? he was so much sexier in my head.

[lolandlold]

@genie3971 I know right!! Like what? lol

[genie3971]

@JMPSglee or the one with the red hair..???

[JMPSglee]

This... is... the...best...book...ever!!! I love them!! which one of them is gemma? Wait, she must be the curly haired girl:)

[93Natson65]

I love the books so much! I've got them in both Swedish and English. When I'm done reading the Swedish books, I start reading the English ones, and when I'm done with them I start with the Swedish once again. Just can't get enough! <3

I'm thinking of buying them in French too, hahah.

I sort of want them to become movies, but I'm afraid the story'll get destroyed then and change the feeling while reading the books afterwards. I'll keep imagining it instead! :)

[whitemama13]

i dont like the pick of characters :/

[wierdsquirel101]

Best trilogy ever, and i am so sad that the third book was the last. A movie must be made soon or else i don't know how i will cope! haha

[girlnamedtex101]

i have not read these books but i have heard from people that they have a very feminist point of view

[insomniaisasin]

I am thoroughly dissapointed by the kartik... >.<

[ForeverSummertastic]

I imagined Kartik, Gemma and Ann completely differently.

[Avatard168]

Seriously, in this thing, Kartik kinda looks like the fifth Beatle...

[cocoprinces2]

I CRIED WHEN I FINISHED READING ' The Sweet Far Thing' ITS SOOO SAD.....KARTIK DIES :(...

[anonymous249]

@cocoprinces2 Um, you kind of ruined it for me. : / Next time, don't put it in caps for all to see.

[cocoprinces2]

@anonymous249 well srry.....but ur gonna know anyways.

[wierdsquirel101]

@cocoprinces2 thanks for ruining the ending for me....

[93Natson65]

These are the best books I've ever read, and I read a lot! I have them in both Swedish and English and I'm thinking of buying them in French. Seriously, I love them. I've read them over and over several times, hahah. And I cry everytime in I think you know which parts of the books ^^

This was a really good ''trailer''. Don't know if I'm happy that there's not gonna be a movie or not. I like how I see the characters in my head and I would hate if they changed the story or left something out.

<3

[sofie8894]

love it, i can't wait to read this book, i live in belgium and the book isn't in the bookstores yet

[94Orii]

I like it very much but I think Ann and Kartik would be another actors because Ann is Brunette in the book. :/ But I love how it's done!

[moi0x0melanie]

Pg 609 - 615, of the Sweat Far Thing are the most beautifull lines ever written.

[Beatsteak08]

many of you said that gemma isn't supposed to be pretty. i disagree! you might have forgotten that the story is told by a first-person narrator - who is gemma. of course she does not describe herself as pretty. i know that there a few lines in which some other people say that gemma is no beauty, but still, in my mind, she's supposed to be pretty. besides i think she just does not fit into the ideal of female beauty at that time- with her red hair and freckles and so on.

[1009en]

it's one of my favorite books but i don't understand the title, what is this "sweet far ting" ? is it love? magic?

[Megerz16]

@1009en The 'sweet far thing' is what the goal, love, or more imporantly, the dream everyone longs to possess the sweetness of it, but to obtain most happy things in life, like in the girls' case, they are far and hard to come by.

[WritingFreak13]

I ve this book. Sadly my friends never fell for it like I did. I was soooo sad when Kartik died. They already had society against them but in the end survival beat them. This trailer is REALLY xcept for two things

1) I imagined Kartik hotter.

2) I can't tell which one of the two blondes was Felicity and which one was Ann until they showed Pippa with Felicity. Ann was suppose to be really plain, and the other girl was average not plain.

[MinnieJ101]

did they ever make a movie of short series on the books?

[dra1000]

@MinnieJ101 No movie. The movie project was scrapped. Such a shame, too.

[LovelyMe93]

@dra1000 , so no movie?

[dra1000]

@LovelyMe93 Sorry to say, but it's true.... there will be NO movie.... maybe SOME day??? I kind of doubt it though, from the sounds of it.

[13blueace1]

did they make a movie out of this?

[DragonflyandTheWolf]

I wish I could unread this series. And its not because it wasn't good. It was amazing. It is one of the best trilogies I have ever read. I stayed up until four in the morning last night so I could finally finish it. and I really wish I hadn't. The ending had me sobbing, "It's not fair!" to my wall. So depressing. :(

[kissmrule]

i so love thsi vidoe it so cool and sweet

[head2thasky]

This book is soooo good. Did no one else sob like a baby at the end?

[SilaVendethiel]

Yess, I did when he put himself in her place. The whole thing with Pip/Fee had me sobbing.

But the end had me smiling :)

[DragonflyandTheWolf]

I hated the ending!! It made me cry so much.  Why must books end like that!?

[theholiday100]

i kno i was like why do true love always have to have something between it??!

[FantasmaLuna]

@DragonflyandTheWolf It's called realism.

[DragonflyandTheWolf]

@FantasmaLuna its realism to get swallowed up by a tree?

[FantasmaLuna]

@DragonflyandTheWolf No, it's realism for a character to die and for the ending not to be entirely happy.

[TomorrowAlwayzComez]

All i know is this love story far and i mean far, far, far surpasses that of twilight. its acutally a true version of romeo and juliet, unlike twilight where everything is happily ever after.

[eeyoresreject14]

@TomorrowAlwayzComez i couldn't agree more with you its one of my favorite books

[DragonflyandTheWolf]

@TomorrowAlwayzComez I agree with you. I'm even a fan of Twilight, but the love story between Kartik and Gemma affected me way more than Edward and Bella.

[TomorrowAlwayzComez]

they aren't making it a film, because no one is attempting to. it was purchased my mel gibson and right now he just wants to focus on his acting career, or lack thereof.

[TomorrowAlwayzComez]

This trilogy, without a doubt, along with HP of course, is the best book series i have ever read and i read a lot.

[RentHead718]

ditto. this is my fave series after HP.

[pollock1590]

@TomorrowAlwayzComez i just finished the first one but i'm so dying to read the other two!!!!!!

[TomorrowAlwayzComez]

it was awesome right? i hope you enjoy the other two, they are beautiful. ;D

[elizapatricia1]

@TomorrowAlwayzComez I love it so much!!!! and harry potter/

[welshgirl2107]

i love these books. i cant believe they droppd the movie rights, it wud make such a brill film :(

[yeahgirlpartypoopoo]

@welshgirl2107 so they arent gonna make it a movie??!!

[eviemaria]

what??? i heard it was supposed to come out later in 2010.... why isn't it happening?? :(

[Sariahp]

@eviemaria They dropped the movie rights!! *Cries* I really want AGATB MOVIE!!!

[Victorian9322]

THEY DROPPED IT?!

[Sariahp]

@Victorian9322 yeah :(((

[Victorian9322]

Oh no...:(

[Sariahp]

@Victorian9322 I know :(((

[awsomeLilshorty]

sorry, but YESSS!!! i hate when they make movies of such great books - it only ruins the book for me (i didn't imagine ANY of them like that, especially gemma and ann) and it just gives people an excuse to pretend they love the books and get all obsessed about them in an annoying way.

[Megerz16]

@awsomeLilshorty I agreee. These books are meant to only be the worlds we create while reading them, not put on a movie and told 'this is it' and we stick to that image.

[SusieA94]

to the boy who plays kartik i say no no no no no. he's got a chubby face and he looks like a 12 year old. it shall be the dude from slumdog millionaire

[DragonflyandTheWolf]

haha, that was who I pictured when I read the third book.

[MissAnneBoleyn1]

OMG kartik... please...., NOOOOOO ^^

[shapeprincess]

what is with kartik????????? he is sooooooooo young and ugly! everyone else is good tho :)

[SusieA94]

i know right!?! I want the guy who plays Jamal in slumdog millionaire. he's sexy

[tegez2]

wtf is with kartik?! 1.08

it makes me laugh. kartik is supposed to be hot haha

[Ysalabella]

I think the girl, which is suposed to be Felicity, doesn't fit into the role at all! She looks far to calm and cute, somehow... don't know how to say...

[Cheerio169554]

kartik needs to be older and better looking!

[lollpopprincess55]

omg hahah i was just thinking that

[Megerz16]

Love at 0:50. You can just see the want Pip has for Fee and how Fee is ashamed that she feels the same way.

[eviemaria]

they actually are making A Great and Terrible Beauty into a movie soon...can't wait!

[SusieA94]

actually it's not gonna happen *tears*

[princessmnm95]

Yeah Felicity is a lesbian. I think that Gemma should be prettier. And Kartik should be a MAJOR Hottie!

[randomlimon2324]

is felicity a lesbian?? in the book it said she kissed pippa passionhately.. ?? is that true?

[LostMyyMarbles]

i pictured gemma to be much prettier then the girl who was supposed to be her, and kartik should be way better looking then the one in the video.

[darkashley21]

LOVED the books!!! but kartik defiatly needs to be older.. just sayin :)

[fallingstar92000]

o my gosh i llloooovvveeee the book!!!! i think felicity and ann are perfect but not gemma and kartik.

i wish they would make a real movie on it

[east2west16]

i actually think that that kartik would look good, if it wasn't for the downward line he has on the side of his lip.. where his cheek is. cover that up, and he actually looks pretty good

[kissmrule]

i so ove thsi video it scool and sweet

[themysterysofworld32]

That book was so sad! Thats not the real movie trailer its the book trailer and yah! Kartix is ugly as hell!

[KaitlynGeis]

i really hope that is not the real cast for the movie the only one i liked way gemma and kartik better not look like that and isn't Ann support to have black hair????

[AnastasiaExpert]

Well, duh it's not. It's a book trailer by Borders. Are you really that retarded?

[xBeEmox]

I looooveee these books. I hope a movie is produced soon. Kartik did look a bit young, and for some reason I always pictured him with red eyes. :P Gemma was alright, but I pictured her prettier than that actress, not that that actress isn't already pretty.

[brbannlwis]

eww, that is NOT kartik

[ladyYeniel]

lol, is that boy Kartik? I imagined him to be older and hotter

[SkipyShanGrint]

I would like to know when is the birthday of jessica carlson?

[mwinsto5]

I read all three books and I loved them all. But from what I got from reading the books Kartik seem to be older and better looking then the actor in this trailer. I'm still trying to figture out who Miss. Moore is in the trailer, because I really don't think its that old lady. idk

[truthisalie12]

is this the trailer 4 the movie or wat??

[xBeEmox]

nope it's the book trailer. There is no movie for the books... yet. :)

[madisonko]

I was mis-saying her name. I didn't know it was Gem-ma. I thought.......anyway, Great books :)

[GiuliettaChat]

a wounderlful work!

[DaryaA15]

omfg, he looks like what 12-14 the most.....gemma i dunno cant see her but felicity looks about right...i always imagiend him to be like hugh dancey,

[virguitar]

i love this books . i'm reading the third part , now , at the end *.*

[julibean96]

WOW they all actually look like their 12 in this trailer. Especially Felicity and Ann. and Kartik.

[futuresurgeon94]

The lady in the beginning is Mrs. Moore. The creepy lady is Wilhelmina Wyatt.

The Kartik in this trailer is a bit too young and he just doesn't seem like the one in my head.

I hope in the movie they pick a really good actor to play Kartik.

[katieCarissa]

this is a nice trailor, though was that creepy old lady supposed to be Miss Moore? I imagined her younger cuz her character was entroduced as very fresh and energetic. oh and Kartik was too little and week!

[aliissss]

i think it was supposed to be Mrs Spence

[lesly5rg]

ummm i though Kartik was supposed to be like 23 or something like that

[cockeyedsally]

is it just me, or is Kartik supposed to look more than 15?

[wtheckJackie]

My thoughts exactly.

[marbs94]

i cried for a week...

my friends wanted me to hang out with them on new years eve but i didn't want to because i was in mourning. they forced me so i wore all black for kartik.

anyways...aside from my embarrassing attachment to fictional characters...

this video gave me the chills!

kartik was perfect! i imagined gemma with a softer face though..

but this is my favorite book everrrrrr.

[xElementsOfMagicx]

i just finished and i totally luved it! but i was expecting a happy ending. kinda disappointed, but the ending fits well. i think they should make a movie out of this book, but with a better cast (instead of the trailer's cast). ^^

[RENTURLUV]

I wish like crazy she would write a new book with a happy ending!!!! i cried for half an hour at the end of sweet far thing =(

[kikyo4815]

She's got a new book got Going Bovine coming out this fall. It's supposedly a comedy. :)

[nattles14]

I read an excert from Going Bovine on the fantastic Libba Bray's website, and it was sooo funny. I was laughing the entire time and can't wait to read it.

[purecreole]

ive cried like a bay why wasnt it a happy end i thought gemma would marry kartik and at the very end he dies.......

[xoxluvu4evrxox]

I just finished The Sweet Far Thing last night and I cried myself to sleep. poor Gemma....If i was her I'd just bout die when kartik died.

[TheUltimateCrayon]

So would I. I just finished it today, and I've been crying for hours. It was that good.

[Divisenpai]

Yeah, I cried for such a long time! But if you actually think about it, Kartik isn't really dead, he's alive as the tree. Which makes it even harder for Gemma.

[TAPAIE101]

UUUUMMMMMMMMM y did they say jemma? i thoght it was G-G-Gemma as in go girlor gum!

[inulover333]

lol it is pronounced jemma lol but the mean the frist part to sound like Gem ... like a shappire or sumtin ^.^ hope that helped

[withnightvisionon]

that's what i thought in the beginning, then my friend told me it was jjjemma. so i kind of switched, even though i think i like GGGemma better ?

[inessirblanki]

wow!! the clip was great!! even though some of the characters were chosen wrong, i loved the clip!!

[DragonDogs2]

Kartik is suppose to be Indian. Anyway I think he should be hot cause he sounds like it lol. In the book it said he was Tan with black curly hair . Again hot. :)

[tweetybirdy10]

i totally i agree with you! i image him really cute that guy looks ten. i hope they choose a really good actor when they make the movie.

[FantasmaLuna]

Well, I don't think Kartik NEEDS to look unbearably gorgeous. I, myself, picture his appearance as sort of dorky-looking 'cause his personality is endearing enough. But you're right. The guy here looks too young for Gemma, who looks too old. And Ann's hair is mousy brown. Bad cast.

[luvsandyb]

you're everywhere! :P lol jk ^^ i totally agree on the dorky part! i think dev patel would be good as kartik :) he can also do an indian accent! :D

[abarre6]

this was actually made by BORDERS, and not 2 sound racist or anything, but isnt kartik suppose 2 b like some hot guy from india, and not some guy that looks asian? like i said, not trying 2 sound or b racist, cuz im just wondering

[tweetybirdy10]

you're right. he is suppose to be from india( no offence to anyone) and he is suppose to be EXTREMELY hot! LOL!

[lostinrosered]

This video is really good. in fact its a little creepy. But why is Ann a blond? Shes suposed to be mousy looking.

[FullMoonEclipse128]

......this looked really real it confused me!! XD Great job.

[Tweetsie]

It is real, it's like the video borders made to promote the book on the website or whatever. It's just not "official" or anything, but the obviously got a group of people together to film this for promotion of Libba Bray's book.

[FullMoonEclipse128]

...........that makes sense. Haha!!

[Tweetsie]

well, I've made one of these before so I know how it works. I wouldn't expect everyone to know about the book trailer industry. =P

[Iyeshia09]

That grl playing gemma kind of looks like a horse haha

[madeofbricks286]

these books were so good! the girl playing gemma looks kind of old, and kartik looks like he's five but i don't even care. this book preview thing makes me want to re-read the books again haha

[jesslene1]

i think kartik gemma and ann should be WAY differant!!! but da vid was great

[rosey199709]

i love tis series i dried when kartik died :'(

[gintolisto]

Love the series !!!

[DancingTilDeath]

Aww me too...cried like a freaking baby...I want more!

[daynettlovejoe]

aaaaah que feeeeeno!!!

[kt27rule]

i love t his video it so cool and so love this book

[artsyfashion]

A Great and Terrible Beauty is coming out in 2010!! I cannot wait. This trailer for the book gave me chills. Can't wait till THIS is made as a movie. =]

[CullenLover20]

are they even going to make a movie or wat!? bc i heard a long time ago tht they were but i havent seen anything about it since then and tht was like a couple weeks b4 the sweet far thing came out! btw i bawled my eyes out at the end of this one too! ='( i ♥ kartik!!

[PBOreoCookieGirl]

:/ ew kartik should NOT be like that not even a little bit

[janeasewell]

I thought kartik was going to be a mixture of zac efron, chase crawford, taylor launthor, someone really cute

[Iichyaa]

they are going to make a video?

[tashixtragedy]

what the hell?! kartik looked like a little kid :|

I don't really like any of the people they picked. I hope the movie isn't going to be like this or I'll kill. Kill, I tell you.

[AlowwishousGunford]

woow i cried soo much in the ending of this bookk !

[savanna3312]

i just finished this book and i am so freaking depressed!!

[babyxxbre]

really good! it was awesome!

but that guy did NOT look like Kartik

[EmeraldFire512]

I thought the vid was fine, but the guy who played kartik, was in no way shape or form Kartik!

[heyheyitsmj]

I think Gemma is somewhat the way I imagined her, despite the fact that she isn't beautiful. The other characters seem fit, except for Kartik, of course!

[awhitetara]

gemma isn't supposed to be beautiful or pretty. i think gemma's supposed be this pretty. that girl fits her description quite well. so does Ann's. Felicity could have been a bit prettier with stronger features, here, she looks rather delicate and fragile (like her mum, i suppose). Kartik is pretty ugly, i agree. i imagined him to look somewhat like the indian proffessor from Heroes (i don't know his name)

[stantonluvr]

okay so this vid is like really good.. but like kartik.. really.. are you kidding me.... that little chubby boy is NOT kartik.. i think fee and ann look pretty accurate but im not sure about gemma.. good vid though..

[savannahoutenfan101]

same

[MedievalPlease]

Kartrik had a very boyish and childish face in this. I mean, your video was very good. i loved it. I just dont like the boy who played Kartik. He looked like a tall eleven year old

[wolfgurl29]

this is the official book trailer. it isnt fan made. so i think the blame goes to the book company for picking such a bad kartik. just lettin ya know =).

[aka0lostangel]

wait wait wait so, this is the official trailer? oh just for the book, ok, bcuz i didnt like the guy at all who played kartik, same as everyone else.

[lilpup101mg]

oh thank god its just for the book

if it was for the movie i would be so mad

[kittykat5789]

yeah kartick is not hot at ALL in this, unfortunately. and gemma didnt look like how i thought either, but it was still pretty good.

;)

[awhitetara]

spoiler. i haven't finished reading it yet. arrr..

[deedeea12]

heh... sorry...  :)

[2kisses4uProductions]

HA Katrik is like ten in this! Im LMAO i liked the orator's voice, but the girls don't look like the characters.

[CaughtGlancing]

I agree - the girl's reflection does look like Clemence Poesy, and she'd make a wonderful Felicity! Otherwise I don't really like this trailer. The people in it don't look like the characters at all; they aren't as charming as they should be. The vision's weird.

[katana3700]

Kartik in my mind would've been hotter.....oh well I guess A girl can keep dreaming...

[SerenitySilver]

still hot in my head ^_^

[SerenitySilver]

I screamed...not when I saw the dead man behind Gemma...but when I saw Kartik...

[deedeea12]

eek... kartik isn't as hot as i thought he'd be.... oh well! he's still HOT in my head! haha

[FantasmaLuna]

The girl's reflection in the water looks like Clemence Poesy.

Wow, she'd make a charming Felicity!

[RhiannonRaksha]

the last 2 pages of the last book made me cry the hardest...great series!

[SashaDaae]

I like the Ann. The Gemma is all right but she looks too Rachel Hurd Wood for me =[ But I LOVE HER HAIR and I WANT THAT RED HAIR!

Sooo excited for STurridge to start on this....

[hermyfan]

eww kartik is ugly!

[juliastory]

the actors totoally didnt fit though........

[juliastory]

the third book burned a hole in my heart....it was so good and so sad at the same time now that kartik is gone....the last words just broke my heart

[shara7shara]

is there a film of this books in England or USA??? I haven't heard about them in my coutnry yet...

[writerchick94]

no. they're making a movie though.

[Sheetswar]

The best books of the world !! Kartik !!

[HumanFamous]

i love these books

and i hope they make a film about them

but not with these people

there completeley wrong

i believe felicity to be someone like Francesca Isherwood. thats just a thought

[267sakura]

i like the book too, sad i only have first and second book.....