Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

*****UPDATE******It's been about 4 months since I got my Kindle Paperwhite and I still love this little beasty as much as I did the first day I got it! She's holding up amazingly strong and I have absolutely no complaints at ALL! My screen is still working just fine and has no color variation. And umm...let me just praise the battery life of this contraption because it is absolutely AMAZING! I have been reading on my Kindle A LOT. I mean at least 1-2 hours a day and every few days the long sits of 4-8 hours of reading occur, and STILL the battery life is great. Since getting my Paperwhite, I've only had to charge it 3-4 times. I've had this thing for over 13 weeks now! That's amazing! I will never regret buying this. Probably the best Amazon purchase I've ever made!********************* Just got my kindle today for my birthday and I love it! I was worried I wouldn't like it that much or that I'd get a dud like some have received but luckily that was not the case for me! This is my FIRST kindle and I am so excited I finally started giving ebooks a try. I went to test the Paperwhite at Best Buy before buying it to make sure it was what I wanted. The one on display seemed glitchy and had poor lighting on it that was blotchy. Made me extremely nervous to order one. But with how much reading I've been doing with ebooks, and the fact that my iPhone and laptops are making my stinking eyes feel like they want to bleed off of my face (yes, off of my face), I decided to take the leap. SO glad that I did! My kindle I received is perfect. The colors are right where they should be, with no blotchy spots like some say and crispness between the white and black text. My kindle is SO much more responsive and faster than the one I tried on display. If you are going to try them out in a store first, keep in mind they probably aren't as nice as the one you will get! There's a night and day difference in the test one and the one I bought. I am so excited to be able to finally read ebooks in the sun outside and to read in bed at night without killing my eyes or keeping the husband up. The set up is extremely easy. Once you connect to wifi, you can sign into your kindle/amazon account or it will already be signed in for you and boom, there are your books in your library! The set up of it is also really easy and basic too, and steps you through it from the very beginning. No idea why some people say it's confusing, because it is NOT. If you can work a smart phone, you can surely work a simple Kindle lol. The only thing I am surprised and a little disappointed about is that it does feel heavier than I thought it would. It's nothing bad at all and I don't believe it will hurt my hands holding it up in bed, but I was hoping for a little less weight in a device so small. But at the same time, the weight does make it feel very sturdy, and the entire thing is weighted evenly so there's no tipping one way or another with the device. This Paperwhite is a dream, and I am so happy that I decided to give Kindles a chance. If you're a firsts time Kindle buyer, DO IT! I don't think you'll regret it one bit! But even if you don't end up liking it, the worst that happens is you send it back. But it's worth a shot definitely! With how much you can save on books by downloading free ones from amazon (I have 234 books in my library and I have only bought 4 of them. Much of this is thanks to discovering bookbub.com that shows you free and marked down books from amazon) and the fact you can rent ebooks from your public library (I love to do this! No wait time between sequels either!!!) is amazing. So you pay $119 for the device and then BOOM: basically free books or books under $5 forever. Give this wonderful, well made and fun device a chance! I'm happy that I did! (Note in the pictures that the lighting is perfect, no blotchyness, and up close it truly looks like a book page!)