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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
Disclaimer - I fully understand the author put a lot of work in to this and I am no way taking away from that, this is just my personal opinion and I do plan on giving this to a friend who I hope enjoys it.
This book had so much potential but I just didn’t like it.
Holly is a health blogger who bet cancer by doing an all natural diet.
Tyler is a doctor who was in love with Frankie who died of cancer following the diet Holly swears cured her.
The first chapter does drag you in to the story although I do think in this day and age no women would willingly go out with a man she met in a coffee shop that morning and spend the whole evening with him. It would have been more believe-able if she got his number and then went on a date with him. In a book about the internet, texting and sharing you life with the world it glossed over the fact she didn’t even get his information and look him up.
The first 100 pages of this book were interesting and thought provoking, does one really show their true self on social media? Can one person change your life so much you become a monster.
Tyler attacks Holly because he believes she is the reason for Frankies death after this we get about another 100 pages about how they feels and a little in to there past. Tyler lost his mother to cancer and Holly was abused by her father. Yet most of the details we were told could have been edited down to 50 pages. I didn’t see the point having Tyler then and now. Holly then and now because we could have been told about there past from the present.
I feel this book could have been edited down because not a lot happened, I got bored and just wanted to see the end result but had to force myself to read it.
The only character I felt that was fully fleshed it was Zanna the amazing publicist to Holly. There felt like a lot of filler and not enough story. Now I don’t need to like a main character to like a book but Holly and Tyler were unlikable, boring and just not great narratives to follow.
There’s only so many times I care to read about vegan food, or go over Holly’s lies.
The ending was not worth it, no one learned anything, no one changed, the out come was Tyler being killed by Holly and I just didn’t care because I didn’t like either of them.
I just didn’t vibe with this book but I do feel like the author will do good things in the future with her writing just hope they are edited down to the good parts.
This book had so much potential but I just didn’t like it.
Holly is a health blogger who bet cancer by doing an all natural diet.
Tyler is a doctor who was in love with Frankie who died of cancer following the diet Holly swears cured her.
The first chapter does drag you in to the story although I do think in this day and age no women would willingly go out with a man she met in a coffee shop that morning and spend the whole evening with him. It would have been more believe-able if she got his number and then went on a date with him. In a book about the internet, texting and sharing you life with the world it glossed over the fact she didn’t even get his information and look him up.
The first 100 pages of this book were interesting and thought provoking, does one really show their true self on social media? Can one person change your life so much you become a monster.
Tyler attacks Holly because he believes she is the reason for Frankies death after this we get about another 100 pages about how they feels and a little in to there past. Tyler lost his mother to cancer and Holly was abused by her father. Yet most of the details we were told could have been edited down to 50 pages. I didn’t see the point having Tyler then and now. Holly then and now because we could have been told about there past from the present.
I feel this book could have been edited down because not a lot happened, I got bored and just wanted to see the end result but had to force myself to read it.
The only character I felt that was fully fleshed it was Zanna the amazing publicist to Holly. There felt like a lot of filler and not enough story. Now I don’t need to like a main character to like a book but Holly and Tyler were unlikable, boring and just not great narratives to follow.
There’s only so many times I care to read about vegan food, or go over Holly’s lies.
The ending was not worth it, no one learned anything, no one changed, the out come was Tyler being killed by Holly and I just didn’t care because I didn’t like either of them.
I just didn’t vibe with this book but I do feel like the author will do good things in the future with her writing just hope they are edited down to the good parts.
Now, we all know I love the crime genre, with all of its different sub-genres. I have a massive soft spot for technothrillers - those that are based around the internet and including but not limited to - social media, internet dating and chat rooms. I find these thrillers the most engaging and exciting with the internet being such an it adds an extra mystery and fear factor to the book. The concepts within these books work very well in a crime capacity in my opinion. So, whenever a techonothriller appears on NetGalley I request it knowing 99% of them will be right up my alley.
This was a well written, pacy read. It took a few chapters until I was fully invested but once I was engaged there was no stopping me flipping those pages. I feel that the technological nature of the book does a good job at updating the usual mystery/thriller type titles as it brings the genre into the modern tech era and also creates a new audience of younger readers that may not have been interested in those crime titles based in reality as opposed to the web.
I found that "Shame On You" was addictive and hard to put down. I raced through it! The author certainly knows her stuff on social media and its negative effects. This is fiction with a large dose of reality added in for good measure and it held my attention throughout.
My review will be added to Amazon on the date of publication and a link then added on NetGalley.
I would like to thank Amy Heydenrych, Bonnier Zaffre & NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest and impartial review.
This was a well written, pacy read. It took a few chapters until I was fully invested but once I was engaged there was no stopping me flipping those pages. I feel that the technological nature of the book does a good job at updating the usual mystery/thriller type titles as it brings the genre into the modern tech era and also creates a new audience of younger readers that may not have been interested in those crime titles based in reality as opposed to the web.
I found that "Shame On You" was addictive and hard to put down. I raced through it! The author certainly knows her stuff on social media and its negative effects. This is fiction with a large dose of reality added in for good measure and it held my attention throughout.
My review will be added to Amazon on the date of publication and a link then added on NetGalley.
I would like to thank Amy Heydenrych, Bonnier Zaffre & NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest and impartial review.
It goes between being weirdly sexist and then pretty understanding about the double bind women are in, very whiplashy.
However, you can't spend forever talking about how a woman spent ages getting her body "perfect" and then call it effortless.
However, you can't spend forever talking about how a woman spent ages getting her body "perfect" and then call it effortless.