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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
This book was definitely a page turner, and I liked the two points of view. I liked the Behranis, and was devastated by what happened at the end. I understood Kathy Nicolo for most of the novel, but by the end I thought that she was selfish and I couldn't stand her. I didn't care at all about what she was experiencing in the last chapter because I stopped caring about her and her situation after everything that had happened. I was upset with her for what she did to the Behranis - an honest working Iranian family who came to America for safety, and who SAVED her life at one point! This book made me feel a range of emotions, and the story and characters pulled me in. I gave it three stars because the author was detailed at times when the pace called for it to be succinct, and there were many parts of the book that dragged on unnecessarily.
One of those rare books where both characters are both thoroughly unlikeable and thoroughly sympathetic - a tragedy that poses the question "who is to blame?" but, like all the greatest tragedies, never offers an answer.
I was incredibly frustrated by this book. I found myself talking to the characters, asking them what they were thinking! The author moves between narrators and each voice paints a portrait of a person and point of view that allows the story and actions to make sense of the nonsensical. And it is nonsensical at times. It is hard to believe that this series of events can actually happen but because it does in a book with very interesting characters, you can't put it down.
I kept waiting for this book to pick up steam but it never did.
Well written, plotted and characterized, but terribly, terribly depressing. Worth a read if you're solidly in a good mood.
This book was okay. I found myself skimming some parts but overall I enjoyed it. The character development was interesting. Reading through reviews it looks like people didn't like it because it wasn't believable. I found it believable and had no issue with the story. It is not uplifting, though.
Every book has 50 pages. I didn't care much for any of the main characters, so I didn't finish it.
This book made be vow to never read another Oprah-endorsed book again. If you can make a wrong decision, every single time, you will be the main character in this book.
It was watching a human in a slow, inevitable, spiral down.
It was watching a human in a slow, inevitable, spiral down.