thewhitesun's review against another edition

2.0

A vampire of a story.

When I first began reading it negativity was immediately presented (a specific type of negativity that grates on my nerves) in the main character and I questioned whether I’d like this story, but, I continued on, wanting to give it a chance. I like the way Gillian wrote. I like her humor. I found her similes and metaphors to be creative and on point. The plot keep my attention, yet felt like it dragged here and there. Ben’s timeline seems off. I don’t remember where I started reading it just to get to the end, to know who did it and be done with it. After finishing, I let it all soak in and became irritated that I couldn’t completely like any of the characters. I could relate to some things and I could sympathize with a lot of things but every character was a one-dimensional paper cut-out. The flaws in each character were highlighted, strictly. Even the ending which alluded to hope also gave the impression that it would only happen in the day dreams of the characters. Whether this was done intentionally, I don’t know, it very well may have been for the sake of the "dark places" theme. It felt lazy. The ending also felt lazy and cut off from an actual finish.