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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed the plot of the novel. The concept kept me interested. I just couldn't seem to get invested in the characters. I just couldn't relate. But I still enjoyed the overall story.
The storyline of the novel was intriguing, however the way it was written was sort of flat. It had long drawn out pages of things that made sense to the over all story but made it take way too long to get down to the interesting parts. At times I had to force myself to keep reading and even had to reread long drawn out paragraphs.
I had a hard time finishing this book. It just didn't grab my attention. Seemed to be a lot of back and forth and no real development of the story.
I saw this as a recommendation on Goodreads and picked it up from my local library. The concept is really good. Plucky is the grown woman whose mother was a covert operative. Growing up her mother taught Plucky and her brother Simon skills in the form of “games” they played as a family until they became second nature. Plucky wants nothing to do with the life she had growing up and is determined to have a “normal life” and thinks she has found it with her husband.
The issue is I had with the book is the meandering path the story takes. It ventures back and forth randomly from past to present almost in a stream of consciousness style. It repeats many of the same points. It really feels like there was really only about 100 pages worth of story that was repeated and filled in with excessive wordiness to make it to 280 pages.
I liked the idea for this novel, however the execution didn’t work for me.
The issue is I had with the book is the meandering path the story takes. It ventures back and forth randomly from past to present almost in a stream of consciousness style. It repeats many of the same points. It really feels like there was really only about 100 pages worth of story that was repeated and filled in with excessive wordiness to make it to 280 pages.
I liked the idea for this novel, however the execution didn’t work for me.
I wanted to like it more, such a promising premise!
But the writing dragged and the characters got tedious :(
But the writing dragged and the characters got tedious :(
In a way, this reminded me of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. (I haven't actually seen the movie, but I know the premise.) Then, it had the layer of Dee's mom on top of everything, how she taught her and influenced her down to that very moment. Prose was gorgeous and I really liked that part of it. Story, for me, just fell a bit flat. I tracked most of it, but then I could space out and feel I had missed nothing more than another remembrance of her mother. Perhaps the story wasn't for me. I'm not really the target audience, in my opinion; I'm not a woman, nor am I married or lost a parent. But I could still appreciate it.
*I received a free ARC of Monday's Lie from Gallery Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest and unbiased review*
Brilliantly written, Monday's life is full of thoughts... most of the action is a retrospective in Dee's mind, and the dark twists and turns take her on a chase she never imagined she'd have to go on.
This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
Brilliantly written, Monday's life is full of thoughts... most of the action is a retrospective in Dee's mind, and the dark twists and turns take her on a chase she never imagined she'd have to go on.
This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
I received a copy from Netgalley and am quite ashamed and horrified by myself that it took me so long to get around to reading it because once I started I could not stop. And once it was over I wanted more, three days later I still want more. This is the book you must read this year. Every word, every phrase, every sentence is carefully weighed and beautifully written and placed just so carefully in the right place. It is a thing of beauty. I much thank Netgalley for introducing me to this author as I went out and promptly bought her other book once I discovered such a thing existed. So Dee had an unconventional upbringing. Her mother was a spy of sorts and would disappear on both short and long trips. She taught them many things including how to be aware of their surroundings, how to deal with anger and think through issues etc. However Dee wanted normal. 2.5 kids, husband and home normal so as soon as she could she married her college sweetheart whom her brother deemed quite dull. Many years later her mother is dead and her marriage is unravelling and Dee has to rely on those tips and tricks from her mother to sort out what is going on in her life. In some ways it felt like a coming of age/coming into self novel for Dee as that part of her DNA that she had tried to hide from her entire life is what she now has to rely on.