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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
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This book is definitely surprising. I thought I knew where it was headed but then it took a different. In the beginning, I didn't like the narrator who comes off as quite snobby and mean, but as you learn about her teen years and how she has changed, you get to see another layer to her. A strong debut for a new novelist. Interested to see what she writes next.
I agree with a lot has been said on this site so far...I mean, I didn't want to put it down and it was, to use a book blurby term "compulsively readable" HA HA, book blurb terminology coming at you. BUT, in the end I just felt like it lacked something or maybe had too much of something. Also, HUGE warning here for disordered eating that as Bailey said, wasn't really dealt with in any concrete way, and can be really hard to read if you struggle with that. I know I definitely struggled with it in this book, so, fair warning. Overall-I mean interesting, couldn't put down, read in about one day, but its not one I would really ever read it again I don't think.
I was promised twists. I was promised shock.
These promises were not delivered on.
Yes, the story was well written and it was compulsively readable, I had a hard time classifying it. Was it chick lit? Not really. A mystery? Not so much.
Just a strange story with a cast of unlikable characters.
These promises were not delivered on.
Yes, the story was well written and it was compulsively readable, I had a hard time classifying it. Was it chick lit? Not really. A mystery? Not so much.
Just a strange story with a cast of unlikable characters.
I loved this book, great story, you hated then identified with then loved then worshipped the heroine. I think i loved it more than gone girl.
I’ll give this 2.5 ⭐️s. At the beginning, I was not impressed in the first few chapters and nearly dnf. Because it was an audiobook, I decided to go a bit further, the story picked up. The end was nothing special at all though.
Is it possible to both dislike and enjoy a book at once? That's the only way I can describe this one. Parts of it seemed pretty shallow – both in celebration of vanity, and in actual depth – yet at the same time, ironic and critical of that same vanity. It's clumsy, yet at the same time, something about it feels authentic.
Then there is all the teasing of Ani's deepest secret, which I thought would be something equally shallow or a simple embarrassment, but the depravity of what happened to that character and the complete glossing over of that incident was horrifying, but it was also angering. Knoll doesn't do enough to deplore everyone doubting Ani's story – instead (More).
Then there is all the teasing of Ani's deepest secret, which I thought would be something equally shallow or a simple embarrassment, but the depravity of what happened to that character and the complete glossing over of that incident was horrifying, but it was also angering. Knoll doesn't do enough to deplore everyone doubting Ani's story – instead (More).
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder
Read a few chapters and put it back down. Just not into reading about sexual assault. There is enough hurt in the world.