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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
Meh. The book equivalent of Marie Claire Magazine. Some good stuff but also a lot of fluff. Vaguely embarrassing to be seen reading. But fun.
I really enjoyed this book and I was surprised because it started out kind of slow but then really picked up pace.
Interesting twists. Slow shallow start. I would recommend for a quick entertaining read.
If your triggers are feather-light, this is not the book for you. Unless Book Club is your clever name for your weekly Group Counseling session, I don't really think it is a good choice. The story was...interesting, sad, current, anger-making, and kept me up until almost midnight to "finish it, already!" Caveat lector, my friends.
Luckiest Girl Alive is a story about twisted motivations, tortured souls, despicable people, and poor decision-making skills. It is about trust - lost, misplaced, betrayed. While you will understand the main character, TifAni (Ani)'s motivations and what led her to this place as you read, you will never actually like her. For what it's worth, I think she made the right choices in the end.
Luckiest Girl Alive is a story about twisted motivations, tortured souls, despicable people, and poor decision-making skills. It is about trust - lost, misplaced, betrayed. While you will understand the main character, TifAni (Ani)'s motivations and what led her to this place as you read, you will never actually like her. For what it's worth, I think she made the right choices in the end.
It took awhile to get into this book, but once I did, I could not put it down. Did that mean it was incredible? Not necessarily.
Ani FaNelli looks like she has it all, but looks are deceiving. It turns out, she's been pretending her whole life, thanks in large part to a mother who values appearances and the approval of others over everything else. This leads to a traumatic experience in Ani's past that is referenced often, but the full details aren't revealed until 3/4 through the story. (You think it's the bad thing revealed about 1/4 through and that IS terrible, but it's not what everyone else references in vague comments. She's that good at keeping a secret, though you can lie to yourself for so long before the truth demands to be heard.)
No one is particularly likable in this book. Ani knows she isn't. You've got to admire her for that level of self awareness if anything else.
Ani FaNelli looks like she has it all, but looks are deceiving. It turns out, she's been pretending her whole life, thanks in large part to a mother who values appearances and the approval of others over everything else. This leads to a traumatic experience in Ani's past that is referenced often, but the full details aren't revealed until 3/4 through the story. (You think it's the bad thing revealed about 1/4 through and that IS terrible, but it's not what everyone else references in vague comments. She's that good at keeping a secret, though you can lie to yourself for so long before the truth demands to be heard.)
No one is particularly likable in this book. Ani knows she isn't. You've got to admire her for that level of self awareness if anything else.
Disappointing. Should be ashamed to claim it is as good as or anywhere near Gone Girl. Can she write? Yes. It is worth your time reading? No. She owns a thesaurus. That should be her highest recognition. Shallow.
Was a slow start and took a while to get into but once I did I was hooked! It’s a dark but well told story
Way darker than I expected...I'll be curious how they turn this one into a movie that isn't completely gratuitous. Page turner, though!
So. The first part was a chore. I really couldn’t figure out why I was reading this book. I needed to know if it was worth slogging through; so I came to Goodreads and I read about a half dozen reviews marked “spoiler”.
The conflicting reactions to this book intrigued me so much that I came back to read the last chapter of the book. Yeah, I’m one of those people. I didn’t read all of that chapter, just enough to get more curious. Then I started reading the last five or six chapters but in different orders to figure out which parts of the story I really needed.
Then I read from Chapter 11 all the way to the end - in the correct order even though I’d read parts of them before. They were so well written!
In the end I could see why the author had started the book the way that she did. She needed to emphasize how thick the main character’s emotional armor had gotten. Maybe that choice reflected the thickness of her own armor.
Sometimes the beginnings of stories are just hard to set up. I can see where the editing of this story must’ve been a real challenge. I think I’m giving the Story five stars this way: 4 1/2 stars for the quality of the writing and the bonus half star for the bravery of the author to write this.
The conflicting reactions to this book intrigued me so much that I came back to read the last chapter of the book. Yeah, I’m one of those people. I didn’t read all of that chapter, just enough to get more curious. Then I started reading the last five or six chapters but in different orders to figure out which parts of the story I really needed.
Then I read from Chapter 11 all the way to the end - in the correct order even though I’d read parts of them before. They were so well written!
In the end I could see why the author had started the book the way that she did. She needed to emphasize how thick the main character’s emotional armor had gotten. Maybe that choice reflected the thickness of her own armor.
Sometimes the beginnings of stories are just hard to set up. I can see where the editing of this story must’ve been a real challenge. I think I’m giving the Story five stars this way: 4 1/2 stars for the quality of the writing and the bonus half star for the bravery of the author to write this.