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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Grasped me in the beginning and loved ittt until I got halfway through and found it very slow. DNF :(
It's official, I'm a Caroline Kepnes fan. Weird lovecraftian (yet aware) romance? I'm in.
I liked the concept of this book, but this was a big flop for me. I enjoyed the settings, having lived near all of the major places in the book, and I really wanted to like this, but the book dragged and got repetitive and their is too much angst and philosophizing that ultimately leads nowhere. Also some of the descriptions in Kepnes' writing made me cringe (someone's tongue at one point is described as a "little whale" when they are kissing, it just doesn't do it for me); I think ultimately I don't get along too well with her style. I didn't mind having three perspectives, but it did sometimes feel like I was reading two separate books. Also the characters would draw conclusions and suddenly know something to be an incontrovertible truth that they would have absolutely no way of reaching that conclusion from the limited information they had except for that they were being written by the same person writing the other side stories. Ultimately, what felt unrealistic was the way the characters behaved and the conclusions they jumped to, not the supernatural elements of the book. I wanted to know what happened, which is why I finished it, but feel kind of let down and wish this book were something it is not.
Side note, I listened to the audiobook and the actors in that did a great job. I completely bought each one of them as their characters and it was well produced.
Side note, I listened to the audiobook and the actors in that did a great job. I completely bought each one of them as their characters and it was well produced.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall, the book was fine and pretty engaging. My biggest pet peeve is that there was no real ending. The middle of the book just became the end and there was no true conclusion which really negates the whole plot. They had a really cool sci fi undertheme but the author never fully addressed that and that made the entire plot flimsy.
Overall, a casual read but not required by any means.
Overall, a casual read but not required by any means.
Caroline Kepnes creates charmingly flawed characters that you can’t help but love.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes