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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I usually don't count DNFs toward my goal, but I slogged through three hundred some pages waiting for it to get better and I feel I deserve it. It's odd in a way. The writing is fantastic, beautiful to read, and exactly my jam. This kind of prose will go far with me. The characters were well fleshed out and believable. There was a solid foundation for the ensemble slice of life that it was.
It just I hated everyone. It's just it's unrelenting misery where no one is happy and everyone hates everyone else because of various reasons. It's petty and irritating and there is no light at the end of the tunnel because even trains don't bother to come around. It's not that I'm against downer endings or books. There's a place even for misery. But when everyone is a shit heel or a doormat (or both) it's just too much-- and 700 pages of too much.
I'd recommend it only to see how you'd like it. In this instance the DNF was just a sort of purely personal thing. It's just not worth my time and attention. (Especially these days)
It just I hated everyone. It's just it's unrelenting misery where no one is happy and everyone hates everyone else because of various reasons. It's petty and irritating and there is no light at the end of the tunnel because even trains don't bother to come around. It's not that I'm against downer endings or books. There's a place even for misery. But when everyone is a shit heel or a doormat (or both) it's just too much-- and 700 pages of too much.
I'd recommend it only to see how you'd like it. In this instance the DNF was just a sort of purely personal thing. It's just not worth my time and attention. (Especially these days)
Single angry mom and her 3 teenage children struggle to survive in a little town. A con man takes advantage of mom.
Yikes, what a sad book. Sometimes the prose didn't really hold my attention, but this was one of those books where you have very strong emotions about all of the characters (of which there are many) and that emotion is predominantly pity. After banging my head into a wall for 740 pages, I can now move onto something lighter--both weight-wise and theme-wise.