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honeyreads1066's review
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
2.75
First off, I truly was not expecting where this book ended up.
This is a story about Etta, a black woman who with her boyfriend Ola, is saving up to get married. She turns to online bingo to gain the £10,000 she needs. Online bingo becomes online slots and big wins become massive losses. As things start to spiral she meets a mysterious stranger on the website who gives her tips and tricks to help her win but as her relationship with him grows, so does her desire to win it all.
The characters were fairly likeable but you got into Etta's headspace and understood, just why and how she got stuck in with the gambling. You see the descent and how stuck she feels and I enjoyed that aspect of it.
This is pretty character-based rather than plot-based but I did enjoy that as well. I love seeing the psyche of certain characters but it was extremely Etta based which while I didn't mind, made the other characters seem very 2 dimensional.
There were a lot of things I was not expecting when I went into this the massive thing being the ending. The place completely changed in the last section and while I enjoyed it, I wish it kept that pace the whole way through.
Overall, I don't feel particularly strongly about this but I did read it all the way through and I enjoyed watching Etta and who she becomes.
This is a story about Etta, a black woman who with her boyfriend Ola, is saving up to get married. She turns to online bingo to gain the £10,000 she needs. Online bingo becomes online slots and big wins become massive losses. As things start to spiral she meets a mysterious stranger on the website who gives her tips and tricks to help her win but as her relationship with him grows, so does her desire to win it all.
The characters were fairly likeable but you got into Etta's headspace and understood, just why and how she got stuck in with the gambling. You see the descent and how stuck she feels and I enjoyed that aspect of it.
This is pretty character-based rather than plot-based but I did enjoy that as well. I love seeing the psyche of certain characters but it was extremely Etta based which while I didn't mind, made the other characters seem very 2 dimensional.
There were a lot of things I was not expecting when I went into this the massive thing being the ending. The place completely changed in the last section and while I enjoyed it, I wish it kept that pace the whole way through.
Overall, I don't feel particularly strongly about this but I did read it all the way through and I enjoyed watching Etta and who she becomes.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Miscarriage, and Stalking
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