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A review by wteel24
Vantage Point by Sara Sligar
4.0
Boy, this book had a lot of things going on! It took me a while to get into the book (though the prologue lived in the back of my mind through the entire book - and I went back to re-read it after finishing and it connects to the end in a really unique way!) because of this.
It was hard to root for any of the three characters, even the non-POV brother, Teddy, for a large portion of the novel. Clara was vulgar for the sake of being vulgar and (maybe?) being a "shock value" character when introduced. Once she started paying attention to the world around her and not feeling sorry for herself, I was elated. As someone who has been there, I was pulled out of the novel at times when she would go on her woe-is-me tangents (because they happened, a lot). Opening her up to the mystery element of the novel gave her the opportunity to shine and become the heroine - and damn she's clever!
Jess and Teddy I could have lived without, but also saw their value as the plot and twist vehicles. Especially in the way the story was told and things were revealed gradually (after the beginning, when SO many things were introduced all at once).
My absolute favorite part of the novel was the formatting and Wikipedia/Social Media elements included (I actually began thinking about Googling this family, because the segments made them seem so real).
Overall, I needed to finish it and connected so strongly with the heroine. But let's be honest - they ALL needed therapy, and some of them needed to realize the world wasn't revolving around them. If that was the author's goal, then she achieved it and then some. I haven't been that annoyed by characters in a long time.
It was hard to root for any of the three characters, even the non-POV brother, Teddy, for a large portion of the novel. Clara was vulgar for the sake of being vulgar and (maybe?) being a "shock value" character when introduced. Once she started paying attention to the world around her and not feeling sorry for herself, I was elated. As someone who has been there, I was pulled out of the novel at times when she would go on her woe-is-me tangents (because they happened, a lot). Opening her up to the mystery element of the novel gave her the opportunity to shine and become the heroine - and damn she's clever!
Jess and Teddy I could have lived without, but also saw their value as the plot and twist vehicles. Especially in the way the story was told and things were revealed gradually (after the beginning, when SO many things were introduced all at once).
My absolute favorite part of the novel was the formatting and Wikipedia/Social Media elements included (I actually began thinking about Googling this family, because the segments made them seem so real).
Overall, I needed to finish it and connected so strongly with the heroine. But let's be honest - they ALL needed therapy, and some of them needed to realize the world wasn't revolving around them. If that was the author's goal, then she achieved it and then some. I haven't been that annoyed by characters in a long time.