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A review by saeruh
Off Target by Eve Smith
dark
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
This was not a bad book, it was just a bit… clunky. The premise was great! I think the author had a really good idea and then struggled to let the story form for a good while of this book.
The writing was abrupt. Smith never really quite let things develop or just simply settle in the story before she was there to explain it away. The characters were all pretty one dimensional and all of them had weird names - from Susan and Steve to Zurel??? and I’m pretty sure Susan’s bff who was named Carmel was a black women so that’s ugh. I could be wrong tho I’m not sure if ANY of the appearances are actually described.
It was overall entertaining and kept me busy for a couple of days but yeah the meaningful questions it tries to spark fell extremely flat with me.
The writing was abrupt. Smith never really quite let things develop or just simply settle in the story before she was there to explain it away. The characters were all pretty one dimensional and all of them had weird names - from Susan and Steve to Zurel??? and I’m pretty sure Susan’s bff who was named Carmel was a black women so that’s ugh. I could be wrong tho I’m not sure if ANY of the appearances are actually described.
It was overall entertaining and kept me busy for a couple of days but yeah the meaningful questions it tries to spark fell extremely flat with me.