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arielthebookgargoyle 's review for:
Into the Fall: A Thriller
by Tamara L. Miller
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I struggled with this one. Cleanly written, with a lot of beautiful prose. Plenty of quotable moments. However, I felt it was directionless. It struggles for too long to find an identity and thus didn't really resignate with me.
It is mostly written from Sarah's, the main character, point of view but does switch from time to time. More of a narrative style over dialog. She is so much in her head, that it leads to a lot of misdirection. She is fanciful, skirts around the truth; which made her really unlikable to me.
The pacing didn't help either. It was so slow, I had to push to read the majority of it. This was particularly difficult with its nonlinear timeline. The story jumped all over the place. It felt like work, rather than an escape.
I wasn't satisfied either with the conclusion. Felt very mundane. Not worth the time I wasted. I may have rated higher, had it been more than a nothingburger.
I really need to learn to set books that don't capture my imagination within the first 5 chapters down. I struggle to do so, trying to give it a fair shake and to be able to write my reviews without hesitation.
It is mostly written from Sarah's, the main character, point of view but does switch from time to time. More of a narrative style over dialog. She is so much in her head, that it leads to a lot of misdirection. She is fanciful, skirts around the truth; which made her really unlikable to me.
The pacing didn't help either. It was so slow, I had to push to read the majority of it. This was particularly difficult with its nonlinear timeline. The story jumped all over the place. It felt like work, rather than an escape.
I wasn't satisfied either with the conclusion. Felt very mundane. Not worth the time I wasted. I may have rated higher, had it been more than a nothingburger.
I really need to learn to set books that don't capture my imagination within the first 5 chapters down. I struggle to do so, trying to give it a fair shake and to be able to write my reviews without hesitation.