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A review by betwixt_the_pages
The Purgatorium by Eva Pohler
1.0
DNF. I'm tapping out. I QUIT with this book at the 20% mark. If this makes me a terrible person, so be it. I just can't anymore.
Notes I took before I decided to put this down:
Page 14 -- "Yes, there were knives. She hadn't seen kitchen knives in months."
Uhm....why not????
Page 14 continued--"She took one from the drawer and brought it closer to her eyes, running a finger along the blade. When the time was right, this would do."
When the time was right for what? Is THIS why Cam brought her to the island and didn't mention the therapy she keeps harping on about? Is she suicidal? Or is this more sinister?
So far, I'm not impressed. I'm only about 15 pages in, but the writing is VERY simple, the details we're given are...1-dimensional. I can't see the characters or what's going on, and I'm VERY confused. Cam and Daphne apparently fell out of touch some time ago...but suddenly he's hopping over her fence, talking about this island where "magical" things happen? And she's allowed to go with him? How does that make any sense to anybody? CREEEEEEEPY. Hopefully it gets better soon.
Page 19--"Cam reached out for her, and every part of her skin touched by the two guys broke out in goose bumps. She was sandwiched between them and hyper-aware of their skin on hers...."
UHM?! She only JUST met this Stan guy, and she's already called his touch "intoxicating." Also, she doesn't know Cam that well, either. Like...this girl's priorities? Her sense of self-preservation? Non-existant. Also, who's Kara???
Okay, wait....now there's a BROCK?! And a Joey? I get the feeling Kara and Joey were/are old friends of hers....and Brock.....an ex maybe? BUT STILL, WHY introduce the characters if you're only going to give very little information on them???? Like....I can't connect with this story if I don't GET the story.
Page 29--Like...YAY for diversity and all that jazz, but...really? Can she think of NO OTHER WAY to describe the characters than just outright stating their nationality? I WANT TO SEE THEM! This is such bad writing, oh my goodness... SHOW me, don't tell me!
Page 39--"Was the person crazy? Did whoever it was want to die?"
I'm sorry, but....doesn't SHE want to die? This seems....a contradictive question.
She's reeeeeeeeeally paranoid, isn't she?
Page 50--"The doctors said schizophrenia can be brought on by traumatic events. Joey got it from accidentally killing Grandpa Janus."
UHM NO. NO. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.
Notes I took before I decided to put this down:
Page 14 -- "Yes, there were knives. She hadn't seen kitchen knives in months."
Uhm....why not????
Page 14 continued--"She took one from the drawer and brought it closer to her eyes, running a finger along the blade. When the time was right, this would do."
When the time was right for what? Is THIS why Cam brought her to the island and didn't mention the therapy she keeps harping on about? Is she suicidal? Or is this more sinister?
So far, I'm not impressed. I'm only about 15 pages in, but the writing is VERY simple, the details we're given are...1-dimensional. I can't see the characters or what's going on, and I'm VERY confused. Cam and Daphne apparently fell out of touch some time ago...but suddenly he's hopping over her fence, talking about this island where "magical" things happen? And she's allowed to go with him? How does that make any sense to anybody? CREEEEEEEPY. Hopefully it gets better soon.
Page 19--"Cam reached out for her, and every part of her skin touched by the two guys broke out in goose bumps. She was sandwiched between them and hyper-aware of their skin on hers...."
UHM?! She only JUST met this Stan guy, and she's already called his touch "intoxicating." Also, she doesn't know Cam that well, either. Like...this girl's priorities? Her sense of self-preservation? Non-existant. Also, who's Kara???
Okay, wait....now there's a BROCK?! And a Joey? I get the feeling Kara and Joey were/are old friends of hers....and Brock.....an ex maybe? BUT STILL, WHY introduce the characters if you're only going to give very little information on them???? Like....I can't connect with this story if I don't GET the story.
Page 29--Like...YAY for diversity and all that jazz, but...really? Can she think of NO OTHER WAY to describe the characters than just outright stating their nationality? I WANT TO SEE THEM! This is such bad writing, oh my goodness... SHOW me, don't tell me!
Page 39--"Was the person crazy? Did whoever it was want to die?"
I'm sorry, but....doesn't SHE want to die? This seems....a contradictive question.
She's reeeeeeeeeally paranoid, isn't she?
Page 50--"The doctors said schizophrenia can be brought on by traumatic events. Joey got it from accidentally killing Grandpa Janus."
UHM NO. NO. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.