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A review by sarabookdragon
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love
1.0
I received this book as an advanced readers copy ebook to read and review by Penguin, and this review is by no means influenced. The thoughts and review and solely my own.
Let me set some facts straight. I was not able to complete the book, and thus not sure how it would have turned out, but the reasonings behind this were:
1- It was such a slow book, knowing me, I would finish books in a MONTH tops, if I was reading several other books and having a life. However, as much as I hate to say this, I dreaded it every time I wanted to start reading, because of how slow it was.
2- I just did not like the writing style AT ALL. I mean I read books from very different genres, but this has nothing to do with it. I just could not feel the characters. I was lost more than once. The way the author characterized her characters, I had to switch who they were constantly in my mind. it was so confusing and I hate when I have to do this once, let alone multiple times, and this was all in the first few chapters. the writing style was also so slow, it did not pick up the pace at all.
3- maybe affected by the writing style, the plot ( well at least till almost 45% of the book) was weak, filled with unnecessary wordings, drama, and the constant jump between past and present without it being clear or concise was rather annoying.
I would say, the plot might have turned out better than I am mentioning here, but i wouldn't know because i couldn't force myself to read it, thus now it is gone.
I would love to know that some of you like it, especially that i myself like action, crime driven plots, but this just did not do it for me.
This is my opinion, and by this i do not mean to affect anyone, or hate on any other reader who loved it.
Let me set some facts straight. I was not able to complete the book, and thus not sure how it would have turned out, but the reasonings behind this were:
1- It was such a slow book, knowing me, I would finish books in a MONTH tops, if I was reading several other books and having a life. However, as much as I hate to say this, I dreaded it every time I wanted to start reading, because of how slow it was.
2- I just did not like the writing style AT ALL. I mean I read books from very different genres, but this has nothing to do with it. I just could not feel the characters. I was lost more than once. The way the author characterized her characters, I had to switch who they were constantly in my mind. it was so confusing and I hate when I have to do this once, let alone multiple times, and this was all in the first few chapters. the writing style was also so slow, it did not pick up the pace at all.
3- maybe affected by the writing style, the plot ( well at least till almost 45% of the book) was weak, filled with unnecessary wordings, drama, and the constant jump between past and present without it being clear or concise was rather annoying.
I would say, the plot might have turned out better than I am mentioning here, but i wouldn't know because i couldn't force myself to read it, thus now it is gone.
I would love to know that some of you like it, especially that i myself like action, crime driven plots, but this just did not do it for me.
This is my opinion, and by this i do not mean to affect anyone, or hate on any other reader who loved it.