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alexandra_medley1995 's review for:
Mansion Beach: A Novel
by Meg Mitchell Moore
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Many thanks to Netgalley and William Morrow books for an advanced eArc in exchange for my honest opinion.
It might just be a me issue but this book was WAY to wordy. It read very chaotic to me, sentences jumping all over the place. Random flashbacks to the past. Random inserts of the podcast, which in my opinion didn't do anything to further the story.
Nicola, Shelley, David, Jack were all super insufferable to me. Nicola's character seemed like 18 not 29. Juliana was the only one that I enjoyed reading about her backstory but with the authors writing it was super difficult for me to become invested in it.
I definitely saw all the Gatsby references, it seemed like the was the driving force behind the book and the author added little things to make it her own twist on the story. So wasn't super original.
It normally takes me maybe 4 day's to start and finish a book and this one took me 7 days.... reading this felt like homework.
It might just be a me issue but this book was WAY to wordy. It read very chaotic to me, sentences jumping all over the place. Random flashbacks to the past. Random inserts of the podcast, which in my opinion didn't do anything to further the story.
Nicola, Shelley, David, Jack were all super insufferable to me. Nicola's character seemed like 18 not 29. Juliana was the only one that I enjoyed reading about her backstory but with the authors writing it was super difficult for me to become invested in it.
I definitely saw all the Gatsby references, it seemed like the was the driving force behind the book and the author added little things to make it her own twist on the story. So wasn't super original.
It normally takes me maybe 4 day's to start and finish a book and this one took me 7 days.... reading this felt like homework.