rubybereading 's review for:

Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead

1.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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1.5 k…..I guess. 

This book was not what the writer thinks it is. Wasn't clever or poetic or interesting at all. Where she thought she was building suspense, she was just making it more predictable. 

And it made it more annoying to read. The writing wasn't the most horrible ever, but it was very elementary and followed a very remedial formula. This felt like something a teenager who hasn't experienced life yet would write, but a teenager whose teachers believe has great potential. You know? And it was the most boring "thriller" I've ever read. Also, the chapters were too long. The story, itself, was too long. It could've been a short story—maybe even a quarter of its length—and it wouldn't have made any difference. It needed way less words to tell the extremely predictable story it told. Actually, it would be fine if it just didn't exist at all. This book is so unnecessary. If I didn't need this for a prompt in a reading challenge I'm doing, I definitely would've dnf'd it. Fuck my life.