A review by deniser821
Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson

3.0

This novel about 3 best friends who first meet at West Point and continue their friendship beyond college. Normally this is the type of book that I love, but I felt a little impatient with it. It is almost 500 pages long and the characters were not evenly developed. I felt like I knew Dani and Avery but the character of Heather wasn't delved into as deeply. It surprised me when I heard the author say in a podcast, that Heather was most like her because we never learned her deepest fears or insecurities. She was, in my opinion, a privileged and innocent girl who had a perfect family. Maybe it was because the author based the character on herself, that she was unable to reveal anything deeply personal about the character. A tragedy occurs toward the end of the novel and I didn't have an emotional response because I wasn't invested in the characters. The cover of the novel annoys me as well since it doesn't' accurately portray the characters. Dani is black and Avery and Heather are both blondes. Why couldn't they find a women that looked like the characters?