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A review by jessy_jelly
The Change by Kirsten Miller
3.0
While I enjoyed reading it, I couldn't help but feel Kristen's editors could do with being a bit more vicious with their editing. The book overstays it's welcome by circa 50+ pages or so, and there are flashback chapters that don't really aid the narrative in any way by inserting them where they appear. In addition, there are numerous typos with speech marks.
The 3 main characters of Harriett, Jo and Nessa are unique and have a good rapport, but I didn't feel they had the big show down moments they were set up for; Jo's big moment in particular was rather a fizz than a bang (literally). Harriett is easily the most realised character, and I enjoyed her participation in the story and it's conclusion, but still I couldn't help but feel it missed a certain something.
Finally, it's great to read feminist works, and I do read lot of works by female authors. The book touches on a lot of pertinent issues such as "The less dead", sexism, rape and murder. At times some of the dialogue did feel a little heavy handed.
Overall, a solid 3* vacation page turner.
The 3 main characters of Harriett, Jo and Nessa are unique and have a good rapport, but I didn't feel they had the big show down moments they were set up for; Jo's big moment in particular was rather a fizz than a bang (literally). Harriett is easily the most realised character, and I enjoyed her participation in the story and it's conclusion, but still I couldn't help but feel it missed a certain something.
Finally, it's great to read feminist works, and I do read lot of works by female authors. The book touches on a lot of pertinent issues such as "The less dead", sexism, rape and murder. At times some of the dialogue did feel a little heavy handed.
Overall, a solid 3* vacation page turner.