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Providence
by Caroline Kepnes
Cross-posted to my blog: https://thesebooksaremyfriends.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/providence-by-caroline-kepnes/
I start this review with an apology to the author. It’s not fair of me to keep reading your books and bringing your ratings down when I haven’t liked any of them so far. I just keep hoping that I’ll change my mind since so many people, including some of my friends love your books. So readers of mine, keep this in mind while reading this review.
Providence starts out with Chloe and Jon, two BFFs who by all accounts shouldn’t be. She is popular, he’s a geeky loner who gets picked on but they make their friendship work. They’re in middle school/junior high so here we have point one that I had an issue with. Do kids in middle school talk about keg parties and hooking up? Things sure have changed if so.
Jon disappears (it’s in the summary, this isn’t a spoiler) and everyone looks for him and then forgets about him (except Chloe). Fast forward four years, Jon is back. Then throughout the rest of the story, we fast forward some more. And then some more. This is point two. I had a really hard time trying to figure out when this book was set (year wise) and where we ended up. It didn’t quite fit for me and I found it took away from the story.
We then meet some other characters including a professor and a detective who really just added to my confusion. This is point three. So many characters, so much fast forwarding, I had the worst time trying to keep up and I got annoyed.
Add in some mystery, murders, some Lovecraft and a tiny bit of romance and there you have Providence. I didn’t hate it but I certainly can’t so oh my goodness YOU HAVE GOT TO READ THIS. Because that would be a lie.
I start this review with an apology to the author. It’s not fair of me to keep reading your books and bringing your ratings down when I haven’t liked any of them so far. I just keep hoping that I’ll change my mind since so many people, including some of my friends love your books. So readers of mine, keep this in mind while reading this review.
Providence starts out with Chloe and Jon, two BFFs who by all accounts shouldn’t be. She is popular, he’s a geeky loner who gets picked on but they make their friendship work. They’re in middle school/junior high so here we have point one that I had an issue with. Do kids in middle school talk about keg parties and hooking up? Things sure have changed if so.
Jon disappears (it’s in the summary, this isn’t a spoiler) and everyone looks for him and then forgets about him (except Chloe). Fast forward four years, Jon is back. Then throughout the rest of the story, we fast forward some more. And then some more. This is point two. I had a really hard time trying to figure out when this book was set (year wise) and where we ended up. It didn’t quite fit for me and I found it took away from the story.
We then meet some other characters including a professor and a detective who really just added to my confusion. This is point three. So many characters, so much fast forwarding, I had the worst time trying to keep up and I got annoyed.
Add in some mystery, murders, some Lovecraft and a tiny bit of romance and there you have Providence. I didn’t hate it but I certainly can’t so oh my goodness YOU HAVE GOT TO READ THIS. Because that would be a lie.