A review by heathenbun
Anna O by Matthew Blake

dark mysterious 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

1.75

 Anna O is about a sleep disorder specialist who has been tasked with waking up a murderer who has been asleep for four years.

This novel has an interesting idea, but the execution was lacking. I felt like there was too much going on and not enough at the same time. Things would just happen and I would have to go back and reread parts just to see if it was explained but NOPE things just jumped around in this book and all the sudden something would be happening without any explanation. It was also hard to tell what was going on with Ben and his POV. He seemed to just speak things into existence. It just felt like a lot of information was missing or not explained.

Sadly, the twist was pretty predictable and towards the end, it seemed to just repeat what Ben was feeling constantly. He had the same thought constantly. I found this to be quite hard to get through and I was left feeling like there was a lot missing from the book in some way or another.

TLDR, an interesting premise with sadly lackluster execution. 
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