charitypink 's review for:

Good Elf Gone Wrong by Alina Jacobs

2.75

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This story was just a lot.  A lot of strange family dynamics.  Kookie family, I love, but these people were horrible.  Gracie doesn't get any kind of intelligence credit until the end of the book, and I'm still unclear as to the relationship between Hudson and the guy he's working for.  Why didn't he just tell the guy, look, I'm out.  Or tell Gracie the truth, she might have helped him just because her family was full of assholes and little shits.  It all works out in the end, and everyone gets what they deserved, because of course they do, but why was to book almost 600 pages?  I don't understand.  You realize how truly awful the family is by page 50, so why keep showing their horribleness?  Anyway, it was decently written, the characters just made me mad, and it was way too long.