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whatdaniellereadnext 's review for:
The Golden Rule
by Amanda Craig
I didn't have high hopes for it, if I'm honest and had been putting off reading it for ages. I'd found it cheap on depop back in March when I'd decided to start reading all of the books nominated for the @womensprize and this one (as well as Because of You by Dawn French) were my least anticipated reads.
Unfortunately the initial surprise at how good this book was didn't last. I think I enjoyed roughly a third of it, before I ended up just wanting it to end. The first part had good pace to it and was quite interesting. The rest of the book slowed right down though and was full of stereotypes, clichés and predictable outcomes.
I predicted everything in this book - you could see where it was going from a mile away. I think a lot of the issues present in this book were dealt with quite lazily too, aside from domestic violence. It was interesting to see a male character having suffered from it (though not before being accused of being the violent one before that, which was highly disappointing).
There was a lot of repetitive thoughts about Brexit, and the rich and poor divide that just didn't aid the story after the first mention. The main character Hannah and her family just come across as incredibly ignorant, which I don't think is necessarily intended.
I was hoping for more after the first part of the book, but unfortunately this book just didn't live up to its promising start.
Unfortunately the initial surprise at how good this book was didn't last. I think I enjoyed roughly a third of it, before I ended up just wanting it to end. The first part had good pace to it and was quite interesting. The rest of the book slowed right down though and was full of stereotypes, clichés and predictable outcomes.
I predicted everything in this book - you could see where it was going from a mile away. I think a lot of the issues present in this book were dealt with quite lazily too, aside from domestic violence. It was interesting to see a male character having suffered from it (though not before being accused of being the violent one before that, which was highly disappointing).
There was a lot of repetitive thoughts about Brexit, and the rich and poor divide that just didn't aid the story after the first mention. The main character Hannah and her family just come across as incredibly ignorant, which I don't think is necessarily intended.
I was hoping for more after the first part of the book, but unfortunately this book just didn't live up to its promising start.