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A review by serinas
Flashlight: A Novel by Susan Choi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
Here is a review with no spoilers - but mostly just the reason why I decided to DNF this ARC. This is an ARC provided by NetGalley, that is set to release June 3rd 2025.
I want to start of by saying that I quickly realized that this book wasn't for me. The writing style wasn't to my taste, and the chapters were awfully long. I struggled through it, but still wanted to give it a shot. About the 40% mark I decided to give up, and DNF.
The story was awfully slow - when I quit reading,the dad disappeared. The build up was too slow, and there weren't any climaxes and action curves that made it interesting. I try not to DNF ARCs, as I want to give them a fair review, but I honestly couldn't finish it. All in all, the problem was mostly how slow the book was.
I had no issue with the characters (they were interesting enough) and plot - it was just too slow. This is a very subjective opinion though, and Flashlight will definitely become a favorite to some.
I am not rating Flashlight on StoryGraph, this will be a DNF. On NetGalley I gave it 3 stars as a part of the review, as I had to rate it there.
I want to start of by saying that I quickly realized that this book wasn't for me. The writing style wasn't to my taste, and the chapters were awfully long. I struggled through it, but still wanted to give it a shot. About the 40% mark I decided to give up, and DNF.
The story was awfully slow - when I quit reading,
I had no issue with the characters (they were interesting enough) and plot - it was just too slow. This is a very subjective opinion though, and Flashlight will definitely become a favorite to some.
I am not rating Flashlight on StoryGraph, this will be a DNF. On NetGalley I gave it 3 stars as a part of the review, as I had to rate it there.