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A review by megansmith
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This book moved its way on and off my TBR list a few times and honestly, I wish I had kept it off.
I will start by saying, i hate books about affairs and cheating. I took this book off my tbr for that reason a few of those times. But the premise intrigued me and I kept seeing it reccommended by other bookstagramers so i figured i’d give it a go.
This book was painfully slow, and it took up until the last 40-50 pages for anything truly interesting to happen. I get how thats war sometimes - its a lot of tension and buildup to the moment of implosion, but it just didnt work for me. I can appreciate the author weaving all these storylines together and it did feel satisfying towards the end but, i needed better pacing to get me to that point.
Another gripe I have is towards the end, there is one sex scene that is most definitely rape, which I was really annoyed by! It summed up this strange possessive relationship between the two characters, swearing to each other its love but its just horny jealous sex. The relationship was terrible and nothing i could find myself rooting for. Cushla, give it another year to develop a frontal lobe and i promise youll get over this old man.
I probably have more to say but this just fell flat, I was wishing for more but it underdelivered.
I will start by saying, i hate books about affairs and cheating. I took this book off my tbr for that reason a few of those times. But the premise intrigued me and I kept seeing it reccommended by other bookstagramers so i figured i’d give it a go.
This book was painfully slow, and it took up until the last 40-50 pages for anything truly interesting to happen. I get how thats war sometimes - its a lot of tension and buildup to the moment of implosion, but it just didnt work for me. I can appreciate the author weaving all these storylines together and it did feel satisfying towards the end but, i needed better pacing to get me to that point.
Another gripe I have is towards the end, there is one sex scene that is most definitely rape, which I was really annoyed by! It summed up this strange possessive relationship between the two characters, swearing to each other its love but its just horny jealous sex. The relationship was terrible and nothing i could find myself rooting for. Cushla, give it another year to develop a frontal lobe and i promise youll get over this old man.
I probably have more to say but this just fell flat, I was wishing for more but it underdelivered.