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A review by karral
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
DNF Page 50. I couldn't even make it past page 50.
I was bored and frankly, it made me angry to read. I just didn't have it in me to continue.
The writing was too flowery for my taste, but that's my personal preference. It was distracting and I couldn't focus on the plot. Even though the first 50 pages held so little plot, I wanted to claw my eyes out.
I also didn't like the lack of dialogue. I like conversations to be taking place in my books. Not boring retrospective paragraphs about characters that are already boring to be begin with. I found the main character, Anna, to be extremely bland and one dimensional. I just didn't like her. The religious overtones pushed me over the edge. Just, no.
The entire book screamed pretentious to me and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. What I was looking for was a thriller with other interesting elements (like the voices the main character was experiencing), but I just found myself wishing I was reading something else.
I was bored and frankly, it made me angry to read. I just didn't have it in me to continue.
The writing was too flowery for my taste, but that's my personal preference. It was distracting and I couldn't focus on the plot. Even though the first 50 pages held so little plot, I wanted to claw my eyes out.
I also didn't like the lack of dialogue. I like conversations to be taking place in my books. Not boring retrospective paragraphs about characters that are already boring to be begin with. I found the main character, Anna, to be extremely bland and one dimensional. I just didn't like her. The religious overtones pushed me over the edge. Just, no.
The entire book screamed pretentious to me and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. What I was looking for was a thriller with other interesting elements (like the voices the main character was experiencing), but I just found myself wishing I was reading something else.