A review by thebalancedbookshelf
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

slow-paced

3.0

  I liked the concept of this book I just think it lost me in the execution. The story goes back and forth between the present, which is in interview style, and the past. I found the pacing of the story to be slow and at times hard to get through. 

While reading this I was more interested in the interviews than of the recounting of events. There were no surprises or reveal that kept you in the edge. Everything that is revealed to you in the interviews ends up happening in the way you would expect. I wanted more of a shock factor or something to keep me wanting to read the book. It was also obvious very early on that she was schizophrenic and I wish there could have been more of a doubt while reading. 

I did find the whole idea to be very interesting I just wish the story had a more compelling edge to make you want to keep reading. I found it very hard to get through most of the time and think the pacing was a huge factor in that.