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The Compound
by Aisling Rawle
4/5. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, but it is definitely a "junk food" read. The main character, Lily, is completely insufferable, but I think that's intentional.
Given the junk food status, my only serious gripe is that this is written employing first person - Lily is as dumb as a box of rocks, superficial, and uneducated. There is no way her internal dialogue would be so grammatically proper or advanced with some vocabulary. I mean, that voice did make it readable for me, but for everything described she should have been thinking in whatever slang young people use these days, not with the voice of a woman in her thirties.
I also do not think the ending was deserved (it was "wrapped up with a bow"). Or that one of her relationships made any sense (why this person would be interested in her is beyond me). But I was thoroughly engaged.
Given the junk food status, my only serious gripe is that this is written employing first person - Lily is as dumb as a box of rocks, superficial, and uneducated. There is no way her internal dialogue would be so grammatically proper or advanced with some vocabulary. I mean, that voice did make it readable for me, but for everything described she should have been thinking in whatever slang young people use these days, not with the voice of a woman in her thirties.
I also do not think the ending was deserved (it was "wrapped up with a bow"). Or that one of her relationships made any sense (why this person would be interested in her is beyond me). But I was thoroughly engaged.