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A review by geniesurreal
This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Did not finish book.
I was pretty excited to read this book when I found it in my recommendations. I borrowed it from my library and ran home eager to throw it open to chapter 1. To my sincere disappointment it did not deliver like I had hoped. The content and story plot of the book were fine. The writing style was unbearable. Every sentence was cut short excluding much needed detail.
You see, I need detailed descriptions so I can imagine where I am and what the characters look like. I need that or else my brain becomes confused and unwilling to move forward. It didn't give me any foundation to stand on. At one point the main character was having a short boring conversation with her silhouette father and the next there were neighbors trying to eat them.
I'm guessing the author wanted to throw you into chaos the same way the main character was but I feel she could have done a much better job at writing her story out in a way that didn't make me stumble back a few pages just to figure out where I am now.
The whole book was confusing and jumped from A to B in matters of seconds without warning. I couldn't appreciate a book that does that. So 1 star from me.
You see, I need detailed descriptions so I can imagine where I am and what the characters look like. I need that or else my brain becomes confused and unwilling to move forward. It didn't give me any foundation to stand on. At one point the main character was having a short boring conversation with her silhouette father and the next there were neighbors trying to eat them.
I'm guessing the author wanted to throw you into chaos the same way the main character was but I feel she could have done a much better job at writing her story out in a way that didn't make me stumble back a few pages just to figure out where I am now.
The whole book was confusing and jumped from A to B in matters of seconds without warning. I couldn't appreciate a book that does that. So 1 star from me.