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A review by akrys40
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
3.0
2.5 so I bumped up to 3 stars.
I almost DNF after page 44, but I really wanted to know how Helen thought she would get away with very clear murder. It had a very Interesting concept of a toxic mother/daughter relationship on the inside cover, but it fell flat so many times because of the writing style and the unrealistic reactions of the characters.
Main things that bothered me were
-constant sexual tones of her mother’s body
-every scene was just a prelude to a flashback- just word dumps
-everyone was just okay with the fact that Helen killed her mother? Her ex-husband, her daughter, her friend’s son she slept with for no reason? Yea okay….
-Helen slept with her basically only friend’s son and the friend was just nonchalant about it? Gross
I almost DNF after page 44, but I really wanted to know how Helen thought she would get away with very clear murder. It had a very Interesting concept of a toxic mother/daughter relationship on the inside cover, but it fell flat so many times because of the writing style and the unrealistic reactions of the characters.
Main things that bothered me were
-constant sexual tones of her mother’s body
-every scene was just a prelude to a flashback- just word dumps
-everyone was just okay with the fact that Helen killed her mother? Her ex-husband, her daughter, her friend’s son she slept with for no reason? Yea okay….
-Helen slept with her basically only friend’s son and the friend was just nonchalant about it? Gross