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A review by ofwavesandpages
The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares
1.0
DNF-ed at 89%
I was so very close to finishing this book, but ended up giving up. At first, I didn't want to; I wanted to read it until the end, and I was close anyway, so what was the problem?
I just didn't want to lose more of my time.
I was excited to start this. The plot seemed good, everyone kept saying good things about the author, AND there was a character who had the same nickname my best friend gave me - turns out that said character is one of the most annoying ones.
I had a lot of issues with the book, namely Ray being very creepy from time to time, Mattie being extremely childish, a lot of scenes being racist ... And the list goes on. The writing was also very confusing. There were more than two POVs (the synopsis gives the idea that the main characters are Ray and Sasha, but pretty much everyone gets a chance to tell their story), and their voices seemed very similar, which made it difficult to see who was who. I also felt there was no plot, just a couple of stories mixed together.
However, there was ONE thing I liked. Just one little scene ... that was destroyed a couple of chapters after.
Huge disappointment. I've heard that the book only gets worse towards the end, so I couldn't bother myself to read more.
I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was so very close to finishing this book, but ended up giving up. At first, I didn't want to; I wanted to read it until the end, and I was close anyway, so what was the problem?
I just didn't want to lose more of my time.
I was excited to start this. The plot seemed good, everyone kept saying good things about the author, AND there was a character who had the same nickname my best friend gave me - turns out that said character is one of the most annoying ones.
I had a lot of issues with the book, namely Ray being very creepy from time to time, Mattie being extremely childish, a lot of scenes being racist ... And the list goes on. The writing was also very confusing. There were more than two POVs (the synopsis gives the idea that the main characters are Ray and Sasha, but pretty much everyone gets a chance to tell their story), and their voices seemed very similar, which made it difficult to see who was who. I also felt there was no plot, just a couple of stories mixed together.
However, there was ONE thing I liked. Just one little scene ... that was destroyed a couple of chapters after.
Huge disappointment. I've heard that the book only gets worse towards the end, so I couldn't bother myself to read more.
I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.