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nataliemeagan 's review for:
Ghost Lover: Stories
by Lisa Taddeo
Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me the chance to read this digital ARC!!!
First impressions matter; I was intrigued by the cover, the concept, the fast paced, blunt prose. However, third and fourth impressions are sometimes the ones you should pay attention to. The more I read of this book, the more confused I felt. Confused and kinda uncomfortable.
The good parts of this book: the writing was brilliant. I highlighted so many great, powerful things that resonated with me. I love a good one liner and this book was full of them.
The not so great parts: there were a few too many mentions of bodily fluids for no reason. There were some heavy topics that kept coming up that were just casually tossed into the mix. The story would then, pick back up and continue on, business as usual. Nearly every story had an ending that left me with more questions than answers and a weird feeling in my stomach. I kept asking myself "what was the point of that story?" It all felt very jarring, disjointed and chaotic for no reason.
The writing was my favorite part, hands down; I would read more of her things because of the writing style alone. I also could be just not getting it with this one. That was another thought I kept having "I feel like this book is trying to tell me something, but I am not able to receive it."
Ultimately, I wanted to like this book but this book did not like me. That feels right.
First impressions matter; I was intrigued by the cover, the concept, the fast paced, blunt prose. However, third and fourth impressions are sometimes the ones you should pay attention to. The more I read of this book, the more confused I felt. Confused and kinda uncomfortable.
The good parts of this book: the writing was brilliant. I highlighted so many great, powerful things that resonated with me. I love a good one liner and this book was full of them.
The not so great parts: there were a few too many mentions of bodily fluids for no reason. There were some heavy topics that kept coming up that were just casually tossed into the mix. The story would then, pick back up and continue on, business as usual. Nearly every story had an ending that left me with more questions than answers and a weird feeling in my stomach. I kept asking myself "what was the point of that story?" It all felt very jarring, disjointed and chaotic for no reason.
The writing was my favorite part, hands down; I would read more of her things because of the writing style alone. I also could be just not getting it with this one. That was another thought I kept having "I feel like this book is trying to tell me something, but I am not able to receive it."
Ultimately, I wanted to like this book but this book did not like me. That feels right.