christinalepre 's review for:

Gold by Chris Cleave

2.0

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This novel centers around three characters, all of whom are olympic track cyclists. I knew nothing about the sport but did enjoy the book to some extent, though I'm not sure about the characters - Kate and Jack were just too perfect and annoyed me at times, but I can't really get into that without spoiling some key plot points so I'll just say I wasn't exactly rooting for them, although I felt like the author wanted me to. This was a quick and enjoyable to read, though. A good beach read for anyone with a passing interest in the summer olympics in London!