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rivermoose_sam 's review for:
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
by Chelsea Sedoti
https://rivermoosebooks.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/netgalley-review-the-hundred-lies-of-lizzie-lovett/
I received an e-arc of this book from netgalley and this is my honest review.
Everyone seems to either love or hate this book.
So yeah, its one of THOSE.
I requested this on Netgalley because 1) it sounded interesting and a I was on a contemporary binge and 2) People were raving.
I, however, didn’t hate it or love, it was just alright.
Let’s start with the good.
The plot is intriguing, it grabs you from the beginning. The characters are all interesting and complex. The writing was great. The voice of our main character unique.
But wow was she annoying as hell (Looks like were on the bad already).
Because yeah, Hawthorn was a complex character, with a unique and entertaining voice, but she was too old to be so stupid, and had too good a family to be so emotionally stunted. By the end of the book I was ready to strangle her.
This is very much a “life lessons, character growth” type of book. And I appreciated seeing how Hawthorne changed, and started treating people better. But the ending fell flat for me, it was too “I’m done now so all the complex mystery is this contemporary or is this thriller stuff I’ve been building is done now”. Its abrupt, (and Enzo needed a swift punch in the face).
So yeah, it was a good book, and I liked the lessons and the character growth, but the plot was ended weakly, like the author didn’t know how to end the book, which makes it just alright in my eyes.
I reccomand checking it out if you like these sorts of books. Though just a warning, there is sex in this book, non-explicits, but still. It sort of rubbed me the wrong way and made me want to stop reading (it was just so awkward).
I received an e-arc of this book from netgalley and this is my honest review.
Everyone seems to either love or hate this book.
So yeah, its one of THOSE.
I requested this on Netgalley because 1) it sounded interesting and a I was on a contemporary binge and 2) People were raving.
I, however, didn’t hate it or love, it was just alright.
Let’s start with the good.
The plot is intriguing, it grabs you from the beginning. The characters are all interesting and complex. The writing was great. The voice of our main character unique.
But wow was she annoying as hell (Looks like were on the bad already).
Because yeah, Hawthorn was a complex character, with a unique and entertaining voice, but she was too old to be so stupid, and had too good a family to be so emotionally stunted. By the end of the book I was ready to strangle her.
This is very much a “life lessons, character growth” type of book. And I appreciated seeing how Hawthorne changed, and started treating people better. But the ending fell flat for me, it was too “I’m done now so all the complex mystery is this contemporary or is this thriller stuff I’ve been building is done now”. Its abrupt, (and Enzo needed a swift punch in the face).
So yeah, it was a good book, and I liked the lessons and the character growth, but the plot was ended weakly, like the author didn’t know how to end the book, which makes it just alright in my eyes.
I reccomand checking it out if you like these sorts of books. Though just a warning, there is sex in this book, non-explicits, but still. It sort of rubbed me the wrong way and made me want to stop reading (it was just so awkward).