mrs_shmoopie 's review for:

2.0

Meh. I... don't get the big deal. I've read plenty of thrillers and most were much more involving and interesting than this one. And not nearly so ugly. It's not even that I can't handle a certain amount of violence in books. It's just that this book felt so sadistic and...ugly. I did think some of the characters were somewhat interesting but, overall, it was a chore to get through this book. I slogged though it, though, b/c it was so popular that I was sure there would be some big payoff to make it all worthwhile. There wasn't. Reading a book for "pleasure" shouldn't have to be such a chore. If someone gave me the next book in the trilogy for free I may read it but I certainly wouldn't buy it. I'm glad I'm done with it so I can close the chapter on that book.