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A review by carley
Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood
1.0
I hate giving up on a book, but I couldn't make it through this Young Adult novel. I received this book months ago for review through Goodreads First Reads.
Save the Enemy centers on a girl called Zoey who recently moved to the D.C. area with her parents and brother, Ben. Shortly after they arrive, her mother is killed in a mugging while walking their dog, then her father is kidnapped. Zoey, only seventeen, now has the responsibility to take care of her brother and find a way to save her dad.
This type of story isn't a typical read for me, but the synopsis sounded interesting enough. However, when I received the book and started reading the first chapter or so, I questioned the writing. Coming back to the book months later, my opinion still hasn't changed. I made it through 100 pages of this book and didn't enjoy it.
It pains me not to finish a book. The writing just isn't strong enough for me to continue on with it. The main character, Zoey, isn't endearing. She is going through an existential crisis, while dealing with the loss of both parents, all the while judging EVERYONE around her and quoting German philosophers. I don't know if the ideas, presented in the book as Zoey's father's, reflect the author's own political agenda, but the majority of the portion I read centered on those views. All in all, this book is not for me, and I do not plan to finish it.
Save the Enemy centers on a girl called Zoey who recently moved to the D.C. area with her parents and brother, Ben. Shortly after they arrive, her mother is killed in a mugging while walking their dog, then her father is kidnapped. Zoey, only seventeen, now has the responsibility to take care of her brother and find a way to save her dad.
This type of story isn't a typical read for me, but the synopsis sounded interesting enough. However, when I received the book and started reading the first chapter or so, I questioned the writing. Coming back to the book months later, my opinion still hasn't changed. I made it through 100 pages of this book and didn't enjoy it.
It pains me not to finish a book. The writing just isn't strong enough for me to continue on with it. The main character, Zoey, isn't endearing. She is going through an existential crisis, while dealing with the loss of both parents, all the while judging EVERYONE around her and quoting German philosophers. I don't know if the ideas, presented in the book as Zoey's father's, reflect the author's own political agenda, but the majority of the portion I read centered on those views. All in all, this book is not for me, and I do not plan to finish it.