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A review by audra_spiven
Last Words by Michael Koryta
2.0
This book didn't grab me the way I wanted it to. It was recommended by a friend who hadn't finished reading it yet, and he said he thought I'd like it. Had I been inclined to recommend it before I finished it, I probably would've had the same optimistic outlook about it. But I ended up not really liking it at all. The story was slow and confusing, and I ended up being interested more in the frame story than in the story within. That's never a good thing because the frame story is only ever along the edges. So I was disappointed with where this plot went and with how it ended.
I think part of my disappointment was due to misleading jacket copy. The blurb made it sound like the frame story would play a much larger role than--well, than just being a frame. And it didn't. By the time I figured that out, I was pretty much in the last 20 or so pages, so it was one of those things where it was just as pointless to finish as not to finish, so I finished. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone, though.
Oh, this was also #1 in a series, but I won't be checking out any others.
I think part of my disappointment was due to misleading jacket copy. The blurb made it sound like the frame story would play a much larger role than--well, than just being a frame. And it didn't. By the time I figured that out, I was pretty much in the last 20 or so pages, so it was one of those things where it was just as pointless to finish as not to finish, so I finished. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone, though.
Oh, this was also #1 in a series, but I won't be checking out any others.