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The Passing Storm
by Christine Nolfi
I got this for free as an Amazon First Reads and I’m beginning to think I need to wait until the end of the month before choosing one because this is the second dud I’ve read this month.
This book reads like a terrible soap opera. From the beginning I felt like I was reading a novice author’s attempt at writing a heartwarming mystery, but at the end of every chapter I heard the sappy, maudlin music playing and with each passing page I found myself rolling my eyes.
I hated that the book started in the middle of a mystery. Ms. Nolfi kept hinting at a death and dragged out who died and how. The characters made no sense, the language varied from using the term “bestie” multiple times to using the word “jaundice” to describe a look given, which made me feel like I was reading a high schooler’s story and said high schooler tried tossing in some SAT words to make her writing level seem higher than what it actually is (I was actually reminded of the FRIENDS episode where Joey used the thesaurus on every word of his letter to the adoption agency on behalf of Monica and Chandler).
Christine Nolfi is definitely not a novice and according to my Read list I have read another of her books, but I didn’t give it any rating which leads me to believe I didn’t finish it.
I considered putting this one down multiple times but like the other horrible books I have suffered through I wanted to be able to rate and review it so should I happen upon it again I’ll remember it was insipid and the writing was sophomoric.
This book reads like a terrible soap opera. From the beginning I felt like I was reading a novice author’s attempt at writing a heartwarming mystery, but at the end of every chapter I heard the sappy, maudlin music playing and with each passing page I found myself rolling my eyes.
I hated that the book started in the middle of a mystery. Ms. Nolfi kept hinting at a death and dragged out who died and how. The characters made no sense, the language varied from using the term “bestie” multiple times to using the word “jaundice” to describe a look given, which made me feel like I was reading a high schooler’s story and said high schooler tried tossing in some SAT words to make her writing level seem higher than what it actually is (I was actually reminded of the FRIENDS episode where Joey used the thesaurus on every word of his letter to the adoption agency on behalf of Monica and Chandler).
Christine Nolfi is definitely not a novice and according to my Read list I have read another of her books, but I didn’t give it any rating which leads me to believe I didn’t finish it.
I considered putting this one down multiple times but like the other horrible books I have suffered through I wanted to be able to rate and review it so should I happen upon it again I’ll remember it was insipid and the writing was sophomoric.