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A review by eldertoguro
Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
2.0
I understand what Brown was trying to do. This was a precautionary tale, all of the signs of abuse were presented early on. Nobody deserves what Alex went through, from the standpoint of someone who has never been domestically abused it seems wrong but after the first few times Cole hit her I started thinking Alex was really fucking dumb.
Then I remembered the circle of violence, and all of that lovely stuff and realized I was probably being unfair. I did not care for Alex as a character at all. She seemed contrived, had no personality, and some very cliche character growth.
What blew my mind was that she really considered marrying Cole after /everything/ that happened. She did have some pretty cool friends who development wise were ten times more interesting and cooler than she was.
Alex was simply a plot device, you're not gonna get much from her.
I was reading this hoping to be moved like I was after reading The Hate List, I should've passed.
Then I remembered the circle of violence, and all of that lovely stuff and realized I was probably being unfair. I did not care for Alex as a character at all. She seemed contrived, had no personality, and some very cliche character growth.
What blew my mind was that she really considered marrying Cole after /everything/ that happened. She did have some pretty cool friends who development wise were ten times more interesting and cooler than she was.
Alex was simply a plot device, you're not gonna get much from her.
I was reading this hoping to be moved like I was after reading The Hate List, I should've passed.