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maebinnig 's review for:
No One But You
by Brenda Novak
I don't know how to account for the lack of negative reviews except that I guess everyone but me knew better than to read it in the first place. This is really bad, guys. Like "how do I politely tell my friend that she's not a good writer" bad.
It over-explains everything, always telling and never showing. The characters are one-dimensional and constantly tell each other things they already know for the sake of exposition. Dependent characters (a kid, a mentally disabled sister) are used to signify that the person taking care of them is a Good Character. The dirty ex-husband, who could not be more Abusive and Evil, is literally named Sly. And this is all in the first three chapters.
I'm sorry, I almost never give up on books that I win for review, but life is too darn short.
(I received this book for free through a Goodreads giveaway.)
It over-explains everything, always telling and never showing. The characters are one-dimensional and constantly tell each other things they already know for the sake of exposition. Dependent characters (a kid, a mentally disabled sister) are used to signify that the person taking care of them is a Good Character. The dirty ex-husband, who could not be more Abusive and Evil, is literally named Sly. And this is all in the first three chapters.
I'm sorry, I almost never give up on books that I win for review, but life is too darn short.
(I received this book for free through a Goodreads giveaway.)