A review by abookishmagpie
Getting Clean With Stevie Green by Swan Huntley, Swan Huntley

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I truly am not sure how to feel about this book. It was the most random pick inspired by a suggestion to me on my library's website and it has left me in the most random of moods after reading it. In the novel Stevie Green has moved home after a reckless and nomadic last twenty years and started her own decluttering business. We get some other perspectives which works to give us the readers more information, but also gets kinda weird because the chapters are written so aggressively first person it feels like a person is looking you dead in the eye and telling you their story. Slowly bits and pieces of Stevie's past are revealed and it paints a picture as to how and why Stevie is a pretty messed up person. The long and short of it is that I didn't hate this book but I also didn't love it...or even feel much at all. The writing was fine, the pacing was okay and the storyline made sense and revealed itself in a decent way, but still I am left just shoulder shrugging my final thoughts. The ending was a little lack luster in that the big clash happens and then is resolved and wrapped up in mere pages. So yeah...it was just a interesting experience in that I kept reading and never questioned if it was because I loved it and needed to know the ending or if I hated it and wanted it over. I can't really recommend it because I have no idea who to suggest it too, but I also wouldn't advise against reading it either.