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A review by jenniferesque
You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I had to try so hard to finish this book. In fact, I had borrowed it once, listened to it for about an hour or two, and DNFd without remembering I had done so until I picked it up again.
I had just finished Oakley's The Mostly True Story and came back to this with high hopes based on the reviews. The writing was bad. So bad. So many nonsense adverbs, so many cliched descriptors, and so much unnecessary detail about inane things. I was desperate to get to the ending that most other reviewers apparently cried over and instead I was laughing at how bad and truly ridiculous the writing was. Part of me wishes I DNFd a second time and the other part is glad I made it to the end so I don't pick it up again.
I had just finished Oakley's The Mostly True Story and came back to this with high hopes based on the reviews. The writing was bad. So bad. So many nonsense adverbs, so many cliched descriptors, and so much unnecessary detail about inane things. I was desperate to get to the ending that most other reviewers apparently cried over and instead I was laughing at how bad and truly ridiculous the writing was. Part of me wishes I DNFd a second time and the other part is glad I made it to the end so I don't pick it up again.