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A review by sarahs89
Hidden by Shalini Boland
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
I had to DNF at 50 pages, here are some of the reasons
- the FMC is unlikeable and honestly a brat from page 1
- none of the dialogue is believable
- the line ‘I consider anyone over the age of 20 to be old’
- 17 year old FMC suddenly comes into a lot of money from a relative that died over 100 years ago who had no living relatives to give the money to until her and her brother despite them being able to show her an extensive family tree.
- tries to force sympathy for FMC by making the adults outlandishly mean
- time jumps to 1881 Paris while the rest of the book is modern day England. The dialogue is not believable for that era and there are several things mentioned which were not present in that timeframe - things I checked with a 5 minute Google check
- FMC refers to her Scottish teacher as Haggis behind her back and this doesn’t sit right.
I honestly don’t know if I’m too old for the book but the fact this is a republish and this has been through editing twice is really something.
- the FMC is unlikeable and honestly a brat from page 1
- none of the dialogue is believable
- the line ‘I consider anyone over the age of 20 to be old’
- 17 year old FMC suddenly comes into a lot of money from a relative that died over 100 years ago who had no living relatives to give the money to until her and her brother despite them being able to show her an extensive family tree.
- tries to force sympathy for FMC by making the adults outlandishly mean
- time jumps to 1881 Paris while the rest of the book is modern day England. The dialogue is not believable for that era and there are several things mentioned which were not present in that timeframe - things I checked with a 5 minute Google check
- FMC refers to her Scottish teacher as Haggis behind her back and this doesn’t sit right.
I honestly don’t know if I’m too old for the book but the fact this is a republish and this has been through editing twice is really something.