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kellyhager 's review for:
Endless Love
by Scott Spencer
Oh, this book. It took me a very long time to get into (I think chapter 10, which is basically half the book because the chapters are FOREVER). Once I did, though, I wasn't able to put it down.
My favorite thing about this book is the fact that it didn't do any of the things I expected it to do. It wasn't about the early relationship between David and Jade; it started after he set the fire mentioned in the synopsis. I expected it to maybe start there and then have the bulk of the book be a flashback showing how he got to that weird and desperate point, but nope. I appreciated the fact that I had no idea where this book was going.
David also reminded me a lot of Humbert Humbert (the narrator of Lolita) because he was completely unreliable and had no real idea of how other people thought and felt. He cast himself and Jade as this great love story, almost star-crossed and epic in scope, and he didn't seem interested at all in anyone else's thoughts on it (unless they agreed).
I'm pretty sure David was also batshit crazy but I can't get more specific without giving any spoilers.
My favorite thing about this book is the fact that it didn't do any of the things I expected it to do. It wasn't about the early relationship between David and Jade; it started after he set the fire mentioned in the synopsis. I expected it to maybe start there and then have the bulk of the book be a flashback showing how he got to that weird and desperate point, but nope. I appreciated the fact that I had no idea where this book was going.
David also reminded me a lot of Humbert Humbert (the narrator of Lolita) because he was completely unreliable and had no real idea of how other people thought and felt. He cast himself and Jade as this great love story, almost star-crossed and epic in scope, and he didn't seem interested at all in anyone else's thoughts on it (unless they agreed).
I'm pretty sure David was also batshit crazy but I can't get more specific without giving any spoilers.