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What the actual fuck have I just read? O_o
I had the impression from the very start that I had all this figured out - I thought it's nice from Colleen that she wanted to try herself in a genre other than romance, but she's still a romance writer: it's proper writing, of course, but not a _real_ thriller.
And then came the ending.
I did not see that coming.
#ohmygoshwhattheheck
I had the impression from the very start that I had all this figured out - I thought it's nice from Colleen that she wanted to try herself in a genre other than romance, but she's still a romance writer: it's proper writing, of course, but not a _real_ thriller.
And then came the ending.
I did not see that coming.
#ohmygoshwhattheheck
If it wasn't for the audiobook, I wouldn't got through it.
When I picked up this novel as my next read, I anticipated a fast-paced, tense mystery/thriller. It wasn't. When I started reading it, and I got to like chapter 6, and it was from the 6th different character's pov, I was like... come on *rolling eyes*
I found the story extremely slow. It was a serious drama, and not because of a murder - literally all of the characters carried some serious emotional weight from their pasts. I really wasn't in the mood for this.
About 75% through it, it started to remind me of [b:Big Little Lies|33516773|Big Little Lies|Liane Moriarty|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1559835163l/33516773._SY75_.jpg|27570886] - only it is a very poor imitation of that brilliant book. Around the same time, it got really ridiculous - you wouldn't imagine how small the world was, until you found out that one and only person is responsible for every tragedy that ever happened in the world. DUH.
When I picked up this novel as my next read, I anticipated a fast-paced, tense mystery/thriller. It wasn't. When I started reading it, and I got to like chapter 6, and it was from the 6th different character's pov, I was like... come on *rolling eyes*
I found the story extremely slow. It was a serious drama, and not because of a murder - literally all of the characters carried some serious emotional weight from their pasts. I really wasn't in the mood for this.
About 75% through it, it started to remind me of [b:Big Little Lies|33516773|Big Little Lies|Liane Moriarty|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1559835163l/33516773._SY75_.jpg|27570886] - only it is a very poor imitation of that brilliant book. Around the same time, it got really ridiculous - you wouldn't imagine how small the world was, until you found out that one and only person is responsible for every tragedy that ever happened in the world. DUH.
Ever since this book came up in my Goodreads newsletter, on the monthly new releases list, I couldn't wait to finally get my hands on it. The cover, the title, the summary - all suggested that this one is going to be The Book of my summer. It seemed to be a mixture of excitement, good humor, and action that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Well... It wasn't.
This book was the most frustrating story I've read in a veeeeeery loooooong time.
There were no humor to it, there barely were exciting scenes; instead it was just incredibly sexist - and probably I'm sensitive due to what's happening in the world right now, but I felt it had a racist edge on it as well. Not to mention that the plot was a pointless mess.
Let's face it: I was naive. I don't know what did I expect, considering the fact that this story takes place in the South; but I definitely wasn't prepared for this level of white male supremacy. It was the the nineties, not the fifties, ffs.
I had so high hopes... I feel extremely disappointed right now.
Well... It wasn't.
This book was the most frustrating story I've read in a veeeeeery loooooong time.
There were no humor to it, there barely were exciting scenes; instead it was just incredibly sexist - and probably I'm sensitive due to what's happening in the world right now, but I felt it had a racist edge on it as well. Not to mention that the plot was a pointless mess.
Let's face it: I was naive. I don't know what did I expect, considering the fact that this story takes place in the South; but I definitely wasn't prepared for this level of white male supremacy. It was the the nineties, not the fifties, ffs.
I had so high hopes... I feel extremely disappointed right now.
