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This book was overall interesting for the most part but I found myself rushing through its latter half because I was no longer interested. But someone lent it to me thinking that I would find it interesting, so I felt forced to read it whole.
While the topic per se is interesting, the way in which she writes (like she is writing an article full of data, experts' names and real-life accounts) really made it hard for me to follow the pace of the book. I am also someone who generally enjoys more other genres, like fantasy.
Basically, the fact that she provided the reader with so many names and statistics really made me lose my patience, because eventually I just skipped the names of all the experts, and just read their opinions. I get that when you are writing an article you have to provide your sources, but for a text of this length, it just gets tedious to have to read all these names of people, organizations and statistics.
Of course, that is exactly what is supposed to make you trust the author's account better, and that is something else that I didn't quite feel. She praised Denmark so much, that I ended up not believing any of the opinions she shared. For one bad aspect that she gave about living in Denmark, she then compensated with 20 positive sides.
But in general, the book started off great, she is very funny, and the ending is not so bad although pretty predictable.
While the topic per se is interesting, the way in which she writes (like she is writing an article full of data, experts' names and real-life accounts) really made it hard for me to follow the pace of the book. I am also someone who generally enjoys more other genres, like fantasy.
Basically, the fact that she provided the reader with so many names and statistics really made me lose my patience, because eventually I just skipped the names of all the experts, and just read their opinions. I get that when you are writing an article you have to provide your sources, but for a text of this length, it just gets tedious to have to read all these names of people, organizations and statistics.
Of course, that is exactly what is supposed to make you trust the author's account better, and that is something else that I didn't quite feel. She praised Denmark so much, that I ended up not believing any of the opinions she shared. For one bad aspect that she gave about living in Denmark, she then compensated with 20 positive sides.
But in general, the book started off great, she is very funny, and the ending is not so bad although pretty predictable.
It was nothing groundbreaking, but I liked it.
Since it is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast, there were bound to be similarities between these book and other texts, but still some parts felt as if I were reading every other YA novel with a similar plot. What I mean is, there was nothing innovative about it, but it can still be enjoyable and entertaining.
The fact that there is a sort of "love triangle" annoys me. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, and honestly I just didn't feel like there was such a connection between the characters as to consider it one. I don't think I felt that much of a "sparkle" between Grey and Harper, but I also didn't feel much coming from the whole Rhen/Harper relationship.
Although I am normally a sucker for a happy ending, and so the open ending bothered me a little, I understand that the story goes on further. But also, it made sense, because as I said, there was no affection as strong as love to be perceived between the characters just yet.
I really liked to see Harper growing throughout the book, becoming more independent and proving to herself and others that she doesn't need to be protected all the time, or left on the sidelines.
Overall, I was entertained but unimpressed. The novel is well-written, and the fact that you get both perspectives is a nice approach. But still, it lacked depth, I didn't connect with the story or the characters very much and the ending was quite predictable to some extent.
Since it is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast, there were bound to be similarities between these book and other texts, but still some parts felt as if I were reading every other YA novel with a similar plot. What I mean is, there was nothing innovative about it, but it can still be enjoyable and entertaining.
The fact that there is a sort of "love triangle" annoys me. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, and honestly I just didn't feel like there was such a connection between the characters as to consider it one. I don't think I felt that much of a "sparkle" between Grey and Harper, but I also didn't feel much coming from the whole Rhen/Harper relationship.
Although I am normally a sucker for a happy ending, and so the open ending bothered me a little, I understand that the story goes on further. But also, it made sense, because as I said, there was no affection as strong as love to be perceived between the characters just yet.
I really liked to see Harper growing throughout the book, becoming more independent and proving to herself and others that she doesn't need to be protected all the time, or left on the sidelines.
Overall, I was entertained but unimpressed. The novel is well-written, and the fact that you get both perspectives is a nice approach. But still, it lacked depth, I didn't connect with the story or the characters very much and the ending was quite predictable to some extent.
This is the first time I read anything by Stephen King. I've read and heard that maybe this was not his finest work, but I was given the book as a present, so I took it as a chance to introduce myself into his writing.
Overall, the concept of the story was intriguing. I liked where it was going at first, with all the females falling asleep and how gradually you could perceive the impact that this had, not only for the world, but also for the remaining men that had to figure out how to continue without them, and eventually how to bring them back.
I liked the character of Doctor Norcross, although he did come across as the macho that doesn't like to talk about his feelings and has a secret past. I think that maybe that's precisely one of the reasons I didn't like some characters, because they were just stereotypes that you find in other books, and I was expecting more.
We have this with Doctor Norcross, the typical repressed male and with Don Peters, the abuser who deep down resorts to violence because he is a pathetic weasle that was spoiled by his mommy.
The ending was dissapointing to some extent as well, less flumboyant that I expected, less resolutive as well. I still have questions about Evie, who sent her, why did she behave as if she wanted men to kill her at the end?
There were parts in which I felt thaut there were maybe a few things happening that might as well have not been in the book and the otcome would have been similar, if not the same. That is the case for the whole "Greiner brothers" storyline, and their encounter with Lampley. Also, sometimes I found myself thinking that the whole concept was trying to prove that females are weaker and non violent and males are, and that irritated me as well. I know that characters like Angel prove just the opposite, that females are violent as well, but generally the whole idea of the book is to prove that if females were alone, they could create a better world, but at the same time this sort of implies to me that females are never going to create trouble because they are not inherently beligerant.
Overall, the concept of the story was intriguing. I liked where it was going at first, with all the females falling asleep and how gradually you could perceive the impact that this had, not only for the world, but also for the remaining men that had to figure out how to continue without them, and eventually how to bring them back.
I liked the character of Doctor Norcross, although he did come across as the macho that doesn't like to talk about his feelings and has a secret past. I think that maybe that's precisely one of the reasons I didn't like some characters, because they were just stereotypes that you find in other books, and I was expecting more.
We have this with Doctor Norcross, the typical repressed male and with Don Peters, the abuser who deep down resorts to violence because he is a pathetic weasle that was spoiled by his mommy.
The ending was dissapointing to some extent as well, less flumboyant that I expected, less resolutive as well. I still have questions about Evie, who sent her, why did she behave as if she wanted men to kill her at the end?
There were parts in which I felt thaut there were maybe a few things happening that might as well have not been in the book and the otcome would have been similar, if not the same. That is the case for the whole "Greiner brothers" storyline, and their encounter with Lampley. Also, sometimes I found myself thinking that the whole concept was trying to prove that females are weaker and non violent and males are, and that irritated me as well. I know that characters like Angel prove just the opposite, that females are violent as well, but generally the whole idea of the book is to prove that if females were alone, they could create a better world, but at the same time this sort of implies to me that females are never going to create trouble because they are not inherently beligerant.
