Michelle R. (mreneerouser) -
Helpful Score: 5
Cadence Jones is a FBI agent with multiple personality disorder. Her three very distinct personalities include Candence, Adrienne, and Shiro. The problem is you never know which personality you were reading about. Davidson thought it would be a smart idea to change personality not every chapter, not every paragraph but sometimes, mid-sentence. It was annoying, confusing and I did not want to waste anymore time trying to figure out what was going on. Therefore, I didn't!
Helpful Score: 3
This book kept me on my toes. The main character is a FBI agent who has MPD, Multiple Personality Disorder, and each personality was so distinct that I came to like each one. I had to pay attention as I read cuz you never knew which personality was active throughout the book. What was great was that I got to "know" the personalities and that I could tell which personality was "on" after reading just a couple of sentences. There's a BFF and a romantic interest, however there was not enough of them in this book and I hope to see them again. The story revolves around the FBI office trying to catch a serial killer. I believe I read that this is a trilogy and I'm looking forward to reading the next two books.
Helpful Score: 2
This book was a DNF for me. I got about halfway through (100 page rule), and then gave up.
The constant switching between the multiple personalities inside of Cadence, sometimes in mid sentence, just grew too confusing and irritating to follow. I also did not really care for any of these personalities at all, so I found that I didn't really care what happened to any of them either!
The book was also supposed to be about Cadence and her "sisters" solving a series of crimes committed by deranged serial killer. I'd gotten halfway through the book and really hadn't gotten but just the merest glimpse of the mystery, in between all of the ranting of Cadence's many personalities. There were also many rants by her strange and rather unlikable co-workers in the very odd branch of the FBI she works for called BOFFO, which hires people with mental disorders to help them solve crimes, but not very much about the actual solving of the crime.
I felt the whole book was in very poor taste. It poked fun at both people with mental disorders and at serial killers. While MJD tends to poke fun at everything, I just found this one offensive and irritating.
I'd originally gotten this book because I'd liked some of MaryJanice Davidson's other work and thought I'd try this out. All I can say after I read half of this book is what has happened to MJD? If she's going to continue to write like this, then I'm going to be skipping her books from now on.
The constant switching between the multiple personalities inside of Cadence, sometimes in mid sentence, just grew too confusing and irritating to follow. I also did not really care for any of these personalities at all, so I found that I didn't really care what happened to any of them either!
The book was also supposed to be about Cadence and her "sisters" solving a series of crimes committed by deranged serial killer. I'd gotten halfway through the book and really hadn't gotten but just the merest glimpse of the mystery, in between all of the ranting of Cadence's many personalities. There were also many rants by her strange and rather unlikable co-workers in the very odd branch of the FBI she works for called BOFFO, which hires people with mental disorders to help them solve crimes, but not very much about the actual solving of the crime.
I felt the whole book was in very poor taste. It poked fun at both people with mental disorders and at serial killers. While MJD tends to poke fun at everything, I just found this one offensive and irritating.
I'd originally gotten this book because I'd liked some of MaryJanice Davidson's other work and thought I'd try this out. All I can say after I read half of this book is what has happened to MJD? If she's going to continue to write like this, then I'm going to be skipping her books from now on.
Helpful Score: 1
This book was very annoying. Didn't like the way it was written and almost gave up on it a million times. Finally finished it and tossed it aside. Total waste of time. Didn't like the main character(s?) and thought the entire story was just absurd and outrageous.
Helpful Score: 1
This book has me seriously wondering about mjd's mental stability. Twisted. And who the heck does that to a mirror for a jerk on a date? Shaking my head. Morbid curiosity is the only reason I finished this book.
