Can you love a book just as much as you hate it? I feel like that's the best way for me to describe this one. I have a total love/hate relationship with it.
On one hand, I think Flynn's writing style is beyond brilliant. She has a way of pulling a reader in to a story to absorb every word. I also thought this plot had a lot of potential. I've read her other books (Dark Places & Sharp Objects), so I was looking for another book that would blow me away. However, this one just didn't do that for me like I was hoping it would. I felt like the cussing could have been toned down a lot. A little profanity doesn't bother me, but this book was full of it throughout the entire book, and after a while, I felt like I had to just bleep it out in my head. I hated most of the characters, especially Amy. I never cared for her, even when I was maybe supposed to feel sorry for her. I also felt as though the story took a long time to really get me interested in it. If this book had been written by an author that I was unfamiliar with, I would have probably stopped reading a few chapters in. I only stuck it out because I knew that this author could intrigue me, so therefore, I trudged on to finish it. Unfortunately, I must say the ending left me shaking my head! I felt like about the last 1/4 of the book was thrown together, as though Flynn had no idea how to end it so she just threw some random ideas together.
I just don't think the end of it made a lot of sense, but maybe it wasn't meant to do so. I won't give away the ending, but I was left thinking, "Seriously? That's how you just pulled this whole thing together?!" In general, I just felt so disappointed at the end. This book could have had so much potential! I didn't hate it necessarily. I just didn't feel like it was as great as it could have been.
On one hand, I think Flynn's writing style is beyond brilliant. She has a way of pulling a reader in to a story to absorb every word. I also thought this plot had a lot of potential. I've read her other books (Dark Places & Sharp Objects), so I was looking for another book that would blow me away. However, this one just didn't do that for me like I was hoping it would. I felt like the cussing could have been toned down a lot. A little profanity doesn't bother me, but this book was full of it throughout the entire book, and after a while, I felt like I had to just bleep it out in my head. I hated most of the characters, especially Amy. I never cared for her, even when I was maybe supposed to feel sorry for her. I also felt as though the story took a long time to really get me interested in it. If this book had been written by an author that I was unfamiliar with, I would have probably stopped reading a few chapters in. I only stuck it out because I knew that this author could intrigue me, so therefore, I trudged on to finish it. Unfortunately, I must say the ending left me shaking my head! I felt like about the last 1/4 of the book was thrown together, as though Flynn had no idea how to end it so she just threw some random ideas together.
I just don't think the end of it made a lot of sense, but maybe it wasn't meant to do so. I won't give away the ending, but I was left thinking, "Seriously? That's how you just pulled this whole thing together?!" In general, I just felt so disappointed at the end. This book could have had so much potential! I didn't hate it necessarily. I just didn't feel like it was as great as it could have been.
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