Allison T. (yellowapple) reviewed on 3/17/2011 + 17 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Blah. The writing was so forced and boring. The plot should have been gripping, and I think if the author had let the readers figure things out on their own instead of beating the point into their heads, it could have worked. As it's written, though, it was boring.

She retells the same story over and over, and the main character mulls over the same crisis of emotions seemingly countless times. I got about halfway through (skimming quite a bit), and then gave up and skipped to the last couple chapters to see how it played out (and there weren't any surprises). Her characters came across as stereotypes that were very overdrawn, especially Laurie and Billy. What should have been a shocking plot twist at the end had zero punch because the author forced the point from the first chapter onward that what we think happened didn't really happen. I got this from the library and thankfully didn't waste my credits on this one. I haven't read any of her other works and don't plan on it. This was 100% a miss.

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