Allison T. (yellowapple) reviewed on 10/26/2010 + 17 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Really, not up to snuff with her previous two books. And I mean really, really not. If I'd picked this one up first, I wouldn't have gone near her other much better novels. My biggest problem with this is the constant narration changes. This book is a ping pong match between the point of view of two sisters--sometimes within the span of a page the narrator would change. It gives the book such a choppy flow. It's almost impossible to keep straight who's point of view you're plodding through, which leads to re-reading and checking back through pages to see what you missed. I didn't come close to halfway through this before I gave up. Another problem for me was how dull and unlikable the characters are. I could not ephasize with either, and I didn't like them even the sligtest bit. Also, I felt like the author was too heavy-handed with drilling into your skull how different the sisters are--we got it the first several pages, no need to repeat it every time a new chapter begins. This is a definite miss. I do recommend her earlier two books in a big way, but I'd say skip this one.

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