Victoria C. (natasha008) - , reviewed on 7/6/2008 + 5 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I really wanted to love this book because so many people claim to have loved it and it was on the NYT Bestseller list and all. But I really did not like it. It went on and on and on about the social and political climate of Oz which really held no interest for me at all. There were a lot of phrases and vocabulary that the author made up and never really explained very well. The motives of the characters are bizarre at best, and some of the exchanges and dialogue of characters was just plain weird instead of colloquial or friendly. There are also conversations where the second person knows what the first person is going to say before the first person says it and so it seemed stupid that the second person would know this bit of vital information before the first person said it. There were also some sexual interludes which just struck me as forced and out of place instead of going with the flow of the story, and in my opinion they weren't really necessary and didn't contribute much. I read the whole thing in case the end was somehow redeeming, but it was tortuous getting through it. And in the end, I was disappointed and wished I had just set it down after the first 50 pages and left it, like I wanted to. There were times when I would check to see how many pages I had left to read so I could be done with it finally and start on the next book that I am going to read. There are so many better books out there, don't waste your time.

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