Review: just not good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2012
I have read other works by this author that I thought were okay.  This book I stopped reading at 95%.  It just absolutely wasn't worth it. the characters were just all over the place; their personalities, motivations everything wavered whenever the author got stuck on the plot.  The plot as well was boring and no existent.  The author would plug in details about the characters in spontaneous monologue without giving us any reason to even care about such details.  She tried to give both characters very dark histories, but must have had a very happy life (which is very great for her, don't get me wrong) because both main characters reacted in a way completely unbelievable to anyone who has been traumatized that much.  they spent a good half of the book just whining about their suffering.  I'm sure people enjoyed it honestly; for some they would prefer not to see realist portrayals how people would grow and react to harsh mistreatment (trying to avoid spoiler alerts).  Anyway, I hated this book, anyone who is more interested in detailed character and plots who react in a manner that in in keeping with their characterizations will also hate it, those who like soap operas and can get enough drama from simply knowing something has occurred to the characters (and will fill in their own blanks) may like it.  On an upside, there were no editing issues.  so 2.5 stars.