Review: Long but still felt like something was missing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
I came across this book and was thrilled.  I usually find books with 200 some pages and finish them too quickly, so finding one with 900+ pages made my day.  I ended up being disappointed.  Although it was long, I felt like we never really got to know the characters.  The h had a past involving a deadbeat dad who left and a whole childhood that was barely touched on. The death of her mother supposedly left her reeling as well as the death of her grandmother, but again these issues were not told in depth.  Also there was a best friend mentioned a couple times, but she never seems to contact her at all.  I could not understand why all this was left out.  And then the H had been to jail and I'm still not really sure what for.  I would think in 900 pages all this could have been included.  The wrap up with the deadbeat father was anit-climatic.  I guess I understand the focus just on the main characters, but usually the surrounding characters help define and give a better understanding of the main characters.  I just think this book could have been a whole lot better.