Review: Brilliantly done book which did not work for me at all
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2011
I am giving this book five stars because I would like to think that I can recognize superb work of art when I see one, however said work of art did not touch my heart, only my mind if that makes sense.Without giving out spoilers, I can only say that I love angst and I have read enough works of this writer to know that angst is her trademark, but that much angst was going above and beyond my threshhold level. Is there any hurt or tragic event that our two heroes did not experience? I mean, I am exaggerating of course, I am sure there are plenty of things that they have not experienced, but it definitely felt way too much for me.I also wanted to say and trying to keep it as vague as possible that the way Dan dealt with his most tragic event made me want to slap him and hard. I could never warm up to him after that.So, to make a long story short I highly recommend this story, you will find here rich characterization and exciting plot, whether you would be able to connect emotionally to the characters though, I have no idea. I am hoping so at least, because I was not able to.