Review: Unique Characters!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
Very quick, yet still slightly dark, Cracks in the Armor by Helen Hunting tells a little more about the relationship/not relationship between a strip club waitress and a bad-ass, tattoo artist with a heart that he wears on his sleeve. Both are damaged, but clearly, it’s Chris who is trying to leave his past behind, while Sarah is not ready to move ahead, as much as she says she wants to. It was painful to watch as Chris did everything he could to make Sarah feel special, safe and loved, while she held her heart at a distance. Was there a big build up to a big revelation? NO. Was there a starting and ending point? No. I realize this is a novella, an “in-between” book, but it felt more like a hallway between two rooms, so real start, no real finish, not a destination, but a path to get to a destination.Helen Hunting does create unique characters with distinct traits, both good and bad and she can write with a depth of emotion that makes her stories feel real, but this novella just fell short for me, like a partially finished canvas where the central focus has not been painted yet.