Review: This is a Reading Good Books review.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2011
There's nothing special about it, to be perfectly honest.  It was just there.  I really don't know what else to say about it.  It's nothing I haven't read before.I felt the ending was rushed.  I mean, she searched high and low for Ethan only to be rejected and Ethan's all "so-and-so comes first".  I just didn't care for any of that.  I also felt that Rose never owned up to her faults, it was always somebody else to blame for what was happening to her.  It was nice that she had a good friend in Missy but instead of her being a voice of reason, again, she was just... there.  And "journey of self-discovery"?  Where?  It was mentioned in passing (say, a just a paragraph in the epilogue) but it's by no means part of the story per se.  I think the author could've expanded that, elaborated on said journey and ended up with a novel.Reading the author's bio attached to the novella, I get a feeling that this was semi-autobiographical.  I really feel that this could be a good full novel rather than just a short piece.Rating: 2/5.