Review: Could have been so much more
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
This book managed to suck me in even while the strong Christian slant was very off putting to me. I also was happy that it seemed to be edited well, but I felt the characters lacked any depth of emotion. Erin states over & over how Kristi is her best friend, and she dates Todd for months, even moving in with him, but I never saw any emotion to really back that up. Everything felt very clinical...to the point that it didn't seem so much like fiction but more a research paper with dialogue. The story flow seemed choppy and disjointed, and at times I struggled to make sense of things while other times I found myself frustrated with how little sense some of the more fleshed out bits of the story made. I finished the book to see where it went, but I cannot say I will be buying more in the series.I have to add more to this review. I was a little over halfway through when I first wrote my review, thinking I would not finish the book. I have since decided that I will finish it, no matter how much it makes me roll my eyes or how much I struggle with it. As of now, I am 75% in and I cannot believe how ridiculous this story is and how utterly stupid and naive the main character is. I realize that the character is missing all but the last 2 years or so of her life, but for her to be this completely clueless is painful to read. I won't go into detail, but suffice to say that for someone that is supposedly intelligent, she is moron. I am astounded at how many high star reviews this book received - I wasn't when I first started reading, the story line seemed interesting to me, if choppy. But as it has unfolded, I have become more & more disgusted with it and cannot wait to see the end of it.