Review: Definitely Different
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2012
I thought this book was never going to end. Somehow when I saw how many pages were in it, it did not occur to me that this is a really, really, really long book. Now, the real reason this was a problem: I could not put it down. This is especially true for about the first half of it.Olivia's feelings and reactions were so feasible, even in an unrealistic situation, it was scary. At times I found myself tearing up with her, and at others I shared her frustration. The other women's actions and emotions were also convincing. Every person had a distinctive personality-at least for the first half. These are all the pro's that made me love this book. I cannot emphasize enough how well the personalities, emotions, and actions fit into the book-again, at least for the first half.*A smidge of spoilers from here on out*I mention how I loved the book only for the first half because I highly disliked the second half. The romance that was building and getting more and more interesting suddenly fell flat. I was looking forward to Olivia finding some other "bat-man" to live with, and she did...along with three, four, five, I lost count of how many others she slept with for reasons that were dispassionate and, in my opinion, did not fit well into the story. Overall, what disappointed me was just were the story went. It went: Abduction to adjusting to learning to accepting to romance to weird moment with Mojo Woman, and then everything went downhill from there. I also think the characters' personalities became too muddled together.So, were there some twists and turns and surprises in the story? Yes. Did I like all of them? No, but I guess it is nice that the author brought variety to the story. I just happened not to like it. I said earlier that I could not put it down. This is so true because that first half got me hooked and I had to find out what would happen. No real other reason.  I wanted to like all of it. I really did, but it just got to weird for me. Oh, and I hated the ending.