Review: I couldn't get even half through
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2014
I liked the idea behind the book - the story of a black guy with a paraplegic red-hair girl. But that's where any excitement ended. Firstly, the editing is horrible. There are missing quotation marks all the time so I had to re-read many paragraphs trying to figure out what was part of the dialogue and what were the person's thoughts. Secondly, as many people pointed out, the dialogue is unrealistic. Very unrealistic. Thirdly, the guy always gently carries the girl, like she is made out of porcelain. It sounds quite patronizing. She's a para with limited feelings, how the hell could he hurt her by carrying her in a normal fashion?I really wanted to like this book. After all, before this book was offered for free, it had a perfect review by 39 people. If I manage to read more of the book and my outlook on it improves, I will change my rating. But I am afraid that after just a few chapters, even the fact that the heroine likes Panera Bread probably as much as I do will not make me go back to the book.