Review: Worth reading...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2013
I loved reading The Art of Life.  It was a great book.  The story and characters seriously tugged at my heart-strings.  I had a really hard time putting down my kindle to do things like eat, sleep and go to work.  Why only 3 stars you ask?  The dialogue was a big reason.  The story itself was awesome but people just don't talk that way.  There weren't any contractions, which I know sounds like a really nitpicky complaint but trust me, it was incredibly distracting.  Also, all of the characters had the same voice, used the same lingo, and they said the most ridiculously cheesy things to each other.  I don't mean romantic cheesy, I mean Tony Robbins cheesy.  It was all a little to inspirational speaker sounding sometimes.  It wasn't always bad, not even most of the time, but it was often enough that I had to make a conscious choice to read it the way I wanted it to be if I wanted to enjoy the book.  That said, it was worth reading and I would and will recommend it.