Review: DNF - 0 stars
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
DNF - 0 starsWhere I stopped reading: location 418 of 2632 in my eBooks appWhy I stopped reading: It was too much.There were too many characters, too many acronyms, too many tenses.  Too much of me wondered which reality was true – the one where “Clara” writes a fictional account of her alien encounters, the one where “Clara” writes a true account of her experiences, or the one where Ms. Ember struggles so much to find the truth that we, as readers, are left to question her own sanity.  I’ll say this:  either Ms. Ember is an absolute genius, or she’s in need of some serious psychotropic meds.I was only part-way in to chapter three, but I’d already waded through too many “Chapter Interludes” to keep the plot straight.  The most I can tell you is that “Clara” seems to be in contact with some alien life forms, who encourage her to believe that everything is happening all at once and that she should write her possible-biography/possible-novel (however confusing it might be) in the present tense.  Clara also seems to lack the ability to prioritize – her examples all include gratuitous examples, and goodness help me I had no idea what I was supposed to pay attention to (and yeah, I know I ended that sentence with a preposition).There might be more plot.  It might be awesome.  But, for me, there was too much EVERYTHING ELSE.Sorry, Ms. Ember.As reviewed by Melissa at Every Free Chance Books.Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange  for an honest review.