Review: Hard to Like
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2010
The positive:  The book is very well written with tight scenes and well-developed characters.The negative:  I could not bring myself to like Briony.  Her constant daydreams about the perfect Master quickly became irritating as well as highlighting her shallow materialism.  The many insertions of e-mails from an online BDSM dating website were disturbing and really didn't add to the story of Chris and Briony.  In fact, the majority of the story wasn't about the relationship between Chris and Briony, but was about Briony's neurotic need to find the "One" and the destructive behavior in which she indulges.I completely agree with the previous reviewer who mentioned that the first-hand style of writing hampered this story.  I found it difficult to understand why Chris would want Briony when I had no clue to his thoughts.