Review: decently entertaining but could be so much more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
While this story is reasonably entertaining, I feel like there was so much room for MORE, that the author just didn't explore. I found the back and forth POV a bit weird, especially in the first person. It often made the characters feel either callous or very wishy washy, as you were "hearing" every little random thought in their head. No doubt people do think and reason this way, but just like I don't want someone in my head listening to my ramblings, I don't think it's the best way to tell a story. And since we were allowed in the ex-girlfriend's head through a POV chapter, I kept expecting her to show back up in the POV storytelling, but she didn't.I think where this book goes into "meh" land for me is the lack of details. We just don't get a lot of information about surroundings, what people look like, etc., and small, intricate details really make a story feel REAL. They don't have to be everywhere, but they definitely help the reader immerse herself in the book world the author is trying to create.Finally, I feel like every major "moment" of this novel was slightly rushed. Everything happened so quickly that it was hard to believe, especially things like magazine covers. If you do much research into publishing, you will see that issues, and especially covers, are planned MONTHS in advance. So the lack of realism about so many things really worked against the storyline.