Review: Did Not Like it
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
Book Review- This Much Is True by Katherine OwenTally’s life was almost perfect.  She, her twin sister Holly and best friend Marla had plans to spend the summer in New York dancing ballet.  It is the only thing in her life.  However Holly decided that there were other things in life, like Rob Thorne.  Tally didn’t like him.  She couldn’t understand what her sister saw in him.Her life changed forever on Valentine’s Day.  She drove Holly to Rob’s house after they had had a fight.  Holly needed to work things out.  On the way home in the rain, it took fifteen seconds to change everything.  A black SUV clipped the front of Tally’s car.  Tally was saved by a stranger but Holly was not.As a result Tally is lost and devastated.  She throws herself into her ballet.  It is the only thing keeping her sane.  Her family is lost in their grief and Tally is lost in her guilt as well.  Ballet becomes the only thing in her life and she shuts everything else out of her heart.Lincoln Presley is a star pitcher at Stanford.  He is the stranger who saved Tally.  He feels this instant connection and even tries to find her after the accident.  He even goes to three different hospitals asking about her.  He doesn’t get very far when he finds the right one.  He has to go back to his life wondering about her.When their paths cross again, they spend the night together.  They absorb each other’s light in order to ease their individual pain.  However when fame comes calling Linc asks Tally to wait for him.  When others get involved and give advice, their relationship seems hopeless.Tally goes on with her life but can’t forget him, as he is unable to forget about her.  Linc wonders if they will ever be able to be together.  Tally can’t believe that the plans she made with her sister have fallen into so many pieces.I started this book with high hopes and the story started out tragically creating tortured souls, which are my favorite.  As I read I kept hoping Tally would find peace and love.  After a while I wanted to slap her.  She became a martyr with her ballet, with her love life and anything else that came along.  She constantly lied to herself and everyone else.  Her warped sense of guilt and what she had to do got on my nerves.  I got to the point that her actions were too much.  It completely ruined the story for me.  The author overdid on the torture and it turned into a completely depressing journey for the reader.  I couldn’t finish the story.  Not even a happy ending could entice me to make it through the middle.  I personally didn’t like it.  I give it a 2 out of 5.  However it is my opinion and I encourage you to form your own.