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I seem to be in the minority, but I didn't love this book. Maybe my expectations were too high. I was really excited to start in on this one, and the first part of the book really got me. But it went downhill quickly from there.
This novel suffers from too many layers of events. You've got the family themselves, the TV show, the blog (which, why?), the book. It's just too much. It feels messy. I don't mind an unreliable narrator, or a book that makes me question whether what I'm reading actually ...more
This novel suffers from too many layers of events. You've got the family themselves, the TV show, the blog (which, why?), the book. It's just too much. It feels messy. I don't mind an unreliable narrator, or a book that makes me question whether what I'm reading actually ...more
More like 3.5 but rounding up because the ending blew me away. The way the story is told is unique and I'm glad I listened to the audiobook as the narrator did an EXCELLENT job in defining the different sections by changing up her voice to match the different stages of youth of the main character. Sometimes the book dragged a little - and I was annoyed by the blog critique bits - but overall, definitely recommend the audiobook over the print copy.
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