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selfiegrandpa 's review for:
The Lamb
by Lucy Rose
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
God I should have DNF'd this when I had the chance.
I like the exploration of cannibalism, as both a symbolism of love and also a symbolism of exploitation. That being said, this book manages to make it seem like the most dull of concepts. The writing felt so derivative of posts I've seen on Tumblr, so unoriginal I questioned how it got to be over 300 pages. 300 pages ... and I still can't say that I know any of these characters, much less care about anything that happened. I felt like I kept turning the page waiting for it to click. I was not personally a fan of the writing style and the story progressed at the speed of molasses. The ending was also unsatisfying.
This is a debut novel, so maybe I'll give Rose another shot in the future, but for now I'm not feeling the most hopeful.
I like the exploration of cannibalism, as both a symbolism of love and also a symbolism of exploitation. That being said, this book manages to make it seem like the most dull of concepts. The writing felt so derivative of posts I've seen on Tumblr, so unoriginal I questioned how it got to be over 300 pages. 300 pages ... and I still can't say that I know any of these characters, much less care about anything that happened. I felt like I kept turning the page waiting for it to click. I was not personally a fan of the writing style and the story progressed at the speed of molasses. The ending was also unsatisfying.
This is a debut novel, so maybe I'll give Rose another shot in the future, but for now I'm not feeling the most hopeful.