This book is a character driven ‘love’ story which I listened to on audio. I have issues with all 3 of those things.
Firstly, I am absolutely a fan of character driven stories, however, this book had absolutely no plot, zero, nothing! I was bored throughout the majority of this book. Also, when I say character driven I mean singular character. The focus was completely on the main character, we learned close to nothing about any of the peripheral characters, even the love interest. And, if I’m going to listen to hours about a single character, I am really not interested in the inner workings of a spoilt, precocious rich, white teenager who has no idea what acceptable behaviour is.
Secondly - a love story? This was mis-sold in my opinion. This was a story of manipulation, unhealthy obsession, abuse of power and narcissism. The sexual references in this were often horrific. I felt like they were thrown in in an attempt to lift the lack of story, but left me feeling somewhat nauseous. Perhaps this was the intent, but that was not clear from the blurb.
And finally, the audiobook was dull dull dull. I don’t think the narrator changed his tone of voice once in 7 hours.
Clearly I am in the minority with this opinion, so perhaps I am missing something, but for me, this book was probably the worst I have ever read.