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zookeeperkim 's review for:
All or Nothing
by Lizzie James
Sadly, although the plot at its base level had the potential for a fun romance novel, the book itself failed to deliver.
- Frustratingly, it was rife with typos and wandering narrations that left me confused as to which MMC was doing speaking many times throughout - not to mention that there were multiple occurrences of improper pronouns being used during those narrations, as though the author herself forgot who was speaking as well.
- Full of side characters that add nothing to the plot (why, exactly do we need Beth’s weepy break up with her apparently lecherous boyfriend?), an antagonist introduced to the plot WAY too late in the game to have her murderous intentions be believable; a time line that gets thrown totally out of whack by the epilogue (5 years after what appears to be the MCs’ freshmen years, our FMC, who is apparently cut off, having to pay her own way through the rest of college, and recovering from a career ending injury now OWNS her own ballet studio? OUR pre-law MMC now OWNS his own firm - apparently skipping right over going to law school after getting his 4 year degree…); and the trophy addition of hockey-playing MMC’s that felt like it was written by someone who doesn’t actually know anything about college hockey (why did it feel like the boys, who play on the same team, never had to be at practice at the same time?)
TLDR: A promising story let down by too many types and poorly thought-out plot lines to make it a worthwhile read
- Frustratingly, it was rife with typos and wandering narrations that left me confused as to which MMC was doing speaking many times throughout - not to mention that there were multiple occurrences of improper pronouns being used during those narrations, as though the author herself forgot who was speaking as well.
- Full of side characters that add nothing to the plot (why, exactly do we need Beth’s weepy break up with her apparently lecherous boyfriend?), an antagonist introduced to the plot WAY too late in the game to have her murderous intentions be believable; a time line that gets thrown totally out of whack by the epilogue (5 years after what appears to be the MCs’ freshmen years, our FMC, who is apparently cut off, having to pay her own way through the rest of college, and recovering from a career ending injury now OWNS her own ballet studio? OUR pre-law MMC now OWNS his own firm - apparently skipping right over going to law school after getting his 4 year degree…); and the trophy addition of hockey-playing MMC’s that felt like it was written by someone who doesn’t actually know anything about college hockey (why did it feel like the boys, who play on the same team, never had to be at practice at the same time?)
TLDR: A promising story let down by too many types and poorly thought-out plot lines to make it a worthwhile read