alltheradreads's Reviews (1.9k)

I didn't like this book. Like, at all. I didn't see the point, the appeal, anything. It was boring and uneventful but seemed like it was trying to be suspenseful but just totally failing... this isn't worth reading. I know I've heard good things about Moriarty but if all her books are like this...

This is Lamott like I've come to know and love -- sassy, heartfelt, wise, hopeful, snarky... so good. This is a short book (like most of hers are, so not a bad thing) but really just classic Lamott, and so worth a read.

I had heard about this one several times in the book blogging world, and scooped it up at a local used bookstore with some store credit. It was a fun read with deeper themes than I expected (since its during the Vietnam War), and the classic middle-grade kind of voice/humor, which was a nice change of pace from what I usually read.

I could NOT get into this story. I gave it half the book (like, that's a fair shot!) and was just uninterested. It didn't have a driving plot at all, and the characters weren't very easy to connect with. I've heard great things about this one, and love that it was translated from Italian, but maybe that's where it lost some of its oomph? I just didn't see the appeal and could not stick it out to the end.