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chloefrizzle's Reviews (993)
I'm interested in future Adult Scifi books that Sando will write, because I feel like the genre suits him. The worldbuilding science dumps fit in better.
This is the story of the Farrow family. All the women go crazy as they age. Sometimes, they disappear altogether.
June Farrow has just lost her beloved grandmother. Her hallucinations are also getting worse. In the midst of this, she starts investigating the life of her mother, who left when she was a baby.
That investigation leads to murder mysteries, stuttering romamces, and many plot twists.
I loved the beginning of this book. June investigating her mother, her hallucinations, and all the plot twists that came with it were captivating. June is going thru a lot, and she is an endearing protagonist.
It was once we got those answers, and started wallowing in them, that this book went downhill.
The "romance" gets barely any development, going from avoiding each other to insta-love supernaturally fast.
The murder mystery part of the book starts out strong. However, the answers come strangely and cheaply, taking the power out of the options.
In the end, I found the conclusion to be a little incoherent, pulling out loopholes to try to weave together a solution.
Thanks to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
June Farrow has just lost her beloved grandmother. Her hallucinations are also getting worse. In the midst of this, she starts investigating the life of her mother, who left when she was a baby.
That investigation leads to murder mysteries, stuttering romamces, and many plot twists.
I loved the beginning of this book. June investigating her mother, her hallucinations, and all the plot twists that came with it were captivating. June is going thru a lot, and she is an endearing protagonist.
It was once we got those answers, and started wallowing in them, that this book went downhill.
The "romance" gets barely any development, going from avoiding each other to insta-love supernaturally fast.
The murder mystery part of the book starts out strong. However, the answers come strangely and cheaply, taking the power out of the options.
In the end, I found the conclusion to be a little incoherent, pulling out loopholes to try to weave together a solution.
Thanks to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
There will be flashes of really strong, heart wrenching scenes. And then many chapters of boring dense politics. DNF at 58%
I keep coming back to this one. A mesmerizing romance, with character development aplenty. It's told from two perspectives, and all the more richer for it.
Every time I read it, I notice new fun details. Like how Charles processes most emotions thru thinking what his father and brother would think about it. Or how every decision that Anna makes is informed by her current abusive situation, and yet she is still strong and trying to make the best of it and making active decisions.
Every time I read it, I notice new fun details. Like how Charles processes most emotions thru thinking what his father and brother would think about it. Or how every decision that Anna makes is informed by her current abusive situation, and yet she is still strong and trying to make the best of it and making active decisions.