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jennadianne's Reviews (464)
Not the next Gone Girl as advertised. Well written enough to keep reader interested but predictable.
Page turner. Ultimate cliff hanger. Answered almost no questions, but was a good read. Well written.
An unconventional fairy tale mixed with a dose of Alice & Wonderland meets Wizard of Oz. A great story for all those little girls (and boys) that grow up thinking that things have to be perfect in order to be happy. It's the best imperfect fairy tale that ends awkwardly perfect. ;)
If you sometimes struggle to find the happy in your life I would suggest this one. It's all stuff I think we mostly know but when you hear it out loud (I got this one in audiobook form) it makes even more sense.
To put it nicely, this book was disappointing. It took me almost an entire year to read it. I really enjoyed some of her other books but this one fell by the waist side for me...
2.5 stars. Some parts were funnier than others. The book started off strong and slowly spiraled downward as I listened on. I could really care less about her food diary ( that was a good chapter or two) or her child hood summer camp experiences.
Compared to Gone Girl. Not the next Gone Girl. Probably would have enjoyed it more if it wasn't hyped as such.
Excellent. Very well written. Couldn't put it down. Couldn't decide who I wanted to root for.
* "Everyone says that, but we all lie about things. Little things, big things. We all keep stuff hidden. And the longer you're with someone, the more stuff there is like that, I think. That doesn't mean he didn't love me, or wasn't good to me in other ways. So it made me think. Maybe honesty isn't always the best policy. Because him telling me about it was selfish. The only person it was going to make feel any better was him. So maybe if you make a mistake, you have to live with it by yourself, and that's how you fix it."
* "Everyone says that, but we all lie about things. Little things, big things. We all keep stuff hidden. And the longer you're with someone, the more stuff there is like that, I think. That doesn't mean he didn't love me, or wasn't good to me in other ways. So it made me think. Maybe honesty isn't always the best policy. Because him telling me about it was selfish. The only person it was going to make feel any better was him. So maybe if you make a mistake, you have to live with it by yourself, and that's how you fix it."
(4.5) I'm not sure how kids were expected to read this and really grasp what the author was trying to convey. Glad I re-read this one as an adult.