amellear's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
miriamberger's review against another edition
3.0
Really unusual story and great writing. A little creepy though...
jess_es02's review against another edition
3.0
interesting plot, from the blurb i was expecting it to be very fingersmith-y but it wasn't. could have done without the 10000 references to sex every 10 seconds tbh
kellymc03's review against another edition
A dark, mysterious book set in a world of secrets and winter- loved it!
jkwelch's review against another edition
3.0
Very predictable. I can see why it makes a good book club selection.
jessica22's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
cluckingbell's review
1.0
I had been told it was pretty racy, so I thought at least it would be lightly entertaining. It really wasn’t. I don’t object to the basic plot at all, but I did not enjoy the narrative style. I’m not sure what to call it. Non-present? Summary? It was a lot of ‘some days this would happen, other days this would happen, but every day she did this—except for those days when she didn’t, and she would do this.’ And you wouldn’t think someone could write a whole book like that, but that really was the majority of it. And when two characters were actually interacting in the here-and-now, the dialogue was so stilted that I kind of wished he’d go back to summarizing a person’s routine instead. Really wooden, flat characters, and not in the way that people can be realistically wooden and flat and yet made interesting by examining their unusual thoughts and feelings or by viewing them in contrast to more human characters. These people were flat and stale with pretensions to deep passions and sorrows. I didn't buy it.
allisoon's review against another edition
5.0
It took me a while to get into it, but it was well worth it.
catalinalao's review against another edition
1.0
This story was horribly told. To sum it up in one word... crap.
deservingporcupine's review against another edition
2.0
I read half this book in a day, but then noticed the characters and writing were getting more miserable by the sentence. I skipped to the end and saw that the misery never abated, so I won't finish.