kurt's review
1.0
I don't know what to say. This book was just so awful! It felt like an eternity to read a lousy 224 pages.
There was really not one thing in this book that I could consider even remotely attention grabbing. The characters were all so shallow, and the main character, Mariele, was probably the least interesting character I have ever read in any novel... ever!
I believe this was Pat Graversen's last novel before she passed away, which kind of makes me somewhat ashamed for giving this a bad review, but...ugh, come on! I try to tell myself that maybe she ran out of ideas, and this is all she could come up with. It goes without saying that I am pretty sure I will not be reading her other work.
The whole feel of this book felt like it was written on a third grade level. the storytelling is basic at best, and really not a whole lot of time was spent on even explaining what the Greythings actually were.
To point out one excerpt from this book to give some insight as to how poor this book was written:
“When she emerged from the shower, Mariele felt better than she had for days. The heaviness in her heart hadn’t lifted. She was still angry with all the players in the deadly game Ben had gotten her involved in, and she still hadn’t made a decision about whether she wanted to live or die, if she had a choice, but she did feel better.”
Good Lord!!! I wouldn't want to know how she felt before she went into the shower!!!
Please avoid this book!
There was really not one thing in this book that I could consider even remotely attention grabbing. The characters were all so shallow, and the main character, Mariele, was probably the least interesting character I have ever read in any novel... ever!
I believe this was Pat Graversen's last novel before she passed away, which kind of makes me somewhat ashamed for giving this a bad review, but...ugh, come on! I try to tell myself that maybe she ran out of ideas, and this is all she could come up with. It goes without saying that I am pretty sure I will not be reading her other work.
The whole feel of this book felt like it was written on a third grade level. the storytelling is basic at best, and really not a whole lot of time was spent on even explaining what the Greythings actually were.
To point out one excerpt from this book to give some insight as to how poor this book was written:
“When she emerged from the shower, Mariele felt better than she had for days. The heaviness in her heart hadn’t lifted. She was still angry with all the players in the deadly game Ben had gotten her involved in, and she still hadn’t made a decision about whether she wanted to live or die, if she had a choice, but she did feel better.”
Good Lord!!! I wouldn't want to know how she felt before she went into the shower!!!
Please avoid this book!
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