A review by rosexgold
The Amateurs, by Sara Shepard
4.0
First read: 3 stars. Second read: 3.5 stars.
I read this a couple years ago but it didnt seem to stick too well with me. I wanted to read the second book (and get ready for the third that is coming out pretty soon) so figured I should reread this one because I knew I'd just be lost otherwise. I enjoyed this more the second time around. I think because the twist at the end really comes out of nowhere, I remember the first time just being confused and unsatisfied when the book was done. This time I vaguely remembered what was going to happen so it made it kind of easier to swallow this time I guess.
There are a lot of continuity issues, but honestly that is pretty typical for these post "Pretty Little Liars" books. A lot of things like, "He threw his cigarette butt in the gutter... They continued talking while he took a drag from his cigarette." I try not to get too hung up on them so it doesn't ruin the other aspects of the author's storytelling that I do enjoy. But I definitely notice and try to just let it go haha. Just move on... Don't they have people whose sole job is to catch errors like that? How do I get that job?
I read this a couple years ago but it didnt seem to stick too well with me. I wanted to read the second book (and get ready for the third that is coming out pretty soon) so figured I should reread this one because I knew I'd just be lost otherwise. I enjoyed this more the second time around. I think because the twist at the end really comes out of nowhere, I remember the first time just being confused and unsatisfied when the book was done. This time I vaguely remembered what was going to happen so it made it kind of easier to swallow this time I guess.
There are a lot of continuity issues, but honestly that is pretty typical for these post "Pretty Little Liars" books. A lot of things like, "He threw his cigarette butt in the gutter... They continued talking while he took a drag from his cigarette." I try not to get too hung up on them so it doesn't ruin the other aspects of the author's storytelling that I do enjoy. But I definitely notice and try to just let it go haha. Just move on... Don't they have people whose sole job is to catch errors like that? How do I get that job?