A review by liralen
Clean by Amy Reed
2.0
I wish the author had stuck to one or two points of view.
Although the use of multiple voices was nice at times, I never really got enough of an individual character to connect with any of them. It's pretty clear that the characters are meant not to be stereotypes, but I'm not sure how well that works -- they're ultimately pretty predictable, and there are still a lot of cliches. I am also not sold on the way they all come around to the therapist's way of thinking...which is another thing that maybe could have been solved by cutting down on the number of viewpoints.
Interesting enough, then, but not brilliant.
Although the use of multiple voices was nice at times, I never really got enough of an individual character to connect with any of them. It's pretty clear that the characters are meant not to be stereotypes, but I'm not sure how well that works -- they're ultimately pretty predictable, and there are still a lot of cliches. I am also not sold on the way they all come around to the therapist's way of thinking...which is another thing that maybe could have been solved by cutting down on the number of viewpoints.
Interesting enough, then, but not brilliant.