A review by kasiabrenna
The Beginners by Rebecca Wolff

1.0

The best word to describe this book is overwrought. I feel like the intent of the author was to make the reader feel caught up in this kind of hazy, heady atmosphere of adolescent infatuation that the main character was feeling. However, I spent most of the book alternately bored or irritated. I really wanted to main character to take show some initiative, instead of just floating along. I also felt like the mysteries surrounding the town were interesting, but although they were discussed at length it never went anywhere.