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A review by brooke_review
Blood Orange by Drusilla Campbell
3.0
A book that is just average. And I must say, I am tired of reading books that are "just average." You would think it would take the talent to craft extraordinary stories to be published, but alas.
I found Blood Orange to be predictable in that the author sets the reader up to determine all of the important plot points and integral characters way in advance so that you see the story coming a mile away.
You hear this a lot, but the characters weren't likeable. I always take that with a grain of salt, but I am finding that liking a character is becoming increasingly important to me.
And then things happened in the book, and if you really weren't paying attention, you would miss it. The author has a too subtle way of "announcing" things.
I also thought that the character of Lexy, Dana's friend, was superfluous. Did we really need to read this story from her point of view as well? Considering her point of view wasn't at all interesting?
Overall, an okay read, but one that I've read many times before.
I found Blood Orange to be predictable in that the author sets the reader up to determine all of the important plot points and integral characters way in advance so that you see the story coming a mile away.
You hear this a lot, but the characters weren't likeable. I always take that with a grain of salt, but I am finding that liking a character is becoming increasingly important to me.
And then things happened in the book, and if you really weren't paying attention, you would miss it. The author has a too subtle way of "announcing" things.
I also thought that the character of Lexy, Dana's friend, was superfluous. Did we really need to read this story from her point of view as well? Considering her point of view wasn't at all interesting?
Overall, an okay read, but one that I've read many times before.