Kind of a dumpster fire of a book. Hated it and should have probably just set it aside and called it a day but it’s Catriona Ward and I thought it musKind of a dumpster fire of a book. Hated it and should have probably just set it aside and called it a day but it’s Catriona Ward and I thought it must get less convoluted and become engaging. 80% of the book made no sense. At all. Last 20% did not save it. Not a happy camper. Will be looking at the next book with a little less enthusiasm and it won’t be an auto buy as this one has been. ...more
I’ll start this right off by saying that the cover price of $25 Canadian for a 119 page book is just an absolute rip off, especially given the qualityI’ll start this right off by saying that the cover price of $25 Canadian for a 119 page book is just an absolute rip off, especially given the quality of writing. I thought it was too much when this first came out and everyone was reading it and giving it rave reviews but I refused to buy it at that price. However I recently found it at value village for a fraction of the cost and thought, hey! My lucky day! I love fairy tale retellings so I grabbed it with the feeling of a happy bargain made.
Well, having read it, I am really glad I never shelled out the full price as I had been tempted to. How was this ever published? Sure there are illustrations sprinkled throughout and the cover is gorgeous but the illustrations, really just shadow block images, are random and not seemingly attached to the story so it doesn’t really add to the experience in any way.
I will say that had the book been longer I would have dnffed as I found the character and her chipper, ‘I’m dying but hey, I’m not gonna let it get me down and God forbid, talk about it’ sarcastic demeanour just completely annoying and very hard to relate to. The tone, the story, the narrative voice was all off for me. Like trying to put hot sauce on apple pie. It just didn’t work. And the relationship between Charm (really?) and the main character was grating on my nerves.
So I’ll be unhauling this as I can’t see me ever wanting to reread it. Maybe someone will be equally as happy to find this in a secondhand bookstore and maybe they’ll enjoy it more than I did. I do seem to be in the minority with this. ...more
So this is going to be a little ranty and if you loved this book, and surprisingly, there’s a fair number that do, look away if rants about books you So this is going to be a little ranty and if you loved this book, and surprisingly, there’s a fair number that do, look away if rants about books you love bother you. But I am not a happy camper and the review is going to reflect that.
Damn!!! That sure went off the rails and into the weeds. So, so disappointed. To begin with, it was boring. Kip, a character I liked in the previous books, read like a very ya character. In charge of everything, but not really written in a way this time around that earned that role. Whiny, self loathing and lacking in any charm or interest. Mainly his pov seems to centre on his sexually dysfunctional relationship with his wife. Do you know what is more unwelcome than a lot of unwanted sex scenes and discussions and internal dialogues about ‘horns’ ‘tunnels’ ‘caves’?…dysfunctional sex scenes. It was cringey. Also, given the endnote by the author, perhaps he felt that he was doing a public service for those unfortunate women (and the men who find themselves in a relationship with one),who experience Vaginismus. Thanks Brent Weeks! But it didn’t make for an engaging reading experience as it was repeated over and over and over again. Nor did the fart jokes, talk of boogers and jokes about Kip’s sex life improve it. So not a fan of all that. Kip’s pov was tedious and I didn’t get what he was doing or why.
SPOILERS: But what takes the story from not engaging to ire inducing, was the twist. WTF was that idiocy? Daisen never imprisoned his brother but it was all a figment of DGavin’s deluded imagination. Really? So everything that involved the parts about Gavin in the previous books (the parts I liked and was invested in) didn’t happen? This is so stupid. Twist for the sake of a twist. So what I liked about the series, the twists, is in the end, what I hate about it.
Unhauled the series from my library as I will never reread. Not sure I’ll bother finishing the series because I cant see how he can repair the damage done, or that I’ll generate the interest at this point to see if he does. I guess I’ll know in a month when it becomes available on Libby. I was going to spend a credit and get the audible but no way am I wasting a credit on this.
I was really not feeling this book and felt frequently I should dnf (even at the 80% mark) and man, I have got to listen to that dnf voice and just let go of the books that I’m wanting to be done with. This is the second book in a row where I had high hopes for the book but the reading experience was not aligning with the hopes. There is no value in finishing a book if as a reader I loath it....more
Well, I’m calling it. Read 50 excruciating pages of the first person narrative of a dislikable character prone to whiny internal dialogue and an unappWell, I’m calling it. Read 50 excruciating pages of the first person narrative of a dislikable character prone to whiny internal dialogue and an unappealing attachment to weirdly inappropriate metaphors. This is not anything like Spinning Silver or The Bear and the Nightingale. This reads like a young adult and I genuinely don’t get the hype for it.
This, as a reader, is one of the frustrating aspects of choosing books. When a book is compared to the aforementioned books and there’s tons of positive reviews one would think there’s a good chance it would be a good read. One would think there would be reason to feel confident in buying the book. But, alas, that was not to be. I believe between this and Poppy Wars I’m definitely developing some trust issues. But, life is short, the tbr long and thankfully Chapters has an excellent return policy which I will be utilizing to unload what has been the most disappointing read of the year. ...more
2.5. Pretty meh about this final instalment of the series. Pretty meh about the series as well actually. Proper review to follow. But what a disappoin2.5. Pretty meh about this final instalment of the series. Pretty meh about the series as well actually. Proper review to follow. But what a disappointment....more
2.5…barely. This is going to be a bit ranty so if you loved this book, you might want to take a pass on this review but this book made me cranky and t2.5…barely. This is going to be a bit ranty so if you loved this book, you might want to take a pass on this review but this book made me cranky and the review is going to reflect that.
This started off strong. The first chapter of the book was so well written. A young girl in the horrible circumstances of extreme poverty and starvation gets the very bright idea to take her brother’s place and fate in a Buddhist monastery, and claim them for her own. Utterly believable plot and initially, sympathetic character whose success I felt invested in. It was off to a good start and if asked it would have begun as a solid four star read. Then she ends up with the rebel army and it dropped. The connection to the character had diminished and there was no narrative provided to show how the character became someone who seemed completely different from the one in the monastery. She felt like an entirely different character and the narrative was structured in such a way as to keep her distant and a little unknowable. What happened to create this change? It’s not considered important enough to show the reader. As the story progresses this not showing continues as there is less and less narrative to show what happens. So much happens behind the scenes and is told after the fact, my least favourite writing device. Was this way of writing used to surprise the reader? Was it just lack of page count? Or was it an inexperienced writer not recognizing the value of showing the story? In any case the story became hard to read at that point and I was constantly considering just not finishing. Zhu never became a fully fleshed out character, nor did any of the others. The women were all portrayed with a curious antipathy, having characteristics of shrewishness and general awfulness. A curious thing considering the inclusive nature that is supposedly at the heart of the book. Battle scenes were almost non-existent. There were battles, but again, not delved into with any degree that would have given the reader a mental picture of the action taking place, except after it had all unfolded. This left a layer of character development that should and could have been better utilized to give the characters some depth other than the one note of ‘I’m different from everybody else gender wise so I’m angsty and bitter and can justify all my shitty actions in that narrow lens’. This made the characters repetitious, boring and utterly dislikable the more the book progressed. It became eye roll worthy. I usually do not finish a book that makes my eyes roll but I was halfway finished and thought I’d give it one more chapter. It got moderately interesting at that point and became a grudging three stars and though the action was still taking place more off the page the plot did manage to hold my interest. But in the end, there was too much action off page, to the point that the suspension of disbelief, already pushed to the limit ( how can a Buddhist monk’s main tenet for herself be to want anything? It’s literally the most important tenet of Buddhism to not attach to anything. How is this not a huge plot hole for the story?) anyways, it devolves further to the main characters doing things that make it impossible to like or respect them.
To sum up, the reading experience was uneven. The pacing and characters frustrating and weak. Obvious plot holes and things that just wouldn’t have happened which spoiled the tone and setting of the book and took me out of the story again and again and made me feel downright cranky. This book was nothing like Mulan or The Song of Achilles except in the barest way, involving a girl taking the place of a boy and people of the same sex caring for each other. I am getting very tired of hyped up books being compared to beautiful works of art that are not worthy of the comparison. One blurb said it was “Magnificent in every way” Did we read the same book? Now perhaps, if there was a doubled page count where the story could be shown rather than explained after the fact and there was more development of character beyond the issue of their feelings about their gender and who they were attracted too this could be a story worthy of all the hype and praise it’s receiving. With the next book in the proposed duology, considering the strength of the writing in the first chapter of this one, if the weaknesses are addressed, I may pick it up but if not, this book is going in the unhaul pile....more
Really, really disliked this. Ended up taking it back to the store and getting my money back. Pretty ranty with nothing to contribute other than a conReally, really disliked this. Ended up taking it back to the store and getting my money back. Pretty ranty with nothing to contribute other than a condescending ‘I get you’. Went through several chapters which were more of the same. There was such a tone of judgement and you know, I’m sorely tired of all the judgement. In fact, I think it’s more at the heart of what ails us and I just don’t want to contribute by buying books that actually perpetuate it. Weirdly, the parts where she discusses her walks were the best and yet seemed so out of place with the content of the rest of the book. Not a fan....more
Well this was pretty terrible. Mostly it was a very mediocre and predictable narrative with the depth of a shallow puddle. None of the characters likeWell this was pretty terrible. Mostly it was a very mediocre and predictable narrative with the depth of a shallow puddle. None of the characters likeable or interesting really. None of them have any real progression or growth. So why did I read such drech? Well back in the day I enjoyed the author’s books. Found them amusing and even though they were predictable it was a predictable I was looking for. The happy ending. When life is stressful sometimes there’s nothing better than reading something you know is going to lead to everybody getting to live happily ever after because life really doesn’t ever work that way. Also, I love Pride and Prejudice and so I thought why not. I saw it on my kindle for a couple of bucks and I thought I’d give it a try.
For the most part there were so many couples with so many hookups it became ridiculous. Everyone was so passionately making out in front of everyone that it was like being in junior high all over again. Of course the more characters that had to be accommodated left little space for the main couple to be developed. The dialogue was so amateur and lame I’m shocked this book was even published. But even so it was a 2 star minimum until the last pages and the writer’s acknowledgement portion which really should never have been included. In her acknowledgements she writes how difficult the book was to write, how horrible she thought it was (agreed) and that Jane Austen should have taken up another hobby. Really? That takes a lot of balls for a writer of such inferior capabilities to suggest that Austen should have done something other while taking the opportunity to make a buck piggy backing off of her work. It was also ironic to have her address the topic of political correctness while using Harvey Weinstein’s name. To be fair, it was written before Weinstein’s predatory behaviour came to light but it was jarring nonetheless to read his name pages before the author addresses the situation of political correctness and how hard consent is to write for a romance author. Definitely took it from it was ok in a very low bar kind of way rating to I wish I hadn’t wasted my time kind of rating. I will say I enjoyed her earlier historical stuff much better but I imagine those books wouldn’t have much of a market these days considering they would be deeply out of step with the times and the importance of consent and asking permission. ...more
So disappointed with this. The Girl and the Stars had been my most anticipated read, having read the Ancestor trilogy and having enjoyed it as much asSo disappointed with this. The Girl and the Stars had been my most anticipated read, having read the Ancestor trilogy and having enjoyed it as much as I did, I thought this would be a no brainer buy for me. I waited until all three had been released and collected because well, my brain has the retention of a leaky diaper and didn’t trust I would remember everything from one book release to the next. So it makes it doubly disappointing to not have enjoyed this because I’m now in the position of having to unhaul the other two on the shelf as I have 0 desire to read them.
The first of the problems for me was that it read like young adult, with the usual young adult tropes. I as a reader don’t enjoy young adult tropes. I don’t enjoy reading the internal dialogue of a character deep in trouble that could use some judicious problem solving but all the character can think about is whether she likes a boy or not. I’m also not a fan of all the boys seeming to fall for the main character, though so far all she’s really demonstrated for characteristics is a lot of stubbornness and an excessive amount of self centeredness to the detriment of all of them. Maybe this is a totally valid pov for a teenaged girl, (I hope not) I just don’t enjoy reading it. I was bored and skipping bits here and there towards the end. I should have dnffed but it was Mark Lawrence who wrote the sublime characters of Nona and the Red Sisters, and I had the rest of the trilogy waiting in the wings to be read. So my hopes that this might improve are smashed. Though it left on a big cliffhanger I have no enthusiasm to read on and find out and I’m not sure l’ll be taking a chance on the new book he’s released until I’ve seen a wider range of reviews of it.
Another of the problems was the audio. It was not great for me. Tonally, there wasn’t a great deal of range in the narrators voice. It was dull to listen to. I had wondered if I would have had a better experience had I just read it but 5 months had gone by and I just had very little interest in doing so and so decided to finish it up on the audio, wanting to have the book off my tbr-soon pile. It was beginning to discourage me having it there. Fortunately (and sadly because I always want to love the books I read) my opinion is in the minority and many readers don’t mind a YA vibe with their reading....more
Well damn. This was one of the books I really anticipated reading for almost a year now. So much so that I bought all the books in the series being suWell damn. This was one of the books I really anticipated reading for almost a year now. So much so that I bought all the books in the series being sure I was going to love it. And why wouldn’t I? Asian themed magic fantasy. Sounds right up my proverbial reading alley. It was so well reviewed what could go wrong? Well, what went wrong is that this was a hot mess written more like a YA novel than an adult novel despite some of the subject matter. The main character, despite an initial interesting start, devolves into an angsty, demanding character prone to fits of temper and disrespect to those who would have been her superiors in the settings she’s written in, namely, school and war, which seemed very improbable. The early chapters of her learning strategy and combat are absent in the remaining two books which was disappointing to say the least as those were the most interesting and where the main character briefly shined.
I’m left to wonder if I would have been as bitterly disappointed if I had not spent months anticipating reading this or if the author and the people who marketed this book had done so with a clear idea as to who this book was meant for? Young adults who would be able to relate more readily to the main character’s angst (and so leaving out some of the darker elements dealt with, or at least not being quite so graphic about them) or write a book with characters that had the depth to handle some of the darker issues rather than just using them as a means to exploit the issues to give the characters motivation to do the destructive and foolish thing they were warned not to do, thereby propelling the book to it’s idiotic conclusion and making it impossible to like this main character and highly unlikely that I’ll read the other damn books I bought in this series? Genuinely perplexed as to why this is so highly rated....more
Ugh. Goodreads really needs a DNF designation. So I had reached a third of the way through the book which was plodding along at about the same pace asUgh. Goodreads really needs a DNF designation. So I had reached a third of the way through the book which was plodding along at about the same pace as the sleepwalkers in the story, wondering a what point is something interesting going to happen when I realized not only did I know where the story was going but according to my kindle I still had over 13 hours of reading to go to get there and I didn’t care. The characters were flat and one dimensional, the viewpoints as subtle as a jackhammer and it was completely obvious where the story was going. So I thought I’d check goodreads in the hopes that perhaps it was a slow burn as a start but improves at some point and to my dismay found a lot of reviews confirming my thoughts. So I read the last 50 pages, well skimmed really because I really wasn’t all that invested at that point and sure enough it ended pretty much as I suspected it would and for the reason I thought it would. Ugh.
First off, this is in no way anything like Stephen King’s The Stand. Just no. Nor is it like McCammon’s Swan Song. I wasn’t a huge fan of that but it was a whole lot better than the Wanderers. So if you loved those books and go in expecting anything like them, you might be disappointed. I say might because people’s likes and dislikes are myriad and inexplicable so one can never say definitively who will or won’t like something.
Secondly, and why I abandoned the book, SPOILERS SO DONT READ FURTHER IF YOU PLAN TO READ THE BOOK I really, really hate the trope that somehow, we as a human race are a disease and should be exterminated because somehow we’re all so bad for the planet. Now i know that it’s ironic that I write this during a pandemic, just after a huge unrest because of police brutality and people are being pretty sh*tty to one another. Can’t even be bothered with a damn mask to ensure the well being of their fellow man. So yeah, as a species, we sometimes suck. But we are also the species from which Mozart, DaVinci, Klimt, Dickens,Dickinson, Steinbeck and Galileo sprang from. We are the species that will go into burning buildings, or flooding waters to save people or kittens or anything vulnerable and in need. We, collectively are ok. We try to do better. Even now, through the hostility and very differing views on current events you have many people trying to truly listen and do better. I kind of love us. Maybe not so much as a crowd, but as individuals, we can be marvellous. I’ll never be part of that crowd that believes we are all awful and a disease on the planet. I love us all too much for that. So mr Chuck Wendig, take your pessimistic view of people ( it shows in the writing btw not one likeable interesting character) and your subpar writing and bugger off. Well, maybe that’s a wee bit harsh, so maybe just go google people being nice and rescuing dying squirrels or abandoned kittens or something. It might make you feel better about us. Maybe I’ll go watch videos of people being nice and saving baby animals and I can put the experience of this book behind me.
Now onto something that doesn’t make me want to cry when I see how much is left to read....more
Well, I’m very surprised to have finished this considering my three eye roll rule was broken pretty early in, but apparently, I’m a rule breaker, espeWell, I’m very surprised to have finished this considering my three eye roll rule was broken pretty early in, but apparently, I’m a rule breaker, especially if I want answers to a particular part of the plot, that never really got answered in the end. This was just very disappointing for me in every way. If you like this book just a heads up, this is going to be a bit rant-y as all reviews of books that greatly disappoint me tend to be. I wasn’t happy and the review is going to reflect that.
I liked the premise going in but unfortunately, the author felt the need to hammer home her concept in ways that just became ridiculous and implausible as the story progressed. It would definitely take me out of the story as I would try to fathom the reasoning behind some of the author’s choices, like why do you have your mc go to such extreme lengths be so careful in not attracting attention (smart) but have her wearing a bright red hood (stupid) So irritating. So implausible.
As well, much of the choices about the character were completely predicable. And of course with these choices came the predictable chip on the character’s shoulders which translated to an angry, disagreeable and utterly dislikable personality. When a character is that dislikable and I am reading a steady stream of her thinking, it doesn’t make me a happy reader. Her arrogance and certainty she was right about everything while frequently being stupid was a problem for the book. There were frequent times when people would try to help or have a differing viewpoint and she’d just mow everyone down with her insistence that was predicated on her knowledge gleaned from reading and tv shows. (I always wondered whether my reading of post apocalyptic lit would prepare me but, thanks to this book I’m thinking the answer is no.)
One of the things I initially liked was that a lot of her instincts on what she should and shouldn’t do was based on the movies she watched and books she read but the more the character thought and acted based on that premise, the more the story just falls apart and becomes more and more implausible, not to mention very repetitious. A lot of her internal dialogue was also repetitive and it became tedious.
So, really disliked this. Really wish I’d followed the dnf by the third eye roll rule( well second now because I’m supposed to be more discerning, ha!) The aspect of the plot I had been initially intrigued with was not addressed in a way that was satisfying and was just glossed over was probably the most disappointing aspect of the book for me. I think if there had been less internal, (horrible)dialogue and more working on that aspect of the plot, I’d have found this much less disappointing.
So now I’m feeling a little foolish for continuing something that I was not liking with a character that I truly loathed. The lesson of the story: I do not enjoy books written in first person narrative that focuses on one character. They do not work for me. I almost always end up hating the character. I almost always end up hating the book. Must not read these kinds of books in the future (saying like a mantra to myself to spare myself future aggravation) ...more
**spoiler alert** What a slog this was. So disappointed. I had read The Stars are Legion a couple of years ago and could not put that book down. Every**spoiler alert** What a slog this was. So disappointed. I had read The Stars are Legion a couple of years ago and could not put that book down. Everything that was great about that book from great character development to fast paced engaging plot was absent in this one. In part because of the structure. So much of it is dialogue, but it is strictly the dialogue of every trite thing I’ve heard in the action soldier type movies of the eighties. The lack of vocabulary amongst the soldiers got to be a real grind as the book progressed considering dialogue made up most of the book. There was so much action and blood and gore and it became overdone and pointless. The interrogations which looked promising plot wise were in the end just a device to share politic ideologies and didn’t really tie in with the plot. The only redeeming thing for me was the idea of the travelling in time as light but otherwise this was just not for me. I’m eyeing the other books of Hurley’s sitting on my shelf, bought on the strength of my love for The Stars are Legion with some trepidation.....more
I’m very disappointed with this book. It exceeded my three eye-roll limit within the first few pages and, finally at page thirty five I realized I hadI’m very disappointed with this book. It exceeded my three eye-roll limit within the first few pages and, finally at page thirty five I realized I had zero desire to continue. The writing was at best mediocre, the character lacked depth or any discernible intelligence and read more like a teen aged boy than a woman of twenty three who has had to learn to survive in difficult circumstances. The only ‘character’ I could identify with was the sun, which according to the author was bored, ‘didn’t give a shit’ and was ‘contemplating an early descent’, which was all true for me when contemplating reading another page of this book.
Generally when reading a book that isn’t my cup of tea, I put it aside and move on to something more appealing and I don’t give it much more thought than the mild disappointment I feel about it but when a book is touted as having elements of The Road and The Walking Dead or if Jack London had written a post apocalyptic coming of age thriller it might read something like this then, as a consumer shelling out hard earned cash for the book I expect the book to have those elements it claims. Well I’ve read The Road and The Call Of the Wild and the only thing all these books have in common is snow and cold weather. I hate being duped by false statements and enticing blurbs on a book. It’s one thing to just not enjoy an author’s work. It happens. I’ve read disparaging reviews on Steinbeck’s East Of Eden (damn near sacrilegious!) but it shows we all have differing tastes. However, when a book is being promoted as being like these other novels, that’s a whole other thing then. That’s a rip off. If you’re considering reading the book based on those recommendations, be warned, this book is nothing like them. ...more
This started off well enough but half way through the book I was wondering what all the fuss was about and by the last third I just wanted it to be ovThis started off well enough but half way through the book I was wondering what all the fuss was about and by the last third I just wanted it to be over. I found the ending rushed, the characters not very well fleshed out and not at all likeable. I perhaps would have given it a higher rating if the last hundred pages had not become such a chore to read.
How this book can be related in any way to One Hundred Years of Solitude, Blood Meridian, The Wire, Falkner or Melville, as the blurbs on the back suggest, is simply beyond me. ...more
It is inconceivable to me that John Irving could write a book that would exceed my three eyeroll limit but there you have it. I have thrown in the proIt is inconceivable to me that John Irving could write a book that would exceed my three eyeroll limit but there you have it. I have thrown in the proverbial towel and resigned it to my 'Life's too short' shelf.
The passage that finally finished it for me: on page 279 "Emma is nauseating",Atkins replied. What I soon found nauseating was Tom's conviction that having sex with me was the only remedy for how he'd "suffered" while listening to Madame Bovary. "Then let me read it to myself! I begged him. But in that case,I would have been guilty of neglecting him-worse, I would have been choosing Emma's company over his! And so I read aloud to Atkins- "she was filled with lust, with rage, with hatred"-while he writhed; it was if I was torturing him.
That brought on the fourth and final eyeroll. Enough. Life is short and there are better Irving books to be read with characters that are more charming and likeable, plots more easily discernible and infinitely more interesting and with I'm sure far more authenticity than 'In One Person'. I found I disliked Billy, was disinterested with his confusion and obsessions and disliked, intensely, the manner in which this book was written which contributed to the first 2 issues I had with the book, disliking Billy and finding his obsessions, which he seemed to go on and on about tediously boring. Oh did I repeat myself? That happens in the book a lot too. I can't help but wonder if this wouldn't have been a better book for me if it hadn't been written in a first person narrative.
My family is populated with gay folks. I witnessed my own beloved daughter's struggle with her own sexual identity and her heartbreak and frustration with the bigotry she would encounter at school and in the workplace. While reading Irving’s novel it occurred to me that I didn't recognize any of the people I knew or the struggles they faced. The book just didn't ring true for me and in the end it was that realization that had me finally accepting that despite it being a book by my belolved John Irving it was best to set it aside rather than suffering the dread and loathing I experienced each time I picked it up to read....more
A rather silly book involving long lost love and ghosts.This started alright for me. I grabbed it off the bargain table thinking it might be a pleasanA rather silly book involving long lost love and ghosts.This started alright for me. I grabbed it off the bargain table thinking it might be a pleasant diversion from the 'Game of Thrones' series I've been embroiled in these last weeks but it proved to be disappointing.
I used to enjoy this author but after reading this I'll not be reading another of her books. The best thing I can say about this is that I didn't have the urge to roll my eyes, a fact that has kept it off the crap shelf. To be fair I'd probably give it a 1 1/2 stars....more
Well, sadly this has exceeded my three eye roll limit and must be consigned to the crap pile, unread. This was the line that pretty much finished it fWell, sadly this has exceeded my three eye roll limit and must be consigned to the crap pile, unread. This was the line that pretty much finished it for me: (This is taking place in an interview room with a big, secret, government man in charge of a big, secret government organization)
'He finished his cookie and took another vanilla wafer. I'm not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers.It's a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil'
I mean really??? You're going to judge a man based on his cookie choice? Ugh! The hero who is supposed to be perceived as a 'smartass' is merely shallow, childish and infantile and those appear to be his good qualities. Now perhaps the action and plot would eventually outweigh the bad writing and characters impossible to like, but life is short and the TBR pile long with much better Zombie books waiting to be read....more
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