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missbookiverse's review
2.0
Liebes Fury,
es hat keine 10 Seiten gebraucht, um meinen ersten Eindruck von deiner Protagonistin Eliza in Stein zu meißeln. Eliza ist eine verzogene, arrogante Göre. Der erste Eindruck mag täuschen, mich hat er den Rest des Buches aber nicht mehr losgelassen.
Elizas Antipathie rührt als erstes von der Art wie sie redet. Du gibst die Geschichte durch ihre Augen und Worte wieder und verschönst dabei ihre überhebliche Weltansicht kein bisschen. Eliza redet über alles und jeden von oben herab. Am liebsten beurteilt sie Menschen nach ihrem Äußeren, vorzugsweise auf beleidigende Art (fett, schlecht angezogen usw.). Sie lehnt es ab Trinkwasser zu sich zu nehmen und findet, dass die ganze Welt sich nur um sie drehen sollte. Ihre beiden engsten Freundinnen scheint sie nur zu haben, um sie herumkommandieren zu können. Ich möchte da mal eine Aussage zitieren:
Sagte sie zu ihrer Freundin. Ich meine, geht’s noch? Wer redet denn so mit seinen angeblichen Freunden? Und welche Menschen lassen sich so ein Getue lange gefallen? Die Mädchen scheinen alle nicht auf den Kopf gefallen zu sein. Ich konnte aber partout nicht verstehen, was sie aneinander finden.
Ich halte es durchaus für möglich, dass deine Mama Shirley Marr Eliza genau so herüberbringen wollte. Sie wäre ja nicht die Erste, die mit einer unsympathischen Protagonistin arbeitet. Zu allererst fällt mir da Sam in Before I Fall ein, die ich allerdings von Anfang an trotzdem mochte und die eine wunderbare Entwicklung durchmacht. Bei dir ist das allerdings nach hinten losgegangen, weil ich mich die ganze Zeit nur über Eliza und die Art wie sie andere behandelt aufgeregt habe.
Ich hab noch ein paar andere Beschwerden auf Lager, aber kommen wir erst mal zum guten Teil oder? Deine Story ist eigentlich nicht schlecht. Es gibt zwei Erzählebenen. Einmal, die in der Gegenwart, dort befindet Eliza sich in Untersuchungshaft und ihr Betreuer versucht die Wahrheit aus ihr herauszubekommen. Ebene Nummer Zwei schildert in Rückblicken was für eine Tat sich tatsächlich zugetragen hat und wie es dazu kam. Es dauert bis zum Ende bis du mir überhaupt verraten hast, wer eigentlich gestorben ist, durch wessen Hand und warum. Clever eingefädelt von dir, hat mich nämlich neugierig weiterlesen lassen.
Das war’s schon mit dem Lob. Obwohl dein Schreibstil theoretisch noch ganz gut war. Leider sind mir da die Dialoge sauer aufgestoßen. Ich fand sie klangen oft zu aufgesetzt und folgten keinem logischen Gesprächsfaden. Will sagen, Figuren haben Sachen erwidert, die für mich überhaupt nicht in die Unterhaltung gepasst haben. Das war auch so ein generelles Problem, nicht nur in Dialogen. Ab und zu wirkten Absätze auf mich etwas zusammenhangslos und ich konnte sie nicht richtig zuordnen.
Ein Punkt noch, okay? Deinen Mordfall an sich fand ich glaubhaft eingefädelt und ausgeführt. Mit einigen Zwischenstellen hatte ich dafür meine Probleme. Ich fand es einfach nicht realistisch, dass Elizas Betreuer sie beispielsweise zum Essen ausführt, obwohl sie das Polizeigebäude nicht verlassen darf. Noch unglaubwürdiger kamen mir sämtliche Erwachsene der Geschichte vor, vor allem das Schulpersonal. Die entsprachen alle der Sparte „böse Stiefeltern“.
Schade, Fury, aus deinem Kern hätte man wunderbare Pflanzen ziehen können. Deine Protagonistin hat mit ihrem schwarzen Daumen aber alles im Keim erstickt.
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es hat keine 10 Seiten gebraucht, um meinen ersten Eindruck von deiner Protagonistin Eliza in Stein zu meißeln. Eliza ist eine verzogene, arrogante Göre. Der erste Eindruck mag täuschen, mich hat er den Rest des Buches aber nicht mehr losgelassen.
Elizas Antipathie rührt als erstes von der Art wie sie redet. Du gibst die Geschichte durch ihre Augen und Worte wieder und verschönst dabei ihre überhebliche Weltansicht kein bisschen. Eliza redet über alles und jeden von oben herab. Am liebsten beurteilt sie Menschen nach ihrem Äußeren, vorzugsweise auf beleidigende Art (fett, schlecht angezogen usw.). Sie lehnt es ab Trinkwasser zu sich zu nehmen und findet, dass die ganze Welt sich nur um sie drehen sollte. Ihre beiden engsten Freundinnen scheint sie nur zu haben, um sie herumkommandieren zu können. Ich möchte da mal eine Aussage zitieren:
„Listen Marianne, when I ask you to do something I want you to respect me. End of story. I am the boss, not you.“
Sagte sie zu ihrer Freundin. Ich meine, geht’s noch? Wer redet denn so mit seinen angeblichen Freunden? Und welche Menschen lassen sich so ein Getue lange gefallen? Die Mädchen scheinen alle nicht auf den Kopf gefallen zu sein. Ich konnte aber partout nicht verstehen, was sie aneinander finden.
Ich halte es durchaus für möglich, dass deine Mama Shirley Marr Eliza genau so herüberbringen wollte. Sie wäre ja nicht die Erste, die mit einer unsympathischen Protagonistin arbeitet. Zu allererst fällt mir da Sam in Before I Fall ein, die ich allerdings von Anfang an trotzdem mochte und die eine wunderbare Entwicklung durchmacht. Bei dir ist das allerdings nach hinten losgegangen, weil ich mich die ganze Zeit nur über Eliza und die Art wie sie andere behandelt aufgeregt habe.
Ich hab noch ein paar andere Beschwerden auf Lager, aber kommen wir erst mal zum guten Teil oder? Deine Story ist eigentlich nicht schlecht. Es gibt zwei Erzählebenen. Einmal, die in der Gegenwart, dort befindet Eliza sich in Untersuchungshaft und ihr Betreuer versucht die Wahrheit aus ihr herauszubekommen. Ebene Nummer Zwei schildert in Rückblicken was für eine Tat sich tatsächlich zugetragen hat und wie es dazu kam. Es dauert bis zum Ende bis du mir überhaupt verraten hast, wer eigentlich gestorben ist, durch wessen Hand und warum. Clever eingefädelt von dir, hat mich nämlich neugierig weiterlesen lassen.
Das war’s schon mit dem Lob. Obwohl dein Schreibstil theoretisch noch ganz gut war. Leider sind mir da die Dialoge sauer aufgestoßen. Ich fand sie klangen oft zu aufgesetzt und folgten keinem logischen Gesprächsfaden. Will sagen, Figuren haben Sachen erwidert, die für mich überhaupt nicht in die Unterhaltung gepasst haben. Das war auch so ein generelles Problem, nicht nur in Dialogen. Ab und zu wirkten Absätze auf mich etwas zusammenhangslos und ich konnte sie nicht richtig zuordnen.
Ein Punkt noch, okay? Deinen Mordfall an sich fand ich glaubhaft eingefädelt und ausgeführt. Mit einigen Zwischenstellen hatte ich dafür meine Probleme. Ich fand es einfach nicht realistisch, dass Elizas Betreuer sie beispielsweise zum Essen ausführt, obwohl sie das Polizeigebäude nicht verlassen darf. Noch unglaubwürdiger kamen mir sämtliche Erwachsene der Geschichte vor, vor allem das Schulpersonal. Die entsprachen alle der Sparte „böse Stiefeltern“.
Spoiler
Ich meine, mal ernsthaft, die Vergewaltigung einer Schülerin ist ein offenes Geheimnis an der Schule und niemand unternimmt etwas dagegen? Niemand versucht mal mit der Schülerin zu sprechen oder ihre Eltern zu informieren? Vielleicht glaube ich zu sehr an das Gute in den Menschen, aber das halte ich für zu weit hergeholt und es wirkte auf mich eher wie ein Hilfsmittel, um den Plot in eine bestimmte Richtung treiben zu können.Schade, Fury, aus deinem Kern hätte man wunderbare Pflanzen ziehen können. Deine Protagonistin hat mit ihrem schwarzen Daumen aber alles im Keim erstickt.
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janina_reads's review
4.0
"My name is Eliza Boans and I am a murderer."
Well, talk about an introduction. That sentence certainly got my attention, and I think it has made it on my list of fave first sentences. I was certainly on full alert right from the beginning.
If someone asked me to describe Fury in short, I'd say it's Courtney Summers meets Pretty Little Liars. It has the edge and the dark tone reminiscent of Summers' novels, but with the glitz, mean girls and high school cliques that reminded me a little of the Pretty Little Liars series.
Shirley Marr is a master of show, don't tell. And I really love her for it. This book is subtle in its complexity, and there are a lot of things hinted at, but not fully explored; references made, but not spoken out aloud. And I love books like these. I love it when authors acknowledge their readers' intelligence – especially in YA fiction. I love it when books challenge my imagination and give me something to ponder about, yes, in a way I even love the kind of open ending (although it was devastating) this book left me with – because it means I can imagine a future for my characters.
Fury is addicting. It is a story within a story. We have a girl being hold at a police station, confessing to murder. And we have her story, slowly unfolding through flashbacks, as she opens up to her interrogator. At the beginning, we only know that there are two bodies. Who? No idea. Why did they have to die? Nothing. As the story progresses, you get a feel what might have happened, but in the end, one thing still took me completely by surprise. Eliza tells us right up front that her story isn't a happy story, but still – I didn't want to believe, I hoped.
Despite her snobbish behaviour and rich girl attitude, Eliza really got to me. She is not necessarily a character I like unconditionally, but she is a character I respect. She wanders on a fine line between spoiled and heartbreakingly lonely, she has a difficult relationship with her mother and her friends, but I like to believe that those relationships will work out somehow. I like to believe that Eliza will move past her anger – because I could really feel this anger burning in her, destructive and violent. This book's title is not only a lure to draw you in, no, it is really fitting.
One thing that irked me, though. In a way, this book almost felt like a fantasy – not as in magical realism, no as in: this can not be true. A high school like a palace, a headmaster that lets his students pick their own punishment when they've broken the rules – or, even better, lets other students pick it for them because he feels like it. A neighbourhood surrounded by a fence, not letting anyone in or out, a curfew. Houses like mansions, parents always away on either counseling or work trips. Money abound, Jane Austen dresses, designer shoes. Are these things real in someone's world? Maybe I am just too naïve to see it ...
Well, talk about an introduction. That sentence certainly got my attention, and I think it has made it on my list of fave first sentences. I was certainly on full alert right from the beginning.
If someone asked me to describe Fury in short, I'd say it's Courtney Summers meets Pretty Little Liars. It has the edge and the dark tone reminiscent of Summers' novels, but with the glitz, mean girls and high school cliques that reminded me a little of the Pretty Little Liars series.
Shirley Marr is a master of show, don't tell. And I really love her for it. This book is subtle in its complexity, and there are a lot of things hinted at, but not fully explored; references made, but not spoken out aloud. And I love books like these. I love it when authors acknowledge their readers' intelligence – especially in YA fiction. I love it when books challenge my imagination and give me something to ponder about, yes, in a way I even love the kind of open ending (although it was devastating) this book left me with – because it means I can imagine a future for my characters.
Fury is addicting. It is a story within a story. We have a girl being hold at a police station, confessing to murder. And we have her story, slowly unfolding through flashbacks, as she opens up to her interrogator. At the beginning, we only know that there are two bodies. Who? No idea. Why did they have to die? Nothing. As the story progresses, you get a feel what might have happened, but in the end, one thing still took me completely by surprise. Eliza tells us right up front that her story isn't a happy story, but still – I didn't want to believe, I hoped.
Despite her snobbish behaviour and rich girl attitude, Eliza really got to me. She is not necessarily a character I like unconditionally, but she is a character I respect. She wanders on a fine line between spoiled and heartbreakingly lonely, she has a difficult relationship with her mother and her friends, but I like to believe that those relationships will work out somehow. I like to believe that Eliza will move past her anger – because I could really feel this anger burning in her, destructive and violent. This book's title is not only a lure to draw you in, no, it is really fitting.
One thing that irked me, though. In a way, this book almost felt like a fantasy – not as in magical realism, no as in: this can not be true. A high school like a palace, a headmaster that lets his students pick their own punishment when they've broken the rules – or, even better, lets other students pick it for them because he feels like it. A neighbourhood surrounded by a fence, not letting anyone in or out, a curfew. Houses like mansions, parents always away on either counseling or work trips. Money abound, Jane Austen dresses, designer shoes. Are these things real in someone's world? Maybe I am just too naïve to see it ...
michieknee's review
4.0
Finished! And it only took me *checks date read* 2 years and 5 months, holy hell. Not a knock against the book. I'm just real bad at full-length ebooks it would seem.
bmg20's review
5.0
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Thank you to the Midnight Garden for hosting this tour and giving me the opportunity to read this! I’ve been trying to that get my hands on for quite some time and I’m so glad that I was able to be a part of this blog tour.
’East Rivermoore built a wall to keep the world out. But what if the real danger came from within? Before the seven o’clock news started to call us monsters, I wondered whether deep inside I wanted myself to be one anyways.’
Storyline
Eliza Boans is a rich snob and spoiled brat… and she’ll be the first to agree with you. She leads a pampered life as the ‘leader’ of her group of friends and is given anything she could ever want by her rich but always absent mother. She’s just confessed to murder but isn’t regretful about it in the least… but did she actually do it?
’I reckon if you looked inside me you’d find a cabinet filled with cracked china dolls.’
Thoughts
This was a fabulous debut novel that I’m so glad I finally got the opportunity to read. I absolutely loved how this book was written. There’s this big mystery about the death of an unknown individual; the unknown individual that Eliza already admitted to killing. Snippets from the past are interspersed with current happenings and it was so exciting and thrilling I simply could not stop reading (I stayed up till 2am just to finish.)
The characters may not have been immediately likable (as they’re spoiled rich girls who say ‘like’ far too often) but if you look past their glossy exterior you realize that there’s more than meets the eye. Neil was my favorite character. According to Shirley Marr herself, Neil was originally meant to be a minor character but ended up becoming more. Fabulous decision, he was a great addition to the storyline.
I loved the hilarious names given to the characters and the multiple references to popular classics and especially to Jane Austen characters. (Jane Ayre, When the story fully came together and all was revealed, I was pleasantly surprised by the ending that I didn’t see coming. Heartbreaking though; I admit I shed a tear or two. The ending was left a bit frayed at the edges with all questions not given straight-forward answers. Whether this was meant to be left up to interpretation or whatnot, I would have liked to know what ending up happening with the girls.
This novel may be extremely hard to get a hold of, but I would highly recommend doing so regardless. It was well worth it and I simply cannot wait to read future novels by Miss Marr!!
Thank you to the Midnight Garden for hosting this tour and giving me the opportunity to read this! I’ve been trying to that get my hands on for quite some time and I’m so glad that I was able to be a part of this blog tour.
’East Rivermoore built a wall to keep the world out. But what if the real danger came from within? Before the seven o’clock news started to call us monsters, I wondered whether deep inside I wanted myself to be one anyways.’
Storyline
Eliza Boans is a rich snob and spoiled brat… and she’ll be the first to agree with you. She leads a pampered life as the ‘leader’ of her group of friends and is given anything she could ever want by her rich but always absent mother. She’s just confessed to murder but isn’t regretful about it in the least… but did she actually do it?
’I reckon if you looked inside me you’d find a cabinet filled with cracked china dolls.’
Thoughts
This was a fabulous debut novel that I’m so glad I finally got the opportunity to read. I absolutely loved how this book was written. There’s this big mystery about the death of an unknown individual; the unknown individual that Eliza already admitted to killing. Snippets from the past are interspersed with current happenings and it was so exciting and thrilling I simply could not stop reading (I stayed up till 2am just to finish.)
The characters may not have been immediately likable (as they’re spoiled rich girls who say ‘like’ far too often) but if you look past their glossy exterior you realize that there’s more than meets the eye. Neil was my favorite character. According to Shirley Marr herself, Neil was originally meant to be a minor character but ended up becoming more. Fabulous decision, he was a great addition to the storyline.
I loved the hilarious names given to the characters and the multiple references to popular classics and especially to Jane Austen characters. (Jane Ayre, When the story fully came together and all was revealed, I was pleasantly surprised by the ending that I didn’t see coming. Heartbreaking though; I admit I shed a tear or two. The ending was left a bit frayed at the edges with all questions not given straight-forward answers. Whether this was meant to be left up to interpretation or whatnot, I would have liked to know what ending up happening with the girls.
This novel may be extremely hard to get a hold of, but I would highly recommend doing so regardless. It was well worth it and I simply cannot wait to read future novels by Miss Marr!!
postitsandpens's review
4.0
Fury by Shirley Marr is not your typical Greek Mythology retelling. In fact, it doesn't become apparent until close to the end how exactly the Furies - which are vaguely mentioned early on in the story - even play a role in this book at all. What you get for most of the story instead, is a very angry main character by the name of Eliza, and her circle of friends: extraordinarily smart Marianne, beautiful and sweet Lexi, and new-girl Ella. The book is told in a mix of past and present, with Eliza recounting how she came to be arrested and charged with murder - of whom, you don't find out until close to the end. In fact, all of the flashbacks she's sharing with Dr. Fadden are sort of piecemeal, and don't make a cohesive unit until probably midway through the book, which the trigger for the girls' actions is finally explained.
When we think of mythology retellings, we assume we'll see some sort of godly interference, or perhaps a cameo by a character from the myths. That's not at all what you get in Fury. Instead, the story details the way Eliza and her friends went from your average rich girls to a sort of avenging angel - or Fury - wanting retribution for a crime that was committed against one of them. Once everything comes together, the story you get is poignant and thought-provoking, and while I initially was interested because of the tie-in to the Greek mythos, what struck me most while reading was Eliza's journey from someone who was unapologetic, spoiled, and mean, to someone I really felt bad for.
Reading Fury was strange for me, because for much of the book I really didn't like Eliza at all. Even though she called Marianne and Lexi her friends, she didn't really treat them as I would treat someone I professed to care about, Marianne in particular. There was a definite "mean girl" vibe to this book, and it wasn't limited to the three main girls. Likewise, there are a number of issues that the characters are dealing with, from divorced and absent parents, to unresolved crushes, to wanting to fit in, and that's not even mentioning the incident that really kicks this book off (apologies for being vague, but I don't want to spoil!). I also really wish we'd gotten to see more of Neil, as I found him rather fascinating and really wish I could have had more to read about him, as I came away with a few unresolved questions. The ending, too, was likewise ambiguous; you don't really know how things are going to turn out for Eliza or her friends, but I'm thinking that may have been the point. Considering what they're facing, a nicely tied-up ending wouldn't have been remotely realistic.
While not being your typical mythology retelling, Fury managed to grab me nonetheless, and didn't let go until I'd finished the book, almost in one sitting. I found myself thoroughly engrossed in Eliza's story, even if she herself took a while to grow on me. The book is told in the form of a mystery, with the reader not entirely knowing what's happening until everything is finally revealed by Eliza herself. While Fury is unfortunately not available in the US, I'd definitely recommend making use of Fishpond to get yourself a copy; I don't think you'll be disappointed!
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When we think of mythology retellings, we assume we'll see some sort of godly interference, or perhaps a cameo by a character from the myths. That's not at all what you get in Fury. Instead, the story details the way Eliza and her friends went from your average rich girls to a sort of avenging angel - or Fury - wanting retribution for a crime that was committed against one of them. Once everything comes together, the story you get is poignant and thought-provoking, and while I initially was interested because of the tie-in to the Greek mythos, what struck me most while reading was Eliza's journey from someone who was unapologetic, spoiled, and mean, to someone I really felt bad for.
When I think hard about it, I find that I ... actually don't like many people. I must be such an angry person. (pg. 178)
Reading Fury was strange for me, because for much of the book I really didn't like Eliza at all. Even though she called Marianne and Lexi her friends, she didn't really treat them as I would treat someone I professed to care about, Marianne in particular. There was a definite "mean girl" vibe to this book, and it wasn't limited to the three main girls. Likewise, there are a number of issues that the characters are dealing with, from divorced and absent parents, to unresolved crushes, to wanting to fit in, and that's not even mentioning the incident that really kicks this book off (apologies for being vague, but I don't want to spoil!). I also really wish we'd gotten to see more of Neil, as I found him rather fascinating and really wish I could have had more to read about him, as I came away with a few unresolved questions. The ending, too, was likewise ambiguous; you don't really know how things are going to turn out for Eliza or her friends, but I'm thinking that may have been the point. Considering what they're facing, a nicely tied-up ending wouldn't have been remotely realistic.
While not being your typical mythology retelling, Fury managed to grab me nonetheless, and didn't let go until I'd finished the book, almost in one sitting. I found myself thoroughly engrossed in Eliza's story, even if she herself took a while to grow on me. The book is told in the form of a mystery, with the reader not entirely knowing what's happening until everything is finally revealed by Eliza herself. While Fury is unfortunately not available in the US, I'd definitely recommend making use of Fishpond to get yourself a copy; I don't think you'll be disappointed!
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liv209's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
freesien's review against another edition
3.0
3,5 Sterne
Das Buch wird erst gegen Ende hin so richtig gut und düster. Davor waren mir die Charaktere und die Handlung ein bisschen egal, auch wenn das Buch spannend geschrieben ist.
Das Buch wird erst gegen Ende hin so richtig gut und düster. Davor waren mir die Charaktere und die Handlung ein bisschen egal, auch wenn das Buch spannend geschrieben ist.
poachedeggs's review
2.0
Shirley Marr seems like a really interesting, likeable author, and I was looking forward to reading this debut novel of hers about a spoilt rich girl.
Marr uses the flashback/flash-forward technique to dizzying effect, switching rapidly from Eliza Boans's interrogation by a good-looking psychologist to her recollection of her friendships with the two girls in her clique and her encounters with the 'new' girl in the school, and back.
This book reminded me a lot of [b:Some Girls Are|6624871|Some Girls Are|Courtney Summers|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1317791700s/6624871.jpg|6819111] in that it is a story about vicious, self-centred rich girls... but the heart-pounding pace of Summers's book seems to be missing in Marr's, even if the latter is about something much more sensational - murder.
I felt that Marr had a lot of ideas that were sometimes awkwardly inserted into the narrative (reminding me of some of my students' narrative writing) - the presence of a mysterious love interest, for instance, who flits in and out of the story, and with whom the generation of chemistry just does not seem possible; and the token career-minded parent whose relationship with her daughter is deeply dysfunctional. The whole narrative also seems to take place in a weird vacuum - while Summers's high school world seems awfully real, Marr's 'gated community' seems oddly sci-fi-ish, striking a discordant note in what I'd expected to be a contemporary novel.
So much could have been done with the character and the plot, but in the end, even the grand revelation fell flat.
The fact that the copy-editor did a horrendous job (there are several typographical errors in this edition) also didn't help.
Marr uses the flashback/flash-forward technique to dizzying effect, switching rapidly from Eliza Boans's interrogation by a good-looking psychologist to her recollection of her friendships with the two girls in her clique and her encounters with the 'new' girl in the school, and back.
This book reminded me a lot of [b:Some Girls Are|6624871|Some Girls Are|Courtney Summers|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1317791700s/6624871.jpg|6819111] in that it is a story about vicious, self-centred rich girls... but the heart-pounding pace of Summers's book seems to be missing in Marr's, even if the latter is about something much more sensational - murder.
I felt that Marr had a lot of ideas that were sometimes awkwardly inserted into the narrative (reminding me of some of my students' narrative writing) - the presence of a mysterious love interest, for instance, who flits in and out of the story, and with whom the generation of chemistry just does not seem possible; and the token career-minded parent whose relationship with her daughter is deeply dysfunctional. The whole narrative also seems to take place in a weird vacuum - while Summers's high school world seems awfully real, Marr's 'gated community' seems oddly sci-fi-ish, striking a discordant note in what I'd expected to be a contemporary novel.
So much could have been done with the character and the plot, but in the end, even the grand revelation fell flat.
The fact that the copy-editor did a horrendous job (there are several typographical errors in this edition) also didn't help.
fefe_flowerpot's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
eschewed's review
3.0
Is it bad that the one thing--or rather, person--who stuck to mind during the entire ordeal that was occurring in the book was Neil? Right from the get-go, when he was first introduced, I knew he was probably already dead.
And I was right.
And that makes me sad, because I think I liked him best.
And I was right.
And that makes me sad, because I think I liked him best.