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A review by sophiesmith
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
2.0
I had high hopes for this book since I devoured and loved ‘we were liars’ however this unfortunately didn’t come close.
I suppose the two shouldn’t be compared because the plots aren’t anywhere near the same, but I figured the author was good at writing mystery and suspense so hence I was excited.
This book is written in reverse chronological order which was an interesting concept, I’ve never read a book like that before and I think it was done fairly well, however this made it easier to predict the plot.
As I was reading this, I was predicting the plot and I was right with every guess I made which killed the suspense. I do like to guess what happens with mystery/suspense books, sometimes I’m right but I’ve never been right with the whole entirety of the book before so that meant that when everything was revealed, it wasn’t very exciting and it was an anticlimax every time.
Regarding the plot without spoilers, it was very basic and probably done many times before, probably another reason as to why it was easy to predict what was happening because I’m sure I’ve read something with this exact plot before.
it wasn’t a completely awful read and I did manage to finish it quickly and I never had the desire to DNF it, but I won’t be re-reading it nor would I really recommend it, however it was a wild ride to say the least.
I suppose the two shouldn’t be compared because the plots aren’t anywhere near the same, but I figured the author was good at writing mystery and suspense so hence I was excited.
This book is written in reverse chronological order which was an interesting concept, I’ve never read a book like that before and I think it was done fairly well, however this made it easier to predict the plot.
As I was reading this, I was predicting the plot and I was right with every guess I made which killed the suspense. I do like to guess what happens with mystery/suspense books, sometimes I’m right but I’ve never been right with the whole entirety of the book before so that meant that when everything was revealed, it wasn’t very exciting and it was an anticlimax every time.
Regarding the plot without spoilers, it was very basic and probably done many times before, probably another reason as to why it was easy to predict what was happening because I’m sure I’ve read something with this exact plot before.
it wasn’t a completely awful read and I did manage to finish it quickly and I never had the desire to DNF it, but I won’t be re-reading it nor would I really recommend it, however it was a wild ride to say the least.