A review by skcoleman7
Follow Me by Joanna Scott

2.0

I am less than 100 pages from finishing this book. Very disappointed that the plot took the expected turns. And I've found the device used to lead up to the conclusion (the younger Sally's father's introduction/confessional tapes to her) awkward, as if the author knew the story had already gone on too long so she tried to wrap it up quickly...but not too quickly, as the tangents and dream sequence descriptions also tend to run a bit long. Wouldn't really recommend this, as there seems to be no payoff for a rather intensive investment of time in reading over 400 pages.

...Now finished with the book and was rather disappointed. There were some strange political rants that seemed to come from nowhere, the story took too many sudden shifts toward the end, and the style was just a bit too haphazard. There were some out-of-place lyrical riffs toward the beginning that didn't continue throughout the story. I don't know if the author just didn't want to keep using that tactic or why the change in style, but I found it odd. I couldn't nail down any real reason to be drawn into the characters, story, or style, so this one will be donated to the local flea market.