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A review by rigel
Soulstruck by Natasha Sinel
2.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
I took maybe two or three weeks to get through this book. Partially because April is exam season for those of us in university, but mainly because I was just very bored.
We went round and round in circles with Rachel being obsessed with finding a soul mate to the point where she absolutely disrespects her love interests' (Jay, who by the way has Asperger's, a high-functioning form of Autism, meaning social interactions can be very difficult for him) boundaries, gets mad at him for setting boundaries, making up with him, and then starting the cycle all over again.
She's also so hell-bent on "belonging" to/with and "being loved" by her mother and her lightning strike support group that she actively seeks out being struck by lightning despite knowing the extent of the consequences. When her best friend (Serena) gets struck and nearly killed (because the lightning, surprise, interrupts the electrical systems of the body, namely the heart), she is more concerned with the fact that Jay is giving Serena mouth to mouth to resuscitate her than the fact that, oh I don't know, Serena's heart has stopped beating. Then she's JEALOUS that Serena has been struck by lightning and is now part of this group of people who have suffered great pain and will continue to experience side effects of the event for the rest of their lives.
Rachel is just not a likable character, which I'm usually fine with, but this time around whether it be because I read this book during a very stressful time in my life (yes I'm writing this review instead of finishing my final neuroscience essays that will be worth 40% of my grade) or because I just can't stand people who want to be/make themselves sick or injured or whatever to belong to a certain group. In the end, Rachel did see the error of her ways and figured out that her mother and the support group love and will always love her even if she isn't a victim of the same tragedy they have suffered, but it's too little too late.
I took maybe two or three weeks to get through this book. Partially because April is exam season for those of us in university, but mainly because I was just very bored.
We went round and round in circles with Rachel being obsessed with finding a soul mate to the point where she absolutely disrespects her love interests' (Jay, who by the way has Asperger's, a high-functioning form of Autism, meaning social interactions can be very difficult for him) boundaries, gets mad at him for setting boundaries, making up with him, and then starting the cycle all over again.
She's also so hell-bent on "belonging" to/with and "being loved" by her mother and her lightning strike support group that she actively seeks out being struck by lightning despite knowing the extent of the consequences. When her best friend (Serena) gets struck and nearly killed (because the lightning, surprise, interrupts the electrical systems of the body, namely the heart), she is more concerned with the fact that Jay is giving Serena mouth to mouth to resuscitate her than the fact that, oh I don't know, Serena's heart has stopped beating. Then she's JEALOUS that Serena has been struck by lightning and is now part of this group of people who have suffered great pain and will continue to experience side effects of the event for the rest of their lives.
Rachel is just not a likable character, which I'm usually fine with, but this time around whether it be because I read this book during a very stressful time in my life (yes I'm writing this review instead of finishing my final neuroscience essays that will be worth 40% of my grade) or because I just can't stand people who want to be/make themselves sick or injured or whatever to belong to a certain group. In the end, Rachel did see the error of her ways and figured out that her mother and the support group love and will always love her even if she isn't a victim of the same tragedy they have suffered, but it's too little too late.