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A review by teresaalice
See Her Run by Peggy Townsend
3.0
3.5 stars.
My biggest pet peeve with this book is the protagonist. The writing is good, but without trying to offend the author, I feel like she's writing a character that twenty-somethings might find "cool" but falls tragically short of the mark. I don't know many twenty somethings, but the ones that I do know do not find Timberland boots, spiky short hair and eating disorders to be "de rigeur". Maybe I'm wrong. Other than the perennial notations about how much she ate (Aloa Snow - another annoying thing about this protagonist is the name), the story itself was quite compelling and I enjoyed the writing style. Seeing as this is marked as #1 in a series, I'm expecting more. I just hope she decides to make the protagonist more likeable while keeping the other parts of her writing the same.
My biggest pet peeve with this book is the protagonist. The writing is good, but without trying to offend the author, I feel like she's writing a character that twenty-somethings might find "cool" but falls tragically short of the mark. I don't know many twenty somethings, but the ones that I do know do not find Timberland boots, spiky short hair and eating disorders to be "de rigeur". Maybe I'm wrong. Other than the perennial notations about how much she ate (Aloa Snow - another annoying thing about this protagonist is the name), the story itself was quite compelling and I enjoyed the writing style. Seeing as this is marked as #1 in a series, I'm expecting more. I just hope she decides to make the protagonist more likeable while keeping the other parts of her writing the same.