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kaylakaotik 's review for:
Gorgeous
by Paul Rudnick
I came across Gorgeous in some magazine. It was the recommended book to read for the month. I threw it on my to-read list and figured I’d get around to it eventually. I’m not really sure why I expected something spectacular, but I did. Whether or not the book actually delivered, I’m not sure. It’s one of those books that I can’t decide if I like it or not. I just don’t know!
One of the things that really throws me off about the book is HOW? How does all this happen? What kind of crazy forces are at work here? Is it god, magic, some sort of mystical voodoo? And while I didn’t mind suspending disbelief for the majority of the book, when the big reveal about Tom happens (you’ll know it when you read it) I lost it. My ability to suspend disbelief went out the window. I felt like at that exact point the book went from fantastical to just plain weird. Not knowing what exactly is going on and the whole Tom thing might have been what killed the book for me. Or not. I still don’t really know.
Overall, I don’t know. I don’t get it. I think I liked it, but I’m not really sure. This book just confuses me all the way around.
I guess I give this book a very confused 3 stars.
One of the things that really throws me off about the book is HOW? How does all this happen? What kind of crazy forces are at work here? Is it god, magic, some sort of mystical voodoo? And while I didn’t mind suspending disbelief for the majority of the book, when the big reveal about Tom happens (you’ll know it when you read it) I lost it. My ability to suspend disbelief went out the window. I felt like at that exact point the book went from fantastical to just plain weird. Not knowing what exactly is going on and the whole Tom thing might have been what killed the book for me. Or not. I still don’t really know.
Overall, I don’t know. I don’t get it. I think I liked it, but I’m not really sure. This book just confuses me all the way around.
I guess I give this book a very confused 3 stars.