It's taken me almost two days to review this as I finished it in the wee hours of barely February 14th.
People have been raving about this book so much, and the description hit on so many things I love, I was dying to read it. An audiobook copy finally became available from the library and I let is sit in my queue until I had only 5 days before it had to be returned. I said to hell with everything else eating up my time and attention and knew on 1.75 speed I could knock it out in no time.
Let me preface this by saying the book was great. The characters were interesting and diverse, the plot was interesting, the pacing was good. Over all the writing was very good. So why is there clearly a but coming?
But, it wasn't awesome. Perhaps the hype and buildup gave me certain expectations. I thought I would lose myself in this story. I did not. It did not pull me in or resonate with me at all. I wanted this to be the best thing I read all year, I'm afraid that will not be the case. I suppose it's my own fault. I wanted too much, to adore this book. I only liked it.
I agonized over this review because I didn't want my thoughts to bias anyone else. It was a good book, it just didn't hit me the way I wanted it too.
People have been raving about this book so much, and the description hit on so many things I love, I was dying to read it. An audiobook copy finally became available from the library and I let is sit in my queue until I had only 5 days before it had to be returned. I said to hell with everything else eating up my time and attention and knew on 1.75 speed I could knock it out in no time.
Let me preface this by saying the book was great. The characters were interesting and diverse, the plot was interesting, the pacing was good. Over all the writing was very good. So why is there clearly a but coming?
But, it wasn't awesome. Perhaps the hype and buildup gave me certain expectations. I thought I would lose myself in this story. I did not. It did not pull me in or resonate with me at all. I wanted this to be the best thing I read all year, I'm afraid that will not be the case. I suppose it's my own fault. I wanted too much, to adore this book. I only liked it.
I agonized over this review because I didn't want my thoughts to bias anyone else. It was a good book, it just didn't hit me the way I wanted it too.
