Helpful Score: 2
A lot of people seem to rave about this book, but personally I didn't like it. I had no problem with the subject matter. I was actually intrigued. I hadn't seen many books out there that dealt with something as taboo as incest, and I wanted to see how it was portrayed.
What I did have a problem with was the way the story was executed. It seemed to do nothing but drag on for over 400 pages. I read through the first 150, and then skimmed through the rest, and I still understood what happened through the rest of the book. All the major events could have happened in half the size of the book. A lot of repeated explanations of "forbidden" feelings, broken up by a few family quarrels.
Don't be put off by the subject matter. If you're going to read this book, please do so with an open mind. It just trudged through like a soap opera.
What I did have a problem with was the way the story was executed. It seemed to do nothing but drag on for over 400 pages. I read through the first 150, and then skimmed through the rest, and I still understood what happened through the rest of the book. All the major events could have happened in half the size of the book. A lot of repeated explanations of "forbidden" feelings, broken up by a few family quarrels.
Don't be put off by the subject matter. If you're going to read this book, please do so with an open mind. It just trudged through like a soap opera.
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