Allison B. (allisonbaker) reviewed on + 48 more book reviews
Grrrr. That was several days well wasted! I read so much in this genre I was excited to read something that was in the area I love but, had a different spin. I so so wanted to like this book it is so different and the first person narrative allows you to get inside the character so deeply (or it should) but,I truely struggled to even finish this book.
I read reviews that "loved Con" but I don't know enough about Con to love him. I wanted to want Sunshine together with him but, again his character gave me nothing to root for. So I wanted to root for Mel but, again I know nothing about Mel. Mel who was Sunshine's long time boyfriend but, they didn't even seem to have a relationship at all during this story.
I would be reading along and finally something would be happening just to have Sunshine's "wheels" fall off. Then she would be wondering off on some tangent and when she finally would come back to the point she was making or the action of the scene, I would totally forget what was going on have to remind myself. By that point the momentum is completely lost.
I frequently felt as if there was something I had missed, a page got skipped somewhere, I would read some new term, slang or some random description and be totally lost on it's meaning. The world was inadequately explained as much as many of the supporting characters. For a book so wordy there was very poor use of all that dialog for set-up and depth.
For a story told in the first person I felt as if I knew nothing about Sunshine. Nothing of her heart except her love of baking and the bakery. You never know how she feels about anyone in her life. All you get is whining and fears. Even during the time she was captured you really get no real emotion from her. She seemed very cold and sterile.
All in All I felt like I was on one of those roller costers that are in the dark. I never knew what was coming and it was never as cool/scary as I thought it would be. The vast majority of the time I was confused and just reading to get done.
So I feel as if I must say somthing positive. I did somewhat enjoy the first person narative. It gave me an interesting perpective and I could see glimmers of how cool it may have been differently written. I liked the bakery references and hearing about her recipes and customers it provided some badly needed color to this story. I don't even mind that there isn't and probably will never be a sequel, I didn't like the first one so I will make up what happens in my own mind. I have been kind-of looking for a stand alone in this genre. I don't mind the loose ends.
Sorry my star rating should have been lower but, my love of books and reading could not bear a lower rating. This book will be swapped out immedeately hopefully to that hands of someone who will appreciate it. Usually my books make a very large loop through hands of friends before coming back to PBS. This one I will not be recommending.
I read reviews that "loved Con" but I don't know enough about Con to love him. I wanted to want Sunshine together with him but, again his character gave me nothing to root for. So I wanted to root for Mel but, again I know nothing about Mel. Mel who was Sunshine's long time boyfriend but, they didn't even seem to have a relationship at all during this story.
I would be reading along and finally something would be happening just to have Sunshine's "wheels" fall off. Then she would be wondering off on some tangent and when she finally would come back to the point she was making or the action of the scene, I would totally forget what was going on have to remind myself. By that point the momentum is completely lost.
I frequently felt as if there was something I had missed, a page got skipped somewhere, I would read some new term, slang or some random description and be totally lost on it's meaning. The world was inadequately explained as much as many of the supporting characters. For a book so wordy there was very poor use of all that dialog for set-up and depth.
For a story told in the first person I felt as if I knew nothing about Sunshine. Nothing of her heart except her love of baking and the bakery. You never know how she feels about anyone in her life. All you get is whining and fears. Even during the time she was captured you really get no real emotion from her. She seemed very cold and sterile.
All in All I felt like I was on one of those roller costers that are in the dark. I never knew what was coming and it was never as cool/scary as I thought it would be. The vast majority of the time I was confused and just reading to get done.
So I feel as if I must say somthing positive. I did somewhat enjoy the first person narative. It gave me an interesting perpective and I could see glimmers of how cool it may have been differently written. I liked the bakery references and hearing about her recipes and customers it provided some badly needed color to this story. I don't even mind that there isn't and probably will never be a sequel, I didn't like the first one so I will make up what happens in my own mind. I have been kind-of looking for a stand alone in this genre. I don't mind the loose ends.
Sorry my star rating should have been lower but, my love of books and reading could not bear a lower rating. This book will be swapped out immedeately hopefully to that hands of someone who will appreciate it. Usually my books make a very large loop through hands of friends before coming back to PBS. This one I will not be recommending.
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