Slowly Going Bald

This actually sums up my experience of reading this book to an absolutely perfect degree. My impression over all was that it was good, but it did leave me with fingers that were itching for a red marker pen.

Haven't read the book, but I particularly like this line from your post:

"she should've hired a more aggressive editor"

HAHAHAHAHAHAA!!

Aahhhhhhh.

Yes.

/wipes away tears of merriment/

I haven't read the book but man, this was the best book review I've ever read!

When the mystery resolved itself I felt very very cheated.

*spoiler alert*

The main character just sits there and reads a bunch of shit and goes "A-ha!" and poof mystery is over. That was so unsatisfying for all the slogging one had to do to get through the interminably slow parts.

Another point of contention was the handling of the group of friends. They were a huge facet of the book for about 2/3rds and then unceremoniously dumped.

Yet another was the smug satisfaction that Blue got about being smarter and having a great relationship with her father.

That all said, I still enjoyed the book but I'm glad I picked it up when it was really discounted.

I just finished reading this book two nights ago. I'm glad to see I wasn't the only person still yet to read it. I was frustrated at the fact that the back of the book cover mentions that Hannah dies, but that the book took -- what? -- 300 pages to get to that point? The similes I could deal with. Though abundant, many were well-put. However, what irked me most was how flamingly unlikable everybody but Blue was. The Bluebloods in particular. Christ, I would have offed Hannah earlier on just to get them to stop talking to me earlier. One more small problem: the abundant color words. Blue, the Bluebloods, Milton Black, and Jade Whitestone. "Whitestone"? What the hell is that?

Your to-the-point review = total opposite of the book, though in the end I enjoyed both.

I read this just as I started reading the book, and thought 'Aw nuts, it's slow in parts' because I love a crazy-long book that's all good, all the time (see: Chabon, Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay). In the end, your bullet-point review was bang on. Some of her metaphors were so beautiful, but there were SO friggin many.

Muchas kudos.

Yeah, that was pretty much it.

i kind of disagree with all Chris's complaints.

Should have hired a more aggressive editor indeed.

Small aside: this book was sold at auction with the express stipulation that it NOT be edited AT ALL. So it wasn't. For reals, no lie.

I only got to boring and couldn't stand anymore. Maybe I'll have to pick it up again.

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