I bought the Kindle edition after downloading the sample and my poor tablet/phone got the full benefit.
When the indicated 'remaining time to read' is over 20 hours and my response is "I'm glad", it must say something about the story.
Difficult to put down. When the tablet was on charge, or I was out and about I was at the mercy of wi-fi which sometimes didn't allow Kindle to sync the book. Never mind, didn't take long to find my place.
The ending, although brief, was perfect for the story/book. The author's sneaky dream 'preview' was a good way to handle what may have become a bogged-down series of events.
The experiences of Denise and Annette were relevant and interesting.
My personal gripes:
There were a couple of places where names seemed to be mixed up, either that or the book wasn't written clearly. An example is an incident with Grant and David, when, after Grant has left he apparently continued conversing. A similar thing when the parents of boys come to the school and the one who has left the premises is apparently brought back into the room. Either me or the story wasn't clear.
"We shouldn't run out of treats like we did last year."
Or
"and the first time it had run out of treats at the end of the event!"
Which is it?
Spelling mistakes - fiancèe, grammar - they're/their - slipped through, but in such a huge book it's not surprising (perhaps I should be a proof reader lol).
Worst thing is the fact that it's written in American, not English. 5 inch opera pumps???????. Pumps are a colloquial English expression for casual shoes often worn during manual work. The concept of wearing them formally with a 5" heel is distracting to say the least.
Various other Americanisms also detract from enjoyment of the story. 'Body English?' Quick Google check that it did mean 'body language'.
An English vocabulary version would be most welcome.
At times the author seemed to assume a different personality and dive into a personal rage whenever possible legal implication were involved. For all I know the author has a doctorate in law, but as a reader I don't want a ranting detailed breakdown of legal implications. As I said, it seemed relevant to the author but was OTT in the context of the story.
Equally the author seems to be so proud of the situation which Larry suffered that I lost count of the number of times it was repeated, in detail, especially by Larry.
Surely he would want to put such a horrific event behind him. It's almost like he's proudly boasting to anyone who listens "did I tell you about the times they tried to kill me?" An opportunity for me to skip such unnecessary repetitions.
The characters all came from privilidged backgrounds - even the single parent had a well-paid job. As the story was built on personal achievements it didn't need grandparents and fathers to be self-employed rich people, with spouses running around in SUVs. Having legal reps on call is not a norm here - perhaps it is in America. I don't think the President popped in, but perhaps I missed it in one of the 'Roxy' sections I skipped over lol.
To a certain extent, the girls achieving their goals from a poorer background would have added to the story, rather than the 'privilidged child made good' scenario in the book.
Not being American I don't know if American culture is happy with the petulant dis-respectful, bad-language outbursts which occurred with these 15/16 year olds. Certainly the supposed 'respect' they were renowned for seemed to be selective.
For someone like me with a difficulty in remembering names there were a lot of characters. There were many times when I had to stop to think who somebody was. The author tried to be hepful at times with job title references, but the fact that friends and family were referred to by their names sometimes, when they were also referred to as senior professionals or politicians, didn't help.
BTW, would a gynocologist really do an intimate examination of his own teenage daughter? The possibility was just casually mentioned and accepted.
And ...... if I hear one more time that Lana's crepes are snacks, not the same as the ones you have for breakfast, I swear I'll throttle someone!
The appearance of Roxy was an unwelcome distraction and made me jump over pages to avoid those parts.
My summary
I'm glad I read the book although bearing in mind my gripes I'm apprehensive to start the recommended next book.
An enormous book. The story could have gone on forever and I'd still be reading it (skipping Roxy, ranting at the legal bits and banging my head at the mention of Lana's crepes!!!)
I believe the quick cut-off conclusion was the correct ending.
Thank you Alecia Snowfall
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