Jenna Wattenbarger

Boring and sentimental

Revisado: 10-11-24

I found this book to be boring and sentimental. I what universe do siblings get along like this?

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shallow characters, slow story

Revisado: 12-21-21

ok I'm a couple hours in and there have been so many scattered plot points and characters and time periods that I don't know what's going on, or why I should care. maybe better to read than listen to? idk...want my money and time back.

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boring

Revisado: 10-26-21

It's okay to have boring characters so long as interesting things happen to them. It's okay to have boring plots so long as the characters are interesting. If you just have boring characters going through boring life circumstances, yep you guessed it. This is boring. With that in mind, allow me to tell you the entire plot of this book. Two high school kids develop a crush on each other. They start a relationship. They go to college. That's IT. That is the whole plot of this book. I'm about ready to give up on Audible. Please stop recommending these "top rated" books.

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boring purple prose

Revisado: 08-29-21

no character development at all. dialogue basically non-existent. at this point I'm convinced Audible is rigging reviews. how does every book have 4-5 stars? tired of wasting my $$ on books that suck.

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just no

Revisado: 07-16-21

It's hard for for men to write as women, and even harder to write as mothers. Stevenson fails at both. The story is too dark and too far-fetched. The characters are two-dimensional. Ugh

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just...so boring

Revisado: 05-27-21

The characters are generic, many of them seemingly introduced so that they can die of AIDS and what...make me sad? Probably this would work on a screen bc it doesn't take much to care about someone you can see. On the page, it takes so much longer to invest in individuals, especially if they aren't the narrator, or even central to the story. Many scenes seem to have no point whatsoever. Like, ok, central character gets drunk with a co-worker, who offers him drugs and hits on him...how is this relevant? (Hint: it isn't.) Books spanning decades are so hard to pull off. It's hard to narrow in on the right moments. It's hard to make it not read like a series of traumas. I don't even think *this* book would work as slice-of-life. Really considering canceling my Audible subscription if they keep peddling this junk at me.

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Victorian drama & suspense

Revisado: 05-13-21

Surprisingly fun for being so old-school. Plot lines, characters & dialogue would have felt cheesy (and frankly, sexist) in a modern book--totally works in its 18th century grandeur. Solid four-star read.

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Just meh for Lisa Jewell

Revisado: 01-10-21

I've read/listened to over ten Lisa Jewell books. This is the first one I found boring. Didn't even finish it.

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Sequel material

Revisado: 04-21-20

I adore Elizabeth Strout. I like her ability to make everyday people so compelling, and to make their seemingly mundane stories feel like hero's journeys. I think the problem here is that Olive's story had already been told in Olive Kitteridge. This one feels more like a sequel.

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sexual violence & cliches

Revisado: 04-16-20

If you've ever watched a movie where a bunch of teenage girls get butchered, you have read this book. Complete with damaged, lonely detectives, detailed torture and mutilation, and all the good conversations left out. Two stars for suspense. I actually finished the book because I wanted to find out how everything would go down--and that is really saying something considering how terribly it was written.

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