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Revisado: 07-01-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I love to listen to audiobooks while doing hand projects, so to find this audiobook made me quite happy. I went in not entirely knowing what to expect, and was pleasantly surprised.

What I liked:
Ms. Greyson is a master at creating suspense. The first half of the book was so uncomfortable and...just...flat-out annoying because of that fact. I mean, when you start a book and you know there’s a mystery...but then things just keep happening wrong because of said mystery, and some the characters are confused because of the mystery and keep asking and wondering about it while the ones who know the mystery aren’t saying anything, and you (as the listener) are just sitting there for THREE HOURS in agony as the suspense builds....yeah. The author knows how to create suspense. It hurt in a wonderful way.
While the basic storyline (if you were to bother to map it out) may be a bit cliche for some, Ms. Greyson knows how to make a basic storyline and turn it into something interesting and different. I mean, I listened to the book in just over 2 days, because I had to know HOW everything turned out right.
As any author knows, characters have a way of getting out of hand sometimes, and showing parts of their personality that weren’t supposed to come out in the initial draft. A couple of scenes in the book are totally that, and we (as the reader/listener) get to see random sides of the characters that are really funny. It helps them be more real. I mean....girls arguing over a necklace?
Ms. Greyson did a good job of touching on topics like pain, fear, depression and suicide, and addressed them with solutions (the Solution?) that have helped so many in their same shoes. So while the book was a novel, it was also edifying, which I highly appreciated.
The author knows how to work with words. She used word pictures and interested descriptions and didn’t say “said” all the time.
The narrator was a joy to listen to. She did a good job helping the characters come to life, especially further into the book.

What I liked less
The characters were confusing at times. They sometimes behaved in ways inconsistent with their description or with how many people in a similar emotional state would act. The main character would often flip between laughter and tears without any clear reason or description. Yes, I know girls can be emotionally weird at times, but this was more confusing. The characters could also be a bit flat at times. I mentioned earlier how I appreciated how the author touched on depression and fear and suicide and such, which is true, but at times, her handling of it (especially depression and suicide) was a little shallow. The characters who were supposed to be dealing with said things didn’t act like those I’ve met who are struggling with the same...mainly in that their problems were all too easily solved (usually with just a conversation or two). It wasn’t terrible or anything. The characters just felt “flat” in that way.
Occasionally, the book would get confusing when the author would forget to mention a detail. For example, within the first 10 minutes, I was lost, because she forgot to mention who all the extra females were until halfway through the chapter. Nothing too terrible, but every once in a while, something like that would happen and I’d be lost for a bit. She eventually would mention something that would clear my confusion, but for a bit, I’d be so confused.

Anyway, that’s my two cents after listening to it. Overall, I definitely recommend it. It’s fun to listen to, and edifying overall.

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