Dianne (gardngal) reviewed on 9/3/2012 + 269 more book reviews

Loved Sarah's Key, so looked forward to this book by the same author. But reading this book is like walking through knee deep mud. It was difficult to trudge through it. It seems the author had a deadline to meet and thoroughly hated it. Because the story itself is incredibly negative. The main character, Antione, whines constantly. Everything in his life is sad, or hated, or a loss, or SOMETHING. I wanted to scream at him to shape up and get on with his life, instead of feeling sorry for himself about his ex wife, his job, his kids, his looks, his...well, you get the idea. The other reviewers tried to warn me, I guess, but I thought I'd find something at least redeemable about the book. After waiting for it for so long on the WL, it seemed foolish not to at least read it. If you like to feel down and depressed, fine - otherwise, skip this one. Would never recommend it. I'd give it a minus 2 stars!

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