Brandy H. (animlgrl) reviewed on 4/2/2015 + 84 more book reviews

** spoiler alert ** At first, I thought I would hate it. Then, about 3 pages in I was hooked. Though I did not personally connect with the main character, nor her roommate, of whom she discusses throughout the story, I REALLY wanted to know what was happening in their lives. The bits about getting left to sober up at a parents house, about meeting her parents, about her sister running away...loved all of it. Then, it kinda died, at about page 300. Once the trial was over, womp, womp. Borrrrring. I couldn't care less about what happened to the main character after that, or her life (though a few bits about ex husbands were interesting). The part where she falls in love with Anne's father, completely unbelievable, and this is where it fell off the tracks for me. The last 3 chapters were completely unnecessary, in my opinion. They did nothing to actually tie up the story whatsoever.

So I'll stick with my 3 rating because I was so surprised at how quickly it sucked me in. Those first 300 pages reminded me a lot of Tartt's "A Secret History". Maybe it was all the dormitories, school references and love/hate relationship with fellow students.

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