I was desperate to just stop reading this after the first couple of pages. It is written from a third person point of view in a completely bewildering effusion of language. When two words would do to describe a location we get five. Whilst this works for some authors it definitely does not in this particular case.
There is little to recommend it from a characterisation point of view either. By the end of the first Chapter we know Oliver has a major crush of Rebekkah Starling and that his dad is an alcoholic. Beyond that I could find little to draw me into the characters.
Fortunately, the second chapter is much more settled in style - still needlessly verbose in areas but generally reads much more fluently. At last we start getting some insights in to Eve, Oliver's mother but I am only just beginning to get the first twinges of maybe being interested in her.
Thus far I would have to say that the cover is the best thing about this book. I have been looking forward to this one since it appeared on it's 14 day countdown on the site just based on the cover alone.
There is little to recommend it from a characterisation point of view either. By the end of the first Chapter we know Oliver has a major crush of Rebekkah Starling and that his dad is an alcoholic. Beyond that I could find little to draw me into the characters.
Fortunately, the second chapter is much more settled in style - still needlessly verbose in areas but generally reads much more fluently. At last we start getting some insights in to Eve, Oliver's mother but I am only just beginning to get the first twinges of maybe being interested in her.
Thus far I would have to say that the cover is the best thing about this book. I have been looking forward to this one since it appeared on it's 14 day countdown on the site just based on the cover alone.