pickI can‘t believe I‘m saying this, but this is borderline so-so for me and I expected it to blow away the #CampLitsy competition. I‘m giving Cosby some grace to compensate for my mental state, but I‘m disappointed. It‘s dark, violent, and gritty, but unlike Blacktop Wasteland, ALL of the characters just annoy me endlessly. I wasn‘t surprised by any of the elements of the ending. They were all inevitable, not just predictable.
TrishB I only gave it a so-so. Definitely not my fave of his. 1d
DGRachel My biggest gripe is the thing in books that I hate more than any other thing (except killing a dog - this is THE worst) and that is 90% of the worst of this could have been prevented if the siblings had just TALKED TO EACH OTHER HONESTLY!!!! I don‘t care if keeping secrets was “in character” or necessary for the plot. I hate it. I hate it. I HATE IT! 1d
DGRachel @TrishB Thank you! I really thought I was the only one who didn‘t love it. 😭 1d
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TrishB I always think that when it‘s just me! 😁 I thought it was mediocre and predictable. 1d
BarbaraBB I did enjoy it a lot but I too was really frustrated by them not talking to each other. Dante was the worst imo 😱 (edited) 1d
Megabooks @DGRachel in life, I hate it, too. But living with an elderly mother who can be very brittle and judgmental, there is a lot I don‘t say, even if it is in no way my preferred dynamic with people I choose to bring into my life. Family is tough. For me, there was enough realistic explanation why they weren‘t. I guess with the situation I‘m in, it gave me a level of strange affection for the characters 🤷🏻♀️ @BarbaraBB 1d
Megabooks However, I was mad at Roman for not being as honest with Jae. I think she could‘ve handled it, but I think he probably feared losing her. Fear is a strong motivator! @BarbaraBB 1d
ChaoticMissAdventures @DGRachel agree!! Just TALK to each other!! So annoying. I was annoying how terrible those boys were to their sister, leaving her out in the cold like that as she shouldered everything. 1d
DGRachel @Megabooks I completely agree that family dynamics can be tough to navigate and it was understandable here, it‘s just a trope in fiction that frustrates me a lot. 1d
Megabooks @DGRachel oh for sure! We all have tropes we find frustrating. 1d
squirrelbrain It wasn‘t my favourite of his either. I just recommended All The Sinners Bleed to a friend and I was reflecting on how much better that one was. 20h
DGRachel @squirrelbrain I‘m glad that others are considering this a rather disappointing outlier. I LOVED Blacktop Wasteland so much I‘ve bought his other books as they‘ve come out but I‘ve not gotten to any of them. I will have to go back as a palate cleanser to this one. 🤪 14h
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so-so
