Title: Disappointing
Review: I truly wanted to like this book. The first couple of chapters were good and I was hooked. As the book progressed, however, it went downhill. Most of the characters seemed like cariactures to me, especially Lena's mother and aunt Florence (who actually is a truly warped character--I found the Phoebe the chicken story fairly disturbing). Many of the flashbacks are overly drawn out, and I kept thinking, "who cares?" By about 2/3rds of the way through the book, I no longer cared what happened. Like I said, I wanted to like this book and was bitterly disappointed especially after reading so many great reviews here. I do think the story concept had potential. Hopefully Jackson's future books will be better.
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