Thursday, June 13, 2013

Sally by Freya North

I had previously read Secrets by Freya North and really liked it, so I got a little book happy and bought a load of her books a few weeks ago. Well I finished Sally and what can I say, I didn't like it, I had a headache from the first page to the last. It has the makings of a great book, and I still really like Freya North, she has this funny streak that I really do like, her characters are great but and there is a pretty big but... I couldn't stand her style of writing in this book. It changes from first, second and third person all within one page. At times it is impossible to follow the story because you cant keep track of who is talking, one minute she is having a conversation with him, the next the conversation switches into her head and then suddenly it has flipped to his character having a conversation with her only to jump right back into his head and then, and yes there is a then, suddenly its the author talking and telling the story from an outside point of view, now this might be OK chapter to chapter but when these switches happen all on the one page it is a huge mind bender and impossible to keep track. I actually couldn't wait to finish this book. I'm sad to say that I wouldn't recommend this book and recently had a conversation with a friend who also said she found the constant switching of narrators too hard to enjoy. Sadly this book is a bottom shelf for me.
2/10

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