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A review by whimzycal_pages
Going Home by Judith Keim
3.0
ARC received for an honest review.
I hated this book at the beginning but it got really good really fast. The first half of the book was just explaining everything that happened in the blurb so it was boring since I already kind of knew what was going to happen.
The thing I didn't like at all in this book is that there is zero character relationship development. I was fuming with rage just 50 pages into the book. Lettie, the protagonist, grew up in a foster home. That does not mean she has never interacted with humans before. So, why is getting so horny near all these guys??? She kisses Rafe and spends one night with him. One night. And suddenly she's in love with him. She doesn't know anything about him! And she cries ALL THE TIME. It's horrifying. And then Rafe breaks up with her (before they even got together) and the next day she kisses Kenton, and immediately falls in love again. Apparently, Kenton's kiss felt so 'right' in a way Rafe's didn't. I just wanted to highlight the absurdity of these events that happened in the span of a few pages. I didn't even get the chance to care.
Okay, I'm done ranting now. There was some though. Lettie was annoying and selfish at the beginning but she matured near the end and actually runs Chandler Hill really well.
The setting and overall description of characters personality/thoughts could have been fleshed out more to give the book an added depth. Most of the time I couldn't picture what was going on or the emotions didn't really reach me. It was a very dry book is terms of feeling. The plot line was really good though, so you can still get through it.
I'll probably read the next book because I want to know what happens to characters.
[Bookstagram]
Why, she wondered, did nobody want her enough to fight for her?
I hated this book at the beginning but it got really good really fast. The first half of the book was just explaining everything that happened in the blurb so it was boring since I already kind of knew what was going to happen.
The thing I didn't like at all in this book is that there is zero character relationship development. I was fuming with rage just 50 pages into the book. Lettie, the protagonist, grew up in a foster home. That does not mean she has never interacted with humans before. So, why is getting so horny near all these guys??? She kisses Rafe and spends one night with him. One night. And suddenly she's in love with him. She doesn't know anything about him! And she cries ALL THE TIME. It's horrifying. And then Rafe breaks up with her (before they even got together) and the next day she kisses Kenton, and immediately falls in love again. Apparently, Kenton's kiss felt so 'right' in a way Rafe's didn't. I just wanted to highlight the absurdity of these events that happened in the span of a few pages. I didn't even get the chance to care.
Okay, I'm done ranting now. There was some
The setting and overall description of characters personality/thoughts could have been fleshed out more to give the book an added depth. Most of the time I couldn't picture what was going on or the emotions didn't really reach me. It was a very dry book is terms of feeling. The plot line was really good though, so you can still get through it.
I'll probably read the next book because I want to know what happens to characters.
[Bookstagram]