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Glass Dolls by D.E. White
2.0
I don't know what to say about this book.
The idea behind it was SO PROMISING. The killer takes young girls, kills them and encases them in glass boxes, leaving them to be found in public. It immediately caught my attention, because that sounds like such a great thriller!
However, I couldn't get around the writing in this novel. The author wrote in such a juvenile way, with sentence structure being quite far below what I am used to reading. She also tended to use a lot of slang for the police, and with it constantly changing it became very annoying. There was also a backstory going on throughout, and even thought the POV was meant to be hidden, it switched between characters and it was really hard to figure out without any names or dates being given.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story line, and the premise of the thriller was the only thing that kept me going. I wanted to find out how the whole story was going to end, who was going to be the backstory narrator, and who the perpetrator was behind all these gruesome killings. But I couldn't connect with the main character, I couldn't get passed the writing, and I only finished because I found the story interesting.
I don't think I'll be checking out more of D.E. White's writing, and wouldn't recommend this to friends.
2.5
Merged review:
I don't know what to say about this book.
The idea behind it was SO PROMISING. The killer takes young girls, kills them and encases them in glass boxes, leaving them to be found in public. It immediately caught my attention, because that sounds like such a great thriller!
However, I couldn't get around the writing in this novel. The author wrote in such a juvenile way, with sentence structure being quite far below what I am used to reading. She also tended to use a lot of slang for the police, and with it constantly changing it became very annoying. There was also a backstory going on throughout, and even thought the POV was meant to be hidden, it switched between characters and it was really hard to figure out without any names or dates being given.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story line, and the premise of the thriller was the only thing that kept me going. I wanted to find out how the whole story was going to end, who was going to be the backstory narrator, and who the perpetrator was behind all these gruesome killings. But I couldn't connect with the main character, I couldn't get passed the writing, and I only finished because I found the story interesting.
I don't think I'll be checking out more of D.E. White's writing, and wouldn't recommend this to friends.
2.5
The idea behind it was SO PROMISING. The killer takes young girls, kills them and encases them in glass boxes, leaving them to be found in public. It immediately caught my attention, because that sounds like such a great thriller!
However, I couldn't get around the writing in this novel. The author wrote in such a juvenile way, with sentence structure being quite far below what I am used to reading. She also tended to use a lot of slang for the police, and with it constantly changing it became very annoying. There was also a backstory going on throughout, and even thought the POV was meant to be hidden, it switched between characters and it was really hard to figure out without any names or dates being given.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story line, and the premise of the thriller was the only thing that kept me going. I wanted to find out how the whole story was going to end, who was going to be the backstory narrator, and who the perpetrator was behind all these gruesome killings. But I couldn't connect with the main character, I couldn't get passed the writing, and I only finished because I found the story interesting.
I don't think I'll be checking out more of D.E. White's writing, and wouldn't recommend this to friends.
2.5
Merged review:
I don't know what to say about this book.
The idea behind it was SO PROMISING. The killer takes young girls, kills them and encases them in glass boxes, leaving them to be found in public. It immediately caught my attention, because that sounds like such a great thriller!
However, I couldn't get around the writing in this novel. The author wrote in such a juvenile way, with sentence structure being quite far below what I am used to reading. She also tended to use a lot of slang for the police, and with it constantly changing it became very annoying. There was also a backstory going on throughout, and even thought the POV was meant to be hidden, it switched between characters and it was really hard to figure out without any names or dates being given.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story line, and the premise of the thriller was the only thing that kept me going. I wanted to find out how the whole story was going to end, who was going to be the backstory narrator, and who the perpetrator was behind all these gruesome killings. But I couldn't connect with the main character, I couldn't get passed the writing, and I only finished because I found the story interesting.
I don't think I'll be checking out more of D.E. White's writing, and wouldn't recommend this to friends.
2.5