Asha Lemmie
Autor de Fifty Words for Rain
Obras de Asha Lemmie
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Virginia, USA
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Black Authors (1)
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 617
- Popularidad
- #40,747
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 21
- ISBNs
- 14
- Idiomas
- 3
I was initially drawn to the book because it has a lovely cover and I am a cover snob. Even my coworker and fellow cover snob agreed, there is something about the dark blue and the pink that is really quite pleasing. However, upon reading the book, it became clear that I had been bamboozled, and for once my method of choosing books by their covers failed (who could've seen that coming?).
Unlike the cover, there was nothing pleasing about the plot or the writing, which is why I have rated it so low. I took off a few stars for plot, another star for the poor writing, and finally I dropped it down to one star today because months after reading I am somehow still thinking about how mad I am at this book. The plot was entirely too predictable, all of the characters were flat, and the ending was equal parts dull and nonsensical. At the heart of it all it attempted to reconcile poor Nori with her supposed place in society, but it read more as tragedy porn.… (más)