As I prepare for a quick spring break
weekend away from the computer, I wanted to catch up on a couple of
reviews.
Currently Reading:
My
Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca MeadDream Dress by Janice Thompson (received through NetGalley)
Alienated by Melissa Landers
On Deck:
Great Expectations by Charles DickensColonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
The Kids Will Be Fine: Guilt-Free Motherhood for Thoroughly Modern Women by Daisy Waugh (received through LibraryThing)
The Burning by Jane Casey (received through NetGalley)
Recent Reviews:
Partials: Book One in
the Partial Sequence
by Dan Wells
3 stars
I can’t seem to get enough of the young adult dystopian novels…it’s a weakness. Partials
examines a world in which multiple wars and a deadly virus have annihilated
most of the human population and continues to kill each newborn. Another race of beings, created by humans to
fight in wars and called the Partials, exists beyond the borders as a
menace. The premise for this book is
fantastic. The setting of a barely
habitable Long Island and the other boroughs is described very well. The scientific background of the virus and a
search for a cure sound plausible. It
all should add up…but I found myself getting extremely bored. There just wasn’t a lot of action and there
was a ton of talking. Kira, the main
character, is meant to be strong and tenacious but she is really hard to take
at times and fairly unlikable. I think
that this series has potential and a great premise but it is just an okay
addition to the genre.
Fifty
Years in Polygamy: Big Secrets and Little White Lies by Kristyn Decker (received through
NetGalley)
2 ½ stars
Kristyn Decker spent most of her life
living in a polygamous sect of the Mormon religion. This memoir describes her life in this setting
over the years. Kristyn (not her birth
name) has a heartbreaking story and has had to overcome some very difficult
circumstances and she writes with honesty about her experience. There are some very graphic scenes,
especially those depicting her abuse as a child, that were very difficult to
read and I have to assume were even more difficult to write. That said, this is not a very well written
book. There were obvious mistakes and
repetitive statements. It was also
longer than it probably needed to be.
So while I do appreciate the fact she shared this information about her
life in this closed community, I wish that it had been easier to read. I received this book through NetGalley in
exchange for an honest review.
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