This may be an unfairly biased review simply because this isn't a genre I typically read. However, I enjoyed it far more than anticipated. To Weiner’s credit, she does a great job of keeping the reader’s attention. If I'm honest, the novel does lack a bit in the area of character development. It was hard to grasp any depth of emotion over Allison’s disintegrating marriage, because there was never an intimate look into their relationship to begin with, just bits and pieces of their history. Because of this, the relationship felt somewhat disingenuous - as did the connection with her best friend, for the same reason. In addition, I did feel as though the protagonist's troubles lacked profundity, which made the character seem needy and shallow. Honestly, I would have loved to learn more about the progression of her father’s illness and the evolution of her involvement with it. As soon as the reader began to feel emotion over her father’s descent, the story moved on, as with so many of the scenes.
All in all, I enjoyed this novel, though since it gave interesting insight about how addiction knows no boundaries. I also appreciated that it moved at a steady clip!
Read 9/14/14
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