One Less Problem Without You: A Novel by Beth HarbisonMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
I received a free ARC copy via Netgalley.com.
Wow..... just wow. There was nothing in this book that I expected there to be. I mean, I get it. One bitter little boy grew up to be a bitter, but powerful, man and destroyed so much in the 30-something years he was alive. Let's just skip to the pros and cons before this Review gives me a headache.
LIKES
1: The Characters
Beth Harbison did an excellent job of writing well rounded characters that had real emotion in them.
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DISLIKES
1: EVERYTHING
I hated how the book would jump back and forth from random times in the past to the present. I understand that the author was providing back story, but there had to be a better way to do it. I hated that there were so many different stories going on in this one book. I hated how Diana's story was in first person while EVERYONE else was in 3rd. I hated that Chelsea didn't share her story about Lief with the 2 women closest to her. I hate that everything seemed to wrap up into a nice little bow at the end, and it drives me nuts that after Lief died each additional chapter read like it was going to be the last, but nooooooo, there had to be at least 3 more that really made no sense, but since the book had already been written that way, I guess the ending chapters were a necessity.
I am a Beth Harbison fan, and I can't believe that this is close to a final draft of hers. This book is set to come out July 2016, but it reads (in my opinion) more like it needs another years worth of work.
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