⭐⭐ out of 5
Have you read any of my other book reviews from the last few years? If so, you'll know that I always start them off with the full packing of 5 stars and that I'm always hopeful that they will all still be stuck firmly in place by the time I close the back cover. You'll also know that I don't just knock off stars for no reason, I always give my reason(s) within the review. The most common reason I make a book 4 stars when it should be a 5 is because of copyright or trademark infringement within the book. I've replaced a lost star twice so far after a magic little sentence right at the back of the book and I'm more than happy to do it again in future if that sentence is there.
I've got high hopes for this book because at the time of reading it has 1 review which has given it the full 5 stars. I haven't read the review 'cos I prefer to read each book with an open mind, rather than being influenced by others' opinions before I've even opened my Kindle.
Let's get going with the reading and reviewing, shall we?
Ooh! The book starts off with an "Author's Note" and what she has written makes me think that there are some controversial/discriminatory pieces within her book. She has chosen to present the work as it was originally written in 2012 so it'll be interesting to see what she has to say!
Just before the start of the first chapter, there's what looks like a long photo and tiny writing which are both unseeable on my Kindle so I hope that's the only image in this book like that so that I don't have to remove the first star already.
Oh dear, there's the brand name of a car in chapter two, so we've got two wobbly stars already!
I'm glad that this is a relatively short book 'cos so far I've been bored out of my brain! I'm up to page 9 of 77 and I've yet to read anything that takes my interest... if this is the authors dull work from 2012 then I *seriously* hope she's improved now!!
Up to chapter 4 and it's such a dull, boring book that the first star is officially plopping off with the other two still wobbly. I'm glad I didn't read the review that's already up first otherwise I would have been even more disappointed that he or she had thought so highly of the book!
I'm giving this book until the end of chapter 4 before I officially give up on it and declare it another DNF.
OK, I've just finished the fourth chapter and it didn't improve so I'm declaring it another DNF unfortunately and I'm taking the two wobbly stars off too because they don't deserve to stay on.
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