Steve Conoboy

This book was like a roller coaster that sometimes goes up, but mostly it stays down.

First of all: it was clear that this is not a happy story from the cover and blurb, and I was certainly not expecting sunshine and rainbows. But the level of constant hate, self-hate, bullying and just negative emotion was incredibly frustrating to read.

Around 80 pages, I wanted to DNF this book and just be done with it. Then the plot picked up a little and I was intrigued. Then it went down again. Then sometimes there were rare moments when I was interested in what was going to happen, where I felt the tension, or maybe Misha had a really funny sarcastic comment... and then it went down again and the whole thing was just boring and/or frustrating.

I was ready to give this three stars, because it did have some parts I enjoyed, but then it ended and I was left with this feeling of "... wait, really? THAT's the end?" I felt like nothing was really resolved, and the book just ended in the middle of the finale.… (more)