"The Doll" Review

I have been delaying writing this review for a few weeks now because of a lack of words in which to explain my distaste for this book; "The Doll" written by Taylor Stevens. I could not make it through the first 20 pages without being disgusted not with goriness but with the style of writing and the lack of cohesive story line. I did know going into this book that it was the second book in a vague series about the same person but knew that they were not sequential. 

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This story was very dependent, I believe, in knowing and understanding the backgrounds of the characters. I felt as if I had been thrown into an action movie half way in expected to know what had happened. I kept reading just to see if there would be any explanations to who was who but there was none. 

The style of writing that was used in this book was very choppy and unappealing. When I read books I want to be pulled in my the characters and the writing within the first chapter and this book did not even pull with this the first couple of chapters. The style in which it is written is very unforgiving in the sense that it does not allow the reader to follow the story cohesively; there was no real path to follow.

I wanted to give this book a shot because of the amazing story it gave on the back cover but did not pull me into the story fast enough to hook me. 

I am giving it a 1 star because of the potential I think it could have for people who have read previous books from this author and previous books about these characters. 

"Spoken For" Review

I was very excited to read this book. Ever since I heard that Jefferson Bethke's wife was co-authoring a book; I could not wait to get my hands on it. However, As I started reading and getting more into the book, I was slightly regretting this want.

Spoken For is an intertwining story of Robin's and Alyssa's lives and how they accepted who they are and who they actually belong to. This book includes stories from both ladies about how love and God were in their lives and how much of an influence both of these aspects were to them. However, while I was reading I kept hearing the same message over and over again. I do not know whether to take this as a sign of acknowledgement that the authors were very through in their messaging or lack of ways in which to entice the reader.

I really wanted to enjoy this book but I did not feel a strong pull to finish reading it after 80-something pages. I felt as if the point of the story was told in the first 20 pages and was just being continually being beat to a pulp. I understand that the authors were recounting their love stories and wanting to relate them to God pursing them and God wanting them to love Him more through their lives but having put it through the ringer so many times bored me.

I see how this can possibly be a very relatable book and how girls and women of all ages could gain great insight and knowledge from these amazing Christian women nevertheless I do not see the story and message very effective in this methodology. I did, however, love the first couple of chapters so if you think you want to give this story a try and see where it takes you, here is a link :)

                                                            FIRST CHAPTER

Let me know in the comments if you have read this book, what you think of it, or what you did not like about the book.

[ "I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review." ]