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.
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.
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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.
