Comments on: My Absolute Darling https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Lauren https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284569 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:41:36 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284569 In reply to Catherine.

I know you do! I’m not sure why it didn’t grab me. Maybe just the wrong time for it. I’ll come back to it, I hate not finishing things that I had such great anticipation for.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284562 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 22:53:31 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284562 In reply to Susie | Novel Visits.

No! Stick with The Rules of Magic! I think it is what everyone needs right now.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284561 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 22:52:46 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284561 In reply to Lauren.

Plenty of people felt he went too heavy on the adjectives, but I liked his writing.

And I get your jam, dark sister.

]]> By: Lauren https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284559 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 22:43:00 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284559 Well, hell. I came to report that after starting and reading the first 75 pages or so I decided to give up. I didn’t do so lightly. I’ve been looking forward to this book for a long time. It wasn’t even the subject matter per se, dark stuff is kind of my jam (whatever that might say about me). I just found it rather boring. If it had been 300 pages I would have kept going, but 400+? Gotta knock my socks off or at least engage me before I hit page 75. I am not a fan of long scene descriptors, and Tallent’s didn’t interest me. If the prose had been leaner I might have engaged more. But now that I’ve come back and read your review I almost feel like plugging back in. Damn it.

]]> By: susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284557 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:43:19 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284557 I’m scared to even pick this book up. All I hope is that Turtle gets the hell out of there. I’m not too keen on creepy books –even History of Wolves became sort of icky as well. Still I guess I’m glad I read it. hmm

]]> By: Susie | Novel Visits https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284542 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:05:08 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284542 I had looked forward to this one so much, but then didn’t get approved for an ARC. I just read the sample, but couldn’t tell whether I wanted to read more or not. Based on your thoughts, I don’t think I’ll try to read it right now. At the moment, I don’t want to read any books more that I know I’ll struggle through!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284511 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:59:58 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284511 In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

It reminded me of the books I listed in the review and All the Ugly- just because of Turtle. I wanted to know what happened to her. I also liked Tallent’s writing. It was a pretty awful premise, though.

]]> By: Lauren https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284486 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:16:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284486 I have been waiting anxiously to get to this one for so long and just cracked the cover last night. So I can’t read your review, but came to see your star rating, which doesn’t bode too well. I’ve seen disparate reviews, but it seemed in my wheelhouse. We shall see!

]]> By: Sarah's Book Shelves https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/absolute-darling/#comment-284483 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:07:03 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9429#comment-284483 Wow -I’m surprised this even got 3 stars from you! For some reason I expected you to hate it. I DNF’d.

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