I liked this book. At times I loved it. At other times I hated it.
I'll say this right up front -- I didn't like the way Matt spoke to Hannah. Not in I liked this book. At times I loved it. At other times I hated it.
I'll say this right up front -- I didn't like the way Matt spoke to Hannah. Not in bed, not in the car, not in general. And there was a Hannah line that stuck with me because, to me, it was so unbelievable. She said she loved the way he humiliated her in bed. She used that word "humiliated." And I didn't buy it. I've never met a woman who wanted to be humiliated. Period. Maybe that's naiveté speaking...but I'm not all that naive.
That point aside, there were parts of this book that were lyrical. Others were coarse and vile.
But the story surprised me and it flowed well. The pacing was great, the characterization was deep enough for the purposes of this story... I wondered a bit about Hannah, but I'm guessing M. Pierce is a dude. (Lots of description of the men's clothing brands, etc... nothing on her.) There was a strange obsession with furniture brands at one point... but none of that little niggling thinking took away from the fact that this was an enjoyable, well-written tale. It was deep and clever, and parts of it pop up as I go through my regular life.
I especially liked the irony of the author name and the storyline paralleling reality to some degree. Got a little lost in the epilogue... ...more
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