jon

The first 2/3rds or so of this book was fantastic, but then it turned into just politics from that point forward, and lost most of the charm and wonder that was present in the beginning. However, the ending still left me looking forward to the sequel.

Just as good as the first time.

Would be a good book for younger readers as it is not as dark as something like Night, but I think I would have given this 2 stars if it weren't for the subject matter.

If Gone Girl wasn't on Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, which I'm reading through with my wife, then I would have quit about 50 pages in. The first 50 pages are full of so much navel gazing that it was painful to read.I will admit that I did chuckle a bit when later in the novel one of the two main characters actually admitted as such. That bit did get a bit better, but the characters have zero redeeming qualities and the twist happens halfway through the book. The cards had been laid on the table and there was still half a book to get through. The only characters that aren't completely terrible are Go and Rhonda. But Rhonda doesn't even get any sort of personality until the novel is wrapping up.

I could see it coming but I was still pissed at the ending. This is it? Seriously?

First half was a lot better than the second.