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The Farm
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Meh.
I spent a few days listening to this book and I kind of want them back now.
The premise of The Farm was a good one and held so much promise but it all fizzed out into a whole lot of nothing all that exciting. Perhaps I am spoiled by the recent onslaught of amazing thriller/suspense/horror books I've been reading recently? Perhaps I am just spoiled. Maybe that reader was right when he said I had atrocious taste? Either way this book mostly bored me because I was hoping for the big sinister thing to be exposed. Instead I got a lot of little dramas, SOOOO many little and big lies, too many side-trips into mundane daily struggles and far too many pages about taking care of babies and pregnancy woes. I've been there. I don't want to do it again.
This book wasn't for me but it's not a bad book. The characterization is superb. Unfortunately I found myself unable to feel any great emotion for these characters. Sure, I felt bad for some of them - I am not a complete monster, but I never felt emotionally invested. I don't know what I'm saying. It simply didn't work for me. 2 1/2 stars but I'll bump it up to a 3 because I believe my expectations were set too high when it was called a modern day Handmaid's Tale and classified as a dystopia. It wasn't. Most of things that happen in this book are happening now and none of it was earth-shattering.
I spent a few days listening to this book and I kind of want them back now.
The premise of The Farm was a good one and held so much promise but it all fizzed out into a whole lot of nothing all that exciting. Perhaps I am spoiled by the recent onslaught of amazing thriller/suspense/horror books I've been reading recently? Perhaps I am just spoiled. Maybe that reader was right when he said I had atrocious taste? Either way this book mostly bored me because I was hoping for the big sinister thing to be exposed. Instead I got a lot of little dramas, SOOOO many little and big lies, too many side-trips into mundane daily struggles and far too many pages about taking care of babies and pregnancy woes. I've been there. I don't want to do it again.
This book wasn't for me but it's not a bad book. The characterization is superb. Unfortunately I found myself unable to feel any great emotion for these characters. Sure, I felt bad for some of them - I am not a complete monster, but I never felt emotionally invested. I don't know what I'm saying. It simply didn't work for me. 2 1/2 stars but I'll bump it up to a 3 because I believe my expectations were set too high when it was called a modern day Handmaid's Tale and classified as a dystopia. It wasn't. Most of things that happen in this book are happening now and none of it was earth-shattering.
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July 31, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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"I’m afraid this book is just too long. The premise is intriguing but it lacks excitement and there are too many scenes that do nothing to move the story along."
August 7, 2019
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Finished Reading
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Aug 07, 2019 10:42AM
Sounds like The Farm in Riverdale was more entertaining.
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Sonora wrote: "Sounds like The Farm in Riverdale was more entertaining."You got that right! This needed some Jughead and some crazy cult action.
Bark wrote: "Sonora wrote: "Sounds like The Farm in Riverdale was more entertaining."You got that right! This needed some Jughead and some crazy cult action."
On that note, I'm still mad I didn't get the hint in the cult's name until after the reveal. So embarrassed!
Sonora wrote: "On that note, I'm still mad I didn't get the hint in the cult's name until after the reveal. So embarrassed! ."I didn't get it either but I'm a dummy about these things, lol.
Bark wrote: "Sonora wrote: "On that note, I'm still mad I didn't get the hint in the cult's name until after the reveal. So embarrassed! ."I didn't get it either but I'm a dummy about these things, lol."
I was too busy staring at Chad Michael Murray.
Sonora wrote: "I was too busy staring at Chad Michael Murray. "haha, yeah that show is a master of distraction from its ridiculous plotlines ;)
Aurialis wrote: "Great review!"Thank you so much!
Oh nooooo, I'm sorry. Something about this, it just never appealed.
Can't win 'em all :)
Bark wrote: "Can't win 'em all :)"
Nope! Onward!
Nope! Onward!
