Nibi
I am quite emotional about the importance of the oven here, ok? Ovens are important and a blessing and the very center of the house.
TO BYŁ TAKI DOBRY POMYSŁ.
Który został tak epicko zmarnowany.
Przynajmniej Gosia jest ciut ciut znośniejsza od Wiktorii, a to już znaczny postęp.
I wish she haven't came back to the first-person narrative, and I wish it was about 100 pages longer, as the ending felt kinda rushed, and I wish it wasn't packed this much with references to other books.
In general, I wish this very good book was great.
to chyba moja ulubiona część sagi? A teraz przepraszam, idę mieć Uczucia na tle Cahira Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach.
jakoś tak mam wrażenie, że zabrakło oddechu na tym ostatnim okrążeniu, zwłaszcza pod koniec.
fairytaleish in this particular way I like, and very on point in being teenager departament. I'll come back to it for sure.
I'm not entirely sure if I liked it, but certainly I have a lot to think about and time I spent with this book was not lost. Overall, it serves its purpose well.
oh boy.
Let's start with what's good - it is a page turner, the writing is dynamic, and the characters compelling. I could easily see myself liking it quite a lot, if only!
If only.
Knoll should've made the story completely fictionalised. As it is, there are too many details literally lifted from reality and inserted into the story. For example, I don't understand why some names were changed to fictional ones, and some left as they really are. It was uncomfortable, until I read that, according to the author, Caryn Campbell was killed in 1973, and I saw white.
This was the moment when the name should have been changed. You can't - CAN'T - move the actual murder that happened two years forward because it fits your plot better this way. To say it's disgraceful and improper is to say nothing.
I was certain that it can't get worse after this, and yet Knoll still managed to! Quite impressive, honestly. I was raising my brows at the fact that she replaced one of the women that disappeared at Lake Sammamish from the beginning. But I was not ready to see Janice Ott removed completely and having a fictional character inserted in her place. Down to the bike. To what Janice was wearing that day. To have her conversation with Ted quoted literally word for word. Seriously, I have checked. Because nothing says more to concentrate on the victims and their perspective than erasing the real, actual victim, putting a puppet in her place, and keeping every single detail about her encounter with her killer.
I was going to list some minor things that irritated me, but you know what, I'm done. It could've been really good, instead I'm disgusted more with the author than the killer she describes, which is an achievement.