Cold Light

If I could have rated this 0 stars I would have. This review was originally posted on my blog at http://knowitnotsomuch.blogspot.com

I hated this book. Hated. It.

I did not like one character, except for maybe Donald. Though, I didn't really like him, I mainly felt sorry for him. This is truly one of those times when my judging books by their covers utterly failed me.

I think what bothered me most about this book is from the description you expect some sort of mystery/thriller, but instead you're trapped into reading about the pathetic whining of a selfish, disturbed fourteen year old girl. Her mother is a complete and utter horror, her ‘best friend' could care less about her and her father suffers from some sort of dementia.

Something awful does happen and in a painfully slow pace we get to that part. And when you think that the horrible thing is ultimately as bad as it would seem you learn something else that erases any sort of sympathy you might have had for Lola. There are no redeeming qualities of Lola. She is utterly disgusting. At times I thought she wanted to do the right thing, but she didn't. She only wanted to make her life better. She was only ever thinking of herself.

There was no one to root for. Even the ‘famous' talk show host is disgusting and self-serving. I couldn't give two shits about anyone in this book. For all I cared they all could have drowned in that lake. That might have made a better story. Ugh. This book just made me angry.