As someone who isn’t much of a young adult reader now, I’m always nervous about picking up books for young adults. Regardless, I decided to give The Only Girl in Town a try because it was Ally Condie. Of course, the woman who wrote such a prolific series is coming out with something new so I had to pick it up.
This book follows July Fielding who wakes up one day and is suddenly alone. She’s at her house but no one else is around. As the narrative plays out, we get some chapters in the present with July and some in the past where we find out about a few incidents that impacted July. It can be a bit confusing when you first read it.
Regardless once you start reading The Only Girl in Town, you aren’t able to put it down. I don’t know if it’s Ally Condie’s writing style or just the way the story was told, but I read 70% of this in one sitting. The only reason I didn’t finish it was that I fell asleep so clearly, this book captured my attention and wouldn’t let it go
The plot of the book was good and I loved unraveling the mystery but my only critique and main issue was with the ending. I won’t get into how the book ends, but I just wish we’d found out a little bit more. It just felt a little anticlimactic and I wish we could have gotten an epilogue or something.
This book follows July Fielding who wakes up one day and is suddenly alone. She’s at her house but no one else is around. As the narrative plays out, we get some chapters in the present with July and some in the past where we find out about a few incidents that impacted July. It can be a bit confusing when you first read it.
Regardless once you start reading The Only Girl in Town, you aren’t able to put it down. I don’t know if it’s Ally Condie’s writing style or just the way the story was told, but I read 70% of this in one sitting. The only reason I didn’t finish it was that I fell asleep so clearly, this book captured my attention and wouldn’t let it go
The plot of the book was good and I loved unraveling the mystery but my only critique and main issue was with the ending. I won’t get into how the book ends, but I just wish we’d found out a little bit more. It just felt a little anticlimactic and I wish we could have gotten an epilogue or something.