DNF at 25%
I was really looking forward to reading Twice as Perfect by Louisa Onomé, but I must say I was very disappointed. After reading an excerpt of the first couple chapters, it truly sounded promising. The premise of the book is interesting and I thought I would relate to the protagonist. Unfortunately, it simply didn't live up to my expectations.
First off, the plot seemed very underdeveloped in my opinion. This made the book feel really slow, and I just couldn't keep reading, waiting for it to get better. It felt like things were dragged out, and nothing was necessarily planned out. Again, I liked the idea of the protagonist meeting up with her estranged brother, but it was taking forever for that to happen, and in the mean time, nothing really happened.
Furthermore, I did not like the main character, Ada, at all. I understand that she was going through a lot, but she was very rude and pretentious in the first quarter of the novel. That being said, I will admit that I don't know if she developed more throughout the book since I stopped reading 100 pages in. Ada also made a comment towards the beginning of the book that women with bad skin shouldn't go makeupless. This was not only uncalled for, but I also try to promote body positive books for my followers, so this was definitely not the book for me.
Overall, between not liking the main character and feeling as though the novel lacked a concrete plot, this was not one of my favorite books. Again though, I want to reiterate that I only read the first quarter of the book, so it is completely feasible that these aspects changed in the last three quarters of the novel.
I was really looking forward to reading Twice as Perfect by Louisa Onomé, but I must say I was very disappointed. After reading an excerpt of the first couple chapters, it truly sounded promising. The premise of the book is interesting and I thought I would relate to the protagonist. Unfortunately, it simply didn't live up to my expectations.
First off, the plot seemed very underdeveloped in my opinion. This made the book feel really slow, and I just couldn't keep reading, waiting for it to get better. It felt like things were dragged out, and nothing was necessarily planned out. Again, I liked the idea of the protagonist meeting up with her estranged brother, but it was taking forever for that to happen, and in the mean time, nothing really happened.
Furthermore, I did not like the main character, Ada, at all. I understand that she was going through a lot, but she was very rude and pretentious in the first quarter of the novel. That being said, I will admit that I don't know if she developed more throughout the book since I stopped reading 100 pages in. Ada also made a comment towards the beginning of the book that women with bad skin shouldn't go makeupless. This was not only uncalled for, but I also try to promote body positive books for my followers, so this was definitely not the book for me.
Overall, between not liking the main character and feeling as though the novel lacked a concrete plot, this was not one of my favorite books. Again though, I want to reiterate that I only read the first quarter of the book, so it is completely feasible that these aspects changed in the last three quarters of the novel.