At this point, I need motivation to finish the book. It's one of the shortest books I've read in the last two years. Normally I'd finish something this short in an afternoon but I can't seem to get through this book.
It's equally boring and anxiety inducing. The dystopian concept of the disappearances is honestly horrifying. Each one is a slow plunge into a life devoid of joy and purpose. But in between the moments of change and climax, it's so boring I could claw my eyes out. Mundane activities are described out in the driest detail. Maybe that's what makes the novel so great? That life is boring and then you're stripped of yet another joy inducing thing that further brings about a worse life than you're already living? Or is it just the style of writing?
I just want to know if it's worth finishing, because I have been debating not finishing it and leaving returning it early via Libby to rid it from my library. I don't think I've been so sick with anxiety from a book in the last 10 years.. which could also be telling of what I've been reading lately. So please, indulge me and criticize me if it's worth it because the story seemed like such an incredible concept.
by marrafarra