Falling into Place by Amy ZhangMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
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Review to be updated upon re-read. I hope. Consider this first impressions.
The characters were more than a bit over the top, the narrator and narration style annoying, and of course the suicide was NOT carried out. Liz Emerson lives, Kennie gets over her abortion, Julia presumably overcomes her Meth addiction, and the irritating imaginary friend/alternate personality of Liz narrating this curious novel presumably fades away into obscurity. And the completely unnecessary to the story Liam? Who cares? Not the imaginary friend/narrator, and not you, dear reader.
Biggest weakness seems to me to be in the narration style, an irritating present tense that kept me from feeling any sort of empathy for the characters. But, damnit, must admit that it made this one stand out from the typical angst ridden novel of this sort.
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