The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Karen White and Lauren Willig- Reshelved Books

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Here is a quick review of The Glass Ocean by Beatrix Williams, Karen White and Lauren Willig.

Now. You might be asking yourself: "Why a quick review?"

Well.  It's going to be a quick review because I don't have much to say about the book.  I didn't care for the book. 

I know, I know.  Why even bother posting about it, right? 

(Because if I only posted about the books I did like, we would have a very biased blog here!)

I give The Glass Ocean 2 coffee beans out of 5 coffee beans.  It should be known that I'm giving it an extra boost because I did finish the book! 

I felt like this book had a lot of promise in the beginning.  As it went on, it just got so slow. The slow speed then turned into boredom. 

Then Sarah became boring and she started to annoy me.  Then Tessa started to annoy me with Ginny. 

Robert Langford was really the only character that I did like. 

If the story didn't lose momentum then it probably would have held my interest better?

I am happy to point out that three separate authors wrote this book and I didn't feel like I could tell it was written that way.  It was seamless. (Props for that!)

See ya at the next review!

~ Jillian

PS: Jessica said that she also felt let down by this book! 

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian - Battle of the Book

Hello Dewey Readers!  

As you know, Jillian and I also read for our book club called the Spine Breakers, and this month's selection was the Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian.  

This book sounded so promising!  It had great reviews!  And the premise was creepily interesting.  Basically, to sum this book up in a nutshell, the main character is a flight attendant who likes to sleep around.  She likes to drink, and has been known to drink to the point where she blacks out. One morning she wakes up in bed next a man who is dead.  But he didn't just die in his sleep!  His carotid artery was slashed and he bled out.  Next to him on the ground is a broken wine bottle.  The reader isn't sure who killed him, and even our lovely flight attendant isn't sure if she or someone else killed him.  

Who knows?  Well, I guess I know now. 

To me the book was kind of lengthy.  No short chapters that made our last book club selection a breeze!  Also, I did not like the ending.  In fact, I zoned out on the ending and had to ask my co-woker who happened to be reading this book at the same time (not Spine Breaker related) what happened.  She wasn't crazy about it either.  

So Dewey Readers, I give out a rating of 2 out of 5 very sad Coffee Beans.  

P.S.  Jillian picked this book, so we'll blame her.