23. Feb.
Rating:2

Das Buch hatte für mich leider überhaupt keinen roten Faden. Viele Charaktere, die teilweise nur wenig beleuchtet werden und zur Geschichte überhaupt nicht beitragen. Zum Schluss wird ein Charakter eingeschleust um eine Zusammenhang zwischen vielen wirren Bruchstücken herzustellen. Die Story ist lahm und der Schreibstil war auch nicht so besonders :( Hab das Buch gelesen, weils in der Readers Choice der NYT aufgeführt war. Keine Empfehlung

Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)by James McBridePenguin Publishing Group
20. Nov.
Rating:2

I really struggled with this book. I was really pumped to read it as I had heard alot of booktubers hype it and add it onto their tbr lists. Sadly, it didn't live up to the hype for me. The writing was okay albeit a little exhausting because he kept repeating concepts too frequently. It would have done better to be shorter than it was. But I think the worst thing for me was that the story itself though mildly entertaining was an absolute bore. It didn't have any real purpose and it wasn't captivating as I thought it would be. Deacon Sportcoat was an okay character not great and I didn't find the humour in it engaging at all. The only memorable thing about him was that he was constantly drunk which wasn't written in an interesting manner to make me like him. Honestly I've felt like this was a waste of time to have read the book. I don't know how I would have chosen to end the book but in all honesty although it tied the concept together, the ending was anti-climatic. It also added to the whole effect of the book being directionless. I won't be picking up another of his books for a while just so I can recover from this mess I've pushed myself to read. This would be better as a TV show..

Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)by James McBridePenguin Publishing Group