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A review by callmejoce
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3.0
Jocelyn stared at her laptop to consider her review of Secret Daughter. The book was a nice story, it's premise was interesting. She *liked* this book, but what didn't she love it?
#$jkdjllllllll A cat jumped on the keyboard.
Oh, it was the narrative. Third Person narrative reads like a series of tweets if the characters aren't developed intimately and in close parallel to the plot. Jocelyn checked twitter to find an appropriate tweet to prove her point: "Ashu fried up her macaroni and cheese only to realize she wasn't hungry" Their anguish just seemed a touch shallow. Particularly Somer's character development wasn't very interesting. Maybe it would have been better too write this book as a trilogy and dig deep into the characters and the story.
This is my literary pet peeve: Third Person Narrative written like tweets.
I liked this book - it was a light, easy read - just not worthy of the buzz.
#$jkdjllllllll A cat jumped on the keyboard.
Oh, it was the narrative. Third Person narrative reads like a series of tweets if the characters aren't developed intimately and in close parallel to the plot. Jocelyn checked twitter to find an appropriate tweet to prove her point: "Ashu fried up her macaroni and cheese only to realize she wasn't hungry" Their anguish just seemed a touch shallow. Particularly Somer's character development wasn't very interesting. Maybe it would have been better too write this book as a trilogy and dig deep into the characters and the story.
This is my literary pet peeve: Third Person Narrative written like tweets.
I liked this book - it was a light, easy read - just not worthy of the buzz.