Review of 'Hide' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I struggled through this and for WHAT.
Really cool premise and some interesting ideas, but despite its length it has far too much going on and was NOT the fun and fast paced thriller I was hoping for.
I went into this knowing it had mixed/bad reviews but I really wanted to like it. Immediately it had so many problems that I knew I was in for a rough ride. I have never taken this long to read a book under 300 pages, both in time actively spent reading and in time started to time finished.
There were too many characters and too many perspectives. The main character was not really the main character because of how little page time she had, how little impact she had on the story, and overall was not fleshed out enough. Structure wise it improves towards the end when the vast majority of characters …
I struggled through this and for WHAT.
Really cool premise and some interesting ideas, but despite its length it has far too much going on and was NOT the fun and fast paced thriller I was hoping for.
I went into this knowing it had mixed/bad reviews but I really wanted to like it. Immediately it had so many problems that I knew I was in for a rough ride. I have never taken this long to read a book under 300 pages, both in time actively spent reading and in time started to time finished.
There were too many characters and too many perspectives. The main character was not really the main character because of how little page time she had, how little impact she had on the story, and overall was not fleshed out enough. Structure wise it improves towards the end when the vast majority of characters are killed off (not trying to spoil, it's something you should expect going in). But it never felt clear. It's in 3rd person limited, but jumps between characters constantly (even in the middle of scenes, multiple times) and is jarring pretty much every time.
I was surprised the social commentary was something people enjoyed because it didn't even register for me until I read the author's note and even now don't think it was well-executed.
To really cement how I feel about this book, I didn't really feel anything at all. I definitely didn't feel any tension (because of how often scenes suddenly become exposition and flashbacks), not an ounce of creepiness, didn't care about any of the characters (except Brandon because I'm a sucker for himbos), and generally did not feel anything about anything that happened in this book at all.