Joey's Reviews > Skinned

i nearly gave up on this book because of 3 reasons:

1) lia is a thoroughly irritating character. everything she does is so self centered and she can't understand anything. everytime someone tells her something that makes sense or she basically already knew, she denies it. and its not just a stage. it is the whole book.

2) it didtn feel like a story it felt like an introduction or prologue.
the story plots isnt something that should make a book this long.there isnt enough story to it.the whole time, up to the last page, i felt like it was just leading up to something good to happen. but in the end its just a set up for a series. if it doesn't become a series then it is a complete failure but if it does lead into something a little more exciting and attention-catching it might just be worth it.

3)it drraaaaagggggeeeeddddd oooouuuutttt.every chapter could have been edited to one page and it would have had the same effect. when i was 2/3 through the book i quit reading for a weak because i got so bored with it. lia doesn't discover anything new or anything that she didn't already assume. her suspicions are just continually confirmed.


now im not saying that i didn't enjoy the book. some parts and chapters are genuinely good and the plot was a brilliant idea. but just the way it was carried out disappointed me.