If you’ve read my reviews long enough, you know I don’t write negative ones or trash an author’s work, even if I really don’t like it. Suffice it to say that this one did not live up to the hype for me. It felt unnecessarily exploitative and, honestly, I question the veracity of many of the stories. I’d do trigger warnings, but it is obvious from the type of book it is that TWs will abound. I wish I could say some nice things here, but as always, if this seems like your cup of tea, please don’t avoid it on my behalf. I know lots of people who loved it. I just wasn’t one of them.

I’ll leave it unrated on GR so as not to bring down the overall score.