LOST DOGS AND LONELY HEARTS (Lucy Dillon) - December 1/16

Holy shit, Dillon. Why is this book about three times longer than it needs to be? It literally felt like two books crammed into one. Why has brevity become such a bad thing? There were aspects to this book I liked - the smattering of developing romances, for example - but they were mostly lost underneath a meandering, padded-out story that grew increasingly tiresome. Jesus. *1/2 out of ****