A SIMPLE FAVOR (Darcey Bell) - August 28/18

This decent Girl on the Train knockoff isn't exactly super well written and it meanders like crazy, but it's basically readable. **1/2 out of ****

THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (Emily M. Danforth) - August 21/18

What the fuck. How is this book almost as long as a Game of Thrones novel? The main character doesn't even make it to the camp until halfway through, and by then, it feels like you've already read a couple of books. Seriously, this thing is ludicrously overlong and padded out, to the extent that it actually made me angry while I was reading it. Where do you get off, writing such a long book with such a thin storyline? Get over yourself, Jesus Christ. It's too bad, too, since Danforth is clearly a decent writer and the protagonist does become a fairly sympathetic, vivid figure. * out of ****

SUNBURN (Laura Lippman) - August 9/18

This is a relatively short book but my god did it feel endless. Lippman tries so, so hard to sound tough and hard boiled but she really and truly does not pull it off. None of the characters become sympathetic or interesting, and I was so bored almost from start to finish. * out of ****