Laura Hurwitz
Auteur van Dolphins in Danger (Adventures of Riley)
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- 20th Century
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- 7
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- 158
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- #133,026
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- 2.9
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- 3
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- 12
The plot advanced way too quickly, almost everything that happened in the book happened in very awkward dialogue, and there was just too much spoon-fed to me as a reader. For example (and I paraphrase): "oh hey, I'm going to park my car really sloppy over here and keep one tire on the crosswalk, I know I could take two extra seconds to park better, but I'm not going to, so there!" And then a page later the car gets a ticket (which leads to several more very convenient plot developments). Wow, didn't see that one coming!
In general, none of the characters were well developed. You get little glimpses of everybody, but nothing about what really makes them tick. And everybody gets along, like, instantly, and there's almost no drama or tension between people. It was seriously like an episode of the Waltons, as far as drama goes.
It's all just such a shame, because this book could have been really good, if somebody else had written it. Or if the author had burned what she'd written and started over again, and the second time, actually did a good job writing.… (meer)