No quotation marks for when characters are speaking which could be confusing at times. Also confusing time jumps skipping years at a time without any indication until mid paragraph.

Despite the slow start, the writing and maybe formatting makes for a quick read as I read the first half in a single day. But I decided to DNF because I don’t want to finish just because I’m halfway through and its an easy enough book to read. The writing style and storytelling just wasn’t working for me as it was dull and lacked depth.

I don’t mind character driven books as long as there’s either some small underlying event being worked toward or obvious character development. I couldn’t see any obvious developments and the story didn’t seem to flow but was more snapshots of small scenes being shown before moving onto something different.

I also usually love emotional, darker themed novels and the synopsis sounded like something I’d love but this isn’t doing it for me.