good book should draw you in right
Can you write your opinion about this man?
I assumed I would like this book given all I had heard about it. So I wanted to like it. I am only 26% of the way through because unlike the books I typically try to read, it's just so boring that I am never motivated to go out of my way to find time to keep reading it. This is the first time , I've reviewed something without finishing it, but my point is a good book should draw you in right away and command your interest. The only reason I keep going on this one is because of its reputation and I keep waiting for it to get interesting. At 26% of the way through the title character has only had a very minor role. But I get the gist and despite the buzz I don't consider her that interesting or original. And the main character is downright boring. I suppose we're supposed to be drawn in by the fact that his life is upside down and he's facing prison, but he seems so oddly unaffected by it that why should we be? At the equivalent of over 120 pages in, NOTHING has happened.  Absolutely nothing. At a certain point, who cares if it gets suddenly good later. It already failed. I wonder what the people who like this book typical read. Perhaps to an "Oprah" book-of-the-month reader this might be interesting. But to anyone reasonably well read in mysteries or thrillers, this is third rate at best.UPDATE: Eventually finished the book.  The second half was better, but it doesn't change my opinion that it was incredibly boring in the first half.  With the exception of Lizbeth (the "girl" of the title, who is a minor character until the second half of this book), none of the characters are fleshed out, believable or interesting.  She is very interesting if not quite as original as the reputation of the book suggests.  Fortunately she is more of the focus in the subsequent book which started out much better as a result. 