Why did I finish reading The Bellwether Revivals? Why didn’t
I quit in chapter 2 when I realized I didn’t like any of these characters and
that I knew this plot? I am not a proponent of finishing a book just because
you have started it. Drop it I say! You have better books waiting for. Poor pitiful
me was stuck at a swim meet with no other reading material. What was I going to
do? Put the book down and talk to people? EEK. Heaven forbid.
You know I can’t even say that somewhere inside this just
plain icky novel stuffed with unlikable characters is a good one trying to get
out. The plot is a rehash of the poor, townie outsider seduced into joining the
group of educated but immature, moneyed, morally questionable, twenty
somethings with what they like to think of as radical ideas and too much time
on their hands. Sound familiar? You’ve read it, seen a movie about it and
watched that After School Special* that covered it.
Save yourself. Don’t be tempted by a nice cover or
interesting blurb or sale price or even a Free sign. Let my mistake be your
warning. Avoid The Bellwether Revivals and always keep a back-up book in the car.
*You have to be a certain age ---and maybe a girl--- to
answer this question but didn’t you love, love, love an After School Special?
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