I just finished the book a few hours ago and agree with a lot of your criticisms. Here's some of my thoughts: 1. I think the premise of Nora being confused in each of her lives was so the reader wouldn't know what to expect. It also saved us clunky exposition like "Nora remembered that her brother Joe killed himself two years ago." 2. I didn't get the whole disillusionment thing, either. I mean, she doesn't want to be a rock star anymore when she finds out her brother killed himself. How does she even know that his death had anything to do with her? And why didn't she stay with Ash? 3. The whole Nora character would've worked better for me if she had been more of a "victim of circumstance" instead of a quitter because it seems like every one of her regrets came from her inability to stick with anything and focus instead of an event happening to her that was beyond her control. This was a great review and very well thought out. Thanks for posting!
I just finished the book a few hours ago and agree with a lot of your criticisms. Here's some of my thoughts:
1. I think the premise of Nora being confused in each of her lives was so the reader wouldn't know what to expect. It also saved us clunky exposition like "Nora remembered that her brother Joe killed himself two years ago."
2. I didn't get the whole disillusionment thing, either. I mean, she doesn't want to be a rock star anymore when she finds out her brother killed himself. How does she even know that his death had anything to do with her? And why didn't she stay with Ash?
3. The whole Nora character would've worked better for me if she had been more of a "victim of circumstance" instead of a quitter because it seems like every one of her regrets came from her inability to stick with anything and focus instead of an event happening to her that was beyond her control.
This was a great review and very well thought out. Thanks for posting!