![]() ![]() ![]() It is a tool passively exercised by the reader to believe what we read in a book is within the realm of possibility. Let me talk to you for a moment about willing suspension of disbelief. It was hilariously, spectacularly, hysterically unbelievable. In case I haven't made that quite clearĥ. Like what? Why? Where did that come from?Ĥ. Completely needless moment of romance where Mia and Antoine know each other for all of a few pages and all of a sudden kisses. You could skip to the last 15% of the book and know what you need to knowģ. 50% of the book is spent introducing us to the bratty and annoying Mia, the token Japanese girl (she's Japanese so she can tell scary Japanese stories), and the spectacularly unmemorable MiaĢ. Granted, we're only a few days into 2016, but the fact remains that this book is awful. This is the dumbest book I've read this year. ![]()
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