I read a review of this book on Goodreads which gave it only 2.5* out of 5, which I can kind of understand. The main character Paul, is extremely egotistical, who has a passion for lying. He is very hard to like, at all, but I suppose that is what I enjoyed about the book. Even though at times he makes situations very uncomfortable and you know his lies are surely bound to catch up with him, I wanted to continue reading to find out what happens to him. You would like to think that obnoxious people like Paul get their comeuppance in the end. However, while Paul might have been an absolute horror, none of the characters were very likeable, all them at some point showed hints of obnoxiousness and often patronised each other.
The story took a twist I was not expecting which was good but the ending was slightly disappointing for me personally. It wasn't really a resolution you could be satisfied with. I'm not sure, it would be nice to hear other peoples opinions about this one, because it's a difficult one. While I wasn't particularly satisfied with the ending I was with the writing of the book. The detail in it compared to the last book I read were completely different. I've seen a review saying this just made the story drag on but I found the amount of detail used was perfect, I could picture everything clearly and was fully immersed in the story.
Would I recommend this book? Again it's difficult, I think people should form their own opinions of the book and the only way to do that is by reading it, but I'm torn because I enjoyed it for the way it was written, I'm just unsure about the story and the ending.
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