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True Story
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While I praise True Story for its uniqueness and its message, it really isn't the full package for me.
My biggest complaint of True Story is how it doesn't feel like a complete story. While I enjoyed reading through the horror/thriller screenplays and draft essays, we really only got a STORY at the beginning and end of the book. It seemed like there was supposed to be a twist ending, but revealing new details about the plot at the last fifty pages really didn't do it for me.
It was hard for me to pick up this book, and it took a lot of revisiting because I'd always read through the screenplays really fast and have to slowly endure the normally written parts of the book. The genre-bending was okay, but it didn't "stand out" as much as I hoped. Definitely more of a slow-paced thriller with an underdeveloped plot.
True Story gets an extra star due to a fifty-page segment somewhere around the middle of the book where one of the characters is drafting a college essay. It's funny, sad, interesting, and adds a lot more depth than any other segment of the book.
My biggest complaint of True Story is how it doesn't feel like a complete story. While I enjoyed reading through the horror/thriller screenplays and draft essays, we really only got a STORY at the beginning and end of the book. It seemed like there was supposed to be a twist ending, but revealing new details about the plot at the last fifty pages really didn't do it for me.
It was hard for me to pick up this book, and it took a lot of revisiting because I'd always read through the screenplays really fast and have to slowly endure the normally written parts of the book. The genre-bending was okay, but it didn't "stand out" as much as I hoped. Definitely more of a slow-paced thriller with an underdeveloped plot.
True Story gets an extra star due to a fifty-page segment somewhere around the middle of the book where one of the characters is drafting a college essay. It's funny, sad, interesting, and adds a lot more depth than any other segment of the book.
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Reading Progress
July 29, 2020
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July 29, 2020
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to-read
July 29, 2020
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botm-pick
August 6, 2020
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Started Reading
August 11, 2020
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29.76%
"Not liking it so far. Was kind of expecting some crazy writing skills with all of the different formats and genres, but instead, I got what the description outlines which I wasn't very interested in at first."
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August 14, 2020
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August 14, 2020
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Aug 06, 2021 10:00AM
Just finished this (RTC)! Seems like I had a better time with the book than you (4 ⭐ but may change as I mull over it), I'm so glad you mentioned the college essay portion. I thought that was so brilliant and had the most emotional impact for me.
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