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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 2 Family House
Luckiest Girl In The World
The Headmaster's Wife
Her[/quote]

Luckiest Girl was a fast fun read, [b]but super-annoying at times. Very snotty voice.[/b]

I loved "Her" until the ending. Then I pretty much threw the book against a wall.

Was the Headmaster's Wife good? I bought it on impulse but haven't read it.

OP, try Disclaimer by Renee Knight, and if you can handle violence -- try Never Coming Back by Hans Koppel.

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Agree with this. I was not sure if the author, who modeled the main character on her life, thought we should sympathize with her or not. It was a fast read, but I would not reccommend it. [/quote]

You are the worst kind of reader! Not every character has to or should be "likeable" for a book to be good. Just go read Nicholas Sparks if you're going to approach books and characters that way.[/quote]

I get this.  The character doesn't need to be "likeable," but they at least need to be "interesting".  Otherwise, after 100 or so pages, I'm no longer curious about what makes them tick or even about the plot they're immersed in.

Slightly off topic because I would NOT consider it a great page-turner, but did anyone read The Nix?  I felt the same way about the main character.  Neither likeable nor interesting enough to keep me engaged for such a LONG book.  (I did enjoy it for awhile -- might have been better for me as a set of novellas?)[/quote]

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