The Vanishing Half

I had heard so much praise for this book and, at first, I was concerned that it was not going to live up to the hype because it took me at least 70-ish pages before I started to really get into it. I think maybe I just didn't click with Desiree's POV, because once it switched over to Jude's I got to that “oh my god, I can't put it down” groove. That is when it really picked up for me and then I really began to enjoy the story. Having all the different characters' POVs gave the intertwining stories a lot of dimension and I almost felt like I was right there with them. There were characters I loved (Jude, Reese, Early) and others that annoyed me (Blake, the twins), but they were all believable and I could imagine them as real people, actually doing these things. All in all, this was a great read and the story with the grandmother towards the end brought me to tears. The reason I gave it 4 stars is because I felt it spent too much time on Desiree at the beginning and I just didn't care for her that much.