I soldiered on with this book in the hope that something would be resolved/redeemed/or just... anything.

No explanations were offered for Lenny or even Dave.
There were no tethers given to make you give a shit for any character, one way or another.

It was merely one big and rather boring fuck-fest, described in such a way that made it more of a yawn than watching paint dry.

The writing was stilted and choppy, and the descriptive language was trying too hard to be something it could never be.

If I were pushed to classify, it felt like an amateur attempt at a memoir-esque novel steeped in bad erotica.
It’s not romance.

Not my favorite. There was something lacking with this story. The writing was too much for me, I believe. It was faux-deep if I'm being honest.

The writing was very stilted and mediocre, something that I think could have been vastly improved by a good editor - this is surprising, because the quality of writing from this publisher is usually fantastic. The main character was also very unlikable - I do not have much sympathy for the unfaithful.

I only rated one star because it needs it in order to send review.

I wasn't able to download The Shape of the Earth to Kindle. Can't review what I have not read. Now book have been archived and is not longer available.

I read a lot of psychological thrillers so I wanted to read something different to cleanse my pallet and challenge myself as a reader.

I am very open minded and enjoy reading any kind of book that takes me on a journey and presents characters that I can get to know and understand their story. For me this book lacked depth and direction, there was way too much "cream" left right and centre which made the story too unbelievable, I didn't warm to the characters and felt the lack of direction boring. I would have preferred more emotion, more emphasis on their relationship and more honesty about the couples underlying needs rather than just sex, sex, sex. I was a bit underwhelmed by the repetitiveness.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Bold Strokes books and Gary Garth McCann for this ARC in return for an honest and unbiased review.

I really wasn't impressed with this one. The characters were horrible, the writing wasn't that great, and it was basically just smut. I do think it's a very quick and enjoyable read but, it's not anything special.

This one wasn't for me. The characters were extremely unlikeable (and not is a good way), and I just couldn't connect with any of them. I also found the writing style very frustraing, it was weird (again, not in a good way).

I did like this story, I found it to be very honest, realistic, sex positive and also positive in bringing the concept of polyamory to the fore. I also liked that the characters struggled with their emotions and their behaviour, that friendships play a part in the story and that it's also honest in accepting that a polyamorous relationship does not work for everyone (and is certainly less likely to work if the people involved are not honest and don't communicate well).
On the whole, I was quite impressed with 'The Shape of the Earth' (though I'm wondering if I've missed something as to where the title comes from!)

I really wanted to like this book, but sadly I didn't feel any sort of connection with the characters. The writing style wasn't my favorite either, I felt like it over explained everything that was happening and didn't let the scenes developed naturally.

Une lecture qui m'a rendu accro!

J'ai adoré!

Les personnages m’ont touché et l'histoire à su me captiver jusqu'à la dernière ligne.

There is so much to this story. This is the first book I’ve read in a long time where I am beyond hating one of the main characters. In my opinion Len is the most heartless, self centered type of guy I just can’t help but dislike. He seems more like a sex addict than a guy in a relationship. He appears to want to torture Dave. How they stay together and seem to have some sort of relationship I don’t know. I will say the story kept my attention. I kept waiting for the light bulb to go on in Len. That is sure not the way it ends. I’m still shaking my head over the ending of this story. I think maybe Dave needs a light bulb to go on for him.

I wanted to love this book. I expected a complex relationship navigating difficult waters with a menage potentially thrown in. What I got was a story with rampant cheating and bitterness throughout the book. The blurb did not indicate that was the case. None of the characters were likable and the writing style was distracting. I will say the author threw in some twists and turns, however I did not feel an emotional connection between any of the characters. It was almost a DNF but I wanted to see if there was redemption for any of the characters. Sadly there was not.

Not really sure what to make of this,to be honest.

If you're only interested in Monogamy in your books this one definitely won't be for you.Personally,cheating and multiple partners don't offend me at all.....if it's relevant to the story.

Maybe I missed some deeper meaning here but a lot of this was gratuitous sex and I didn't really get the message the book trying to say.

On the plus side I couldn't put it down once I started it.

I'm not quite sure what the point of this book was. I could not figure out the age of Lenny, Dave or Ian. I wanted to know more about how they got to where they were and about the death of Lenny's friend.