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AMAZING...Loved this book and loved everything about it, I can't wait for more from this author.
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I have never taken more pleasure in giving a book one star than I do right now. I don't care that perhaps I should feel bad for the author, because anyone who can write this drivel, which is offensive in so many ways, probably doesn't give a shit what someone like me thinks about their crap.
I think if you read my updates, it's pretty clear what I feel about The Edge of Never, but in case you fancy a bit of elaboration, read on.

- Andrew Parrish was a revolting specimen of a human being. He was controlling, manipulative, and creepy as hell. Oh, and violent, and shallow, and self-righteous. And a whole list of other adjectives that I won't go into in case my brain combusts. But he was sooooo creepy, and had no thoughts in his perverted head other than the type of girl he'd like to fuck and a series of rape jokes.

- Speaking of Andrew's dream girl, here's a lil' checklist of exactly the kind of gal you need to be to date such a hunk.
1) You have to look gorgeous, but put no effort in. This means getting ready in under 2 minutes but still having time for 'natural' makeup and an outfit to accentuate your flawless legs.
2) You have to do everything he says, whether it's in your interest or not. Don't like classic rock? Tough! You do now!
3) You should be a 'slut', but not too slutty. If you have a couple of one-night-stands, that's all fine and dandy, but more than that and you're a whore.
4) You have to let him objectify you, because he KNOWS you're an 'intelligent, beautiful girl'. Even if all he seems interested in is 'breaking that body of yours', and your tiny shorts and your ass and, oh, he swore he wouldn't look while you changed/moved/did anything but sit down with your arms crossed over your chest? Too bad, honey, he looked.
5) You should be okay with stalkerish, violent behaviour. I.e., a guy speaks to you in any context ever? Haha Andrew'll beat them right up for ya. And he'll take photos of your drivers' license, too, just for innocent totally-not-stalkery purposes.

- Cam was the worst, most pathetic character I've ever had the displeasure of reading about. She thought she was 'deep' because she contemplated things like what the ocean smells like and why rain 'makes her gasp'. She reminded me of this girl I used to know who'd post vague Facebook statuses thinking she was one of life's greatest mysteries but really they were about her boyfriend cheating on her for the 5th/6th/7th time. Which, fair dos, if that's what Redmerski was going for. Good character building! She slut-shames every other female character and encourages Andrew's creepiness - he only made sexual innuendos to his nurse to make her feel good about herself, guys!! And his rape jokes are hil-ar-ious, not like when the creepy old guy did it. Because Andrew is 'RAWR'!

I think what got to me the most was that I was really not the target audience for this book. I actually felt alienated from everyone, this rich world where everyone can just afford plane tickets and roadtrips without ever having a job. Nobody had any intelligent thoughts between them, and everyone had perfect bodies and shit. They were all so arrogant it made me want to throw the book at the wall, but why waste my energy?

Basically, this novel turned into a 50 Shades lookalike, which I wasn't really anticipating. It was boring - how can you go on a roadtrip and not stop anywhere but motels and still claim to be interesting?!!! - and the end was so uncalled for, so badly done...

I literally just kept reading so I could write this review. And I'd happily give it 0 stars if I could.

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Thank you for the opportunity to read this book, unfortunately The Edge of Never didn't end up being the book for me.

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