Confusing to follow the flow
929962
This is just not my style of writing.  The story teller throws in too many random thoughts that (in my opinion) have nothing to do with the story line.  The book was selected for my Christian Book Club so I felt I needed to finish it for the discussion.  Had I not had that restriction I wouldn't have lasted past 10%.  When I hit 80%, the book became exciting and I had to finish it.
3025266
Weird mix of first an third person. This story has a lot of interesting elements, but is really confusing because the second half in third person is all flashbacks to before the first half in first person. Worse, it jumps back and forth between 10 and 20 years before the first half. It is as if the author realized the first half needed a backstory, then when he started writing the backstory, he discovered it needed a backstory and jumped back to do it, then went halfway back to present to finish the first backstory and then back to present. Ugh! An afterward in first person brings us back to the present but leaves the main character in limbo with his real story untold and he, in the first person, has no clue about the backstory that the reader now knows. I rather have a really long book than have to buy a second book to get the story I was expecting to get in the first book. Confused, yes I am. I feel compelled to finish any book I buy just because I refuse not to get my money's worth... but... there was not much worth in finishing an unfinished book. Allan's writing style is really good, but, his story organization leaves a lot to be desired.
2031524
I found the story interesting and I am a foodie, so that was interesting.  However, I found the writing style confusing and there were a lot of characters.  In the beginning I was very lost and confused.
4047087
This book is very complicated to follow, with many characters. Each character has a nickname as well as a proper name, making it more confusing.
3929801
This was not an easy read, and in the early part of the book found myself lost (not in a good way)  in the story.  It is written, at times, in stream of consciousness, which I generally like, but it was rather confusing since I was unaware of the premise of the book and have not seen the Hulu series adapted from this book.  To me, this is a bit "science-fictiony" when I thought I would be reading a more historical novel (hence my review title).
4855937
It says for a beginner but I found it difficult to follow
2774065
It was too confusing for me moving back and forth between scenarios. Some might rate a 5, but, this was not my cup of tea.
4183272
I wanted to love this, but it was confusing from the get-go, and I didn't last very long.  Couldn't keep track of the characters.  A zillion introduced in the first 2 chapters; without a little more "illustration" it was hard to keep straight who was who.  mb
754764
I give up reading anything more by this author (this was my second book by her).  I've wasted enough of my time and money trying to get into her confusing writing style.  I mean really.  This book moved too fast but still felt like it was dragging!!!  Is it no wonder I found this book  CONFUSING!!!!
4650040
Though there are beautiful mental images, it is almost as though the author created a story through poems and written visuals. The editing is sloppy and, because of the way it was written, the story is hard to follow. One moment we are with Lillian shortly after an automobile accident takes away the family she has created, and on the next page we are watching her from someone else's perspective, I believe four years later. It was too flowery to follow. I ended up skimming the story, and I became annoyed when the sentences never got to the point. Beautiful concept, though, and a gorgeous cover.
4047196
I'm not a big fan of allegories and this one walks like one, talks like one, smells like one. I love Ishiguro's writing style but the world he sets up here is just too confusing and hard to follow. Why has everyone forgotten their past? Do they represent those who are doomed to repeat the past if they forget it?  Uninteresting characters wandering the fog of the land and their minds. Just didn't care for it.
3467967
I've read all the books in this series and still found this very hard to follow, too many characters.  I had to check with past stories to keep up will all of them and still got confused at times.
1942299
This novel is part of a series, so it is difficult to get oriented with the characters and circumstances. When someone feels that it is necessary to provide a graphic chart to help the reader track the relationships and characters, you know that it is complicated. I am only about a third of the way through and still waiting to see where all of the various story tracks will go.
4817080
Too confusing to get a real sense of the campaign. Not sure what she was trying to get across
3153867
I didn't find this story easy to follow at all. I wondered if it had been edited as the story did not make sense or something. I gave up trying to read it.
860009
The overall story line of the book is great, but the way it bounces from character to character so quickly makes it very difficult to keep up with which characters are doing what. I also had a hard time with keeping up with the different characters that had similar names and would get them confused because of the bouncing back and forth. I'm typically a fast ready but it took me quite a while to get through this book due to having to go back and reread things because I was confused about which character was who and how they were related. If there was a better flow between the characters I would have given 5 stars as I really did like the overall story of the book. I received the book for free through Reading Deals, in exchange for an honest review.
4489054
A little challenging to follow time line, it was difficult to try and follow relationship, it left you guessing if events were current or history.  I found myself needing to reread chapters to try and follow the story line