Too many adjectives as though she is padding the book ...
587156
Too many adjectives as though she is padding the book.  Only saving grace is part about Israeli Palestinian conflict.
190381
A pair of griping interwoven stories are compromised by too many words.  This book needs to be cut by perhaps 50%.  Seamus is one fortunate pooch to have such a loving owner, but we get it.  The blog passages only repeat the narrative and could be deleted.  Still, the writing is good and the author and her dog are lovable. The world needs more women like Teresa. And to think, I thought all lawyers were sharks. She is a saint in my book.
1991307
I can usually persevere until the bitter end of virtually ANY book. But not this one!
I battled on until just short of 50% - then had to concede defeat and delete.
There's just far too much descriptive padding - and mindless explanations of absolutely everything - to hold the reader's interest.
Even skimming tracts of text, it was impossible not to get bogged down in the minutia of excessive descriptions.
1775390
Wikipedia has a much more robust description. It seems after reading the two pages that the author wrote, she probably had more to say but didn't continue.
3433901
Too many words to describe how Extraordinary this book is.
3022971
Tons of writing in the book, making it distracting to read
4524362
Too many words are archaic or used in different ways that I am not Used to.  The book needs to be put into modern language.
1566890
Lots of talking ...unnecessary stretching of the subject. ...
1853402
Thins is an Interesting book but the author  sort of glosses over the hard parts. I wouldlike a bit mor eonthe stuggles she faced and how she overcame them.
2755
Okay so this review is a bit premature being that I've read up to the 16th page so far but I am highly irritated by all the complex words the author is using---especially for a story of BASKETBALL. The wording is making it difficult for the story to flow.
3590441
Whilst the storyline holds one's interest with its many twists and turns, the author, in my opinion, peppers the text with overdone similes and her descriptions of simple activities, such as just mooring a boat, seem far too wordy.
1747270
Book is simply 'too long'.  Good story,  but too many adjectives, too descriptive,  which really kind of drags the book on.  Probably could have reduced total pages by 100 and still had the same story.
3162803
Books needs some editing: author is confused between 200 meters and 200 kilometers.
Anyway, quite a bit of adult language going on. I personally think that the lady has more issues than being overweight. She complains a lot about being judged based on her appearance, but she isn't shy about judging and calling thinner women all sorts of unsavory things.
When removing all the negativity, smugness and failed attempts at being witty, there is maybe 30 pages worth of reading.
3459294
The author is trying to push her own agenda for part of the book and the other part the author is pushing god and religion. Not what I was looking for.
875773
There are to many pages of to much description of the characters and what they wore for cloths etc.etc.etc. I finally got a little interested after I was half way through the book.
1559899
Although the content of this book was revealing, there were times when the author lapsed into English that was too casual or colloquial and it tended to make the book less "professional."
3673649
Way too many adjectives/descriptions for ordinary things, i.e., a driveway, a railroad track, etc.  It also took too long to get to the scene of the crime.