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Sep 05, 2016FVReader rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Well, that’s not what I expected or what the blurb said. One would expect a novel of women breaking into the Olympics and the trials, tribulations, hard work, etc. that is entailed in all of that. However, this is Aganetha’s personal story and there’s nothing new in the pages. It’s a classic story, told many times already. Had the author not foreshadowed (heavily & obviously) upcoming events, the story would have held some interesting surprises but, as written, the reader knows the surprises long before they are revealed. The events are vaguely described and without detail. One is not really pulled into the lives of these people. The “surprise” left for the end, was obvious about half way through the book. The “surprise” ending was suddenly told in detail; very different than the rest of the vaguely told story. The ending was problematic for me in terms of pretty much everything. Without spoiling anything, this ending would have occurred without the story having happened. (that statement is probably more of a mystery than anything that actually happened in the book) In the end, I asked myself what the point of the story might have been. There’s no tension, no surprises, vaguely detailed, many sad events and a pretty typical story and no resolution that wouldn’t have occurred anyway. A pleasant enough, easy read if you want a quick read but not more than that.