Jennifer Waley

Where Brooklyn brought hope, Long Island brought despair. The characters, with the exception of Ellis’s mother were bland. They were to be pitied. Their motivations didn’t ring true. The development of them. Was boring, dull, predictable, joyless. If that was his plan, he succeeded. The only emotion I felt as I read the story was frustration. The ending brought more despair. And as many have said, the ending was anticlimactic and sad. The characters ended up being without depth. Without dreams. Without any joy.