Ivo Pery

The writing is excellent - Tyler has a talent for making the mundane everyday compelling and page turning. However the characters and the story itself are dull and unsatisfying. The story feels as if it may be going somewhere but the main character is passive and therefore the eventual payoff read through the first person narrative is passive and rushed. Perhaps this is the point; the everyday experience is enough of a freedom for willa who was forced to grow up too young and is a passive product of her didactically opposed parents - but most of us read books to escape from the mundane everyday not to be plunged further into it. 3 stars as the quality of writing is excellent - I just wished the story was too.