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A review by tracyt223
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
3.0
Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term, Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she’ll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father’s—now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox—lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lord Lennox’s centuries-old estate with his enveloping, fascinating family, Pen begins to unravel her parents’ secret, just as she’s falling in love for the first time . . .
This was a pretty slow start for me and I never really felt that connected to the characters. I wanted much more of her visits to the Lennox estate, I found that setting very interesting. Also, for me the payoff for the "big mystery" just wasn't worth it.
This was a Read With Jenna pick and I like a lot of her picks, but this one was just off the mark a bit for me. The audiobook was very well done though, I always enjoy listening to Saskia Maarleveld.
This was a pretty slow start for me and I never really felt that connected to the characters. I wanted much more of her visits to the Lennox estate, I found that setting very interesting. Also, for me the payoff for the "big mystery" just wasn't worth it.
This was a Read With Jenna pick and I like a lot of her picks, but this one was just off the mark a bit for me. The audiobook was very well done though, I always enjoy listening to Saskia Maarleveld.