The Unwedding by Ally Condie * *
What a let-down! I love a good mystery and the set-up sounded great. Murders in a resort? I love it when people's holidays get ruined like that! Hotels, beaches, cruise ships, that's my favourite setting. That's pretty much the only thing I liked about it though. I ended up giving up at 43%, then looked for the solution and wanted to see if that would make me want to read the stuff in between, but it didn't. The solution just solidified my resolve to not finish this. I'll start with my biggest issue. Ellery, the main character. We're in her head. Third person limited. I don't mind that usually, but it wasn't a pleasant head to be inside. She's going through a divorce and the guy already has a girlfriend. I could understand anger, but she's wallowing in pain like the guy wasn't an AH. Page after page of "my marriage has ended and I'm lonely" in the most melodramatic way possible. We even get the lying in bed sobbing scene. I. Don...