Charlie David — об авторе

Usually, that kind of premise in a blurb doesn't interest me enough to begin reading a book, and I wasn't going to, but then I found out about the audio version and nearly jumped at the thought of listening to it. I guess I just missed Charlie's voice too much and decided it was worth wasting a few hours, even though the description almost screamed cliche, boring, and not-my-read-at-all.

I actually was somewhat enjoying this for a while — the story starting off as quite earnest and believable, the word usage being nowhere close to a work of art but still engaging, with some touching pieces from time to time. Then, out of the blue happens Ashley's modeling gig, and from this point on and up until the end, the narrative's loaded with so much sugar it made me sick. And very little made…