Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am angry with myself for finishing this book. I purchased it after reading the Kindle sample because despite some over-flowery language, it seemed interesting, and I wanted to know what happened. From there, things got much worse. But I'll start with a few positives: PROs: -Other than a few places where I skipped ridiculously wordy descriptions, the pacing was fast. -It had some unexpected elements to it. I couldn't predict everything from the beginning. -(I'm having a hard time coming up with others) Honestly, there is just so much I didn't like. For one, the writing wasn't great. Not only was the language over the top (e.g. "My house is a hulking black shadow against the nighttime sky, despite the lights casting a golden glow down at the street."), but it was also somewhat repetitive (the main character lifts or hikes her shoulders to her ears a half dozen times throughout the book--just shrug!). I also left the book feeling very offended by the stereotypes presented, racially, ethnically, and related to sexual-orientation. When someone is gay, they don't just mention it in conversation all of the time ("If there's one thing you can count on from an urban, sophisticated gay man, it's good pharmaceuticals."). Just by peppering things in about how people are presenting themselves stereotypically doesn't excuse this ("she is every cliché you've ever heard about Eastern European mail-order brides"), it's just lazy. Listen, I like your good romance book, thriller, or suspense as much as the next guy, but this book was not worth the $8 I paid for it. Seriously, I'm really angry that I paid anything at all, but especially more than $2. Ugh!