Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really wanted to like this book as I like stories where a kind woman can heal a scarred or injured person, but oh my goodness the pace on this book moved at the speed of a GLACIER! It couldn't have gone any slower nor could it have been written with any less depth. One reviewer even wrote the word exiting. How can this book be exciting when it continues on a snail's pace and is so one-toned? The outline for this book was great and it got me so interested, but after reading page after page of this infantile minded "monster" nonsense I wanted to scream. the Heroine, if you want to call her that, seems like she has only has a backbone AFTER she has consulted with everyone around her, otherwise she is an idiotic nincompoop that can't think for herself and is scared of her own shadow. She holds onto her childish fears even though there is ample proof against them being true. I did stick it out to the end but frankly I feel like I had to slog through mud to get there. Most of the book was in the form of listening in on her stupid thoughts ad nauseum. Very little dialog. Again I really wanted to like this story, but no. I have no idea what others saw in this book and character to give it the review it got. For me, I found some of the high reviews misleading.