Book: Another Life by Karen David
(When I Was Joe #3)
Pages: 340
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller
Source: Won from The LibraryThing for review
* Will contain spoilers
Kicked out of yet another boarding school, Archie couldn't be happier to find himself back in London with old friends and an exciting social life. But he's worried about his cousin Ty, who is facing a sentence in a Young Offender Institution and doesn't seem to be coping. And he's finding that his old friends have moved on and it's a struggle to keep up with their new lives.
When he begins to learn surprising things about Ty, Archie goes on a mission to discover the truth about his cousin's past. But who is the real Ty? The thrilling follow-up to When I Was Joe and Almost True takes readers on a terrifying adventure through London's gangland.
--From Goodreads
My Thoughts: Unfortunately, I could not get through this one as I did in the first two novels. I'm not a major fan of multiple POVs, and this was told in both Archie's and Ty's point of view. First, it would have been better if the author had labeled who was narrating, rather than having the reader guess, which I was not a fan of.
Second, I found that I really didn't care much for Archie's side of the story, and kept wanting to skip what he had to say, to get back the main character, Ty. I also felt that Ty shouldn't have gone to the juvenile detention center just for carrying a knife, and felt that his punishment was uncalled for.
The main reason for not completing this novel was because I felt that Archie's side was actually a hinderance to the story and made the narration inconsistent and I lost interest more easily than the first two, which is a shame because I really enjoyed reading the first two novels, and I did want to find out what happened to Ty. Unfortunately, this book was not for me.
Would I recommend this book: Maybe
Rating: I give this book a DNF.
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