Corinne Demas - Everything l Was

 Review : Everything l Was - Corinne Demas
Released : April 2011 
Started : 13th December 2010

Finished : 15th December 2010
Plot : 2/5
Cover : 2.5/5
Page Turner : 2/5
Characters : 3/5
Ending : 2.5/5
Over-all Rating :

The Blurb : 
"My walls were stripped, and all that was left in the room was a pile of boxes and my mattress propped against the wall." 
So begins Irene's journey from an Upper West Side penthouse to—well, she's not entirely sure where. Irene's investment banker father is "downsized" when his company merges with another. When he can't find work, her family's lifestyle—and her socialite mother's spending—quickly catches up with them. Eventually, they're forced to move in with Irene's grandfather in the big family farmhouse upstate. But what begins as the most disastrous summer of her life takes a surprising turn when she meets a most remarkable family.
My Review : 
Looking at my rating it looks like l hated this book, l didn't quite hate it, at the beginning l even enjoyed it and l liked how this book was written. But in the end, even with how short this book is, l just found myself a bit bored and thinking that anyone could write a simple plot line like this about their life. 
I think Corinne has potential to be a good writer, her writing style is good and interacts with the reader and makes the characters real. Maybe with a good story line her books could be really good.
At the beginning of the book some questions are put into your mind, where is she going and why? This are the sort of things in a story which keep you wanting to read more but this soon faded out. Things were repeated, the story line was predictable and it honestly felt like the book could be about any ordinary person. Through the whole book l wondered when a twist was going to come up in the book, when something was going to happen but even when it did it wasn't a big shocker. 
Half way through the book l sort of felt 'cheated', looking at the front cover you get the idea she is a lot older than she actually is. The author doesn't make this clear, sometimes she sounds really young and other times she does things older children would do. Being honest, if l knew how young she was l probably wouldn't have bothered. 
Over-all l wouldn't want to pay for this book, its a quick, simple read with no real main story line to it. Maybe for young people to read ... 13/14. I probably would of gave up on it if it was any longer but because it's so short it wasn't that bad. I said l didn't hate it and l didn't but l didn't enjoy it either. 
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My Next Read :
Choosing/Quite busy
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