Anna ’s Reviews > The Fourth Wife > Status Update

this whole book is just very very bad storytelling. I'm not even talking about the fact that it reads like a YA fanfiction, I'm talking the absolute gullibility of the main character and the fact that the author has probably never heard of 'show, don't tell.'
one of my biggest pet peeves is writers not trusting the readers and just explaining everything to us like we're 5. and the plot twists are so fucking lame.

hazel must be one of the stupidest main characters I've ever come across. she does not put two and two together, even if the answer is right in front of her. she makes speculations based on one thing and ignoring the other hundred proving her speculations wrong. I'm so tired of this. this reads like a ya, like a fan fiction. I wanted a gothic, serious book about Mormonism in the 19th century. got a love story.