Review: Out of the attic

so this is more of a rant, than review, and beware of spoilers ! 


i didn't know where AN was going to take this one 
and while I thought it was better than the first 
i was highly disappointed in this as a whole 



reasons i liked it: 
- stuff happened (i feel like book 1 was so stale) 
- timelines were right 

reasons i disliked it: 
- malcolm is a jerk. and i don't know where this came from. he's being raised by a sweet woman, you'd think he would get his mannerisms from her. but nope. hes becoming this snotty little dude and i can't figure out his motive for it. when he's older, sure, but at 5? gimme a break. 
- the repetitive of his story lines and names. a painter? hello jillian. another beau? come on... plus, friends and me are wondering if the news of the ruby movie influenced his use of repeating the name. 
- the nanny. look, i get that, back then, other people raised your children. however, this lady is too much for me. and corinne doesn't deserve to be a mother anyways - either you're involved in your kids life or you aren't (like garland) which is why i don't understand malcolms persona.  

overall? 
i was surprised how much i liked this one. i went in with a negative mindset since i hate that these are being written to begin with (well, why read them at all? you might ask ... it's because i co-run a facebook fan group and i need to know the content if i'm to co-run it properly) 

the ending was predictable as the story progressed. 
in a typical vca-style 
which, is fine i guess, though it would be a big scandal in that time 
so i hope book three captures that

also, question about book three: is there going to be multi- POVs? i feel like it's warranted, unless he gives us a short story/elilogue which captures garland's perspective on the whole thing. 
or give it all from malcolms POV as a child and how he confronts both his parents? who knows. 

all i do know is that i give Out of the Attic a 2.5 star as it was better than what I thought it was going to be ... 

... but not as great as it was hyped to be.