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c_dmckinney's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
zapkode's review against another edition
3.0
{my thoughts} - This book summed up the entire series in a sense. I wasn’t pleased with the different point of views in which it had been written. It had switched from Janie, Reeve and Brian throughout the book which was more then annoying in my honest opinion. I was actually rather surprised at what she had found but even more surprised that she and Reeve had gotten back together after the last book. I also couldn’t believe how well both families were getting along that they allowed their non-kidnapped children the right to spend as much time as they wanted at the Johnson’s house. If I were the Springs I would never be able to allow the kidnappers by proxy anywhere’s near the children I had been able to raise. It just seems wrong to me and there Brian was spending the whole summer at the Johnson’s I don’t get how the Spring’s went from overprotective to just about not caring at all. But it is a book and it looks like it was meant to end happily ever after and sometimes happily ever afters are far to forced for them to make any real sense.
{reason for reading} - I wanted to complete the series. It wasn’t as good as the other books but was worth getting to know the conclusion of the storyline.
{reason for reading} - I wanted to complete the series. It wasn’t as good as the other books but was worth getting to know the conclusion of the storyline.
cobycoyle's review against another edition
4.0
I wish we would have gotten some more POV from Miranda and Frank. Their story is tragic as well. I love reading about these characters growing up and through their tragedies.
carrie_and_non's review against another edition
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
ohhedgehogs's review against another edition
2.0
I felt like this dragggggggggggged on. It was good, but I am semi unsure of the purpose of it.
I got the main point of this story, and it was intended to be the last. I guess you cant go back and re write a book once it has been published. But. it was MEH.
Wish I would have gotten it from the library truth be told.
I got the main point of this story, and it was intended to be the last. I guess you cant go back and re write a book once it has been published. But. it was MEH.
Wish I would have gotten it from the library truth be told.
juliairene's review against another edition
4.0
I love this series because I can work a 10 hour shift and still finished a book in one day. What can I say I love an easy read.
shannonreadss's review against another edition
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It's starting to feel like this story is being milked, but I will keep going because I want answers.
goodem9199's review against another edition
3.0
So I read this yesterday thinking it was book #3. It wasn't. Therefore, I skipped an entire book in the series, and never even knew. That's not such a good sign?
kitsuneheart's review against another edition
4.0
Cooney finds a new way to destroy Janie. I mean, as a character in a series, that's her function, but you got to cringe a bit when you see there's a new book.
Janie's "adoptive" father has had a heart attack and stroke. Her mother thinks this is a great idea to teach Janie about the paperwork involved in running a household, with the unfortunate side-effect that Janie discovers her father has been sending quarterly payments to Janie's kidnapper, Hannah. With her father unable to communicate, Janie must decide if she will continue to support the woman who is both her father's true daughter, but also the person who ruined her life.
Janie goes to a pretty dark place, here, centered on revenge, but also on filial duty. But what filial duty does she owe to a man who shares none of her blood and who, in fact, raised the child that would come to snatch Janie from her true family? And, in the process of dealing with the Hannah problem, what might Janie be doing to her own family, both that by blood and that by chance?
This story is very well set up to be a final book in the series, but there is a new volume out just recently so...can't wait to find out how Cooney torments Janie again!
Janie's "adoptive" father has had a heart attack and stroke. Her mother thinks this is a great idea to teach Janie about the paperwork involved in running a household, with the unfortunate side-effect that Janie discovers her father has been sending quarterly payments to Janie's kidnapper, Hannah. With her father unable to communicate, Janie must decide if she will continue to support the woman who is both her father's true daughter, but also the person who ruined her life.
Janie goes to a pretty dark place, here, centered on revenge, but also on filial duty. But what filial duty does she owe to a man who shares none of her blood and who, in fact, raised the child that would come to snatch Janie from her true family? And, in the process of dealing with the Hannah problem, what might Janie be doing to her own family, both that by blood and that by chance?
This story is very well set up to be a final book in the series, but there is a new volume out just recently so...can't wait to find out how Cooney torments Janie again!
thestoryowl's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't enjoy the upheaval of this story as much as the earlier ones and I found myself "over" Janie's selfish reactions to both her families.