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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A pesar de que C.J Tudor parezca una escritora primeriza y un tanto desconocida me parece impresionante el modo en el que escribe. Si bien es cierto, todo libro de misterio te mantiene en vilo a cada palabra; sin embargo, debo decir que hasta cierto punto, desde mi vista, todo estaba muy desubicado. Fue hasta el final, cuando por fin logre entender el propósito de Annie. Además de eso, me encanta que todos los personajes sean tan elaborados; cada uno guarda grandes secretos lo cual resulta intrigante y a la misma vez, sorpresivo. Una buena experiencia
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I know that I’m in the minority with this review but The Taking of Annie Thorne was quite mediocre for me, at best. Now, I will preface this by saying that I do enjoy CJ Tudor’s work-I recently read The Drift and compulsively ingested every page with greed. This one reminded me of a lot of thriller’s that fail to grasp my attention. The plot got confused and the sequence of events didn’t completely hold up for me. The writing was good, I just felt that the execution wasn’t as strong as it could’ve been.
Do you remember your high school years? Yeah, same, it’s a time I don’t really wish to look back on. It was full of hormones, angst and bucketloads of stress. Teenagers would do anything to fit in, and I do mean anything. Stupid initiations, bullying people that you have no beef with, and threats if you don’t. It is a never ending clusterfuck of emotions. Joe Thorne knows these feelings only too well. He’s been the but end of the bullies fist one too many times and now that he has been taken into Hurst’s gang, he’s eletated but also torn.
Joe has a close relationship with his little sister, Annie. Unlike many sibling relationships, he dotes on her, and nothing is too much effort for her. When he starts hanging around with Hurst and his cronies, his relationship with Annie suffers. When they head up to the old colliery site that his father used to work at, Annie follows him and things go from bad to worse, and then to absolutely fucking disastrous.
I felt some questions weren’t answered, like when Annie came back what exactly HAD happened to her? I don’t think that was answered or touched on at the end. I felt frustrated that that point hadn’t had a satisfactory ending.
Do you remember your high school years? Yeah, same, it’s a time I don’t really wish to look back on. It was full of hormones, angst and bucketloads of stress. Teenagers would do anything to fit in, and I do mean anything. Stupid initiations, bullying people that you have no beef with, and threats if you don’t. It is a never ending clusterfuck of emotions. Joe Thorne knows these feelings only too well. He’s been the but end of the bullies fist one too many times and now that he has been taken into Hurst’s gang, he’s eletated but also torn.
Joe has a close relationship with his little sister, Annie. Unlike many sibling relationships, he dotes on her, and nothing is too much effort for her. When he starts hanging around with Hurst and his cronies, his relationship with Annie suffers. When they head up to the old colliery site that his father used to work at, Annie follows him and things go from bad to worse, and then to absolutely fucking disastrous.
I felt some questions weren’t answered, like when Annie came back what exactly HAD happened to her? I don’t think that was answered or touched on at the end. I felt frustrated that that point hadn’t had a satisfactory ending.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I could not keep track of the characters or alllllll of the lies, but I still had a good time.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I LOVE CJ TUDOR SO MUCH! Man oh man. I found chalk man and LOVED it. So when I found out about this one, I pre-ordered it. It was darker than Chalk Man but it was great. Can't wait for her next one.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
A good read but very strange. The supernatural side of things didn't make much sense and wasn't explained very well, I feel like that side of things could have been more in-depth.