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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Engaging plot
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
A thrilling adventure, full of gripping suspense and psychological thriller. A must read for the fans of The Silent Patient.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Could not stop listening! Edge of my seat kind of read. Even once I kinda thought I figured one thing out, there were still so many unanswered questions. I might have a day of silent to process all of it.
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I liked the premise of this book, but the rest of the story was hard to read. Slow pace and nothing drew me in. I didn't understand the story within the story at all. One reason I probably didn't enjoy it was that I've read several books like this this year and may be tired of the genre.
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Interesting question to build a story around: is the adult who shows up claiming to be a long-ago abducted child really who she claims to be?
Sadly, the truth eventually revealed feels too contrived to be believable. Plot twists for the sake of plot twists. Ugh.
In addition, I liked the main character less as the book went on, as she was revealed to be a simpering fool, helping her victimizers out by making dumb decisions at every turn.
Sadly, the truth eventually revealed feels too contrived to be believable. Plot twists for the sake of plot twists. Ugh.
In addition, I liked the main character less as the book went on, as she was revealed to be a simpering fool, helping her victimizers out by making dumb decisions at every turn.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2.75*
There’s a lot going on in here. It’s complex, intertwined. Usually just the way I like them.
However, the connection to anything was completely missing here for me. Not the sisters, parents, nothing.
There was a lot of downtime that just didn’t offer much of anything to the story in the grand scheme of things. I think the story could easily have been 200 pages shorter and more succinctly express the layers of humanity.
While the story wanted to be good and eventually came together I was easily 60% + before I started sitting up to take notice. Too far imo. The only reason I hung in was because it was an arc, otherwise I would’ve checked out around 30%
Recommend-not from my perspective. It just didn’t deliver for me.
With thanks to NetGalley and KensingtonPublishing for the advance reading copy.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No