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laura_reads_stuff's review
3.0
The plot appealed - a woman driving along a road hits a bump. Distracted by excitement about her future, she ignores it. However, later, she hears about a hit and run on the same road she was driving along. Doubt and guilt drive her to strange situations.
However, to me, the book goes downhill from there on. There becomes too much of a focus on "romance". Ellie, the protagonist, I originally found interesting as the way she thought was unique to other novels I had read. Plus her relationships with her friends and family were interesting, but these links were mostly abandoned until the final few pages of the book. Ellie also became weak and arguably pathetic until the very end, too.
The plot improved with a twist and links being made in the final section of the book, but overall it wasn't what I hoped it would be.
Good, enjoyable at times, but not what it could've been.
However, to me, the book goes downhill from there on. There becomes too much of a focus on "romance". Ellie, the protagonist, I originally found interesting as the way she thought was unique to other novels I had read. Plus her relationships with her friends and family were interesting, but these links were mostly abandoned until the final few pages of the book. Ellie also became weak and arguably pathetic until the very end, too.
The plot improved with a twist and links being made in the final section of the book, but overall it wasn't what I hoped it would be.
Good, enjoyable at times, but not what it could've been.
emmakated's review
2.0
This book made me mad. It was written well enough and could have been an interesting story if done correctly.
I mean it was like watching a horror film where the college girl wanders right into the arms of the axe murderer because she opened the door to a stranger.
How did he convince the nurses to lie about his condition? How did she not notice it wasn’t a fresh wound? Why did she not just go ask the guy at the restaurant what he meant? He murders his wife but let’s the dog survive?
Everything Ellie did I felt like screaming at her how stupid she was being.
I read it so quickly because I just had to finish it out of frustration.
I mean it was like watching a horror film where the college girl wanders right into the arms of the axe murderer because she opened the door to a stranger.
How did he convince the nurses to lie about his condition? How did she not notice it wasn’t a fresh wound? Why did she not just go ask the guy at the restaurant what he meant? He murders his wife but let’s the dog survive?
Everything Ellie did I felt like screaming at her how stupid she was being.
I read it so quickly because I just had to finish it out of frustration.
magicalbertie's review
1.0
I hate to give books low scores but I don't think I got on well with this book. The second half picks up and I did start to enjoy it but I had already guessed the rest of the plot by that point. I was also endlessly frustrated by the main character.
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