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The Locked Ward

Sarah Pekkanen

3.75 AVERAGE

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thank you to MacMillan Audio for the gifted copy of this book! 

At the start of the story Georgia is locked in a psychiatric ward, and charged with murder, but she says she didn't kill her sister. And the story is off and running from there. You have a twin sister who doesn't know she is a twin, some creepy characters in the psychiatric ward with Georgia and a mystery to solve, not to mention a twin sister to convince that you aren't crazy!!

I enjoyed the fast pace (at least for me) and I enjoyed seeing the sisters get to know one another. And even though I figured out relatively early on, what happened, I still enjoyed the story! 

Thank you again to MacMillan Audio for the opportunity to read this book! 
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“You soak it all in and think about how often the tales we tell ourselves are fictions. We’re both the unreliable narrator and the gullible listener in our own life stories.”
adventurous fast-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 Georgia is in a psychiatric ward after being arrested for the murder of her sister, Annabelle. 

Mandy is running her family’s bar after inheriting it when her parents died.  Mandy receives a call one day from Georgia’s lawyer asking her to come visit her twin sister, that she never met.  Her twin who could be a murderer.  Skeptical, Mandy goes to meet Georgia and the connection is undeniable.  When Georgia tells Mandy she is innocent of murder, Mandy feels compelled to uncover the truth about what happened. 

In doing so, she discovers that there are people involved in this scandal that want Georgia dead and now she herself is embroiled in the scandal and could also be in danger. 

This is a fast-paced story told by the alternating points of view of Georgia and Mandy.  Georgia’s backstory is told via flashbacks from Georgia’s point of view leading up to the night Annabelle is murdered. 

I enjoyed the book, but some plot points were a bit predictable.  Georgia is made to be a lifeless shell of a person in the psych ward which made it hard to connect to her as a character. 
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lame. Hard to follow at times. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious slow-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

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes