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3.27 AVERAGE
3.27 AVERAGE
I'm not sure if it's because I've read all three of Paris's books or not, but I guessed the twist in this one a lot earlier on than the others. Still a great read though - done and dusted in four hours.
Finn and Layla were going to get married until Layla went missing on a trip to France. Ten years later Finn is going to marry Layla's sister Ellen and strange things start happening, that indicate that Layla may still be alive. What ensues is paranoia on the part of Finn, as he tries to find out if Layla is really alive. During this time, he and Ellen grow apart, with Ellen wondering if Finn loved Layla more than her.
The book had me wanting to keep reading to the end despite the fact that Finn is a very selfish, unlikeable, wealthy guy, who made me wonder why he had such loyal friends. Early on I suspected what was actually going on and found out I was correct by the end of the book. There is a long email that explains everything...I think it would have been better to find another way to reveal what was happening.
Even though I suspected the secret, I had hoped that there could be a plausible explanation for how everything transpired. An explanation that let us know how this could take place in a way that seems understandable. But instead, we get a resolution that is full of holes because I do not think that what took place could be so easily carried off. Anything more I say would spoil the book but the book gave no reasonable explanation for what happened to have actually worked for so long, or at all.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC.
The book had me wanting to keep reading to the end despite the fact that Finn is a very selfish, unlikeable, wealthy guy, who made me wonder why he had such loyal friends. Early on I suspected what was actually going on and found out I was correct by the end of the book. There is a long email that explains everything...I think it would have been better to find another way to reveal what was happening.
Even though I suspected the secret, I had hoped that there could be a plausible explanation for how everything transpired. An explanation that let us know how this could take place in a way that seems understandable. But instead, we get a resolution that is full of holes because I do not think that what took place could be so easily carried off. Anything more I say would spoil the book but the book gave no reasonable explanation for what happened to have actually worked for so long, or at all.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
I big thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for granting me an advanced copy of Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris. This book will be available in your favourite bookstore on June 19, 2018.
This is a story of passion, loss, and damaged hearts. Twelve years ago, Layla disappeared from Finn's life in a very tragic way. Years later, he is dating Layla's sister, Ellen, and asks her to marry him. Soon after their engagement is published in the newspapers, Russian dolls start showing up everywhere and he receives emails from the one he thought he lost forever. The Russian dolls are sending a clear message to Finn: get rid of Ellen. Conflicted, Finn tries to solve this mystery, but there are too many lies and how can it be possible that Layla would still be alive? But is it Layla? Who would want Ellen out of his life?
Bring Me Back is a page turner which will leave an imprint on your thoughts. Every time I put the book down, I found myself thinking about the story to figure out the plot. Great book!
This is a story of passion, loss, and damaged hearts. Twelve years ago, Layla disappeared from Finn's life in a very tragic way. Years later, he is dating Layla's sister, Ellen, and asks her to marry him. Soon after their engagement is published in the newspapers, Russian dolls start showing up everywhere and he receives emails from the one he thought he lost forever. The Russian dolls are sending a clear message to Finn: get rid of Ellen. Conflicted, Finn tries to solve this mystery, but there are too many lies and how can it be possible that Layla would still be alive? But is it Layla? Who would want Ellen out of his life?
Bring Me Back is a page turner which will leave an imprint on your thoughts. Every time I put the book down, I found myself thinking about the story to figure out the plot. Great book!
this is definitely a book worth reading! It keeps you guessing right up to the very end. It was very fast-paced and I didn't want to put it down!
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dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
*****SPOILERS***** writing a short summary of the book to jog my memory
Layla and Finn are a couple, but one day goes missing. Finn ends up saying Ellen, Layla’s sister, and proposing. After the proposal, both Ellen and Finn start finding little Russian dolls around. This is significant because we kids Ellen and Layla had Russian dolls and no one besides Ellen, Layla, and Finn knew about this significance. Finn starts getting emails from an account he doesn’t know, the emails say they are from Layla and that she is still alive.
In the end, it turns out that Ellen was Layla all along. Their abusive father violently killed Ellen one day in a drunken rage. Layla saw the murder and essentially went crazy and had mental issues brining herself to the realization that Ellen was dead. After Layla ran away (when everyone thought she was killed or kidnapped), she returned to her dads house because she had nowhere else to go. When she got home her father was ill and mistook Layla as Ellen. Layla decided to cut her hair, change her appearance, and act as Ellen from then on. She went back and started dating Finn as Ellen and turned her life into pretending to be Ellen. She said that Layla voice still snuck into her head and would force her to do things as Layla sometimes though. So, Layla’s voice “snuck into her head” when Finn proposed to Ellen because she wanted Finn to bring her back.
This was a good book but hard to get behind Finn or anyone else not being able to tell Ellen was really Layla. How were their features not different enough to tell? Maybe would’ve been more convincing if they were twins…
Layla and Finn are a couple, but one day goes missing. Finn ends up saying Ellen, Layla’s sister, and proposing. After the proposal, both Ellen and Finn start finding little Russian dolls around. This is significant because we kids Ellen and Layla had Russian dolls and no one besides Ellen, Layla, and Finn knew about this significance. Finn starts getting emails from an account he doesn’t know, the emails say they are from Layla and that she is still alive.
In the end, it turns out that Ellen was Layla all along. Their abusive father violently killed Ellen one day in a drunken rage. Layla saw the murder and essentially went crazy and had mental issues brining herself to the realization that Ellen was dead. After Layla ran away (when everyone thought she was killed or kidnapped), she returned to her dads house because she had nowhere else to go. When she got home her father was ill and mistook Layla as Ellen. Layla decided to cut her hair, change her appearance, and act as Ellen from then on. She went back and started dating Finn as Ellen and turned her life into pretending to be Ellen. She said that Layla voice still snuck into her head and would force her to do things as Layla sometimes though. So, Layla’s voice “snuck into her head” when Finn proposed to Ellen because she wanted Finn to bring her back.
This was a good book but hard to get behind Finn or anyone else not being able to tell Ellen was really Layla. How were their features not different enough to tell? Maybe would’ve been more convincing if they were twins…
This book was awful. The entire middle section felt like groundhog's day and the twist at the end so implausible it made me mad I stuck with it to the end. I need to get over my thing about not being able to quit bad books. This might have cured me.
I loved 90% of this book, though I’m not sure how I feel about the ending. I listened to the audiobook, which has two readers, who cover the chapters told from the point of view of different characters. I recommend it. Very engaging!