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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
I hasn’t heard much about this going in, but the story was really interesting! It was more so a thriller about a messed up family than anything, so I do wish it had more, but I did enjoy it! A solid three star read
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was in interesting domestic thriller. It was a quick read (finished in just a few sittings over the course of a few hours), but I didn’t find myself getting invested or attached to the characters. I found Emma to be super annoying and found it odd that so many mental health issues arose in the same family in such a short span of time.
I guessed the major plot twist about halfway through, just musing myself. And I ended up being right!
I also wish they had gone into Abbys background a little more. You know very little about her life other than the obvious things the book tells you.
It made me anxious reading about all the yelling and fighting and Cass spoke so badly of her father yet claimed that she loved hiM. And then her sister did much worse things and she never said anything against her. Even though I felt Emma manipulated and mentally abused Cass. Idk. Overall I have this book 3 stars because it kept me interested and moved so quickly, yet it had its problems and some things just didn’t seem realistic enough.
I guessed the major plot twist about halfway through, just musing myself. And I ended up being right!
I also wish they had gone into Abbys background a little more. You know very little about her life other than the obvious things the book tells you.
It made me anxious reading about all the yelling and fighting and Cass spoke so badly of her father yet claimed that she loved hiM. And then her sister did much worse things and she never said anything against her. Even though I felt Emma manipulated and mentally abused Cass. Idk. Overall I have this book 3 stars because it kept me interested and moved so quickly, yet it had its problems and some things just didn’t seem realistic enough.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I never knew what was going to happen and once I found out, I was completely shocked! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.
Good premise, mediocre execution
Wendy Walker has an intriguing premise here and an interesting approach to telling Cass's story. The problem, for me, is that she does a lot of telling and virtually no showing, making a lot of the narrative seem more like info-dumps than the gradual revealing of character and events that a good thriller with an unreliable narrator really requires. Additionally, the character of Abby Winters never really came Alice for me - she seemed to exist primarily as a way to relay Cass's narrative of events and to fill the reader in on everything you could ever want to know about narcissistic personality disorder, much of which was, frankly, repetitive and/or irrelevant to the story. And can I just ask, why give her a dog who is mentioned maybe twice and never named?
That said, parts of the story were intriguing enough to keep me reading, and a few plot twists were a little surprising. No major thrills or shocking reveals (too heavy a hand with the foreshadowing), but a pleasant enough summer vacation read.
Wendy Walker has an intriguing premise here and an interesting approach to telling Cass's story. The problem, for me, is that she does a lot of telling and virtually no showing, making a lot of the narrative seem more like info-dumps than the gradual revealing of character and events that a good thriller with an unreliable narrator really requires. Additionally, the character of Abby Winters never really came Alice for me - she seemed to exist primarily as a way to relay Cass's narrative of events and to fill the reader in on everything you could ever want to know about narcissistic personality disorder, much of which was, frankly, repetitive and/or irrelevant to the story. And can I just ask, why give her a dog who is mentioned maybe twice and never named?
That said, parts of the story were intriguing enough to keep me reading, and a few plot twists were a little surprising. No major thrills or shocking reveals (too heavy a hand with the foreshadowing), but a pleasant enough summer vacation read.
So many twists and turns. Never saw the ending coming.
I almost gave up on this book... the first half was somewhat hard to get through. Halfway through I couldn’t put it down. Is you enjoy psychological thrillers you need to check it out!
Well that ending was depressing and honestly kinda a letdown. I am pretty confused about it- did Emma die before or after Cass got pregnant? Cass ran off to the island and ended up having the baby or was sent to the island? Who knew about the truth? It's confusing ahhhh