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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Being a weather geek, I just find it fascinating how extreme the weather can be in Alaska. If it weren't so dangerous, I'd like to experience it for a minute, especially those stars and Northern Lights!
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slow-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
It was an interesting book. Mother and child are looking for her husband in Alaska. He's in a remote village that apparently has had an accident and is dead. But she is not convinced. At first she plans to take a plane but when she's not able to fly there, she decides to get a ride from a trucker. When the trucker falls ill, she decides to take/steal his truck and drive there herself. And this in bad weather, which in Alaska means cold icy weather which can kill you in many ways.
So far so good. But the biggest problem I found with the story was that it was told from 3 perspectives. It was told in third person, from the child's point of view and also in flashbacks from the husband and wife relationship. This was very distracting and annoying and I would sometimes flit quickly over the change of narratives to get to the next part.
The author did a pretty good job of keeping up the suspense and I did my best to keep up the suspense as well by skipping over parts. It's basically like if you were watching a thriller on TV and every 10 minutes the movie would skip to some other story for 10 minutes. I would have enjoyed the book more if the book had stuck to one point of view and built on it. I got this book free as a review copy.
So far so good. But the biggest problem I found with the story was that it was told from 3 perspectives. It was told in third person, from the child's point of view and also in flashbacks from the husband and wife relationship. This was very distracting and annoying and I would sometimes flit quickly over the change of narratives to get to the next part.
The author did a pretty good job of keeping up the suspense and I did my best to keep up the suspense as well by skipping over parts. It's basically like if you were watching a thriller on TV and every 10 minutes the movie would skip to some other story for 10 minutes. I would have enjoyed the book more if the book had stuck to one point of view and built on it. I got this book free as a review copy.
Okay so this book is unlike any other book that I have ever read before. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing so take that however you want. It was very suspenseful to the point where it was almost scary at times, almost. It takes a lot to scare me though, I mean I read Stephen King without any issues. There were times that I got bored with this story and zoned out and had to reread a paragraph a few times because of that.
Yasmin along with her deaf ten year old daughter, Ruby are going to Alaska to confront her husband. Upon arriving to the airport they are picked up by the police and taken to the station to be told that Matt was in a terrible accident and has died. Yasmin didn't believe them and set out with Ruby to track him down for herself.
I felt like this book was unbelievable in many ways. For instance if I was told my cheating husband had died I don't think I would have gone looking for him. I would have cried and moved on with my life like everyone else in the world would have. Not take my daughter out in an Alaskan storm to try to track down a man that I was told by the police was dead. That whole scenario was absurd to me and that made it difficult to read.
I enjoyed Ruby's character though she seemed older than ten at times. I liked her tweets, I felt like that added so much to the story. I also loved her descriptions for sounds since she is deaf I thought that was very cool. I did not care for Yasmin though. It is said many times that she is beautiful but very smart. Like just because she is beautiful people wouldn't believe she was smart too. Anyway, for her to be so smart I thought she did some stupid stuff.
It took some time to get used to the authors style of writing. In the beginning it kept switching from past to present and that threw me at first. To be honest I didn't care how Yasmin and Matt met and was tired of reading it. All in all this was an okay book. I don't think it would be something I would have bought myself but it wasn't terrible.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
Yasmin along with her deaf ten year old daughter, Ruby are going to Alaska to confront her husband. Upon arriving to the airport they are picked up by the police and taken to the station to be told that Matt was in a terrible accident and has died. Yasmin didn't believe them and set out with Ruby to track him down for herself.
I felt like this book was unbelievable in many ways. For instance if I was told my cheating husband had died I don't think I would have gone looking for him. I would have cried and moved on with my life like everyone else in the world would have. Not take my daughter out in an Alaskan storm to try to track down a man that I was told by the police was dead. That whole scenario was absurd to me and that made it difficult to read.
I enjoyed Ruby's character though she seemed older than ten at times. I liked her tweets, I felt like that added so much to the story. I also loved her descriptions for sounds since she is deaf I thought that was very cool. I did not care for Yasmin though. It is said many times that she is beautiful but very smart. Like just because she is beautiful people wouldn't believe she was smart too. Anyway, for her to be so smart I thought she did some stupid stuff.
It took some time to get used to the authors style of writing. In the beginning it kept switching from past to present and that threw me at first. To be honest I didn't care how Yasmin and Matt met and was tired of reading it. All in all this was an okay book. I don't think it would be something I would have bought myself but it wasn't terrible.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
Ruby lands in Alaska, excited to see her father. That's why her mother, Yasmin, said they were traveling. He should be waiting to pick them up at the airport. But when they get off the plane and a police officer greets them, they know something's wrong. Ruby, who is deaf, must rely on reading lips and the little bits her mother will tell her. She learns there was an accident and her father may be dead. Yasmin and Ruby refuse to believe it, and set out to search for him when the police have all but given up. But winter in Alaska is dangerous. There's a storm rolling in. And there's a small chance someone may be following them. But neither will rest until they know the truth. Whatever that truth may be...
This one pulled me in a bit more than I expected. The writing style, which includes many flashbacks, took a couple of chapters to grow on me. But once I was into it, it seemed to take on a life of its own. The suspenseful adventure for this mother and daughter makes a compelling story. Some of the twists will surprise you. Recommended for readers who enjoy stories that take the reader on the characters' journey.
[Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.]
This one pulled me in a bit more than I expected. The writing style, which includes many flashbacks, took a couple of chapters to grow on me. But once I was into it, it seemed to take on a life of its own. The suspenseful adventure for this mother and daughter makes a compelling story. Some of the twists will surprise you. Recommended for readers who enjoy stories that take the reader on the characters' journey.
[Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.]