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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
This book seemed to take forever to finish. I was completely bored. Character development is absolutely terrible. This is the second Lisa Jackson book I’ve read and at this point I doubt I’ll ever pick up another one.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received an ARC copy of this book from SheSpeaks. This book really freaked me out - I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stand being at my house at night alone reading it! Liked seeing the perspectives from different characters.
When Rachel Gaston was a teenager she got involved in a dangerous game. This involvement led to the tragic death of her brother Luke. Acquitted from the crime, it is now twenty years later. Someone is bound and determined to make her pay for Luke's death.
Rachel had quite a bit of counseling and even had a nice life for a while. She married and had two children. However, her nightmares and anxiety have a profound affect on her and she and husband, Detective Cade Ryder divorced. They are good co-parents to their teenage children and with rapidly changing circumstances, are drawn together quite often in this story.
Rachel and several others were in the process of preparing for their twenty-year high school reunion. One of the former classmates is murdered and several other things, including other murders, happen in quick succession. This, quite naturally, makes Rachel quite nervous. All she wants to do is to forget the past and prepare her children for the future. All the while, she wonders about her relationship with Cade, and he has similar thoughts throughout.
Paranoid is a thrilling story. There is a strong element of revenge in this story, and this reaches deep into the lives of Rachel, and also her children. There is also the paranoia Rachel feels as her past continues to resurface. The danger is present from the outset, and despite the family drama, reunion planning and personality issues, their are enough twists and turns, as well as plenty of plausible suspects, to make this a difficult book to put down. Lisa Jackson is a remarkable author and I always enjoy reading her books.
Many thanks to Kensington and to NetGalley for this ARC to review in exchange for my honest opinion.
Rachel had quite a bit of counseling and even had a nice life for a while. She married and had two children. However, her nightmares and anxiety have a profound affect on her and she and husband, Detective Cade Ryder divorced. They are good co-parents to their teenage children and with rapidly changing circumstances, are drawn together quite often in this story.
Rachel and several others were in the process of preparing for their twenty-year high school reunion. One of the former classmates is murdered and several other things, including other murders, happen in quick succession. This, quite naturally, makes Rachel quite nervous. All she wants to do is to forget the past and prepare her children for the future. All the while, she wonders about her relationship with Cade, and he has similar thoughts throughout.
Paranoid is a thrilling story. There is a strong element of revenge in this story, and this reaches deep into the lives of Rachel, and also her children. There is also the paranoia Rachel feels as her past continues to resurface. The danger is present from the outset, and despite the family drama, reunion planning and personality issues, their are enough twists and turns, as well as plenty of plausible suspects, to make this a difficult book to put down. Lisa Jackson is a remarkable author and I always enjoy reading her books.
Many thanks to Kensington and to NetGalley for this ARC to review in exchange for my honest opinion.
DNF at 54%, the characters in this book are way too stupid and annoying in their actions for me to even want to know the ending.
3.5 rounded up. A lot of characters that make you go huh. Also, she added about 10 pages by replacing the word car with explorer, jeep, Mercedes, Honda, porsche, RAV4, etc over and over and over again
It was a good book and had an ending I was not expecting. There were a few times I was confused by the extra storyline with Kaitlyn and the ending felt like it should have a sequel.
i generally enjoy this author’s writing, but something about this book just never sat right with me. i was sure it had to be one of her first - there just seemed to be so much wrong with it that could have been fixed with more experience. but, to my surprise, this was published not that long ago. not sure what happened with this one, but it just wasn’t up to par with her other works i’ve read.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not good. Nothing going on in the beginning and then way too much going on at the end. Felt very very forced. I’m surprised I forced myself to get through it. The writing was choppy and had to go back to re-read parts that were breezed through. Other parts were so dragged out. Don’t bother!