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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
A very quick, but emotionally draining read, about a woman kept prisoner by a man for seven years. Thanh Dao, a Vietnamese woman, has been kept against her will by Lenn. He calls her Jane, after his mother and first wife. "Jane" wants to escape, but is waiting until her sister, Kim-Ly can pay off her own debts, plus her foot is badly deformed and she has trouble walking. When she becomes pregnant, "Jane" is desperate to protect her baby at all costs.
This book is painful to read, but an important read. It details the danger of people trafficked and enslaved. It is frightening, but I rooted for "Jane" to overcome her situation. The writing makes you feel the anguish and desperation "Jane" feels.
This book is painful to read, but an important read. It details the danger of people trafficked and enslaved. It is frightening, but I rooted for "Jane" to overcome her situation. The writing makes you feel the anguish and desperation "Jane" feels.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
📚 2024 #13: “The Last Thing to Burn” by Will Dean
📕 This book is a thriller about a Vietnamese named Thanh who has taken a chance to move to the UK in the hopes that she can earn enough money to send back home to her parents. She ends up married to a farmer that treats his pigs better than he treats her. She's unable to leave and is under constant surveillance. Her only motivation for staying alive is to help her family, including a younger sister. Her sister was also brought to the UK and sends Thanh occasional letters describing her life working in a nail salon. Thanh can only hope that one day they're able to save enough money and return to their family in Vietnam.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5: This was a different thriller in that it shows us a glimpse of the very real atrocities of human trafficking. Thanh is basically an indentured servant to her husband. He slowly removes her very identity by destroying one of her possessions anytime she upsets him, from an original 17 items to none at all. There were some thriller tropes in here and much of the story was a slow burn, but there was one moment that actually made me gasp. It felt sorta wrong to be reading fiction for pleasure when the subject matter is something so serious in our world?
🤓 You should read this if you liked "The Drowning Woman" by Robyn Harding or "The Overnight Guest" by Heather Gudenkauf.
📕 This book is a thriller about a Vietnamese named Thanh who has taken a chance to move to the UK in the hopes that she can earn enough money to send back home to her parents. She ends up married to a farmer that treats his pigs better than he treats her. She's unable to leave and is under constant surveillance. Her only motivation for staying alive is to help her family, including a younger sister. Her sister was also brought to the UK and sends Thanh occasional letters describing her life working in a nail salon. Thanh can only hope that one day they're able to save enough money and return to their family in Vietnam.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5: This was a different thriller in that it shows us a glimpse of the very real atrocities of human trafficking. Thanh is basically an indentured servant to her husband. He slowly removes her very identity by destroying one of her possessions anytime she upsets him, from an original 17 items to none at all. There were some thriller tropes in here and much of the story was a slow burn, but there was one moment that actually made me gasp. It felt sorta wrong to be reading fiction for pleasure when the subject matter is something so serious in our world?
🤓 You should read this if you liked "The Drowning Woman" by Robyn Harding or "The Overnight Guest" by Heather Gudenkauf.
Not what I expected from the great reviews. Interesting premise but I found it repetitive and a slog.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No