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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reviewed from Advance Listening Copy picked up at ALA Midwinter 2018.
Well. I should have known from the title, right? Unreliable narrators are the WORST!
Okay, they are to me. Lots of twists and turns here between Now and Then timelines, along with different point-of-views as you go along. Those are always harder to listen to than read, because you don't see the different fonts and set-asides that tell you when things are changing.
The audiobook had lovely British accents, but the production was off because I had to keep changing the volume of the audiobook according to the accent/character speaking.
Amber is in a coma and listening to all the conversations around her, while her memories sneak back in. She is trying to remember what happened to her in the days before she went into the coma. How did it happen? Who did something to her? Her sneaky evil sister? Her husband that is cheating? Her idiot ex-boyfriend? Lots of questions and they do eventually get answered, even if it's a long and twisting road to get there.
Well. I should have known from the title, right? Unreliable narrators are the WORST!
Okay, they are to me. Lots of twists and turns here between Now and Then timelines, along with different point-of-views as you go along. Those are always harder to listen to than read, because you don't see the different fonts and set-asides that tell you when things are changing.
The audiobook had lovely British accents, but the production was off because I had to keep changing the volume of the audiobook according to the accent/character speaking.
Amber is in a coma and listening to all the conversations around her, while her memories sneak back in. She is trying to remember what happened to her in the days before she went into the coma. How did it happen? Who did something to her? Her sneaky evil sister? Her husband that is cheating? Her idiot ex-boyfriend? Lots of questions and they do eventually get answered, even if it's a long and twisting road to get there.
dark
mysterious
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I still think about this book years later, and would 100% read it again. So 5🌟s
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hard to follow sometimes because the narrator is so unreliable. To the point that at the end you still aren’t sure what parts are true. That is the beauty and the downfall of this book. I like the twist but I would have liked one character that could have given a more unbiased summary because not knowing for sure what happens feels a little like a waste of time although the writing especially the coma sections were excellent
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE, ONE WORD COULD NEVER ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THEM ALL. SOME ARE EASIER TO FEEL THAN OTHERS, SOME MORE DANGEROUS.”
So many twists, such a fun read. If you like journal entries, time going from pre-coma, present time coma, and 90s, you’ll enjoy this. Don’t stress about the number of chapters, the pages are fairly short.
So many twists, such a fun read. If you like journal entries, time going from pre-coma, present time coma, and 90s, you’ll enjoy this. Don’t stress about the number of chapters, the pages are fairly short.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape