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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
katelynpfurtick's review
3.0
*3.5 stars*
This was good. It kept me interested, it was definitely a thriller. The only thing is that it had so much potential. It was a great plot, but the execution wasn't great.
I liked it. Didn't love it, but it was a good read!
This was good. It kept me interested, it was definitely a thriller. The only thing is that it had so much potential. It was a great plot, but the execution wasn't great.
I liked it. Didn't love it, but it was a good read!
klshann's review against another edition
2.0
The plot was good but the writing and the execution of the book let it down
bellasparkle's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
liiz0829's review
5.0
Una historia que te recuerda que los monstros conviven con nosotros... que parecen normales... Y también nos recuerda que sobrevivir es nuestra decisión
oddlydrawncristi's review
3.0
3.75
I appreciated the multiple POV of this story but honestly I wasn't expecting so much about love stories. Honestly it's just a personal preference but I'm sick of it
I appreciated the multiple POV of this story but honestly I wasn't expecting so much about love stories. Honestly it's just a personal preference but I'm sick of it
judeyk's review
4.0
Interesting telling of a kidnapping and restraint story.
Told from many perspectives, Lily's life will never be the same.
She escaped, along with her young daughter, after having been hidden away for 8 years.
Told from many perspectives, Lily's life will never be the same.
She escaped, along with her young daughter, after having been hidden away for 8 years.
jupiterblue91's review against another edition
4.0
I really thought I wouldn't like this book, and I'm very pleasantly surprised. The story, while a little hard to read at times, moves quickly and the characters are well thought out and no one is without human flaw. There were a couple of occasions where sentences are repeated word for word which doesn't sit well with me - find another way to say it or just stop talking about it -and I didn't hate Rick as much as I think I should have/ as much as I wanted to. I'd be interested to read another book by Overton, her style is nice and easy to read, even if the subject matter isn't.
ahughes87's review
3.0
This book reminded me a lot of "Room" by Emma Donoghue. The entire story was captivating, but I really wish I would have heard more from Lily's perspective. The ending truly surprised me- especially the scene in the courtroom!
nerdy_birdie_reader's review
2.0
Lily Riser has been held captive for the past eight years. One day when her captor leaves the door unlocked by accident, Lily takes her daughter and makes a run for it. This book is about the events of what happens after.
Doesn’t that sound interesting? It does to me. Doesn’t it sound like a book that deals with sensitive issues like this properly? Doesn’t it sound like a book with this kind of subject would cover an investigation regarding a very stressful environment?
What really happens is that Lily gets Rick arrested by insisting that the police go to the high school where Rick teaches. Are you serious?! The high school?! How dumb is the police?! On top of that, Lily also comes to school herself. She points a finger at Rick and he gets arrested in his class with all the students taking pictures.
Um that would never happen. But whatever, let’s all work on our suspension of disbelief.
Abby, who is Lily’s twin, is a completely selfish idiot! She constantly keeps the philosophy that everyone doesn’t understand her whereas she’s one of the most insensitive people in this book!
As soon as her twin sister disappears, she hooks up with Lily’s boyfriend, Wes, as a method of “self medication”. And then when they hook up AGAIN after he comes back from college, she gets knocked up. She doesn’t want the baby but she allows herself to go through a full term pregnancy. Uh huh, okay. Eve, Lily’s mother, was no better either. She was constantly hooking up with the Sheriff on the effing case. For some reason Eve hooking up with the Sheriff is a crime but somehow Abby sleeping with her sister’s boyfriend isn’t.
Lily somehow manages to decide that she’ll win her old boyfriend back even though her sister is pregnant with his child. She has time to walk to a high school and get someone arrested, she can go get a makeover and get pictures taken with her daughter. This is days after she gets free.
The plot twist actually had more plot holes than I could count, but that’s another rant for another time. (-.-)
Not recommended if you’re looking for a read that will have you at the edge of your seat or if you hate lack of characterization in novels.
Doesn’t that sound interesting? It does to me. Doesn’t it sound like a book that deals with sensitive issues like this properly? Doesn’t it sound like a book with this kind of subject would cover an investigation regarding a very stressful environment?
What really happens is that Lily gets Rick arrested by insisting that the police go to the high school where Rick teaches. Are you serious?! The high school?! How dumb is the police?! On top of that, Lily also comes to school herself. She points a finger at Rick and he gets arrested in his class with all the students taking pictures.
Um that would never happen. But whatever, let’s all work on our suspension of disbelief.
Abby, who is Lily’s twin, is a completely selfish idiot! She constantly keeps the philosophy that everyone doesn’t understand her whereas she’s one of the most insensitive people in this book!
As soon as her twin sister disappears, she hooks up with Lily’s boyfriend, Wes, as a method of “self medication”. And then when they hook up AGAIN after he comes back from college, she gets knocked up. She doesn’t want the baby but she allows herself to go through a full term pregnancy. Uh huh, okay. Eve, Lily’s mother, was no better either. She was constantly hooking up with the Sheriff on the effing case. For some reason Eve hooking up with the Sheriff is a crime but somehow Abby sleeping with her sister’s boyfriend isn’t.
Lily somehow manages to decide that she’ll win her old boyfriend back even though her sister is pregnant with his child. She has time to walk to a high school and get someone arrested, she can go get a makeover and get pictures taken with her daughter. This is days after she gets free.
The plot twist actually had more plot holes than I could count, but that’s another rant for another time. (-.-)
Not recommended if you’re looking for a read that will have you at the edge of your seat or if you hate lack of characterization in novels.
mablum322's review
3.0
I enjoyed reading this book, although some of the components of it were lacking. I can't imagine a girl going through all the "training", physical and emotional abuse that the MC lives through and coming out as balanced and sane as she does. The only thing they had to deal with is her daughter wanting to sleep in the closet? Seems unrealistic. Also I did not like the mother's complicated entanglement with the policeman. It seemed an unnecessary, last minute addition to spice up the story. More character development would have greatly improved the story. Also... a long lost love triangle, reawakened? Is there some rule somewhere that ALL books must have a love triangle in them? I grow weary of them. Maybe I should change genres.