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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
A really enjoyable thriller I read in one sitting.
I genuinely really wanted Spiderman to be caught and enjoyed that part of the plot, but there were a couple of things that slightly annoyed me. One being the fact that no one had their phones on them or charged their phones ever?! And I felt a couple of the side characters lacked depth or were irrelevant.
I will definitely be reading the next in the series!
I genuinely really wanted Spiderman to be caught and enjoyed that part of the plot, but there were a couple of things that slightly annoyed me. One being the fact that no one had their phones on them or charged their phones ever?! And I felt a couple of the side characters lacked depth or were irrelevant.
I will definitely be reading the next in the series!
“Abducted” by T.R.Ragan
#1 in Lizzy Gardner series
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is my second T.R.Ragan book and I really enjoy her writing. I’ll admit some parts reminded me of horror movies where the characters always tend to forget their phone or run right into the killers hands. I’m still giving it five stars because I felt Lizzy was intriguing. She was abducted 14 years ago and was able to escape. The memories of the torture she witnessed to other girls her age had haunted her dreams. She hasn’t been able to have close personal relationships for the fear of letting anyone in and getting hurt. When her torturer a man they call “Spider-Man”‘returns after a 14 year hiatus she finds herself smack dab in the investigation. Her old boyfriend Jared is now a FBI agent and he is working the case. He requests Lizzy’s help to find Spiderman. He feels like she can help with patterns and find out why he’s killing again. Imagine a serial killer so brutal that he releases spiders on them, so they can be bitten and tortured. Spiderman thinks he’s doing society a favor by ridding them of “bad” teenage girls. Can Lizzy help find Spiderman? Can she rekindle her relationship with Jared?
#1 in Lizzy Gardner series
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is my second T.R.Ragan book and I really enjoy her writing. I’ll admit some parts reminded me of horror movies where the characters always tend to forget their phone or run right into the killers hands. I’m still giving it five stars because I felt Lizzy was intriguing. She was abducted 14 years ago and was able to escape. The memories of the torture she witnessed to other girls her age had haunted her dreams. She hasn’t been able to have close personal relationships for the fear of letting anyone in and getting hurt. When her torturer a man they call “Spider-Man”‘returns after a 14 year hiatus she finds herself smack dab in the investigation. Her old boyfriend Jared is now a FBI agent and he is working the case. He requests Lizzy’s help to find Spiderman. He feels like she can help with patterns and find out why he’s killing again. Imagine a serial killer so brutal that he releases spiders on them, so they can be bitten and tortured. Spiderman thinks he’s doing society a favor by ridding them of “bad” teenage girls. Can Lizzy help find Spiderman? Can she rekindle her relationship with Jared?
I enjoyed reading this book. The writing was easy to follow and the characterisation suitable. I didn't quite connect with the main character Lizzy but I did find her surrounding characters enjoyable especially Hayley and Jared. The case itself was intriguing and Spider-Man was a believable villain.
This is a crazy book. So many things happen during the course of the story. There are some crazy people in the world. I️ liked it and I️ see there are more. I️ was really hoping for Lizzie and Jared to get together all through the book
Well, as far as crime stories go this was a pretty straight-forward one.
Not too many suspects to choose from, no unnecessary twists and far-fetched turns, no unpleasant surprises... That was nice. The case is interesting, the characters are likeable (unless, of course, those you aren’t supposed to like) and the author changes the POV a few times, so the reader also gets a glimpse into the reasons and the reasoning of the killer.
So far, so good.
The main problem I had with this book was – once again – the love story, because it manages – also, once again – to undermine the educated, intelligent and reasonable main characters the author had built up until then.
It seems to me that authors often tell us how brave, calm, intelligent, logical and so on and so forth their characters are, but utterly fail to let them actually ACT that way. But – to me – actions still speak louder than words. Just saying.
Anyway.
This love story was not only completely unnecessary, incomprehensible and lame, it also got to the point where it really interrupted the reading fluency. Also, it seemed very rushed and constructed, like someone said, “Okay, we need a love story, otherwise readers will lose interest. There must be a kiss here, a sex scene here and then we’ll see how it goes.”
Which leads to a tough-but-traumatized main-character who actively suppressed her fears for 15 years instead of processing and overcome them, and who suddenly isn’t so traumatized at all anymore when she meets her ex-boyfriend again whom she also hasn’t seen for 15 years. Or spoken to. Or has had any contact at all to. And despite not having had contact for 15 years, despite Lizzy supposed-to-be-still-traumatized and having a fuckload of unresolved problems and questions between them, they french-kiss within, like, the first five seconds after having met again.
Of course, not without endlessly telling themselves and the reader what a spectacularly bad idea that is.
And without stopping to do it nevertheless.
Yeah, right.
Jared is even a profiler at the FBI and studied psychology. He, at least, should know better than to rush things like that. But, well... Apparently “sex sells” and to hell with rhyme or reason.
The worst part is: it could’ve been a very nice love story.
IF the author (or the publishing house?) hadn’t insisted on barging in without establishing a reasonable foundation first. (And, sorry, but “they’ve been together 15 years ago, before Lizzy got abducted and severely traumatized” just isn’t cutting it.)
Jared is a nice guy and Lizzy is fine, too. Towards the end of the book there’s a really lovely scene in which they discuss what would probably have happened if Lizzy hadn’t been abducted and they had stayed together up until now. A scene in which they actually TALK about them, about some things that happened ten years ago. If that had been all that happened between them in THIS book (and maybe a kiss) and the sex had come in the NEXT book, I really could’ve gotten on board with it.
Being as it is, this “love story” feels rushed, listless, lame and leaves the slightly bitter taste of a good idea wasted.
Still, 3 stars out of 5, because, like I said before, I really like the case, most of the characters (especially Jessica and Hayley) and usually people aren’t as nitpicky as I am regarding love stories, and manage quite well to not be annoyed by them. ;) It’s not a must-read, but it isn’t bad, either.
Not too many suspects to choose from, no unnecessary twists and far-fetched turns, no unpleasant surprises... That was nice. The case is interesting, the characters are likeable (unless, of course, those you aren’t supposed to like) and the author changes the POV a few times, so the reader also gets a glimpse into the reasons and the reasoning of the killer.
So far, so good.
The main problem I had with this book was – once again – the love story, because it manages – also, once again – to undermine the educated, intelligent and reasonable main characters the author had built up until then.
It seems to me that authors often tell us how brave, calm, intelligent, logical and so on and so forth their characters are, but utterly fail to let them actually ACT that way. But – to me – actions still speak louder than words. Just saying.
Anyway.
This love story was not only completely unnecessary, incomprehensible and lame, it also got to the point where it really interrupted the reading fluency. Also, it seemed very rushed and constructed, like someone said, “Okay, we need a love story, otherwise readers will lose interest. There must be a kiss here, a sex scene here and then we’ll see how it goes.”
Which leads to a tough-but-traumatized main-character who actively suppressed her fears for 15 years instead of processing and overcome them, and who suddenly isn’t so traumatized at all anymore when she meets her ex-boyfriend again whom she also hasn’t seen for 15 years. Or spoken to. Or has had any contact at all to. And despite not having had contact for 15 years, despite Lizzy supposed-to-be-still-traumatized and having a fuckload of unresolved problems and questions between them, they french-kiss within, like, the first five seconds after having met again.
Of course, not without endlessly telling themselves and the reader what a spectacularly bad idea that is.
And without stopping to do it nevertheless.
Yeah, right.
Jared is even a profiler at the FBI and studied psychology. He, at least, should know better than to rush things like that. But, well... Apparently “sex sells” and to hell with rhyme or reason.
The worst part is: it could’ve been a very nice love story.
IF the author (or the publishing house?) hadn’t insisted on barging in without establishing a reasonable foundation first. (And, sorry, but “they’ve been together 15 years ago, before Lizzy got abducted and severely traumatized” just isn’t cutting it.)
Jared is a nice guy and Lizzy is fine, too. Towards the end of the book there’s a really lovely scene in which they discuss what would probably have happened if Lizzy hadn’t been abducted and they had stayed together up until now. A scene in which they actually TALK about them, about some things that happened ten years ago. If that had been all that happened between them in THIS book (and maybe a kiss) and the sex had come in the NEXT book, I really could’ve gotten on board with it.
Being as it is, this “love story” feels rushed, listless, lame and leaves the slightly bitter taste of a good idea wasted.
Still, 3 stars out of 5, because, like I said before, I really like the case, most of the characters (especially Jessica and Hayley) and usually people aren’t as nitpicky as I am regarding love stories, and manage quite well to not be annoyed by them. ;) It’s not a must-read, but it isn’t bad, either.
Easy read overall. I liked how it jumped from character to character-it seemed to keep the book moving. But, it just wasn't that interesting to me really.
Solid 4 stars!
I used to LOVE adult thrillers- romance, mystery and kickass ladies. This book has the perfect recipe for a really good mystery that will keep you up, trying to get to the last page.
Solid story-line. Good characters. Sweet romance. Kickass ladies.
What more do you need?
I used to LOVE adult thrillers- romance, mystery and kickass ladies. This book has the perfect recipe for a really good mystery that will keep you up, trying to get to the last page.
Solid story-line. Good characters. Sweet romance. Kickass ladies.
What more do you need?
Wow! What a great book. I had the pleasure of listening to the audio version through Kindle Unlimited.
This is the story of Lizzie, who at age 18 was abducted by a serial killer. Lizzie was the one that got away. Now, 14 years later, the killer, known as Spiderman, is back and he is coming back for Lizzie.
There were several points in the book where I found myself murmuring, "Run, run now!" I'm already on book two in the series. Well worth my $10 monthly fee for Kindle Unlimited!!
This is the story of Lizzie, who at age 18 was abducted by a serial killer. Lizzie was the one that got away. Now, 14 years later, the killer, known as Spiderman, is back and he is coming back for Lizzie.
There were several points in the book where I found myself murmuring, "Run, run now!" I'm already on book two in the series. Well worth my $10 monthly fee for Kindle Unlimited!!