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116 reviews for:
The Catch: The long-awaited debut novel from award-winning writer, Yrsa Daley-Ward
Yrsa Daley-Ward
3.64 AVERAGE
116 reviews for:
The Catch: The long-awaited debut novel from award-winning writer, Yrsa Daley-Ward
Yrsa Daley-Ward
3.64 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hm. The concept for this one is interesting. Twin sisters, separated when young after their parents die, encounter a woman who seems to be their mother. The individual characters are pretty compelling - I enjoyed learning about each of them. The point of view shifts between them, and the structure of the arc feels a bit amorphous at times. I found myself getting confused between chapters about who was talking about whom. This ultimately lost me a bit. Quite possibly, this is one that didn’t work as an audiobook for me - because clarifying detail is easier to recover through skimming back a couple of pages. I wanted to enjoy it enough to finish it, but came out feeling a bit empty.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
There was something completely otherworldly about this book. It was like nothing I've ever read before. Sadly for me my brain is quite logical and so I found myself just wanting the answers. What was real?! What wasn't?! I guess there's beauty in not really knowing and if you connect with the story, you just do. Those who get it, get it basically. Which wasn't necessarily me but I'm here for it regardless.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
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
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Catch is a story of adult twins who are nearly estranged, girls whose single mother disappeared and who were subsequently separated by adoption. Though they maintained contact, both they and their adopted families are very different. The eldest becomes famous and successful but handles her fame in increasingly self-destructive ways. The younger is a sucker for anything that promises health, healing, or even the most tenuous connection to validation. If it weren’t for the eldest’s encounter with a petty thief who reminds her of their lost mother, and whose narrative keeps dovetailing with the book the eldest recently published, the twins would not be connecting. But they need each other to test their realities as no one else is capable of doing.
It is this latter point that I most connected with, and which, in a more literary novel, would be the making of the book. But this is more a thriller than a family nivel, so much is elided in favor of plot.
It’s an enjoyable read, a little chilling, and its climax is a little like a cartoon caper, but still worth the price of admission.
It is this latter point that I most connected with, and which, in a more literary novel, would be the making of the book. But this is more a thriller than a family nivel, so much is elided in favor of plot.
It’s an enjoyable read, a little chilling, and its climax is a little like a cartoon caper, but still worth the price of admission.
