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Book Review: Eleven Hours by Paulia Simons
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“One pregnant woman. One deranged man. Eleven hours of hell.”
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Abducted from a shopping mall in Dallas, Didi Wood, in her ninth month of pregnancy, is taken on the most dangerous, horrifying ride of her life, as a madman drives her across Texas. While her husband and the FBI try furiously to track them down, they can only hope to find Didi -- and her unborn child -- alive.
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This is the first book I have ever read by this author and won’t be my last. The writing was so descriptive and vivid. I can still remember most of it from when I read it years ago. It is a great physiological thriller with mystery and suspense that kept you captivated and wanting to continue turning the pages. There was a lot of tension that kept me on the edge of my seat as I just wanted to find out what ends up happening.
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The POV’s switch from Didi and her husband showing each of the sides and what they were dealing with. You could to feel all of their emotions with them and also experience the horrifying scenario yourself, as if it was happening to you which gave me the chills.
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The storyline to be action-packed and brought a quick and fast punch along with it. By the end of the novel I had learnt lessons and found it to be very eye opening to the reality of what some people are capable off and to always be careful.
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Highly recommend this quick read and will definitely be a re-read of mine.
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Bonnie x
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“One pregnant woman. One deranged man. Eleven hours of hell.”
.
Abducted from a shopping mall in Dallas, Didi Wood, in her ninth month of pregnancy, is taken on the most dangerous, horrifying ride of her life, as a madman drives her across Texas. While her husband and the FBI try furiously to track them down, they can only hope to find Didi -- and her unborn child -- alive.
.
This is the first book I have ever read by this author and won’t be my last. The writing was so descriptive and vivid. I can still remember most of it from when I read it years ago. It is a great physiological thriller with mystery and suspense that kept you captivated and wanting to continue turning the pages. There was a lot of tension that kept me on the edge of my seat as I just wanted to find out what ends up happening.
.
The POV’s switch from Didi and her husband showing each of the sides and what they were dealing with. You could to feel all of their emotions with them and also experience the horrifying scenario yourself, as if it was happening to you which gave me the chills.
.
The storyline to be action-packed and brought a quick and fast punch along with it. By the end of the novel I had learnt lessons and found it to be very eye opening to the reality of what some people are capable off and to always be careful.
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Highly recommend this quick read and will definitely be a re-read of mine.
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Bonnie x
Kind of excruciating. The guy is a stereotype of every creep and psycho ever written and the plot moves really slowly over exactly what he says and does.
Didi is not very likeable. She's an empty-headed "little woman" who married the boss and had kids and lives to shop (and even buys special expensive lingerie to give birth in). Not judging, just 11 hours with her is too long even if she does get tough (finally) and do something about the situation after trying everything else first (including religion).
The religion that wound its way through the plot seemed excessive and not plausible. Ok so he sells religious books (and is damn rich from it) so she has this very strong faith and her conversations with her abductor and thoughts are full of that but then they also say things like "karma" and sort of mix their faiths a fair bit in anachronistic ways. I know people in real life DO have very personal blends of faiths but there is not enough story and characterisation here to make it believable.
The FBI guy is both a set of stereotypes and a foil for Rich (the aptly named husband) to illustrate his masculinity on/against/with). There are parts in their interactions which seem played for comedy, which falls flat when you consider how creepy and sleazy the other chapters (ie what is happening to Didi) are.
Basically the author had too many different intentions and not it seems the discipline to pare out the ones that don't add anything, also nothing much to say. I guess in a sense a suspense novel is always this predictable, the "bad guy" was written all over the place as if the author herself couln't completely decide what she thought of him or what made him tick. I was glad he wasn;t more human/relateable but I was not glad then to spend so many hours profitlessly in his company.
The book is only about 300 pages long but seemed twice that. I had to read in very short bursts because I don't like rapey scenarios and there was little here apart from that.
This is th second time I have not enjoyed this author. I have another of hers coming up on my TBR shelf but I may not bother
Didi is not very likeable. She's an empty-headed "little woman" who married the boss and had kids and lives to shop (and even buys special expensive lingerie to give birth in). Not judging, just 11 hours with her is too long even if she does get tough (finally) and do something about the situation after trying everything else first (including religion).
The religion that wound its way through the plot seemed excessive and not plausible. Ok so he sells religious books (and is damn rich from it) so she has this very strong faith and her conversations with her abductor and thoughts are full of that but then they also say things like "karma" and sort of mix their faiths a fair bit in anachronistic ways. I know people in real life DO have very personal blends of faiths but there is not enough story and characterisation here to make it believable.
The FBI guy is both a set of stereotypes and a foil for Rich (the aptly named husband) to illustrate his masculinity on/against/with). There are parts in their interactions which seem played for comedy, which falls flat when you consider how creepy and sleazy the other chapters (ie what is happening to Didi) are.
Basically the author had too many different intentions and not it seems the discipline to pare out the ones that don't add anything, also nothing much to say. I guess in a sense a suspense novel is always this predictable, the "bad guy" was written all over the place as if the author herself couln't completely decide what she thought of him or what made him tick. I was glad he wasn;t more human/relateable but I was not glad then to spend so many hours profitlessly in his company.
The book is only about 300 pages long but seemed twice that. I had to read in very short bursts because I don't like rapey scenarios and there was little here apart from that.
This is th second time I have not enjoyed this author. I have another of hers coming up on my TBR shelf but I may not bother
It is remarkable how much power Paullina's writing has over me.
There is quite a lot of 'God' involved in this as the main character named Didi, who gets kidnapped by a very unstable young man, is religious. Normally I would have minded this as I am one of those who believe that God, if he is out there, is rather a bystander and doesn't get involved in the matters of humans and our drama (most of which is self-inflicted). But - it read so well. Every element of the story worked exceptionally well and I ended up really connecting with pregnant Didi, her desperate husband Rich and the FBI agent who was helping find her. I also wanted to absolutely smother Lyle but as I couldn't figure out why exactly he was doing what he was doing, reading about him was as fascinating as watching documentaries about serial killers is (you hate them all but you can't get enough of the most sordid, horrifying stories; must admit that is best done from the comfort of your couch, with a blanket, cat and a glass of wine so you feel REALLY safe).
Paullina never disappoints!
I would recommend it to her fans who has never read it before (as I hadn't for the longest time!) and for those who enjoy thrillers and/or mysteries and don't get spooked if there's talk about God in books. The writing is captivating, as always.
There is quite a lot of 'God' involved in this as the main character named Didi, who gets kidnapped by a very unstable young man, is religious. Normally I would have minded this as I am one of those who believe that God, if he is out there, is rather a bystander and doesn't get involved in the matters of humans and our drama (most of which is self-inflicted). But - it read so well. Every element of the story worked exceptionally well and I ended up really connecting with pregnant Didi, her desperate husband Rich and the FBI agent who was helping find her. I also wanted to absolutely smother Lyle but as I couldn't figure out why exactly he was doing what he was doing, reading about him was as fascinating as watching documentaries about serial killers is (you hate them all but you can't get enough of the most sordid, horrifying stories; must admit that is best done from the comfort of your couch, with a blanket, cat and a glass of wine so you feel REALLY safe).
Paullina never disappoints!
I would recommend it to her fans who has never read it before (as I hadn't for the longest time!) and for those who enjoy thrillers and/or mysteries and don't get spooked if there's talk about God in books. The writing is captivating, as always.
A very gripping thriller that could easily be read in a couple of sittings. It is the first I have read by Paullina Simons & I will certainly look out for her other books.
Didi is 9 months pregnant and due to give birth anytime soon.some last minute shopping before lunch with her husband,proves to be her last moments being terror free.a man kidnaps her and threatens her for 11 hours.killing anyone who may recognise her,from a cop to a guy at a gas station.will didi manage to save herself in time or will he murder her?will she save her pregnancy or lose her baby in those hours?
Keeps you reading, but some of the characters were rather irritating