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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Excellent plot from Jewell, as usual. I’ve read the first in this new series but don’t need to have read the first book to read this one.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to like this book since I liked the first is was a weird and crazy and creepy. This book? It starts out like something is going to happen and then drags out with a whole lot of nothing...
Here we follow Henry, Lucy in the present and Rachel in the past. Rachel being the wife of Lucy’s ex-husband. Rachel’s story is boring and full of her insecurities and the journey of her relationship which considering Lucy’s experience is clearly doomed. Then in the present it’s been a year since d Lucy was reunited with her daughter and brother. She’s looking for a place of her own for her and her two young children as she’s been staying with her brother. While she’s trying to move on with her life she’s also worried about her brother’s obsession with someone from their past... Henry the highly unreliable narrator from the first book is on a quest to find the object of his obsession since childhood. Everything about Henry has always seemed a bit off so who knows what he might do if he should find him. Why he’s so obsessed I can’t even guess... yes he grew up under some extreme circumstances and was forced to find his own way in the world in the aftermath of his parents’ deaths.
The other things going on are a detective working on a case where bones have been found that connect back to the house of horrors Henry and Lucy grew up in. And Rachel has been contacted about her husband being found dead in his house in France.
What is the point of this book? I mean the first one was fine the way it left off with you wondering if they might find Phineas but it wasn’t necessary to know if they did or not. Did we need to know about Micheal’s 2nd marriage and the misery Rachel endured? Nope not really we already knew he was an awful person. There’s no underlying sense of suspense or mystery to this whole thing. I mean there is a mystery with the detective trying to solve the case of the bones but if you read the first book you already know everything that happened. It’s just a long boring unnecessary sequel. I considered giving up on this at least 10 times absolutely everything was predictable and stupid. The frustrating part is the writing isn’t bad it’s just the story.
Was this the worst thing I’ve read? No but it was not good it was pointless and somebody should have done something about Henry who is riding off into the sunset to create havoc elsewhere. Just really not good I would not recommend and I paying money for the hardcover book I got from book of the month.
Here we follow Henry, Lucy in the present and Rachel in the past. Rachel being the wife of Lucy’s ex-husband. Rachel’s story is boring and full of her insecurities and the journey of her relationship which considering Lucy’s experience is clearly doomed. Then in the present it’s been a year since d Lucy was reunited with her daughter and brother. She’s looking for a place of her own for her and her two young children as she’s been staying with her brother. While she’s trying to move on with her life she’s also worried about her brother’s obsession with someone from their past... Henry the highly unreliable narrator from the first book is on a quest to find the object of his obsession since childhood. Everything about Henry has always seemed a bit off so who knows what he might do if he should find him. Why he’s so obsessed I can’t even guess... yes he grew up under some extreme circumstances and was forced to find his own way in the world in the aftermath of his parents’ deaths.
The other things going on are a detective working on a case where bones have been found that connect back to the house of horrors Henry and Lucy grew up in. And Rachel has been contacted about her husband being found dead in his house in France.
What is the point of this book? I mean the first one was fine the way it left off with you wondering if they might find Phineas but it wasn’t necessary to know if they did or not. Did we need to know about Micheal’s 2nd marriage and the misery Rachel endured? Nope not really we already knew he was an awful person. There’s no underlying sense of suspense or mystery to this whole thing. I mean there is a mystery with the detective trying to solve the case of the bones but if you read the first book you already know everything that happened. It’s just a long boring unnecessary sequel. I considered giving up on this at least 10 times absolutely everything was predictable and stupid. The frustrating part is the writing isn’t bad it’s just the story.
Was this the worst thing I’ve read? No but it was not good it was pointless and somebody should have done something about Henry who is riding off into the sunset to create havoc elsewhere. Just really not good I would not recommend and I paying money for the hardcover book I got from book of the month.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Outlier for so many reasons.
-Too many POV’s
-Too much jumping around date to date.
-Confusing relationships- why would they even want a relationship with some of the others?
- no “guts” to the story. That was in book #1
Dysfunctional family depicted in a very cyclonic writing style.
Not to mention I don’t feel this is a “stand alone” book in this series.
-Too many POV’s
-Too much jumping around date to date.
-Confusing relationships- why would they even want a relationship with some of the others?
- no “guts” to the story. That was in book #1
Dysfunctional family depicted in a very cyclonic writing style.
Not to mention I don’t feel this is a “stand alone” book in this series.