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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
It’s good. Not great. Probably a 3.5. It’s a good story it kept me reading especially the last 30% but honestly nothing special but not a waste of time. For anyone who needs things to be tied up neatly in the end this is something you would enjoy from a mystery. Very young adult. I enjoyed the short chapters.
This book wasn’t for me. I found it boring and I just wanted to get to the end. Maybe it’s because this is young adult and I’m too old appreciate a book written for a younger audience.
I just always seem to really like everything from this author. I may have anticipated some major plot points by page 60, but there was still plenty twists that I didn’t foresee. I can’t help but be pulled in by the characters and have to keep those pages turning. I can’t read fast enough.
I didn’t love this book. It kept me on the edge at the end of the story but felt like there could have been more to it.
Sadly this was just not for me. Maybe if I'd given Miranda's adult novels a try first, I could really get into her writing style and slow development of the story, but unfortunately this didn't work for me here. In short, this story is not really a thriller - it's teenage romance drama that has an air of mystery, all of which isn't really explored until 3/4 into the book. If you don't like slow-moving plots and jam-packed endings, this may not be for you either.
One of the worst things about this story was the relationship, which is unfortunately the main part. Our two lovebirds, Caleb and Jess, date for a year, break up, and then two months later Caleb is presumed dead when his car goes over a bridge during a stormy night. Jess is tasked with cleaning out his room by his mom and she has all these flashbacks of their time spent together as she goes through his things. All you need to know is that majority of this book is Jess looking through Caleb's things, finding a pencil, then having a 15-20 minute flashback of the pencil's history and what it meant for their relationship. In general, Miranda spends a lot of time detailing this relationship and explaining the memories, yet I still was never invested in it, nor did I believe it enough to understand Jess' motives throughout the story.
I'm sad this didn't work for me because it had all the pieces for things to have gone right!
But books that start this slow and don't get you invested by the halfway point are not typically going to redeem themselves in the last few chapters. I'm not writing Miranda off forever, but this book was a huge swing and a miss for me.
One of the worst things about this story was the relationship, which is unfortunately the main part. Our two lovebirds, Caleb and Jess, date for a year, break up, and then two months later Caleb is presumed dead when his car goes over a bridge during a stormy night. Jess is tasked with cleaning out his room by his mom and she has all these flashbacks of their time spent together as she goes through his things. All you need to know is that majority of this book is Jess looking through Caleb's things, finding a pencil, then having a 15-20 minute flashback of the pencil's history and what it meant for their relationship. In general, Miranda spends a lot of time detailing this relationship and explaining the memories, yet I still was never invested in it, nor did I believe it enough to understand Jess' motives throughout the story.
I'm sad this didn't work for me because it had all the pieces for things to have gone right!
But books that start this slow and don't get you invested by the halfway point are not typically going to redeem themselves in the last few chapters. I'm not writing Miranda off forever, but this book was a huge swing and a miss for me.
3.5 stars
I didn't know it was a mystery so the start was a little slow for me. It picked up though
I didn't know it was a mystery so the start was a little slow for me. It picked up though
"He took parts of me when he went, and I can't seem to get them back, and now I'm digging through everything, trying to piece together myself as well."
This book is a thriller about Jessa who is tasked with going through her ex boyfriend’s room after his death. As she goes through his room she finds evidence of something more.
I think this book was alright. It was a bit predictable in that I figured things out before they happened, but I didn’t completely hate it with this one. The romance was decent. I didn’t mind it. That being said, I also didn’t love it. I give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️.
I need to know who this book thinks it is. Because it ruined my life. In the best way possible. It broke my heart in the first hundred pages, then slapped me in the face with a thoroughly laid-out mystery the second hundred, then pulled the pieces back together and left me smiling in the final third. Highly recommend for a quick, intriguing read.
3,5 stars
I thought the mystery was great, even though I kind of predicted the end. I liked the more contemporary elements as well.
I thought the mystery was great, even though I kind of predicted the end. I liked the more contemporary elements as well.