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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
This book starts off choppy and confusing. You are getting the POV from 3 then 4 people.
Ted - our "bad guy" he is an alcoholic who spends most of his time drunk watching monster truck shows on TV. He lives in the boarded up house with his cat Olivia & his teenage daughter Lauren who never leaves his home.
Olivia - the spiritual cat who thinks Jesus talks to her through the bible and her job is to protect Ted at all times.
Lauren - Teds daughter, she is not allowed to leave the home, she can't be trusted. Multiple times it is hinted she is trying to kill Ted. She is only there on the weekends, she has to go away during the week....but she never leaves the home...
After a while we get a new POV. Dee.
Dee - her sister (Lulu) went missing when she was 6 or 7 years old, about 10 or 11 years ago. She thinks Ted is responsible. She moves into the home next door and makes it her mission to prove Ted is guilty and to find her sister, she believes she is still living in the home.
As this book starts off, I hated it, the weird writing style, choppy sentences, no full thought seemed to come to the page. Due to the high ratings I stuck with it and eventually got used to it although I can't say I liked it. (but it does make sense at the end)
I was riveted, I needed to know what happened to Lulu, I needed to know how Ted got away with it because there was NO doubt in my mind he was a killer, all signs pointed to Ted.
While Ted is very child like, he has bouts of anger that at first are shocking.
Our outside characters fill in the blanks of this story, the Chiwawa Lady, Mommy, Daddy, Rob the neighbor & his dog. You don't get their POV's but you get a lot from them from Ted's POV.
I want to say so much more about this book, but if I do it will give away the major points of the book, you may or may not guess them as you read, I didn't. I can't say that I loved the turns that this book took, but I finished this book a few days ago and my brain keeps coming back to it, so it has done something right in that aspect. This book won't be what you think it is, but that won't doesn't necessarily make it bad.
Ted - our "bad guy" he is an alcoholic who spends most of his time drunk watching monster truck shows on TV. He lives in the boarded up house with his cat Olivia & his teenage daughter Lauren who never leaves his home.
Olivia - the spiritual cat who thinks Jesus talks to her through the bible and her job is to protect Ted at all times.
Lauren - Teds daughter, she is not allowed to leave the home, she can't be trusted. Multiple times it is hinted she is trying to kill Ted. She is only there on the weekends, she has to go away during the week....but she never leaves the home...
After a while we get a new POV. Dee.
Dee - her sister (Lulu) went missing when she was 6 or 7 years old, about 10 or 11 years ago. She thinks Ted is responsible. She moves into the home next door and makes it her mission to prove Ted is guilty and to find her sister, she believes she is still living in the home.
As this book starts off, I hated it, the weird writing style, choppy sentences, no full thought seemed to come to the page. Due to the high ratings I stuck with it and eventually got used to it although I can't say I liked it. (but it does make sense at the end)
I was riveted, I needed to know what happened to Lulu, I needed to know how Ted got away with it because there was NO doubt in my mind he was a killer, all signs pointed to Ted.
While Ted is very child like, he has bouts of anger that at first are shocking.
Our outside characters fill in the blanks of this story, the Chiwawa Lady, Mommy, Daddy, Rob the neighbor & his dog. You don't get their POV's but you get a lot from them from Ted's POV.
I want to say so much more about this book, but if I do it will give away the major points of the book, you may or may not guess them as you read, I didn't. I can't say that I loved the turns that this book took, but I finished this book a few days ago and my brain keeps coming back to it, so it has done something right in that aspect. This book won't be what you think it is, but that won't doesn't necessarily make it bad.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
I had to wait agonizing months to read this and I was worried it might disappoint after all the buildup in my head. Thankfully, it didn't disappoint at all. Ward's writing is so lush and precise and even funny sometimes, and the story peels back in such carefully revealed layers that I didn't fully get my footing until the end.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Although the entire time I could not guess what was happening, I felt that the storyline was so unreliable. Obviously we figure out why, but even when it was in Dee’s perspective, it was so misleading. I did keep me on my toes, but I wasn’t a big fan of the perspectives provided. It reminded me a lot of the movie Split, which I also didn’t enjoy as much. It was a good mystery overall, putting the pieces in slowly, but I felt like a lot was missing. Maybe it’s because I’m not as familiar with this disorder and it was hard for me to understand, but I felt like I was being thrown all over the place in the story.
Oh my God! This book. This freaking book. Wow. It is so so so so well written and I never wanted to stop reading it. It is freaky and weird and chilling and twisty and amazing. 5 freaking stars. Read it right now.