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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse
It was okay. The audiobook was a great listen with full cast! I just didn’t care much for the country star storyline.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This story follows AnnieLee Keyes on her journey to find her big break in Nashville. She is an aspiring country artist, desperate to escape a secretive, dangerous past. As we get to know more about her, we’re introduced to a couple of different characters along the way one of which I felt didn’t get the recognition he deserved. Ethan Blake felt like more of a side character than he did the MMC. There were some little easter eggs hidden throughout the story about him that I felt could’ve contributed a lot more to the story, and a lot more reasoning as to why he was the way that he was. Especially when it came to his feelings for AnnieLee Keyes.
I really wanted to hate the FMC here... I felt like at the beginning of the story she gave off really bad “pick me girl“ vibes, and it annoyed me. There were multiple instances where I felt like she was portrayed as this type of 20 something that “wasn’t like other girls” And didn’t like being called “little” so I felt like it took away from the story of getting me to like her.
⚠️possible spoilers ahead⚠️
Towards the end of the story, though, I found myself falling more in love with her, and the past that she had escaped from. I even found myself crying when one of the scenes indicated a little bit more of a dire ending.
Overall, I’d give this book a solid 3.75/5. It was thrilling and engaging and such an easy read ❤️
adventurous
mysterious
slow-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:
Yes
Book 7 of 2024: Run Rose Run - Dolly Parton and James Patterson
AnnieLee Keyes is hitchhiking her way to Nashville with a dream, but will she outrun her dark past and become a superstar or will her secrets catch up to her?
Review:
⭐️ 4/5
An enjoyable, easy read. I enjoyed the slow-build of mystery whilst following AnnieLee’s rise to stardom, I do feel longer could have been spent on the finale of the book as it all was leading up to that moment. I feel this was more of an enjoyable music story rather than a thriller but I had fun reading nonetheless. Dolly Parton has also released an album of the songs she wrote for this book so it was nice to listen to that after finishing the book!
Challenges:
📚Books in 2024: 7/60
📚52 Book Club Challenge: 5/52
📚Prompt #50 of the 52 Book Club Challenge: A musical instrument on the cover
Book Information:
📖 Pages: 441
📖 Format: Kindle
📖 Type: Fiction
📖 Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Favourite Quotes:
“weren’t flying and falling the same?”
“I’ll be fightin’ til I’m six feet underground”
“Gotta woman up and take it like a man”
“Because books, my friends, are true magic bound between two covers.”
“Sometimes you could see the scars and sometimes you couldn’t. But everybody had them.”
“When a girl didn’t have anyone to stand up for her, that girl had to stand up for her own damn self.”
“If you don’t want more, you don’t get more.”
“Everyone knows happiness Everybody grieves We all cry, we all smile Everybody bleeds Everybody has a past, things they want to hide There’s give, take, love, hate in each and every life”
“Sometimes chivalry is just nice”
“If she had to die, she was going to do it on her own terms.”
“Vengeance was one hell of a motivator”
Highly recommend reading the audio version, Dolly is one of the narrators!