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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
A nice, clean psychological thriller. Enough twists and turns to keep you reading but not really an edge-of-the-seat page-turner. I still enjoyed it, though, and especially liked that the main story takes place in Vail, CO - an area I'm very familiar with.
Mandy is a teenaged competitive skier headed for the Olympics when she crashes, breaking her leg. While in the hospital it's discovered that she has leukemia and unknown to anyone (besides her mother) her parents are not her parents.
Good Read.
Mandy is a teenaged competitive skier headed for the Olympics when she crashes, breaking her leg. While in the hospital it's discovered that she has leukemia and unknown to anyone (besides her mother) her parents are not her parents.
Good Read.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
The build on this story was fabulous! Really enjoyed the characters too. I look forward to reading more J.T. Ellison books!
Started good…then jumped the shark
Too wild and weird of an ending
Too wild and weird of an ending
First of all, Mindy might be Buddha, Simone Biles and Bill Gates all in one, but Juliet should be the one competing for the Olympic gold medal. The event she is competing in? Being the literal most insufferable character in a book ever. She’s the worstttt. And then there’s Zach, who casually checks in on his daughter’s disappearance just every 6 months so he isn’t ‘inconveniencing the police’.
Huge question for those that read it!!!!! *in comments
This book had so much potential but turned out very disappointing. I strongly dislike how dumb everyone is around a complete psychopath. Particularly law enforcement and the father-both of them.
This book had so much potential but turned out very disappointing. I strongly dislike how dumb everyone is around a complete psychopath. Particularly law enforcement and the father-both of them.
super long and the writing was kind of bland but a really twisty novel that was fun to read
Couldn’t do children oncology plot
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book club read. Tedious and drawn out in the middle, very predictable, the end wrapped up nice and happy with support for suicide awareness and depression. TW of cutting, child molestation, suicide, graphic accident description.
Content Warnings
Spoiler:the dog lives
Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!
Thrillers have dominated my reading landscape in 2018. I cannot get enough of the suspense and mystery they have brought into my life. When my favorite thriller author recommended the latest J.T. Ellison novel, I knew I had to pick up a copy. What I found was a new favorite writer.
Tear Me Apart is written by J.T. Ellison, and it is published by Mira Books. In it we are introduced to seventeen year old Mindy Wright. She is a powerhouse Olympic hopeful that dominates the ski slopes whenever she competes. Her parents, Lauren and Jasper, have sacrificed time and money to their daughter's passion. But one accident sends Mindy careering off the slopes and into the hospital. Her leg injury is severe and will keep her out of competing for a long time. She is positive. With work she knows that she will ski again. As she recuperates in the hospital, Mindy finds out that she has leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope of survival. Mindy's family is tested for a match. One problem... Mindy is not Lauren's daughter according to the DNA test.
Mindy's aunt Juliet, who works for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, looks into finding a match. What she encounters is a seventeen year old cold case involving a shocking crime. As more people become involved in saving Mindy's life, specters of the past begin to return, threatening all that the Wrights have worked hard for. As all eyes are turned to the popular skier, a story emerges that may send their lives into free-fall.
Tear Me Apart was family drama at its best. I was fully invested in all of the characters, and enjoyed the dynamic that Mindy had with her various relatives. She was the glue that held together a somewhat damaged family, and her presence was integral in holding them together. I also liked the supporting cast, which added a great deal of depth to the main characters. The drama quickly changed to a full-fledged crime thriller complete with twists and turns. The gradual build-up and slow-burn beginning was cleverly used to masked not only one character's true intentions, but the narrative, as well. Journal entries, old letters, and various correspondence drove the story forward, allowing me a chance to piece together almost twenty years of clues and secrets. The final outcome was one that I was suspecting for some time, but the execution of the twist still surprised me.
I read this novel in part with the audio presentation read by Eva Kaminsky, Rebekkah Ross, Jacques Roy, Caitlin Davies, Amy McFadden, and Pete Simonelli. The various characters each had their own narrator, which worked for some of the book. Other times I was wondering which character was speaking at times as I listened. Only the two male voices seemed to be different, while the female voices did not lend much to differentiate the characters. All of the performances were handled well. But the over-all effect of having multiple players did not add much to the narrative.
In the end Tear Me Apart was a fun-filled crime thriller with high tension and family drama. It was a page-turner that earned it four stars from me. I read the nearly five hundred page novel in a couple of days, and it was worth the time. A great choice for Winter reading when you are snow-in and the power is out. Grab some cocoa and head for a comfy chair, because you will be there for a while enjoying this book. I look forward to reading more of Ellison's novels.
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Thrillers have dominated my reading landscape in 2018. I cannot get enough of the suspense and mystery they have brought into my life. When my favorite thriller author recommended the latest J.T. Ellison novel, I knew I had to pick up a copy. What I found was a new favorite writer.
Tear Me Apart is written by J.T. Ellison, and it is published by Mira Books. In it we are introduced to seventeen year old Mindy Wright. She is a powerhouse Olympic hopeful that dominates the ski slopes whenever she competes. Her parents, Lauren and Jasper, have sacrificed time and money to their daughter's passion. But one accident sends Mindy careering off the slopes and into the hospital. Her leg injury is severe and will keep her out of competing for a long time. She is positive. With work she knows that she will ski again. As she recuperates in the hospital, Mindy finds out that she has leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope of survival. Mindy's family is tested for a match. One problem... Mindy is not Lauren's daughter according to the DNA test.
Mindy's aunt Juliet, who works for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, looks into finding a match. What she encounters is a seventeen year old cold case involving a shocking crime. As more people become involved in saving Mindy's life, specters of the past begin to return, threatening all that the Wrights have worked hard for. As all eyes are turned to the popular skier, a story emerges that may send their lives into free-fall.
Tear Me Apart was family drama at its best. I was fully invested in all of the characters, and enjoyed the dynamic that Mindy had with her various relatives. She was the glue that held together a somewhat damaged family, and her presence was integral in holding them together. I also liked the supporting cast, which added a great deal of depth to the main characters. The drama quickly changed to a full-fledged crime thriller complete with twists and turns. The gradual build-up and slow-burn beginning was cleverly used to masked not only one character's true intentions, but the narrative, as well. Journal entries, old letters, and various correspondence drove the story forward, allowing me a chance to piece together almost twenty years of clues and secrets. The final outcome was one that I was suspecting for some time, but the execution of the twist still surprised me.
I read this novel in part with the audio presentation read by Eva Kaminsky, Rebekkah Ross, Jacques Roy, Caitlin Davies, Amy McFadden, and Pete Simonelli. The various characters each had their own narrator, which worked for some of the book. Other times I was wondering which character was speaking at times as I listened. Only the two male voices seemed to be different, while the female voices did not lend much to differentiate the characters. All of the performances were handled well. But the over-all effect of having multiple players did not add much to the narrative.
In the end Tear Me Apart was a fun-filled crime thriller with high tension and family drama. It was a page-turner that earned it four stars from me. I read the nearly five hundred page novel in a couple of days, and it was worth the time. A great choice for Winter reading when you are snow-in and the power is out. Grab some cocoa and head for a comfy chair, because you will be there for a while enjoying this book. I look forward to reading more of Ellison's novels.
Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading.
Also please follow me on my social media platforms, and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and the Book Depository. I am also looking for contributions to open my business. Please visit my GoFundMe page if you wish to help me out.
Because there is always time to read,
Xepherus3
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All written content (c) Copyright 2018 by Thomas Bahr II