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A review by fightfish
Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose
2.0
The writing is good...but I found it slow for a suspense novel, it's mired in detail a lot of which could have been removed in a good edit without effecting the story.
Like many suspense novels there are twists and red herrings a plenty...possibly a few too many making things feel too contrived and unrealistic.
I did enjoy some elements of the book, there were even a lot of sections that had me completely gripped and unable to put it down, but there were also a lot that just bored or frustrated me and i skipped whole sections.
A lot of the book was dedicated to the romance between the two protagonists. It was largely these sections I skipped, the lusting and drooling over each other made the main hero and heroine seem like immature teenagers, and the sex scenes made me cringe. I will admit that that romance is not my favourite genre and so this made it difficult to enjoy the story. I also struggled to care about the main characters, especially Faith. Her perfection was unrealistic and made her two dimensional and dull.
In conclusion the book has a lot of good points, and lots of very good reviews on here but wasn't at all for me and doesn't make me want to read anything else by this author.
Like many suspense novels there are twists and red herrings a plenty...possibly a few too many making things feel too contrived and unrealistic.
I did enjoy some elements of the book, there were even a lot of sections that had me completely gripped and unable to put it down, but there were also a lot that just bored or frustrated me and i skipped whole sections.
A lot of the book was dedicated to the romance between the two protagonists. It was largely these sections I skipped, the lusting and drooling over each other made the main hero and heroine seem like immature teenagers, and the sex scenes made me cringe. I will admit that that romance is not my favourite genre and so this made it difficult to enjoy the story. I also struggled to care about the main characters, especially Faith. Her perfection was unrealistic and made her two dimensional and dull.
In conclusion the book has a lot of good points, and lots of very good reviews on here but wasn't at all for me and doesn't make me want to read anything else by this author.