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stabaquail 's review for:
Gone Tonight
by Sarah Pekkanen
Catherine Sterling is ready to put her dreams aside and stay home to care for her mother, Ruth, who seems to be in the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s (though she refuses to undergo any testing or a CAT scan.) But as she begins to look into her mother’s symptoms, she starts to notice some odd discrepancies. Ultimately, long buried secrets will threaten this tightly knit mother daughter relationship.
Okay, well, I think the biggest twist in this book was that there wasn’t really a twist at all. With all of the secrets and discoveries made along the way, it seemed like this book was really leading up to something. Unfortunately, before it got there, everything wrapped up and the book was over. Now, not every book HAS to have a twist, but with the action ramping up in the last act and with all of the lead up and suspense in this one, a twist seemed logical. Unfortunately, we were offered the least surprising option; which was almost more surprising, because you wonder why the author didn’t do something more interesting. Additionally, without giving any spoilers, I can say that there were some elements in the book which, if removed, would not have subtracted from the story at all. They just didn’t need to be there.
I can’t give it a terrible rating because it was interesting and I kept reading and it wasn’t a bad ending, but it was anticlimactic. The last act has some surprisingly heartwarming things in it, but know that you might cry if someone you love has had Alzheimer’s. It gets a little credit from me for that.
Overall, not bad, not life changing! 2.5-3 stars from me.
Okay, well, I think the biggest twist in this book was that there wasn’t really a twist at all. With all of the secrets and discoveries made along the way, it seemed like this book was really leading up to something. Unfortunately, before it got there, everything wrapped up and the book was over. Now, not every book HAS to have a twist, but with the action ramping up in the last act and with all of the lead up and suspense in this one, a twist seemed logical. Unfortunately, we were offered the least surprising option; which was almost more surprising, because you wonder why the author didn’t do something more interesting. Additionally, without giving any spoilers, I can say that there were some elements in the book which, if removed, would not have subtracted from the story at all. They just didn’t need to be there.
I can’t give it a terrible rating because it was interesting and I kept reading and it wasn’t a bad ending, but it was anticlimactic. The last act has some surprisingly heartwarming things in it, but know that you might cry if someone you love has had Alzheimer’s. It gets a little credit from me for that.
Overall, not bad, not life changing! 2.5-3 stars from me.