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A review by kirstengrier
Behind the Red Door by Megan Collins
2.0
**I received a Kindle edition of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review**
Fern Douglas sees a news report one night that starts to trigger a sense of uneasiness about her past. There is a story about a woman who has gone missing.....again. Astrid Sullivan was kidnapped when she was younger, only to be found left on the street 2 weeks later . Her kidnapper was never found. Now it's years later and she has a memoir coming out telling all about her experience while kidnapped. Just as her book it about to come out she disappears. Fern starts to have memories which include small visions of Astrid. She doesn't know if they're real memories, or "memories" that she's forming based on reading Astrid's memoir. Fern starts to do some of her own investigating into Astrid's past and current disappearance. Astrid mentions a second kidnapped girl who spent 1 week in the basement with her and Fern starts to believe she is that girl. Fern is supposed to be helping her father pack up and move to Florida, but she's spending the majority of her time looking into disturbing details of her childhood and Astrid's kidnapping.
I enjoyed The Winter Sister and was looking forward to the second book from Collins, however it fell flat for me. I knew who the kidnapper was very early on in the story, it was pretty obvious to me. I don't think it's a believable premise. At all. I kept rolling my eyes and how naive Fern was being throughout the whole entire story. I really didn't like or connect with any characters in the story and found the whole story unbelievable. *Spoilers Ahead*
I absolutely could not stand her parents, Ted and Mara. They are both psychopaths. Being committed to your career or your "art" is one thing. Committing a felony is something completely different and I can't wrap my head around the fact that they would do something like that twice and then go on living their lives as if nothing ever happened. This book just wasn't for me.
Fern Douglas sees a news report one night that starts to trigger a sense of uneasiness about her past. There is a story about a woman who has gone missing.....again. Astrid Sullivan was kidnapped when she was younger, only to be found left on the street 2 weeks later . Her kidnapper was never found. Now it's years later and she has a memoir coming out telling all about her experience while kidnapped. Just as her book it about to come out she disappears. Fern starts to have memories which include small visions of Astrid. She doesn't know if they're real memories, or "memories" that she's forming based on reading Astrid's memoir. Fern starts to do some of her own investigating into Astrid's past and current disappearance. Astrid mentions a second kidnapped girl who spent 1 week in the basement with her and Fern starts to believe she is that girl. Fern is supposed to be helping her father pack up and move to Florida, but she's spending the majority of her time looking into disturbing details of her childhood and Astrid's kidnapping.
I enjoyed The Winter Sister and was looking forward to the second book from Collins, however it fell flat for me. I knew who the kidnapper was very early on in the story, it was pretty obvious to me. I don't think it's a believable premise. At all. I kept rolling my eyes and how naive Fern was being throughout the whole entire story. I really didn't like or connect with any characters in the story and found the whole story unbelievable. *Spoilers Ahead*
I absolutely could not stand her parents, Ted and Mara. They are both psychopaths. Being committed to your career or your "art" is one thing. Committing a felony is something completely different and I can't wrap my head around the fact that they would do something like that twice and then go on living their lives as if nothing ever happened. This book just wasn't for me.