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A review by gothgrrrltone
The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson
4.0
Bloody hell, this had me stressed out. I could not put it down, I had to know what happens asap! This was a very fast paced, twisty and stressful ride.
I did notice some plot holes/discrepancies/mistakes, that did kinda bug me, hence why not a full 5*. One of the glaringly obvious discrepancy being Orla not being able to remember a name, then in her internal monologue have her say the name, only to then, a few pages after, have her have an eureka moment in remembering the name.
Being in the main character's (Orla) mind, her scattered, anxiety-induced thoughts and worries, really upped the stress levels. Sometimes her thought processes annoyed me, I found myself sometimes wanting to yell at her, but the portrayal of someone who doesn't know what to do and is acting on pure anxiety and whim, was very well done.
The plot had a LOT of twists and turns, but the one at the very end, whilst I still called it and saw it coming (as the previous reveal, to me, felt like we were missing something), still felt like a little lacklustre. As I feel a lot of people would see that coming? I sure as hell did.
But, flaws and all, I still found myself dying to know how it all plays out. I enjoyed my journey reading this and will most definitely have a gander at other books written by this author.
I am very intrigued to see how the movie fairs, even though I've seen a few changes, but I adore Leighton Meester, so I'm definitely gonna give it a watch.
I did notice some plot holes/discrepancies/mistakes, that did kinda bug me, hence why not a full 5*. One of the glaringly obvious discrepancy being Orla not being able to remember a name, then in her internal monologue have her say the name, only to then, a few pages after, have her have an eureka moment in remembering the name.
Being in the main character's (Orla) mind, her scattered, anxiety-induced thoughts and worries, really upped the stress levels. Sometimes her thought processes annoyed me, I found myself sometimes wanting to yell at her, but the portrayal of someone who doesn't know what to do and is acting on pure anxiety and whim, was very well done.
The plot had a LOT of twists and turns, but the one at the very end, whilst I still called it and saw it coming (as the previous reveal, to me, felt like we were missing something), still felt like a little lacklustre. As I feel a lot of people would see that coming? I sure as hell did.
But, flaws and all, I still found myself dying to know how it all plays out. I enjoyed my journey reading this and will most definitely have a gander at other books written by this author.
I am very intrigued to see how the movie fairs, even though I've seen a few changes, but I adore Leighton Meester, so I'm definitely gonna give it a watch.