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A review by beastreader
Fragile by Lisa Unger
1.0
Maggie can not let go of her son, no matter if he is a grown man. In her eyes, she will always see him as her little boy, Ricky. Ricky goes by Rick and he does not need his mother following him everywhere.
In the middle of the night, Maggie hears loud knocking on her door. It is Rick's girlfriend's mother. She states that Charlene and her had a fight and Charlene did not return home. Soon it becomes apparent that something terrible has happened to Charlene. This causes a huge rift between Maggie and her husband, Jones. Jones is a cop, so his cop instincts kick in. Maggie is a mother who is protective of her son and believes that Rick would never do anything to harm Charlene. What is the truth?
I have read a few of Lisa Unger's books and they were good. I was feeling a kick for a good mystery/thriller, so I decided to go to my huge back list of books and selected Fragile. It sounded good. The opening scene got my attention. However, I knew after reading the opening scene kind of where this story was going to lead. This is why for first things, when I was lead to believe that the suspect was one person, I had a hard time believing it as I already knew it was not going to be that person. Second I was quickly turned off by the characters. Maggie with her over protectiveness. Ricky with his grouchy attitude and the rest of the characters (teens) were rude and mean to each other. Also, the constant switching of the many different voices was not smooth. For these facts, this is why I could not get into this book and gave up on it. In fact, I was ok with not knowing all the details leading up to Charlene's disappearance. Not this author's best work.
In the middle of the night, Maggie hears loud knocking on her door. It is Rick's girlfriend's mother. She states that Charlene and her had a fight and Charlene did not return home. Soon it becomes apparent that something terrible has happened to Charlene. This causes a huge rift between Maggie and her husband, Jones. Jones is a cop, so his cop instincts kick in. Maggie is a mother who is protective of her son and believes that Rick would never do anything to harm Charlene. What is the truth?
I have read a few of Lisa Unger's books and they were good. I was feeling a kick for a good mystery/thriller, so I decided to go to my huge back list of books and selected Fragile. It sounded good. The opening scene got my attention. However, I knew after reading the opening scene kind of where this story was going to lead. This is why for first things, when I was lead to believe that the suspect was one person, I had a hard time believing it as I already knew it was not going to be that person. Second I was quickly turned off by the characters. Maggie with her over protectiveness. Ricky with his grouchy attitude and the rest of the characters (teens) were rude and mean to each other. Also, the constant switching of the many different voices was not smooth. For these facts, this is why I could not get into this book and gave up on it. In fact, I was ok with not knowing all the details leading up to Charlene's disappearance. Not this author's best work.