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The Quality of Silence
by Rosamund Lupton
This one is a doozy to try to determine how to rate. On one hand, the suspense kept me wanting to keep listening, however the plot point that the suspense is built upon was completely implausible.
A big section of the novel is built upon **small spoiler ahead** the fact that Yasmin STEALS and then drives an 18-wheeler through treacherous Alaska roads in the winter AND during a blizzard. She has NO experience driving an 18-wheeler so for anyone that is familiar or somewhat knowledgeable about what it takes to operate this kind of vehicle, the immediate reaction was "YEAH, right!" Add to that the unfamiliarity of how a vehicle that large handles, an Alaskan blizzard and she doesn't wreck? Just not possible. The author/editor should have done a little more research here. The rest of the book was okay.... I liked the characters and wanted to see how the mystery of the "who" all played out. I also learned more about fracking. Ultimately, I couldn't really get past the 18-wheeler thing. The book would have been much stronger if it had been more believable.
A big section of the novel is built upon **small spoiler ahead** the fact that Yasmin STEALS and then drives an 18-wheeler through treacherous Alaska roads in the winter AND during a blizzard. She has NO experience driving an 18-wheeler so for anyone that is familiar or somewhat knowledgeable about what it takes to operate this kind of vehicle, the immediate reaction was "YEAH, right!" Add to that the unfamiliarity of how a vehicle that large handles, an Alaskan blizzard and she doesn't wreck? Just not possible. The author/editor should have done a little more research here. The rest of the book was okay.... I liked the characters and wanted to see how the mystery of the "who" all played out. I also learned more about fracking. Ultimately, I couldn't really get past the 18-wheeler thing. The book would have been much stronger if it had been more believable.