A review by aubgurl
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard

2.0

“But I struggled to stay focused on it. After a certain point it had practically no dialogue and sense descriptions felt like hard work to keep wading through page after page.”

This quote from the book perfectly describes how I felt about the majority of this book. This book had so much potential, but it just didn’t do it for me. This is a book within a screenplay within a movie within a book that, to me, was as confusing as it sounds.

Adele is a former child actor who had recently been fired from a movie. When she gets a mysterious call to star, last minute, in a thriller movie, she jumps at the chance. NDA signed, she hopes a flight to West Cork.

But soon, the events in the script start happening to Adele. Doors are open, there are muddy footprints in the house, and strange noises coming from the attic. Is Adele being targeted or are these just strange coincidences?

There are parts of this book that were extremely well done. You could feel the confusion and terror coming through the pages. But the plot twists were predictable and the ending felt rushed. This was not Catherine Ryan Howard’s best work. ⭐️⭐️/5