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The Sisters Chase
by Sarah Healy
2.5 stars
Mary is trying to raise her young sister, Hannah, after their mother dies. For a decade or so, they travel around the United States in a $3200 Bronco (which never breaks down), overstaying their welcome time and time again. Mary repeatedly thinks only of herself, makes exquisitely poor decisions and then has to uproot them both to escape the consequences. They seem to be able to live for years on $10000 blackmail money, comfortably enough to turn down a subsequent $10000/month bribe. Hannah is able to ride a bike the first time and has been educated to the same level as her middle-school peers by Mary, who never graduated high school. While Hannah's looks are never described, Mary's incomparable beauty (alluded to over and over) allows her to get away with everything, including rudeness, manipulation and bigoted comments. Fantasy, on so many levels.
This is another example of that writing style which places the final chapter at the beginning in order to draw the reader in and create some sort of suspense but ultimately it is a sign that the author's plot is both slow and weak. The big reveal happens in the second chapter, making the rest of the 'adventure' lackluster.
The audio narrator, Rebecca Gibel, had a very robotic voice which often struck me as non-human.
Mary is trying to raise her young sister, Hannah, after their mother dies. For a decade or so, they travel around the United States in a $3200 Bronco (which never breaks down), overstaying their welcome time and time again. Mary repeatedly thinks only of herself, makes exquisitely poor decisions and then has to uproot them both to escape the consequences. They seem to be able to live for years on $10000 blackmail money, comfortably enough to turn down a subsequent $10000/month bribe. Hannah is able to ride a bike the first time and has been educated to the same level as her middle-school peers by Mary, who never graduated high school. While Hannah's looks are never described, Mary's incomparable beauty (alluded to over and over) allows her to get away with everything, including rudeness, manipulation and bigoted comments. Fantasy, on so many levels.
This is another example of that writing style which places the final chapter at the beginning in order to draw the reader in and create some sort of suspense but ultimately it is a sign that the author's plot is both slow and weak. The big reveal happens in the second chapter, making the rest of the 'adventure' lackluster.
The audio narrator, Rebecca Gibel, had a very robotic voice which often struck me as non-human.