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A review by maggiemaggio
Chained by Ruthie Knox
3.0
3.5 stars
A short book gets a short review, but Ruthie Knox is spot-on with this one. I don't want to say my favorite part of the book was Knox's author's note at the beginning, but I also really freaking liked the author's note. It was funny and set a great tone for the serializations, but it also had me worried. Knox talks about how the main character, Ashley, is flighty and I cannot stand a flighty main character. Especially a flighty woman.
When I started reading I was still worried. I like Ashley, I thought chaining herself to a tree to try to protect her recently deceased grandmother's former property was admirable, but she also really annoyed me. Who does that without planning? And, realistically, how long can she really stay? With water, which they start giving her, she can probably last for around a week without food, but after 24 hours without food she would really start to feel it (problems with being reading books about people not eating while going to school for nutrition).
After the first chapter from Ashley's perspective, we switch to Roman's perspective and I was happier. I liked Roman a lot. I hate the whole Roman-has-a-secret-past thing, but I liked the rest of his story, especially the parts about building his own business, to not mind too much.
When we went back to Ashley's perspective I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked her. Like Roman I had sold her short and I loved that she absolutely surprised me. I can't want to see how the rest of their story ends up and I highly recommend picking this up for something quick and fun.
A short book gets a short review, but Ruthie Knox is spot-on with this one. I don't want to say my favorite part of the book was Knox's author's note at the beginning, but I also really freaking liked the author's note. It was funny and set a great tone for the serializations, but it also had me worried. Knox talks about how the main character, Ashley, is flighty and I cannot stand a flighty main character. Especially a flighty woman.
When I started reading I was still worried. I like Ashley, I thought chaining herself to a tree to try to protect her recently deceased grandmother's former property was admirable, but she also really annoyed me. Who does that without planning? And, realistically, how long can she really stay? With water, which they start giving her, she can probably last for around a week without food, but after 24 hours without food she would really start to feel it (problems with being reading books about people not eating while going to school for nutrition).
After the first chapter from Ashley's perspective, we switch to Roman's perspective and I was happier. I liked Roman a lot. I hate the whole Roman-has-a-secret-past thing, but I liked the rest of his story, especially the parts about building his own business, to not mind too much.
When we went back to Ashley's perspective I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked her. Like Roman I had sold her short and I loved that she absolutely surprised me. I can't want to see how the rest of their story ends up and I highly recommend picking this up for something quick and fun.