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A review by rey_is_boringgg
Paranoid by Lisa Jackson
4.0
This book was REALLY amazing, except for it’s end. Well, it’s ending sort of makes it up, but not fully. The plot twist was VERY unexpected, the first of the three that are in this book. It was truly shocking. The other two were shocking, but not as much as the first.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
First of all, Ned being revealed as Luke’s true killer. Woah. I was open-mouthed and spluttering while reading this. It took me a minute to fully comprehend this. This made me dislike him, due to him letting Rachel suffer with the guilt for 20 years.
Second, the fact that Lucas was the murderer. That was unexpected, but not quite as shocking to me compared to the Ned-Gaston-killed-Luke thing. I understand it however, his motives definitely make sense. Or at least they did, which goes into my third point.
Lucas was actually Ned’s son? Lila was screwing around with Ned (RACHEL’S DAD) AND Luke (y’know, Rachel’s half brother). I thought the story could have ended without all this business with Lila. I didn’t like Lila at ALL in this whole book (she was so obsessed with the reunion, despite the fact that Violet and Anessa had just died), and this made me hate her more. This made me a bit disappointed, as I was fine with the ending being after Lucas died. This ending did get a few points back in my book, and it’ll get more if a sequel is made, seeing that this ending set up perfectly for a sequel. If there is a sequel, I think the ending won’t seem as unnecessary, and will be better and make more sense to me.
Next, Cade and Rachel. They should have properly gotten back together. It was obvious that they stilled lived each other, seeing as they were pining after each other for 80% of the book.
I enjoyed the kills, all of them were grotesquely described and executed, and I loved that. I liked the chapter length. As a person who HATES long chapters (looking at you Harry Potter :/) this was nice, as none exceeded 17 pages.
Overall this was a wonderful read, and though I have my gripes, it’ll go down as a definite favorite. I appreciate that I took up this recommendation from my friend, as it was completely worth it.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
First of all, Ned being revealed as Luke’s true killer. Woah. I was open-mouthed and spluttering while reading this. It took me a minute to fully comprehend this. This made me dislike him, due to him letting Rachel suffer with the guilt for 20 years.
Second, the fact that Lucas was the murderer. That was unexpected, but not quite as shocking to me compared to the Ned-Gaston-killed-Luke thing. I understand it however, his motives definitely make sense. Or at least they did, which goes into my third point.
Lucas was actually Ned’s son? Lila was screwing around with Ned (RACHEL’S DAD) AND Luke (y’know, Rachel’s half brother). I thought the story could have ended without all this business with Lila. I didn’t like Lila at ALL in this whole book (she was so obsessed with the reunion, despite the fact that Violet and Anessa had just died), and this made me hate her more. This made me a bit disappointed, as I was fine with the ending being after Lucas died. This ending did get a few points back in my book, and it’ll get more if a sequel is made, seeing that this ending set up perfectly for a sequel. If there is a sequel, I think the ending won’t seem as unnecessary, and will be better and make more sense to me.
Next, Cade and Rachel. They should have properly gotten back together. It was obvious that they stilled lived each other, seeing as they were pining after each other for 80% of the book.
I enjoyed the kills, all of them were grotesquely described and executed, and I loved that. I liked the chapter length. As a person who HATES long chapters (looking at you Harry Potter :/) this was nice, as none exceeded 17 pages.
Overall this was a wonderful read, and though I have my gripes, it’ll go down as a definite favorite. I appreciate that I took up this recommendation from my friend, as it was completely worth it.