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A review by booking_along
The Sister by Louise Jensen
3.0
*thanks to NetGalley, the publishers and the author for providing me with. Free ecopy of this book in exchange for a free and honest review!*
Overall this was a good thriller. And I can see why so many of the other reviewers loved it.
I personally thought that it a had a few things that didn't work for me. For one the start was relatively slow, I didn't like the constant "hinting" that Grace did something as a child to her parents, I didn't really enjoy the "now and then" writing aspect of the story. I also felt like the author cramped a LOT of stuff into on book! We have the very naive main girl, the death of the best friend, mysterious parts for both of them, bullying, destroyed relationships, siblings coming out of hiding, kidnapping, psychos... It's just... It's a lot in one book, especially considering that the actually book and the momentum of all that I just listed really gets started after 30% or so of the book.
I also didn't appreciate the ending since that just felt very "happy ending let's wrap it all up in a nice little bow" kind of thing
That sounds as if I didn't enjoy the book.
I did.
The writing was good, the overall plot was okay even if I would have enjoyed the book more if there weren't so many different plot points juggled at the same time.
I will defiantly look out for the next book of this author and give that a read, to see if that book fits my personal reading style better then this one has.
BUT I do think it is a solid thriller and if you love a thriller with many different plot points and because of that many different turns give this a try!
Overall this was a good thriller. And I can see why so many of the other reviewers loved it.
I personally thought that it a had a few things that didn't work for me. For one the start was relatively slow, I didn't like the constant "hinting" that Grace did something as a child to her parents, I didn't really enjoy the "now and then" writing aspect of the story. I also felt like the author cramped a LOT of stuff into on book! We have the very naive main girl, the death of the best friend, mysterious parts for both of them, bullying, destroyed relationships, siblings coming out of hiding, kidnapping, psychos... It's just... It's a lot in one book, especially considering that the actually book and the momentum of all that I just listed really gets started after 30% or so of the book.
I also didn't appreciate the ending
That sounds as if I didn't enjoy the book.
I did.
The writing was good, the overall plot was okay even if I would have enjoyed the book more if there weren't so many different plot points juggled at the same time.
I will defiantly look out for the next book of this author and give that a read, to see if that book fits my personal reading style better then this one has.
BUT I do think it is a solid thriller and if you love a thriller with many different plot points and because of that many different turns give this a try!