ninquellote 's review for:

The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward

2.5

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So it was an interesting read.

I’m still thinking about characters and plot twists, and it kinda left me with what just happened. After finishing I thought about the synopsis and how it was about an entirely different book.

I can say I really liked the first half of the book, it was interesting, there was mystery, and the characters were nicely written and developed. But then the second half happened, and it wasn’t really good in my opinion. It felt like author wasn’t really known where does this all lead. The plot was chaos, and the characters were a mess, like stuff was pulled out of the hat (the ending and whole magical realism). The sisters don`t really change, and they are so untrustworthy with recollection of events that I couldn't believe them at all and root for them. I still don’t know for what we met a couple of background characters, for example therapist or mystic. The longer I'm thinking, the more I wonder if it was a fever dream of Mother, is it mental illness or time traveling for real? There was one thing in the end I liked but it’s spoilery so I won't say what it is but I think it was really nice.

It was a wild ride, and overall not a very good one. 

Thanks to Liveright Publishing for an eARC.