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A review by beckiebookworm1974
How to Play Dead by Jacqueline Ward
Did not finish book.
DNF-26%
This one really wasn't for me at all, I thought this was going to be an edge of your seat psychological thriller and it was more a drama centring around a refuge with some suspense thrown in.
The terror and mystery for me was the secondary concern here with the everyday mundanity of Ri's life at home and work taking centre-stage.
It was at heart a story focusing more on its relationships and connections and less on the mystery and suspense.
The story spotlights Ri a mother and wife who works for a charity assisting abused spouses.
She receives a mysterious phone and through this medium, someone claims to be watching her leaving her messages and sending her videos and pictures.
I gave this till 26% which was a quarter way through so quite a chunk and I still couldn't connect or be at all invested within the narrative.
As I said earlier this wasn't what I was expecting from this and I found the pace to be very slow and plodding indeed and ultimately I was bored and then found myself skimming before losing interest completely.
The writing itself here was fine this just wasn't to my taste and I thought the blurb itself was a tad misleading as well.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of How to Play Dead.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com
This one really wasn't for me at all, I thought this was going to be an edge of your seat psychological thriller and it was more a drama centring around a refuge with some suspense thrown in.
The terror and mystery for me was the secondary concern here with the everyday mundanity of Ri's life at home and work taking centre-stage.
It was at heart a story focusing more on its relationships and connections and less on the mystery and suspense.
The story spotlights Ri a mother and wife who works for a charity assisting abused spouses.
She receives a mysterious phone and through this medium, someone claims to be watching her leaving her messages and sending her videos and pictures.
I gave this till 26% which was a quarter way through so quite a chunk and I still couldn't connect or be at all invested within the narrative.
As I said earlier this wasn't what I was expecting from this and I found the pace to be very slow and plodding indeed and ultimately I was bored and then found myself skimming before losing interest completely.
The writing itself here was fine this just wasn't to my taste and I thought the blurb itself was a tad misleading as well.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of How to Play Dead.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com