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A review by corinnap
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
3.0
This is going to be a difficult review to write. I am not even sure what rating to give it, but for now, I will leave it at 3 stars. While completely addicting, I was left with so many unanswered questions, and more importantly criticism. I rarely ponder a book this much, nor do I ever struggle to find the words to express my thoughts. It was absolutely a page-turner, but if I am being honest (and I don't want to speak for the author), I just felt like he had to create something that would live up to the hype of 'No Exit' which is hard to do. My biggest gripes:
1 - Why would anyone lie 7 different times about the same experience!? Let me share this one tidbit with you --- wait, that was a lie. Here is the truth. Wait - that was not it either. Let me tell you what happened.... No, this time I will tell you the whole truth. HUH!? That just would not happen in real life. But, I am sure to keep the intensity up, the author had to do that -- but I just feel like there had to be a better way.
2 - Maybe I need to go back and read all of Cambry's excerpts because, um, we got her experience and it just feels like it was a lie? It is one thing if you find out someone wakes up from a dream and everything you were told was not true - cheap, but at least it makes sense. This felt like author lied to us the entire time, but again, maybe I need to re-read it again. Maybe it was factual and they just omitted certain parts of her perspective to keep us guessing.
3 - Wasnt there a fire? Wouldnt those 4 piles be burned up?
4 - I did not get all of the reveals. The author stopped a thought or a sentence in the middle - that is fine, if it's obvious where they were going with it. And the only time I thought it was obvious was the vest (being vague to avoid spoilers). There were so many things that were vague and I am not sure I picked up on the details. Even the sock part -- was it the snake? WHAT? The author spells it out for you, but it's still unclear to me.
This reminded me of The Silent Patient - where instead of a big reveal or plot twist that was intended, it just seemed like a lie.
I know it sounds like I hated this book, but I didn't. It was really entertaining but I think it was just a giant mess, but maybe it was me. Maybe it was just reader-error! :)
I will still continue to read Taylor Adams in the future because at least I know I will get a fast paced page-turning experience.
1 - Why would anyone lie 7 different times about the same experience!? Let me share this one tidbit with you --- wait, that was a lie. Here is the truth. Wait - that was not it either. Let me tell you what happened.... No, this time I will tell you the whole truth. HUH!? That just would not happen in real life. But, I am sure to keep the intensity up, the author had to do that -- but I just feel like there had to be a better way.
2 - Maybe I need to go back and read all of Cambry's excerpts because, um, we got her experience and it just feels like it was a lie? It is one thing if you find out someone wakes up from a dream and everything you were told was not true - cheap, but at least it makes sense. This felt like author lied to us the entire time, but again, maybe I need to re-read it again. Maybe it was factual and they just omitted certain parts of her perspective to keep us guessing.
3 - Wasnt there a fire? Wouldnt those 4 piles be burned up?
4 - I did not get all of the reveals. The author stopped a thought or a sentence in the middle - that is fine, if it's obvious where they were going with it. And the only time I thought it was obvious was the vest (being vague to avoid spoilers). There were so many things that were vague and I am not sure I picked up on the details. Even the sock part -- was it the snake? WHAT? The author spells it out for you, but it's still unclear to me.
This reminded me of The Silent Patient - where instead of a big reveal or plot twist that was intended, it just seemed like a lie.
I know it sounds like I hated this book, but I didn't. It was really entertaining but I think it was just a giant mess, but maybe it was me. Maybe it was just reader-error! :)
I will still continue to read Taylor Adams in the future because at least I know I will get a fast paced page-turning experience.