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A review by usbsticky
Safe by Ryan Gattis
2.0
2 star = it was ok by GoodRead's 5 star system. This is a neutral rating.
It started off ok for me but I got irritated by the first person staccato delivery. First person narratives aren't a deal killer for me but somehow the narrators feel like they are on something. In a way, it doesn't really matter how the author gets the story across but the protagonists aren't doing a good job of it. In one sense, you can say it's realistic because I really get a feel of the narrators but I just didn't like them and they both felt the same to me. If this was a real encounter, I would just nod politely as they're telling me the story, then try and get away as quickly as possible. To summarize: it's ok to get your narrator to tell the story but get them to tell the story in a fairly clear manner and not be too whiny. There is a good plot in there, but it's lost by poor delivery.
I got this book as a free ARC.
It started off ok for me but I got irritated by the first person staccato delivery. First person narratives aren't a deal killer for me but somehow the narrators feel like they are on something. In a way, it doesn't really matter how the author gets the story across but the protagonists aren't doing a good job of it. In one sense, you can say it's realistic because I really get a feel of the narrators but I just didn't like them and they both felt the same to me. If this was a real encounter, I would just nod politely as they're telling me the story, then try and get away as quickly as possible. To summarize: it's ok to get your narrator to tell the story but get them to tell the story in a fairly clear manner and not be too whiny. There is a good plot in there, but it's lost by poor delivery.
I got this book as a free ARC.