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A review by siany_nejmet
Dying to Tell by Rita Herron
3.0
Overall I feel a little confused and unsure about how much I enjoyed this. Maybe towards the end of writing this review it might become more clear.
But for me it just seemed to start off a little slow (even tho it didn't...if that makes any sense), it seemed to take a while to really connect with any of the characters and then when finally more was learnt about them, I found myself not particularly caring about any of them.
Amelia was the more interesting character out of all of them, and that was probably because of her multiple personalities. I would have liked more from her perspective to be honest, especially when the "fog" lifted and she became more lucrid about things including the truth about what happened that night.
Really, the "secret" Sadie had, wasn't really a secret. Well I had guessed it so I am going to assume that lots of other readers probably did also.
I think what it was about this was that even though I didn't particuarly find any of the characters interesting, I still wanted to find out what was going on with the hospital patients etc. Although again I ended up being a little disappointed purely because I had guessed correctly what was going on and why. I think it might just be me though who hates to be right...personally I love a good twist and being surprised and this really didn't have that.
In fact the story itself was quite straightforward if unbelievable. One review of this I read, someone thought it was ridiculous how someone who had never been a sheriff before or for very long had managed to link it and solve it all when noone else had before, and that reviewer had a point. Slightly unbelievable that the CIA that gone to all that trouble and cleverness to hide and cover their tracks, then suddenly start making loads of obvious mistakes leading the police and FBI straight to them.
The love story felt like an afterthought to me. Wasn't really explored enough, I didn't really feel the chemistry between the 2 characters. And I was more interested in the hospital and what was going on there than the love story.
I would have to say overall this was an average read with an average story. I have read books from Rita Herron in the past and have enjoyed her work but for me this one kind of felt like a chore getting through it. I hate to give up on a book, especially when not enjoying it as much as I would hope but I kept on reading because I wanted to know what was going on and who was behind it etc. So because it did keep me reading in the end, I have rated 3 stars.
But for me it just seemed to start off a little slow (even tho it didn't...if that makes any sense), it seemed to take a while to really connect with any of the characters and then when finally more was learnt about them, I found myself not particularly caring about any of them.
Amelia was the more interesting character out of all of them, and that was probably because of her multiple personalities. I would have liked more from her perspective to be honest, especially when the "fog" lifted and she became more lucrid about things including the truth about what happened that night.
Really, the "secret" Sadie had, wasn't really a secret. Well I had guessed it so I am going to assume that lots of other readers probably did also.
I think what it was about this was that even though I didn't particuarly find any of the characters interesting, I still wanted to find out what was going on with the hospital patients etc. Although again I ended up being a little disappointed purely because I had guessed correctly what was going on and why. I think it might just be me though who hates to be right...personally I love a good twist and being surprised and this really didn't have that.
In fact the story itself was quite straightforward if unbelievable. One review of this I read, someone thought it was ridiculous how someone who had never been a sheriff before or for very long had managed to link it and solve it all when noone else had before, and that reviewer had a point. Slightly unbelievable that the CIA that gone to all that trouble and cleverness to hide and cover their tracks, then suddenly start making loads of obvious mistakes leading the police and FBI straight to them.
The love story felt like an afterthought to me. Wasn't really explored enough, I didn't really feel the chemistry between the 2 characters. And I was more interested in the hospital and what was going on there than the love story.
I would have to say overall this was an average read with an average story. I have read books from Rita Herron in the past and have enjoyed her work but for me this one kind of felt like a chore getting through it. I hate to give up on a book, especially when not enjoying it as much as I would hope but I kept on reading because I wanted to know what was going on and who was behind it etc. So because it did keep me reading in the end, I have rated 3 stars.