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A review by sarabookdragon
You Can Run by Rebecca Zanetti
3.0
a book that i thought would be right up my alley, and even though it is, it somehow lost so much of what makes a good story great!
CONS:
- the premise and the plot were very promising, with a chance of being graphic, interesting, and very investigative, so many elements were there, but were NOT utilized or tapped into
- the protagonist herself is meh, she is very uninteresting, and her focus on the romance ruined the idea of the book!
- i felt that the author covered the possible flaws and plot holes by overcompensating for what the protagonist is. She is a "unique" know-it-all. She was portrayed as a hyperaware brilliant character ( which love), then ruined by her doing like 6 majors in college, having very unique hair color, and an extremely unique heterochromia.
It's tooooo much of a stretch.
- even then, she did not utilize the character's potential. her investigation was almost non-existent, she relied on tell tales, and teens stalking the internet, and few words from other police personnel. she hiked to the murder scene, and tried "investigating" but ended up showing her fragile weak side, and being investigated herself. .... I'm sorry, but what the heck!
- on this note, i felt that the character's personality shifted from the start of the book to the middle of it, and towards the end. NO not in a character development way! but rather, the character that the author started with is not the same character she decided to continue with!
- i wish the author kept the strength and hyper attentiveness of the character, added more depth to her, kept her closer to normal, and then utilized that as a way to connect dots and work through the investigation!
- it was more talk and imagination, and less investigation.
- there was no plot twist for me, it was apparent she was trying to push us to suspect 2 characters, but also easily guessing the 2 actual possible suspects!
PROS:
- fast-paced, thankfully
- the writing style is not bad, just bad execution
- has potential with regard to the plot and murder
CONS:
- the premise and the plot were very promising, with a chance of being graphic, interesting, and very investigative, so many elements were there, but were NOT utilized or tapped into
- the protagonist herself is meh, she is very uninteresting, and her focus on the romance ruined the idea of the book!
- i felt that the author covered the possible flaws and plot holes by overcompensating for what the protagonist is. She is a "unique" know-it-all. She was portrayed as a hyperaware brilliant character ( which love), then ruined by her doing like 6 majors in college, having very unique hair color, and an extremely unique heterochromia.
It's tooooo much of a stretch.
- even then, she did not utilize the character's potential. her investigation was almost non-existent, she relied on tell tales, and teens stalking the internet, and few words from other police personnel. she hiked to the murder scene, and tried "investigating" but ended up showing her fragile weak side, and being investigated herself. .... I'm sorry, but what the heck!
- on this note, i felt that the character's personality shifted from the start of the book to the middle of it, and towards the end. NO not in a character development way! but rather, the character that the author started with is not the same character she decided to continue with!
- i wish the author kept the strength and hyper attentiveness of the character, added more depth to her, kept her closer to normal, and then utilized that as a way to connect dots and work through the investigation!
- it was more talk and imagination, and less investigation.
- there was no plot twist for me, it was apparent she was trying to push us to suspect 2 characters, but also easily guessing the 2 actual possible suspects!
PROS:
- fast-paced, thankfully
- the writing style is not bad, just bad execution
- has potential with regard to the plot and murder