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Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
4.0
Adele was a semi-successful soap star once upon a time but after an incident on a film a year ago, the offers have dried up. That is until she gets a mysterious offer to do a horror movie, Final Draft, in the woods. This is a dream gig as Final Draft is predominantly Adele on the screen reading the book First Draft while the events of First Draft play out. Adele's dream becomes a nightmare, however, when the events of Final Draft starts happening to her.
This Inception-ass turducken of a plot is relatively easy to follow given how complex the story is. While I found the atmospheric build-up interesting, I can see how it would be dragging for others (or even myself if I was in a different mindset or not listening on audio). The first twist was pretty predictable and was even mentioned in the book as a possibility which was a ... bold ... choice. The second twist was less predictable but also because it didn't make too much sense. That being said, there were several red herrings which prevented you from knowing the ending for sure and made you as suspicious of the other characters as Adele was.
There's a possibility I liked this book so much because I read it the same month as I read The Plot which has the same plot-within-a-plot with a struggling artist story and I like Run Time far better. Maybe there's another turducken plot out there I'll like even more. In the meantime, would happily read another Catherine Ryan Howard.
This Inception-ass turducken of a plot is relatively easy to follow given how complex the story is. While I found the atmospheric build-up interesting, I can see how it would be dragging for others (or even myself if I was in a different mindset or not listening on audio). The first twist was pretty predictable and was even mentioned in the book as a possibility which was a ... bold ... choice. The second twist was less predictable but also because it didn't make too much sense. That being said, there were several red herrings which prevented you from knowing the ending for sure and made you as suspicious of the other characters as Adele was.
There's a possibility I liked this book so much because I read it the same month as I read The Plot which has the same plot-within-a-plot with a struggling artist story and I like Run Time far better. Maybe there's another turducken plot out there I'll like even more. In the meantime, would happily read another Catherine Ryan Howard.