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A review by missjessrose
What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine
2.0
I listened to this audio book and while the overall concept was intriguing, there were several things that confused me or pulled me out of the story world.
I had a hard time transitioning from the start of the book, which seemed more thought out, to the section where the main character gets kidnapped and tortured for seemingly months on end. This just seemed so harsh and was hard to believe that she could be held captive for “months” in that way — how dumb could she truly have been to really go along with this and fall into the bad guy’s scheme? Also once she escapes, how is it possible to just pick back up exactly where they left off in the search for her father as if no time passed?
Maybe I missed this, but I also had a hard time placing where and when this story was supposed to take place. Was it modern times (yes because they have cell phones, but then when she escapes she finds a pay phone…????? Those don’t exist anymore)? There were a few other details like this that threw me off and made me question the story world. Anyways, wanted to love this but ended up feeling just meh.
I had a hard time transitioning from the start of the book, which seemed more thought out, to the section where the main character gets kidnapped and tortured for seemingly months on end. This just seemed so harsh and was hard to believe that she could be held captive for “months” in that way — how dumb could she truly have been to really go along with this and fall into the bad guy’s scheme? Also once she escapes, how is it possible to just pick back up exactly where they left off in the search for her father as if no time passed?
Maybe I missed this, but I also had a hard time placing where and when this story was supposed to take place. Was it modern times (yes because they have cell phones, but then when she escapes she finds a pay phone…????? Those don’t exist anymore)? There were a few other details like this that threw me off and made me question the story world. Anyways, wanted to love this but ended up feeling just meh.