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A review by sarahbethbrown
Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand
2.0
I dislike books that hinge on a secret that is only being kept a secret as a way of moving forward the plot. Nothing will happen if someone finds out the secret. Sometimes, the secret is told to one character at the beginning of the book and they take drastic action, and then we are left to wonder what the secret could be for the entire book, only to find out it's just kind of a middling secret that is upsetting to the characters, but NOT TO THE READER. The secret must be upsetting to the reader as well.
This is one of those books. I actually liked great parts of it, but the secret story line was just really dumb. Now that I know what the secret is, I think the book would have been much better served by telling us the secret at the beginning and working through the fallout. The content of the secret is actually super interesting, though it is a dumb secret!
That's all.
This is one of those books. I actually liked great parts of it, but the secret story line was just really dumb. Now that I know what the secret is, I think the book would have been much better served by telling us the secret at the beginning and working through the fallout. The content of the secret is actually super interesting, though it is a dumb secret!
That's all.