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A review by ellynanf
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
3.0
I'm bad at writing reviews, so I'll just write what I think and feel. The first 70% of the book is purely bad writing. I was struggling from chapter to chapter. I had even attempted on DNFing the rest of the book at around 30% through, but I figured I should give it a chance, especially when I've been ditching so many books in the past year.
I truly dislike the main character- Catherine. There were a few remarks made by Lee that had accurately described Catherine's character, such as "quick to give up". I was so annoyed when she allowed herself to be treated so badly by him without even putting up a fight in the slightest and she had also seemed very naive and a little dumb for being too trusting with a man she barely knew and why would a woman trust a man who keeps a secret about what he does for a living and shows up at your door with blood on his face?
As for Lee... another pathetic character. The only thing that's worth anything about him is his looks (from what we can all summarised by all the raves about his physique and gorgeous looks from all the characters in the book). Aside from the looks, a rotten human being with mental illness. That's all. It was also kind of funny that the author was making Lee sounded like some kind of a superhuman who possessed every kind of power to bring the main character down when he was just a police officer.
Stuart... hurm.... this guy is the cliche good guy who accepts everything about a broken girl and also a hero to the girl, but I was a little disappointed when he didn't get to help Catherine to fight off Lee at the end, but perhaps the author's intention was to make only Catherine herself the heroine who fights her own battles to the end.
the part that I struggled the most with this book was the OCD part. I don’t discriminate anyone who has OCD, it's just that I found that the OCD behaviour in this book was SO repetitive up to a point where I felt like I was re-reading the same chapter over and over again. reading about a person re-checking her house again and again and again and again is exhausting and I got so sleepy and I actually fell asleep a few times. and those spontaneous outbursts of Cathy's... urgh!
Ever heard of a home security system? should've opted for that in Catherine's house instead of using the conventional door lock (oh well...what do I know?).
Need I mention the flawed characters of Cathy's friends? oh god... they were awful. WTH, Sylvia..?
the best part of the book was the fight between Cathy and Lee at towards the end, although I did expect it to come sooner than it did. and I also expected it to be a bit longer... like maybe move the fight to the outdoors or something. lol
all in all... the last 30% was alright, and the first 70% was quite a torture. if it weren't for the ending, this book would've been the worst book I've ever read. no kidding.
I truly dislike the main character- Catherine. There were a few remarks made by Lee that had accurately described Catherine's character, such as "quick to give up". I was so annoyed when she allowed herself to be treated so badly by him without even putting up a fight in the slightest and she had also seemed very naive and a little dumb for being too trusting with a man she barely knew and why would a woman trust a man who keeps a secret about what he does for a living and shows up at your door with blood on his face?
As for Lee... another pathetic character. The only thing that's worth anything about him is his looks (from what we can all summarised by all the raves about his physique and gorgeous looks from all the characters in the book). Aside from the looks, a rotten human being with mental illness. That's all. It was also kind of funny that the author was making Lee sounded like some kind of a superhuman who possessed every kind of power to bring the main character down when he was just a police officer.
Stuart... hurm.... this guy is the cliche good guy who accepts everything about a broken girl and also a hero to the girl, but I was a little disappointed when he didn't get to help Catherine to fight off Lee at the end, but perhaps the author's intention was to make only Catherine herself the heroine who fights her own battles to the end.
the part that I struggled the most with this book was the OCD part. I don’t discriminate anyone who has OCD, it's just that I found that the OCD behaviour in this book was SO repetitive up to a point where I felt like I was re-reading the same chapter over and over again. reading about a person re-checking her house again and again and again and again is exhausting and I got so sleepy and I actually fell asleep a few times. and those spontaneous outbursts of Cathy's... urgh!
Ever heard of a home security system? should've opted for that in Catherine's house instead of using the conventional door lock (oh well...what do I know?).
Need I mention the flawed characters of Cathy's friends? oh god... they were awful. WTH, Sylvia..?
the best part of the book was the fight between Cathy and Lee at towards the end, although I did expect it to come sooner than it did. and I also expected it to be a bit longer... like maybe move the fight to the outdoors or something. lol
all in all... the last 30% was alright, and the first 70% was quite a torture. if it weren't for the ending, this book would've been the worst book I've ever read. no kidding.