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The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton
I TOTALLY CALLED IT!!!!
Ok, I guessed the ending mostly because it was what I WANTED to have happen, and was pleasantly surprised when it actually did happened that way.
It was a reeeeaaaalllllly hard book to read though. I dragged my feet through all of it, only reading in the morning when there was a lot of sunlight and I could get down to it. That usually isn't me. Usually, I'm up too late reading or ignore my life around me or grab as many stolen moments as I can. This book didn't make me feel that way at all.
I hated the protagonist, but loved the guy, but knew that he was being manipulated and was way too good for her and yada yada yada. I kept going, though, because, well, book club. I was worried through the first half that this was going to be another tree situation (where the only character I can stomach turns into a tree), but then halfway through Vivian shows up and the story started to interest me. Then I had to keep reading to figure out how it would end because now I had a protagonist I could root for
Honestly, I was surprised that she didn't end up with Jimmy, but instead shoved a real ending on me. Usually, when a book tries to be "real" it ends up leaving a metallic taste in my mouth. Like you get when you try and drink from that old canteen you found in the garage because it would be "cool." But this time, it was only bitter-sweet - that feeling you get that love and life happen in a moment, but it's the love and life that last through years of being built together that will really define what you leave behind. Moments and people not to be forgotten, but you can have happiness in the now and future. That Jimmy was right for her, but so was Stephen. Made me think of the Matched books I just finished actually.
On the not so great side, there were moments where I felt like something dark was chasing me, trying to catch me like it was trying to catch Vivian. That part was less than palpable.
Overall it was a good story and an interesting, well-built twist. Not something that would come to mind when someone would ask if I had any book recommendations, but not something that I would regret reading. A solid three. Unless three months from now I still have issues, but if I stopped reading books because I was scared of getting traumatized, then I might as well stop breathing too.
Ok, I guessed the ending mostly because it was what I WANTED to have happen, and was pleasantly surprised when it actually did happened that way.
It was a reeeeaaaalllllly hard book to read though. I dragged my feet through all of it, only reading in the morning when there was a lot of sunlight and I could get down to it. That usually isn't me. Usually, I'm up too late reading or ignore my life around me or grab as many stolen moments as I can. This book didn't make me feel that way at all.
I hated the protagonist, but loved the guy, but knew that he was being manipulated and was way too good for her and yada yada yada. I kept going, though, because, well, book club. I was worried through the first half that this was going to be another tree situation (where the only character I can stomach turns into a tree), but then halfway through Vivian shows up and the story started to interest me. Then I had to keep reading to figure out how it would end because now I had a protagonist I could root for
Honestly, I was surprised that she didn't end up with Jimmy, but instead shoved a real ending on me. Usually, when a book tries to be "real" it ends up leaving a metallic taste in my mouth. Like you get when you try and drink from that old canteen you found in the garage because it would be "cool." But this time, it was only bitter-sweet - that feeling you get that love and life happen in a moment, but it's the love and life that last through years of being built together that will really define what you leave behind. Moments and people not to be forgotten, but you can have happiness in the now and future. That Jimmy was right for her, but so was Stephen. Made me think of the Matched books I just finished actually.
On the not so great side, there were moments where I felt like something dark was chasing me, trying to catch me like it was trying to catch Vivian. That part was less than palpable.
Overall it was a good story and an interesting, well-built twist. Not something that would come to mind when someone would ask if I had any book recommendations, but not something that I would regret reading. A solid three. Unless three months from now I still have issues, but if I stopped reading books because I was scared of getting traumatized, then I might as well stop breathing too.