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manikahemmerixh's Reviews (218)
Love the premise, reminds me of one of my favorite shows (Drop Dead Diva). Somehow, even though I think you could objectively say that she writes women a little bit like a man would, I’ve loved everything I’ve read by this author. Another “guilty” pleasure to put on the shelf with all my Nicholas Sparks.
Lol these books are so good it renders me stupid, I don’t even know what to say
The only complaints I can lodge against this book are that A) I physically could not read the last 200 pages fast enough to satisfy just how much I needed to know what was going to happen next and B) it's not long enough. I'm so glad I'm reading this after the original trilogy is completed.
I think I was expecting a little more from this as a sequel. The writing is still standard like the first one, and there are some good moments dispersed throughout, but it doesn’t do a whole lot to further the core plot. We do receive new information so I wouldn’t go as far as to call it all filler, but nothing that felt substantial. Which does make me worry that pacing will be very off with the last book. It was enough to keep me still well invested though.
The Ghostwriter weaves a tragic tale that plays out across the pages in a very timely way. I started to see signs as to what may have played out in the Taylor family, but not so early that it felt like dead giveaways. It really flows in a way that keeps the reader front and center trying to piece together the story, which turns out to be a devastating case of misunderstanding, fear, and the way everyone can be left in the dark when we aren't honest and open.
WOAH actually a twist that I never could have seen coming. This book won't be for the people who like their endings wrapped up neatly, but if you don't mind some murkiness in your ending and a crime story that is very interesting but pretty bleak, then this one is well executed.
I believe being punched in the face would ache less than reading this, I loved it. It's everything I like about a slice of life book, even down to the way that it leaves you questioning just what was the point of it all. To some, I imagine that they won't see one at all. We only get snapshots of these people. One singular day of the year for twenty years, much of it spent not together at all. It's certainly an unconventional romance. But I felt so many emotions through it, and my heart still aches in the aftermath. It reminded me of all my mushy humanness.
"And then she frowned, and shook her head, then put her arms around him once more, pressing her face into his shoulder, making a noise that sounded almost like rage.
‘What’s up?’ he asked.
‘Nothing. Oh, nothing. Just…’ She looked up at him. ‘I thought I’d finally got rid of you.’
‘I don’t think you can,’ he said."
"And then she frowned, and shook her head, then put her arms around him once more, pressing her face into his shoulder, making a noise that sounded almost like rage.
‘What’s up?’ he asked.
‘Nothing. Oh, nothing. Just…’ She looked up at him. ‘I thought I’d finally got rid of you.’
‘I don’t think you can,’ he said."