A formulaic book read in a child like voice in an edition (audio book) not even listed on good reads. I would have loved much less of the whining and poor is me and I'm gonna call my uncle, Kat from the middle and a little more detail and time spent on the ending. It actually had the opposite effect - why would she be so wracked with guilt and remorse of supposedly leaving someone to die when clearly she has no qualms about killing someone? It didn't fit with her character AT.ALL.Īnd then it just ended. It didn't make the character sympathetic or any more likable. Another unnecessary plot point that really didn't end up meaning anything or adding to the story in any way. And what the hell was the point about her aunt and uncle. This does work in small doses, but all it did here was make her protagonist look like a complete and total fool. Most of them I saw coming, the other ones were entirely unnecessary and I felt like her thought process was "a twist is just the opposite of what I've already written". But then, the author just had to throw 47 other unnecessary "twists" into the story. The ending picked up again as Kat was finally starting to get her head out of her ass and figure out what I knew from the second sentence. I skimmed the majority of the middle and didn't lose any plot points or character development that I could tell. Forgive the hyperbole, but I don't need 12 chapters to establish this. Uncle Bill is a pretty influential guy apparently. Once the blackmail started, the entire middle of the book dragged on and on - it was super repetitive. Maybe this is because I read A LOT and teach writing and fiction for my job, so I understand the tropes of writing, but I was not "blown away" by the amazing twists as so many other critics and readers seemed to be. By the end of chapter 2 - I could have written the plot myself. I found her unlikable and unrealistic.įurthermore, I guessed the major "twists" by the second sentence of the book. But once she realized she has been lied to by at least two "important" people in her life, you'd think she's start to be a bit more skeptical. But she blindly believes everything and everyone around her without even so much as a simple google search or a few questions. She researches things and creates probabilities and trusts her gut for her job - and if we are to believe her own hype, she is damn good at it. The majority of this book would be obsolete if she just utilized google one damn time. For all of her self-proclaimed genius, she is ridiculously stupid.
The main character has to be the MOST gullible person alive. I know this book got a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews, but I just didn't like it.
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