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Well written and somehow suspenseful, not dragging along too much, with a nice twist but a somehow not too satisfying end (for me at least), this still deserves its four stars.
4.5 i guessed the plot twist, but i gasped anyway it's so well written
Really great concept but unfortunately I predicted every single twist. I hate when mysteries have a defining characteristic about the killer/antagonist and only introduce one character with that same characteristics! And then shockingly it is them… Wow never saw that one coming, who would have thought?!
I enjoyed this book, though I think it suffered from two significant weaknesses: 1) the protagonist isn't likeable. That's fine, we're going to root for him anyway because that's generally how it works when you're hearing that character's side of the story, but I felt conflicted about wanting him to get away with what he was doing. Which, actually, wasn't even illegal, but the way he went about it was SO avoidable that it made me resent him for being such a dum-dum. 2) The plot didn't live up to the hype! Honestly, how could it have? But still, as a society, a mother killing her daughter (accidentally, at that) just isn't as shocking as the author wants it to be. Mothers are certainly held to a different standard than fathers, and maybe we're meant to be shocked at how much she resents her daughter, but generally I just don't see that story being the mega best seller that it was in the story *because of the twist*. As far as the big twist in the book itself, it wasn't all that hard to guess. I'll admit it was satisfying to have been right, and I liked that. However, I did wonder about the press tour she goes on at the end; was she not concerned about being recognized by anyone from her former life? tl;dr: this book isn't bad but it doesn't do itself any favors by hyping itself up the way it does. If the author had been less hyperbolic about the absolute guaranteed success of the story, it would have made a lot more sense.
THAT was the twist?! Please. Ridiculous. Want a good twist? Read The Devotion of Suspect X.
-1 for the ending This was a wild ride
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Well written and somehow suspenseful, not dragging along too much, with a nice twist but a somehow not too satisfying end (for me at least), this still deserves its four stars.
4.5 i guessed the plot twist, but i gasped anyway it's so well written
Really great concept but unfortunately I predicted every single twist. I hate when mysteries have a defining characteristic about the killer/antagonist and only introduce one character with that same characteristics! And then shockingly it is them… Wow never saw that one coming, who would have thought?!
I enjoyed this book, though I think it suffered from two significant weaknesses: 1) the protagonist isn't likeable. That's fine, we're going to root for him anyway because that's generally how it works when you're hearing that character's side of the story, but I felt conflicted about wanting him to get away with what he was doing. Which, actually, wasn't even illegal, but the way he went about it was SO avoidable that it made me resent him for being such a dum-dum. 2) The plot didn't live up to the hype! Honestly, how could it have? But still, as a society, a mother killing her daughter (accidentally, at that) just isn't as shocking as the author wants it to be. Mothers are certainly held to a different standard than fathers, and maybe we're meant to be shocked at how much she resents her daughter, but generally I just don't see that story being the mega best seller that it was in the story *because of the twist*. As far as the big twist in the book itself, it wasn't all that hard to guess. I'll admit it was satisfying to have been right, and I liked that. However, I did wonder about the press tour she goes on at the end; was she not concerned about being recognized by anyone from her former life? tl;dr: this book isn't bad but it doesn't do itself any favors by hyping itself up the way it does. If the author had been less hyperbolic about the absolute guaranteed success of the story, it would have made a lot more sense.
THAT was the twist?! Please. Ridiculous. Want a good twist? Read The Devotion of Suspect X.
-1 for the ending This was a wild ride