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Horrendous narration. Weak story.

Revisado: 10-09-23

Had I read this book, I may have made it to the end or at least further than chapter 9. The narrator though killed any chance this weak story had. The characters are not interesting. I did not find myself caring about the dead guy or the two main characters. Ruth is obnoxious as read by this narrator. Ugh, such bad inflections and fake accents. She goes up on the end of each sentence as if she is asking questions rather than reading a novel. I will make sure to pass on any book read by Sarah Welborn in the future.

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Good god - Storyline is atrocious

Revisado: 05-20-22

How does this have so many good ratings? I kept waiting and waiting for the “twist” ending. This is 8 hours of my life I will never get back.
Verity is has no redeeming qualities. Lowen is barely likable and very whiny. Not sure how the sleepwalking plays a part other than a huge red herring. Jeremy is sickeningly perfect.
I had 10 other twists in my head ready to play out. Even the kid killing everyone would have been refreshing by the end. Geez.
This is what is wrong with thriller fiction today. The general public eats this bullsh*t up with a spoon.

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Good twist but weak overall

Revisado: 02-18-22

This dragged on for way too long. There were at least two other good stopping points. The positive on this book was there was a solid twist, but it did not pay off enough to overpower the negatives. The plot was weak, the characters were all annoying and quite unlikable, and the very ending was forced and served no purpose other than to tie up the package a bow. I say pass on this one!

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Had potential but way too confusing and choppy

Revisado: 09-23-21

I bought this book and struggled to find time to sit and read it. So I thought. I felt like listening to it as I did chores would be better. Nope. I found myself constantly saying - wait, what? who is that? blah blah.
The storyline sounded awesome with a female spy lead, but this fell soooo short. It movies all over space and time with little attempt to build the characters to a point that you care enough to give it the level of mental energy required to completed. I just finally thought - Yeah, I don’t give a sh*t how this turns out. I’m ready to move on.
Sidenote: most annoying children ever.

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Wonderful surprise with this book!

Revisado: 07-29-21

I randomly picked this one. It’s so hard to choose, because for every good review on here there is a horrible review. Sigh. Anyway, this was top-notch writing. Excellent pace, great detail and description without dragging on. The story weaved around in a natural way that keeps you wondering hoe it will all come together. The characters are believable and likable. The narration is fantastic. Yep, this was very enjoyable!

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Taut and fast-paced

Revisado: 07-26-21

I really enjoyed this book. There are a lot of different characters at play which you have to pay attention to details to keep them separate in your mind. Still, the writing was very good at giving just enough detail without dragging it out. Also, there are a couple of different under-lying stories going on. The authors bring it all together in the end.

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Unsatisfied with ending

Revisado: 06-29-21

The writing is not the problem here. This is a quality author. I just wasn’t a fan of the story. I never really connected with the characters to care enough about what happened to them. I stuck with this one, because the twists were being weaved in an interesting way. Ultimately though, I felt the ending was a bit cliché and a let down. I was anticipating something on a much grander, shocking scale.

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Interesting story concept but poor executed.

Revisado: 06-16-21

Story concept is unique and worth the read, but I wasn’t completely sold on the hype of this one. I found the layout of the storyline built to be predictable as to who/what was “the chain”. The advertised twists and thrills were not there…at least for me.
This was my first experience with this author. It will likely be my last. I don’t care how interesting a plot is if the writing is lazy and juvenile. This writer gives you weak dialogue and lengthy descriptions on mundane observations then skips the character development. In the end, if you don’t create characters the reader cares about then the ending never pays off.
The performance by the narrator was good, but it really drove home just how dumb the book’s dialogue was.

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Sigh...the story just wasn’t that great

Revisado: 05-21-21

There is no doubt that Gillian Flynn is an amazing writer. Her descriptions are top-notch. This story left me feeling grimy and trashy from the depth of her descriptions of Libby Day’s world. I didn’t necessarily dislike any of the characters, but I certainly didn’t end the book with any satisfaction. The crescendo fell flat and implausible. It is worthy of a read, but I was not wowed.

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worth the read

Revisado: 05-15-21

For a shorter book, some sections felt drawn out. Sort of like when students overly describe things to meet a word minimum in a paper assignment. Still, I give a solid 4 stars for good flow, description, plausible twists, and dialogue. The ending was unexpected but not hugely wowing.
This author has definite promise in this genre. Hopefully, the complexity of story building will improve with time.
As for narration, sigh, I give her a reluctant 4 stars for the believable variations on the characters. Perhaps I’m just not accustom to the Irish brogue, but this narrator did an annoying up and down thing at the end of each sentence that drove me nuts. I’m just glad it was a shorter read.

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