James Patterson is not exactly my cup of tea and this book was no exception. I’m always nervous to pick up a book with his name on it but since this was a book club pick I jumped in with both feet (once it finally came in from the library). I’ll start negative and work my way up. 

I didn’t care for the narrator. I found the voice didn’t exactly fit the story for me, but that happens and I can deal with it. Another thing that is a “me” issue entirely is one of the characters names is Jessica and I hate it when the characters have my name because then I hear my name constantly in the book and ugh. That’s a me issue though so take it or leave it. 

The story itself wasn’t awful. It was overly wordy and took away from the thrill/suspense factor that was building. I’m very much a “don’t use 3 words when 1 will get the point across” type of person and this book prefers to use all of the words and in my opinion to the detriment of the story. Now, I’d say most people won’t find this predictable in the slightest but I knew where this was going. The way the characters were acting it was clear something shady was going on and what that something shady was was pretty clear to me. I do read a lot though and it takes a lot to surprise me. This didn’t do it, but I think it’ll shock plenty of people and make it worth the ride. 

I can’t give this more than 3⭐️ and I’m not sure where it falls really. So that’s what I’m going with.