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The Chain
by Adrian McKinty
Ya'll I only have one word to describe how I feel after reading this book: SHOOKETH.
From the moment The Chain starts, you're drawn in. This puts you in parallel with the characters of the story because they are also drawn into The Chain's clutches unwillingly, but feeling as though they have no choice but to comply. A child is taken, a ransom demand placed. This isn't your typical ransom demand though. In addition to having to pay money, each victim must satisfy another demand as well: kidnap someone else's child and then force that person to do the same thing you've just done: pay the ransom demand and take another child. It's what keeps The Chain going. Fear and scare tactics keep each member of the Chain in line. It's fairly clear who is in charge here and it isn't the victims. Rachel quickly learns that when her daughter Kylie is taken and she receives the phone call. Everything inside of Rachel screams at her that she isn't right for this, that she can't handle it and what be able to do what needs to be done. Rachel's wrong.
This was honestly a wild ride. I highly recommend the audiobook simply because it made my reading experience even more suspenseful than it already would have been. The narrative switches between the creators of the Chain, Rachel, Kylie, Uncle Pete and a few other members of the Chain and side characters down the road. I think this was a great way to present the story because everyone's experiences and motivations are different and it allows you to get a glimpse of what is going on with the other characters simultaneously as the events unfold. During the last 1/4 of the book, I think that most readers will know who is behind all of this and what their "secret identity" is. The author didn't try to hide it, especially because backstory is introduced during the beginning of Part II and the formatting sets itself up for the past and the present to collide. Once that happens, you're just waiting for the other characters to figure out and do something about it!!
Like I said, this is definitely worth the read/listen.
From the moment The Chain starts, you're drawn in. This puts you in parallel with the characters of the story because they are also drawn into The Chain's clutches unwillingly, but feeling as though they have no choice but to comply. A child is taken, a ransom demand placed. This isn't your typical ransom demand though. In addition to having to pay money, each victim must satisfy another demand as well: kidnap someone else's child and then force that person to do the same thing you've just done: pay the ransom demand and take another child. It's what keeps The Chain going. Fear and scare tactics keep each member of the Chain in line. It's fairly clear who is in charge here and it isn't the victims. Rachel quickly learns that when her daughter Kylie is taken and she receives the phone call. Everything inside of Rachel screams at her that she isn't right for this, that she can't handle it and what be able to do what needs to be done. Rachel's wrong.
This was honestly a wild ride. I highly recommend the audiobook simply because it made my reading experience even more suspenseful than it already would have been. The narrative switches between the creators of the Chain, Rachel, Kylie, Uncle Pete and a few other members of the Chain and side characters down the road. I think this was a great way to present the story because everyone's experiences and motivations are different and it allows you to get a glimpse of what is going on with the other characters simultaneously as the events unfold. During the last 1/4 of the book, I think that most readers will know who is behind all of this and what their "secret identity" is. The author didn't try to hide it, especially because backstory is introduced during the beginning of Part II and the formatting sets itself up for the past and the present to collide. Once that happens, you're just waiting for the other characters to figure out and do something about it!!
Like I said, this is definitely worth the read/listen.