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Won this through a GoodReads First Reads giveaway, and I'm glad I did. The jacket doesn't lie - this is definitely a page turner, one I read in a single three hour sitting because I couldn't put it down.
My real rating for this would be 3.5 stars if I could give it that half star, but I can't bring myself to give it four.
This book is an engrossing look at a mother-daughter relationship, the tough choices a woman has to make, and the consequences that has in her life. For the first two-thirds of this book, it focuses on that to great effect. I felt for Rose as she went through everything, and while her daughter and family weren't as filled in as I would like, I cared for them, too.
Then the last third turns into a totally different book altogether - throwing in conspiracy theories and Mom Sleuth and all kinds of plot twists and revelations I'm not sure really matter. It felt like a whole chunk of the book had to happen so the ending would work out the way it did. That would be the reason for my minus a half star, but otherwise, I really enjoyed this.
My real rating for this would be 3.5 stars if I could give it that half star, but I can't bring myself to give it four.
This book is an engrossing look at a mother-daughter relationship, the tough choices a woman has to make, and the consequences that has in her life. For the first two-thirds of this book, it focuses on that to great effect. I felt for Rose as she went through everything, and while her daughter and family weren't as filled in as I would like, I cared for them, too.
Then the last third turns into a totally different book altogether - throwing in conspiracy theories and Mom Sleuth and all kinds of plot twists and revelations I'm not sure really matter. It felt like a whole chunk of the book had to happen so the ending would work out the way it did. That would be the reason for my minus a half star, but otherwise, I really enjoyed this.
Enjoyed this, except for the part where IT SHOULD HAVE ENDED AT 500 PAGES, NOT 750+. Good God. I know Claire is going to live, I know Jamie is going to live, I know they're going to end up happily ever after. Sooooo much unnecessary violence and craziness in that last third of the book.
I still read every single page, though. This is crack.
Not going to make an attempt to track down the rest of the series to read, but if I can find them easily at my library, I'll probably pick them up.
I still read every single page, though. This is crack.
Not going to make an attempt to track down the rest of the series to read, but if I can find them easily at my library, I'll probably pick them up.
I really hate the difference the two stars vs three stars makes in looks, but I guess there's a difference between actually liking a book, and thinking it's okay (I have my problems with the Goodreads rating system, but that's for another day). This one was okay.
It was actually a pretty decent mystery, if not much of a thriller, and I liked some aspects of it. But I got really tired of reading Kate go on and on about her feelings every chapter or so; that veered sharply into telling not showing territory after a while. And the plot twists...this could have been wrapped just as nicely without the shock and awe, which weren't very shocking or awe inducing.
It was actually a pretty decent mystery, if not much of a thriller, and I liked some aspects of it. But I got really tired of reading Kate go on and on about her feelings every chapter or so; that veered sharply into telling not showing territory after a while. And the plot twists...this could have been wrapped just as nicely without the shock and awe, which weren't very shocking or awe inducing.
