brownikins's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
I have tried Lisa Jackson before and didn’t like the writing style. Decided to give it another try and honestly I wish I hadn’t wasted my time. This book had too much going on and was just not well written enough to explain or explore all of that. The teenagers were written as if the author has never met or interacted with one before. The mother/daughter relationship was just disrespectful for no reason. The love story was rushed and tied up with a pretty convenient bow (“we’re taking it slow but moved in together immediately and are talking about marriage and having babies together”). The ghost plot line was a waste. The one bright spot in this novel was the rescue “alert” dog — she was perfect and did an admirable job saving this family. Which is more than you can say for any of the human members of the family, the town police, or even any adult living or working in this fictional town.
Spoiler
(unrealistic family drama, kidnapping/human trafficking, child clairvoyant, ghost(s), stalking, teen love story reinvigorated as adults, incest, murder, fundamentalist/anti government Idahoans, sick mom with dementia and inheritance issues)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Rape
destinylittle5510's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Ok the story here was slow, I found myself getting bored with the story numerous times and I almost didn't finish. I feel like the author stereotypes teenagers by making jade the one who didn't care about anything. I mean who goes to a new school looking to make enemies. Then there's Sara that couldnt remember anything until her brother was there? There was a awful lot of talk about attraction to little girls by both pervs who were kidnapping but nothing ever came of it. I found the story line hard to follow because the POV kept switching so much and it wasn't consistent. The last and final thing I didn't like was the fact it was predictable. I found that I knew who the kidnappers were from the moment they were introduced so there wasn't much mystery to it.
There were things I liked, for instance, I liked how Gracie was more mature than her mom and sister, I also liked how the first girl kidnapped kept fighting right up until the end.
All over very slow paced and a good read for younger audiences that dont have very logical way of thinking. The writing style was very simple.
There were things I liked, for instance, I liked how Gracie was more mature than her mom and sister, I also liked how the first girl kidnapped kept fighting right up until the end.
All over very slow paced and a good read for younger audiences that dont have very logical way of thinking. The writing style was very simple.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Trafficking, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Car accident, Incest, Kidnapping, and Murder
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