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2 stars

This book is a drama with a bit of mystery and no thrilling part.

The story is about a teenage girl who is witnessing a crime and then the criminals are coming after her. The police only way to protect her and her family, since there isn't enough evidence to accuse and condemn the criminals, sends them into witness protection program.

So this happens in the first few chapters and the next 25 chapters (or 2/3 of the book) we hear the constant negative thoughts of the mother and the daughter of how tough it is to be uprooted and moved and forget everyone and everything that used to be your life before. We all understand that is tough but having a whole book just about this seems too much. Plus the characters have a very negative mindset and instead of dealing with it and moving forward (since it was this or death) they just keep complaining the wholeeeeeee timmeeeeee).

The only partially good things was the ending when, some people were declared dead, which that's the way it should have turned out given the amount of mistakes and breaking the rules that happened.

However even that was taken away and a different ending was given to the book.

pinliepink's review against another edition

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hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

charlotte_rigby's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

celiapowell's review against another edition

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3.0

McAllister writes great thrillers, but man these characters were ANNOYING.

Spoiler

If you break every single rule while in witness protection, then don't act astonished when your lives are once again in danger, jesus christ. And that ending! I also feel very certain that you don't get put into witness protection as a result of lying during a trial and the people who were on trial homicidally hating you as a result. Like, I don't think "people want to kill me" is the basis for the state paying for you to go into witness protection? You're not a witness they want to protect? Anyway, I kept lurching between "how is this ludicrous arrangement being approved" to furious annoyance at every single decision every character made.

Despite that rant, it's still 3 stars because McAllister is a good writer and I was there for the ride.

zoer03's review against another edition

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5.0

This is such a heartbreaking and moving read. Grips you from the first page and never lets go. I would definitely recommend this to anyone.

stephyhoop's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

amberbridger's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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