The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
shealennon's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
spaceforcewife21's review
2.0
I had enjoyed Eternal and was hoping for better from this author. Now I'm not so sure about reading any of her other books. 2* - I feel like I am being generous because most of the book was awful, but the beginning was interesting.
I had high hopes for this book in the beginning. The story starts out strong. However, the story goes down hill fast when the family enters the witness protection program. The characters drove me crazy. The family is so social media obsessed that they cannot stay off even when their lives depend on it. The police protection knows this, but gives them a bunch of laptops and cell phones without any sort of blocks or surveillance in any way. Then this average Joe dad, who doesn't appear very assertive to begin with, is supposed to put himself in harms way to solve what an entire force of police and under cover detectives cannot. This as well as other interactions seemed far fetched, especially the truckers to the rescue and that's coming from the daughter of a trucking company owner.
Also, what is it with product placement in books lately? I'm getting really sick of items being hocked in books. I hope this doesn't become a bigger thing. It's very distracting. This book wasn't nearly as bad a some previous books, but I'm not a fan of this new advertising technique.
I had high hopes for this book in the beginning. The story starts out strong. However, the story goes down hill fast when the family enters the witness protection program. The characters drove me crazy. The family is so social media obsessed that they cannot stay off even when their lives depend on it. The police protection knows this, but gives them a bunch of laptops and cell phones without any sort of blocks or surveillance in any way. Then this average Joe dad, who doesn't appear very assertive to begin with, is supposed to put himself in harms way to solve what an entire force of police and under cover detectives cannot. This as well as other interactions seemed far fetched, especially the truckers to the rescue and that's coming from the daughter of a trucking company owner.
Also, what is it with product placement in books lately? I'm getting really sick of items being hocked in books. I hope this doesn't become a bigger thing. It's very distracting. This book wasn't nearly as bad a some previous books, but I'm not a fan of this new advertising technique.
ash_annecchiarico's review
3.0
This one took me longer than normal to get through but it was still interesting!
vane_reads95's review against another edition
4.0
I was at the edge of my seat! So much going on from a simple carjacking that turned into a deadly encounter. I was slowly starting to have doubts as to who is behind all of the chaos. The Bennetts are tailgated and held at gunpoint causing Allison to get shot. At first, I thought this will be a sad story of how the family moves on and the grieving that takes place after your daughter dies but I was very wrong. There is so much corruption going on stemming from that carjacking incident that multiple layers start to come off and like a puzzle piece, everything starts to be put together.
The story is told from Jason Bennett POV which helped me understand his train of thought on how he slowly tracked everything on his own despite the brutal corruption going on. There was not a second where I felt bored or uninterested because there is A LOT that happens.
The story is told from Jason Bennett POV which helped me understand his train of thought on how he slowly tracked everything on his own despite the brutal corruption going on. There was not a second where I felt bored or uninterested because there is A LOT that happens.
traveldanie's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25