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A review by lmayfieldx
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
📖 third person
📖 dual pov
📖 reader fmc
📖 dog’s thoughts
📖 flashbacks
emma is house sitting at a beach house in washington. she has ample time to read & she’s enjoying it. she stumbles across a book that she didn’t enjoy. she left a 1 star rating & soon after began being tormented & harassed by someone. she quickly realizes it must be the author, because who else could it be? she has to do everything she can so that her and her dog, laika, can escape
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is it ironic to give this book 1 star, when that was the forming point of the book? maybe. is my rating still a 1 star? absolutely
first & foremost - laika does not die. when things started happening to the dog, i googled to see if she would survive, bc if not it was going to be an immediate dnf. i wish i had still dnf’d though, bc this book was not it
this book was terrible and honestly i don’t understand all of the people rating it so high & raving about it. did we read the same thing?
this book is dual pov, but it may as well have been one pov. the fmc’s pov says something and then the mmc’s pov says the exact opposite & vice versa. it was him constantly believing he’s such a mastermind & so great, fast forward to the fmc’s pov talking about how much of an idiot he is (disclaimer - she was correct)
also the ending of the book is weird. it goes from chapter 38 to the acknowledgments to a statement from the strand beach pd to chapter 39 to the epilogue? was this just an audiobook error? possibly. was it annoying? yes bc if i hadn’t kept listening past the acknowledgments, i’d have missed part of it - which in reality, would i have been missing anything? no. but still, it’s the point
your tbrs are too long to waste time on foolish books. do yourself a favor & skip this one. i wish i had. the author owes me compensation for wasting time of my life on this
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Stalking