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A review by lhhrmn
Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra
2.0
Meh. I probably wouldn't have picked this book up on my own, but it was the January book club pick and I liked the idea of reading something different. The book is good in that it's a manageable length and it is entertaining enough that I found myself wanting to keep reading to see where the story line was going. I figured out pretty early on that the story was probably going to take a weird/unexpected turn that wouldn't seem quite so realistic and would hurt my rating of the book and unfortunately, I was right.
Some of the writing I felt was a bit weak - the conversations between characters were very monotonous: "He said 'x.' / 'y' replied Bec" and while I realize the author wanted to paint numerous potential suspects in for readers to have to sift through, I think there is something to be said for explaining those loose ends later.
Like many books, I think this one ended kind of abruptly, as far as page ratio. A few other reviews have mentioned that there's a lot that happens in the last 30 pages - and I find it to be almost too much. The earlier 250 pages make several references to past events, so you know you have to keep reading to learn about them, but then the book takes a hard, unexpected turn, and there aren't enough pages left to truly develop the twist AND explain the past references AND provide some sort of closure.
I still have a fair amount of questions about some of the characters and don't think the ending was particularly impressive, so I'm left giving this one 2 stars, which for me, means: I was entertained while reading this, but wouldn't recommend it to a friend since the ending leaves me feeling disappointed.
Some of the writing I felt was a bit weak - the conversations between characters were very monotonous: "He said 'x.' / 'y' replied Bec" and while I realize the author wanted to paint numerous potential suspects in for readers to have to sift through, I think there is something to be said for explaining those loose ends later.
Like many books, I think this one ended kind of abruptly, as far as page ratio. A few other reviews have mentioned that there's a lot that happens in the last 30 pages - and I find it to be almost too much. The earlier 250 pages make several references to past events, so you know you have to keep reading to learn about them, but then the book takes a hard, unexpected turn, and there aren't enough pages left to truly develop the twist AND explain the past references AND provide some sort of closure.
I still have a fair amount of questions about some of the characters and don't think the ending was particularly impressive, so I'm left giving this one 2 stars, which for me, means: I was entertained while reading this, but wouldn't recommend it to a friend since the ending leaves me feeling disappointed.