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A review by katleap
Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan
3.0
4 stars
I received an e-ARC copy of Daughter of Deep Silence from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I looked forward to this book so much! Its suppose to be a revenge story with a twisty plot. I feel that it didn’t quite live up to the hype.
After seven days adrift in the ocean sea, Frances and Libby are rescued by her Libby’s father. However Libby died just before rescue and Frances learns that the truth about what happened on that ship has been covered up. Alone in the world, Frances becomes Libby to protect herself because the other two survivors of that terrible night are lying. And Frances Mace knows with absolute certainty, that she was never suppose to make it off that boat alive. It’s been four years and with the death of Libby’s father she is ready to take her revenge and she’s going to start with the senator’s son who broke her heart.
Warning for spoilers...
I liked that we got little pieces of the attack on the ship. I also liked that it wasn’t completely coherent and like little pieces of a puzzle. Because hello trauma.
I liked Shepherd. I also liked the fact he figured out her secret pretty fast. ( although I do have a hard believing that he is the only one who could figure it out.) I also liked that he tried to be a voice of reason and get her to stop or take it to the cops.
I did like all the action and the planning. That was cool and I actually really wanted more of it.
The ending was okay. The ending was pretty open-ended, which I really don’t love. But how do you end something like this, it has to be with maybes. There was enough closure to feel hopeful and that maybe she will figure things out.
There were two things I really struggled with. The Frances/Libby/Revenge person. She has an identity crisis with multiple personalities. The main character is this third person who wasn't Frances or Libby. But this unnamed person that constantly thought of herself as both Frances and Libby, but at the same time, neither were her. She was a person full of rage, betrayal, heartbreak, and a need for revenge. Because Frances had to learn to be Libby, and she lost herself in the process. And she never felt like she could truly make connections with people under her assumed identity. So I liked this identity crisis but at the same time I didn’t because she was LibbyFrances and I think that embracing the fact that she is actually neither girl would have been good.
So the love at fourteen thing was probably the hardest thing to sell and I didn’t buy it. Its fundamental to the story but I just couldn’t, especially because it was in one week. The idea that Frances and Grey fell in love on a one week cruise when they were fourteen and it was supposed to be this deep connection that somehow lasted four years of separation - even if neither Grey or Frances totally understood or believed that. Oh, and Libby and Shepherd were also deeply in love at fourteen (and Shepherd had ALSO held onto that love for four years, never losing the hope that they might somehow end up together still. So, I did roll my eyes at the mentions of these characters' deep love at the age of fourteen. I do think that maybe.
So I liked it. I wanted it to be more.
I received an e-ARC copy of Daughter of Deep Silence from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I looked forward to this book so much! Its suppose to be a revenge story with a twisty plot. I feel that it didn’t quite live up to the hype.
After seven days adrift in the ocean sea, Frances and Libby are rescued by her Libby’s father. However Libby died just before rescue and Frances learns that the truth about what happened on that ship has been covered up. Alone in the world, Frances becomes Libby to protect herself because the other two survivors of that terrible night are lying. And Frances Mace knows with absolute certainty, that she was never suppose to make it off that boat alive. It’s been four years and with the death of Libby’s father she is ready to take her revenge and she’s going to start with the senator’s son who broke her heart.
Warning for spoilers...
I liked that we got little pieces of the attack on the ship. I also liked that it wasn’t completely coherent and like little pieces of a puzzle. Because hello trauma.
I liked Shepherd. I also liked the fact he figured out her secret pretty fast. ( although I do have a hard believing that he is the only one who could figure it out.) I also liked that he tried to be a voice of reason and get her to stop or take it to the cops.
I did like all the action and the planning. That was cool and I actually really wanted more of it.
The ending was okay. The ending was pretty open-ended, which I really don’t love. But how do you end something like this, it has to be with maybes. There was enough closure to feel hopeful and that maybe she will figure things out.
There were two things I really struggled with. The Frances/Libby/Revenge person. She has an identity crisis with multiple personalities. The main character is this third person who wasn't Frances or Libby. But this unnamed person that constantly thought of herself as both Frances and Libby, but at the same time, neither were her. She was a person full of rage, betrayal, heartbreak, and a need for revenge. Because Frances had to learn to be Libby, and she lost herself in the process. And she never felt like she could truly make connections with people under her assumed identity. So I liked this identity crisis but at the same time I didn’t because she was LibbyFrances and I think that embracing the fact that she is actually neither girl would have been good.
So the love at fourteen thing was probably the hardest thing to sell and I didn’t buy it. Its fundamental to the story but I just couldn’t, especially because it was in one week. The idea that Frances and Grey fell in love on a one week cruise when they were fourteen and it was supposed to be this deep connection that somehow lasted four years of separation - even if neither Grey or Frances totally understood or believed that. Oh, and Libby and Shepherd were also deeply in love at fourteen (and Shepherd had ALSO held onto that love for four years, never losing the hope that they might somehow end up together still. So, I did roll my eyes at the mentions of these characters' deep love at the age of fourteen. I do think that maybe.
So I liked it. I wanted it to be more.