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A review by sleightoffeet
Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
1.0
I have a headache from all the eye rolling. How is this the same author as The Nightingale? This read like a Hallmark Movie. I kept thinking that this couldn't be as predictable as it was, but no, and also completely unbelievable. Truth be told, 14 year old me would have probably loved it, but I loved a lot of questionable things back then.
So, we have our disgraced psychologist, Julia, who comes back to her small town, where she never really fit in, to help her sister (a former homecoming queen now a police chief) with a child that was found in a tree who seems ferrel. Not only does she try to help her, but is able to be her foster parent (in hours... not, how many months does it usually take?) Meanwhile, there's another doctor in town who must be running from something because why else would he be there, who is drawn into the depth that is Julia. And as if your gag reflex hasn't been triggered yet, people are giving each other so many looks that convey so much meaning, why even bother with dialogue at this point?
This is NOT a psychological thriller, this is a trite, badly written, romance with an unbelievable side plot involved in the rehabilitation of a child.
So, we have our disgraced psychologist, Julia, who comes back to her small town, where she never really fit in, to help her sister (a former homecoming queen now a police chief) with a child that was found in a tree who seems ferrel. Not only does she try to help her, but is able to be her foster parent (in hours... not, how many months does it usually take?) Meanwhile, there's another doctor in town who must be running from something because why else would he be there, who is drawn into the depth that is Julia. And as if your gag reflex hasn't been triggered yet, people are giving each other so many looks that convey so much meaning, why even bother with dialogue at this point?
This is NOT a psychological thriller, this is a trite, badly written, romance with an unbelievable side plot involved in the rehabilitation of a child.