A review by endlessreader
Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron
3.0
Come and Find Me was one of those books that has a fantastic premise. I freely admit that I’m intrigued by the whole avatar and alternate internet world thing. It’s one of those things I’d try if I wasn’t 100 percent sure that it’s a colossal waste of money. If it was free, I’d totally try it out because it does seem kind of cool to my geeky-somewhat techy girl self. So, Come and Find Me seemed like it was right up my alley with the whole avatar thing AND the mystery of the missing sister (cause I just love me some mysteries). And the book was good…at the beginning. After I hit the 50 percent mark, I was kinda…thrown. And not in that good way.
Let’s start with the good: Again, the virtual reality thing is something that I find interesting. I thought it was very nicely done (if a little improbable) in Come and Find Me. While I’m only somewhat techy, I wasn’t completely lost by the more intense technical aspects of how virtual reality comes to be. It also remained intriguing through the whole novel and not something that I felt got thrown by the wayside after a while the other things did (more on that later).
Another good thing: the relationship between Diana and Ashley. Good lord, I’m a total sucker for a sister relationship that’s not all pettiness and jealousy! That seems to be sort of the norm in fiction today. Luckily for me, the relationship between Diana and Ashley was really heartwarming and I loved it. I may have even said “They are so cute!” once or twice (or three times). I think that was what saved the Come and Find Me for me (and brought it up one star than my original assessment after I finished the book).
The not so good: Coming back to things being thrown by the wayside, I feel like that’s what happened with Ashley’s kidnapping plot. One minute it was there…the next minute it was somewhat resolved, very anticlimactically might I add, and then the book ceases to become as thrilling and heart-pounding as it was prior to it being resolved. That might have been okay if there wasn’t like 40% more of Come and Find Me left. I felt like after that the book was somewhat disjointed. There were plot points and twists coming up left and right, that if I think too much about them, I might be able to drive a van (if I had one) through the plot holes and inconsistencies. Don’t want to spoil it, so I’m just going to say that the first half was definitely better than the second half.
Overall, I thought that Come and Find Me was just okay. It did have a few good things going for it and even when it wasn’t as heart-pounding as it previously was, it was still a compulsive page-turner. So, I give it 3 stars.
Let’s start with the good: Again, the virtual reality thing is something that I find interesting. I thought it was very nicely done (if a little improbable) in Come and Find Me. While I’m only somewhat techy, I wasn’t completely lost by the more intense technical aspects of how virtual reality comes to be. It also remained intriguing through the whole novel and not something that I felt got thrown by the wayside after a while the other things did (more on that later).
Another good thing: the relationship between Diana and Ashley. Good lord, I’m a total sucker for a sister relationship that’s not all pettiness and jealousy! That seems to be sort of the norm in fiction today. Luckily for me, the relationship between Diana and Ashley was really heartwarming and I loved it. I may have even said “They are so cute!” once or twice (or three times). I think that was what saved the Come and Find Me for me (and brought it up one star than my original assessment after I finished the book).
The not so good: Coming back to things being thrown by the wayside, I feel like that’s what happened with Ashley’s kidnapping plot. One minute it was there…the next minute it was somewhat resolved, very anticlimactically might I add, and then the book ceases to become as thrilling and heart-pounding as it was prior to it being resolved. That might have been okay if there wasn’t like 40% more of Come and Find Me left. I felt like after that the book was somewhat disjointed. There were plot points and twists coming up left and right, that if I think too much about them, I might be able to drive a van (if I had one) through the plot holes and inconsistencies. Don’t want to spoil it, so I’m just going to say that the first half was definitely better than the second half.
Overall, I thought that Come and Find Me was just okay. It did have a few good things going for it and even when it wasn’t as heart-pounding as it previously was, it was still a compulsive page-turner. So, I give it 3 stars.