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A review by missluciereads
The Therapist by B.A. Paris
3.0
Thank you NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I want to preface this review by saying B.A. Paris is an auto-buy author for me. I love her writing style and I thoroughly enjoy her books. That being said, this wasn't my favourite. It wasn't bad, I just had a hard time buying some key elements of the story.
The biggest one is Alice as a whole, given her anxiety and paranoia throughout the book, her complete lack of self-preservation instinct is alarming! I won't say too much for the sake of spoilers but the mental gymnastics someone would have to do to continue to put themself at that level of risk made her decision-making completely absurd.
The next big one is Nina's behaviour, for someone who is meant to be a Therapist she behaves precisely in the opposite manner than that which a Therapist should behave. People can make poor choices but anyone who has watched even one episode of the bazillion crime shows would have had alarm bells blaring, never mind a trained mental health professional.
I'm also having trouble understanding how Oliver was able to be like a son to the neighbours given their situation!
This book wasn't bad, but it wasn't great! It would be a good read for someone who just wants to be taken along for the ride. For those thriller readers, like myself, who critically assess as you read in hopes of figuring out how it all is going to play out - you may find yourself a little disappointed with what I can only call lazy storytelling. Had Paris put a little more effort into working out the gaps in the story it could have been better.
I want to preface this review by saying B.A. Paris is an auto-buy author for me. I love her writing style and I thoroughly enjoy her books. That being said, this wasn't my favourite. It wasn't bad, I just had a hard time buying some key elements of the story.
The biggest one is Alice as a whole, given her anxiety and paranoia throughout the book, her complete lack of self-preservation instinct is alarming! I won't say too much for the sake of spoilers but the mental gymnastics someone would have to do to continue to put themself at that level of risk made her decision-making completely absurd.
The next big one is Nina's behaviour, for someone who is meant to be a Therapist she behaves precisely in the opposite manner than that which a Therapist should behave. People can make poor choices but anyone who has watched even one episode of the bazillion crime shows would have had alarm bells blaring, never mind a trained mental health professional.
I'm also having trouble understanding how Oliver was able to be like a son to the neighbours given their situation!
This book wasn't bad, but it wasn't great! It would be a good read for someone who just wants to be taken along for the ride. For those thriller readers, like myself, who critically assess as you read in hopes of figuring out how it all is going to play out - you may find yourself a little disappointed with what I can only call lazy storytelling. Had Paris put a little more effort into working out the gaps in the story it could have been better.