Lydia
I love Scott Meyer, even though he is very much not my normal genre. This was silly, fun, light, and a good palette cleanser after several heavy thrillers.
THIS BOOK IS WONDERFUL. I am not into political commentary in most cases, but this was so over-the-top yet realistic that it hit perfectly. I loved all of the references and puns.
I can literally NOT finish this book. I have never been so turned off by a book before in my life, and I even suffered through Fifty Shades. Lord, I loved Odd Thomas but this is just way too much. I need brain bleach.
3.5
I feel like Simone St. James might be a one-trick pony. I loved the broken girls, but this felt like déjà vu.
I actually had a fun time reading this book, but there are some major flaws that cause me to knock off a couple stars.
For starters, you have to get past the ick factor. I won't give away any spoilers, but you might want to look into them if you don't have a high tolerance for inappropriate relationships.
Secondly, the main character is dumb as a box of rocks and could have figured out the entire situation if she would have just used her brain for 3 minutes. I was almost literally yelling at her through parts of the book.
Lastly, I'm getting very tired of the housewife who drinks too much trope. It's seriously exhausting and not interesting. An unreliable narrator due to alcohol does not automatically make a thriller.
Oh, and some of the writing is absolutely abysmal.
You will hate literally every person in this book, so beware if you aren't a fan of unlikeable characters.
Probably the weakest in the series so far, but still fun. I wish they had been a little more creative with the kids' personalities instead of making them carbon copies of Gwen and Martin. Even switching the genders to make Bruceter the “smart” one would've been nice.
Hunger Games + Divergent + Game Of Thrones.
I really enjoyed this book, but it is very obvious that the author got most of her ideas from the above books
I may have rated this better had the audiobook's narrator been better, but she was GOD AWFUL. She punctuated every sentence with a question mark and it drove me completely insane.
The novel itself was okay, but I wouldn't recommend it
I'm counting one, counting two, counting thr...I can't freaking finish...
I just couldn't do it. I thought that the idea was really amazing and I was hooked at the beginning, but then it starting getting so repetitious that I found myself skipping over full sections. Aside from that the characters were all completely insufferable. I don't think I liked a single character in the entire book! I just couldn't finish it.
This book had me at the edge of my seat and guessing the entire time. It was a near perfect twisty-thriller
This book really captured me at the start but started losing me halfway in. By 3/4 I was ready for it to hurry up and be over. The religious themes were too strong
I'm amazed there are so many books in this series. The main characters are so unlikeable and blah. It's like every other detective/cop novel out there.
The first book was AMAZING, but I had a lot of issues with this one. I'm hoping book 3 pulls it all together
This was a sweet little Christmassy book that hit the spot, but it ended way too fast. I felt like the author wanted it to be over so rushed the last 1/4 of the story :/
3.5
I could knock off an entire star for how many times Megan Miranda used the phrase “he/she blinked slowly”
I loved this book from the very first chapter. It was definitely a different format from most thrillers, which I thoroughly appreciate! It was haunting and disturbing and totally kept me on the edge of my seat.
But then...(spoilers)
THERE WAS NO TWIST, or rather it came too late. The bad person is exactly who they portrayed the whole book and the ending left you feeling no different than you would have without the letter. The letter itself was such a bore to read and frankly didn't change anybody's mind. Good book but bad ending.
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