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This is not a book to be reread. ugh. The confusion isn't necessarily the reader's but the 2 authors going back and forth and neither wanting to relinquish a single chapter. I think it could have helped to have the woman's name on each chapter so we knew whose POV we were following.
You are right....the 2 authors create this confusion. I thought it was me. So glad to have read these reviews. However, i read them after i read the book.
I didn't have any confusion following the plot line and felt the two authors did a brilliant job. The twists and revelations would not be so if they had character names as chapter headings. This is a psychological thriller. Readers should be confused and left in the dark. But the authors left a lot of bread crumbs for us to follow.
Struggling to figure out a plot pattern and who is speaking or who is who isn’t really a psychological thriller. Confusing a reader shouldn’t be the aim of a good writer as opposed to engaging a reader into plot nuances.
I’m glad it worked for some
Occasionally I've reread a good book to pick up nuances or clues I didn't fully realize. But I don't want to have to reread a book where the author was unclear or overly confusing. There are too many other, good books to read instead!
Amy I agree completely. It was very confusing since they didn't have the character names as chapter heads.
There were so many pointless details in the book they could have left out. I nearly stopped reading when they got to her putting butter on her toast (spoiler alert - this does not advance the story at all) but I'm a completionist and I toughed it out.
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This is not a book to be reread. ugh. The confusion isn't necessarily the reader's but the 2 authors going back and forth and neither wanting to relinquish a single chapter. I think it could have helped to have the woman's name on each chapter so we knew whose POV we were following.
You are right....the 2 authors create this confusion. I thought it was me. So glad to have read these reviews. However, i read them after i read the book.
I didn't have any confusion following the plot line and felt the two authors did a brilliant job. The twists and revelations would not be so if they had character names as chapter headings. This is a psychological thriller. Readers should be confused and left in the dark. But the authors left a lot of bread crumbs for us to follow.
Struggling to figure out a plot pattern and who is speaking or who is who isn’t really a psychological thriller. Confusing a reader shouldn’t be the aim of a good writer as opposed to engaging a reader into plot nuances. I’m glad it worked for some
Occasionally I've reread a good book to pick up nuances or clues I didn't fully realize. But I don't want to have to reread a book where the author was unclear or overly confusing. There are too many other, good books to read instead!
Amy I agree completely. It was very confusing since they didn't have the character names as chapter heads.
There were so many pointless details in the book they could have left out. I nearly stopped reading when they got to her putting butter on her toast (spoiler alert - this does not advance the story at all) but I'm a completionist and I toughed it out.
