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It's hard for me to rate this book.....this is a genre (thriller/mystery) that I don't typically read and I try to rate books according to their genre I guess. You know 5 stars for Goodnight Moon is different than a 5 stars for Catcher in the Rye or 5 stars for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I have to give this book one thing. I was compelled to read it from all the things I heard about it to the author pulling me into the suspense of the book - what happened to Amy? Then, what becomes of Amy and Nic
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I don't even know where to begin. It was quite the page turner and I was so interested in the story that I couldn't put it down. But I couldn't like Nick or Amy. Reading it felt a lot like watching a crime slowly unfold on a morning news show. It felt so invasive. The back and forth bothered me a bit, but that's a personal style preference. The end about killed me. I stayed up late reading it and put it down thinking "What did I just read?" and concluding that Nick and Amy deserve each other.
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As most reviewers have said, it's nearly impossible to discuss this book without giving something away. Did Amy run away, or was she murdered? Is Nick a grieving husband, or a murderer? I was pulled (dragged, really) into this book by its pacing and the alternating POV. The two main characters are very complex. However, I must say that the other characters in the book are largely one- or two-dimensional. Perhaps that was deliberate on Flynn's part, but I would have liked the other characters to
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I hated the beginning, loved the middle, and DESPISED the end! This is fiction, give us some justice!
I listened on audiobook and I think that affected my enjoyment of the book somewhat--they had a male and female reader for the different parts of the book, but they didn't really "sell" the personalities of either narrator, and their personalities were so crucial to the whole arc of the book. Still enjoying and compelling, though, despite an irritating overuse of the word "literally." A real "page turner" or more precisely "pretty darn good book to listen to while undertaking an unexpectedly int
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I decided to change my rating from 4 to 5 stars because I'm still thinking about this book two weeks after I finished. :)
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Tons of fun. Reads like a nutty/enraged response to aging as a woman. Oh wait, maybe that's me, projecting.
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So maybe not the best book to read on your honeymoon, but it was an excellent read.
Creepy, dark and full of suspense. A great read.
Dec 17, 2012
Laura Spaulding
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it was amazing
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I could not put it down
