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Jul 24, 2013 Anne (Booklady) Molinarolo rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: winter-2013-14, thriller-mystery, god-awful

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Feb 05, 2013 Toni rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, suspense, fiction, suspense-thriller, mental-health, psychological, crime-fiction, mystery, drama, family-dysfunction

Okay, I've had time to sleep on it. I think I can semi-coherently organize my thoughts now. We'll give it a go. . .

As much as I pride myself on an extensive vocabulary, I can only settle on one word to describe this book: Wow.

I felt the story started out a bit slow but by halfway through, that is long forgotten. There are a dizzying number of twists, turns, forks in the road, dead ends, etc. In fact, I felt quite a bit as though I were in a wooden cart, being towed by a car down a gravel road: ...more

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Apr 22, 2013 ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, 2013, contemporary-fiction, suspense, mystery, relationships, killeen-library-paper, thriller

I'm not even sure where to begin with my thoughts. I've been participating in a Q&A on this, a "answer questions as you read" kind of thing. My feelings for the people in this book have been all over the place. It's so hard to really review this book without giving things away. I admit I was sucked into the suspense, the drama, the wondering how much of what I was reading was true (it's written by two very opposing perspectives and I really liked that aspect). I've read so many "I hated the endi I'm not even sure where to begin with my thoughts. I've been participating in a Q&A on this, a "answer questions as you read" kind of thing. My feelings for the people in this book have been all over the place. It's so hard to really review this book without giving things away. I admit I was sucked into the suspense, the drama, the wondering how much of what I was reading was true (it's written by two very opposing perspectives and I really liked that aspect). I've read so many "I hated the ending" rants and I can see why. This book has stayed with my thoughts for days now. I keep thinking... was the ending a deus ex machina? I'm just not sure. It feels like it when I think of certain things. Felt like the author couldn't come up with a clever way out of the clever traps she set for herself so bam, insert some outrageous scenario to the rescue. As far as the very last few pages, UGH! I can only think of one innocent victim in all of this and if you've read the book you should know to whom I refer. That is what stuck with me as I closed the book. WTF. Ugh. Seriously.

The characters are two of the worst people I've ever met. He was spineless, she was a sociopath. It really isn't so much that Nick was a horrible person, but good grief, I wanted to throttle him because of how dumb he could be about some things. It was crazy being in their heads. Sometimes it was just so absurd, I had to laugh. Honestly, I was floored when the final clue of Amy's anniversary gift was revealed. (view spoiler)

I liked the writing itself, I found the author to be pretty talented at some of the phrases she used, scenarios she set. I simply LOVED the Ellen Abbott character! She had me rolling with laughter, especially considering she was basically inspired by Nancy Grace. HILARIOUS stuff as I read her description and kept picturing Nancy Grace. Gave me giggle fits. Much of this book gave me giggle fits because (view spoiler) ...more

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Jan 08, 2013 Samantha rated it liked it · review of another edition

More like a 3.5. I did like this book, it was....interesting, kept me guessing, never knew who was going to do what, which is weird for me. I actually liked the ending....I think. I had heard that a lot of people were upset about the ending so I was kind of prepared for some crazy thing. I think out of all the possible endings the one that the author went with was a good choice. I would say to anyone who hated the end "Well what would you have done?" Give it a try, you will probably get sucked i ...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Suzanne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-books, library-overdrive-e-book, library-overdrive-audiobook, bookworm-bitches-catch-up-challenge, goodreads-choice-award-2012, august-2014-rrrc-pick-it-for-me, read-in-2015, feminist-book-club-books, goodreads-choice-award-2018, ehrtbm-read-along-challenge-2019

I should've picked this book up sooner, it was really good! ...more

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Jan 26, 2013 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery

This book kept grabbing me, and each time it was as powerful as if it had been the first time. The twists and turns kept happening -- just as I thought finally it had all settled down and I understood what was going on, something made me totally change my perspective on everything. And the end of the book left me ... ragged, wondering, worrying, ... convinced that this can't really be how it is.

The characters were well-drawn, even some of the minor ones. Nick resonated with me the most. He seeme ...more

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Nov 25, 2013 Amber Prince rated it liked it · review of another edition

slow going till last 100 pages

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May 09, 2013 Arow rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery, 2013

I thoroughly enjoyed the first half of the book. It was engaging, entertaining and different from anything I had read in awhile.

The second half was good...I had hoped for a different ending which is why I did not give it 5 Stars. I felt it had a lot of potential and just fell a bit short.

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