Helpful Score: 3
The storyline moved slow with the developing of character background. It kept my interest but some of the background was repeated more than once throughout the book and it wasn't necessary. I enjoyed her previous book "Speak Softly, She Can Hear" much better.
Helpful Score: 2
I liked the premise of the story, it was interesting. I have read two books by this author now and I think I just don't enjoy her writing style. I find it at times repetitive and rambling. There were some twists in the story line, but if you pay the least bit of attention you will see them coming a mile away.
Helpful Score: 1
This story was good...a little slow. I enjoyed her previous novel more.
Helpful Score: 1
**spoiler alert**
Upon reading the description of this novel, I expected a surface-thriller with a mystery and action and a characters who served no purpose other than to propel the plot; this was my "fluff" book. It was anything but. Pleasantly surprised by the depth of most of the characters, I mourned the loss of that crazy, younger sister, Pony. I felt like I understood (as much as I was able) what the unexpected loss of an immediate family member felt like. This family, rather than falling apart, grew closer together.
I suspected a mystery surrounding Pony's death. I suspected the family wasn't as perfect as they appeared. Through a tragic loss, the perfect world unraveled and the reader sees the result of years of lying and deception. What was unique about these particular lies and deceptions was that the person who caused them was dead and unable to defend or explain herself. The family was forced to reevaluate their memories of their mother/wife/sister.
One of the final scenes, set in Idaho's Salmon River, made me uneasy and certainly made me request that my husband never kayaks again. Three and a half stars.
Upon reading the description of this novel, I expected a surface-thriller with a mystery and action and a characters who served no purpose other than to propel the plot; this was my "fluff" book. It was anything but. Pleasantly surprised by the depth of most of the characters, I mourned the loss of that crazy, younger sister, Pony. I felt like I understood (as much as I was able) what the unexpected loss of an immediate family member felt like. This family, rather than falling apart, grew closer together.
I suspected a mystery surrounding Pony's death. I suspected the family wasn't as perfect as they appeared. Through a tragic loss, the perfect world unraveled and the reader sees the result of years of lying and deception. What was unique about these particular lies and deceptions was that the person who caused them was dead and unable to defend or explain herself. The family was forced to reevaluate their memories of their mother/wife/sister.
One of the final scenes, set in Idaho's Salmon River, made me uneasy and certainly made me request that my husband never kayaks again. Three and a half stars.
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were very interesting and there were twists and turns in the plot that made the book impossible to put down.
