Helpful Score: 5
A great book by a talented new author! I have read lots of buzz about this book, so I broke down and bought it. Then, I devoured it.
The book centers around Annie, a real estate agent, who is abducted while holding an open house. Each chapter of the book is a conversation that she has with her psychiatrist when she comes back home. This format was very interesting and gave you a lot of detail about Annie and her experiences.
Reading about what happened to her in the cabin was riveting and revolting at the same time. This part of the book was quite well written. There were some great surprises and shocks and a few times, I just had to put the book down to breathe.
The inevitable ending (the who-done-it, if you will) was the weakest part of the book for me. I felt as though the book "jumped the shark". (From Wikipedia: Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. The phrase was originally used to denote the point in a television program's history where the plot spins off into absurd story lines or unlikely characterizations. )
The book was a mystery, a crime thriller, a psychological examination, all at the same time. I will not soon forget it. Well worth the read.
The book centers around Annie, a real estate agent, who is abducted while holding an open house. Each chapter of the book is a conversation that she has with her psychiatrist when she comes back home. This format was very interesting and gave you a lot of detail about Annie and her experiences.
Reading about what happened to her in the cabin was riveting and revolting at the same time. This part of the book was quite well written. There were some great surprises and shocks and a few times, I just had to put the book down to breathe.
The inevitable ending (the who-done-it, if you will) was the weakest part of the book for me. I felt as though the book "jumped the shark". (From Wikipedia: Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. The phrase was originally used to denote the point in a television program's history where the plot spins off into absurd story lines or unlikely characterizations. )
The book was a mystery, a crime thriller, a psychological examination, all at the same time. I will not soon forget it. Well worth the read.
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