Lori S. (ourbookaddiction) reviewed on
Helpful Score: 3
I had to step away from this book for awhile after finishing it because if I reviewed it immediately after, Id have given it 1 star max; mostly because of the overwhelming 5 star reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. This book was set up like it was the holy grail of legal thrillers. When I finished it I wanted to throw it against the wall.
Im going to get a little off topic and complain about the reviews first. More and more lately it has been very transparent that reviews for books are set up from the beginning. I knew this before but with the amount of book bloggers out there receiving free copy from publishers it has become even worse.
Back to the book, I will add one more star to this book and make it a 2. Which by standards is it was ok. It wasnt bad, it wasnt great, it was just ok. There is nothing wrong with an ok book. I didnt find it emotionally taut. I found it emotionally irritating. The whole family needed a cold dose of reality into their lives. I wanted to keep asking the mom and dad Are you alive in your life? Have you any clue what is going on in your own lives...in your own kid? As more details emerged about early childhood, the more irritated I got. Insert some Samuel Jackson here and scream Wake the **** up!
Most of this book was predictable. Andy (the father) insinuated a lot continuously throughout the book, so we could see what was coming ahead by his own prompting. What missed for me was emotional connection to the Andy (dad), Laurie (mom), and Jacob (son). I felt nothing for Laurie and absolutely zero for Jacob. Without an emotional connection to the characters...something loveable...I can't feel for their predicament.
Im going to get a little off topic and complain about the reviews first. More and more lately it has been very transparent that reviews for books are set up from the beginning. I knew this before but with the amount of book bloggers out there receiving free copy from publishers it has become even worse.
Back to the book, I will add one more star to this book and make it a 2. Which by standards is it was ok. It wasnt bad, it wasnt great, it was just ok. There is nothing wrong with an ok book. I didnt find it emotionally taut. I found it emotionally irritating. The whole family needed a cold dose of reality into their lives. I wanted to keep asking the mom and dad Are you alive in your life? Have you any clue what is going on in your own lives...in your own kid? As more details emerged about early childhood, the more irritated I got. Insert some Samuel Jackson here and scream Wake the **** up!
Most of this book was predictable. Andy (the father) insinuated a lot continuously throughout the book, so we could see what was coming ahead by his own prompting. What missed for me was emotional connection to the Andy (dad), Laurie (mom), and Jacob (son). I felt nothing for Laurie and absolutely zero for Jacob. Without an emotional connection to the characters...something loveable...I can't feel for their predicament.
