Timiddy

This was a hard one to rate. It had a VERY strong start. I was in it for the first 300 pages then it came to an EXTREME halt for roughly 100 pages... extremely boring a whole lot of filler. Too many adjectives and paragraph after paragraph of how the snow looked. After awhile I started skimming portions of the book. It was slightly ridiculous how drug out it was in certain areas. The last 80 or so pages were phenomenal again. I'm glad I decided not to DNF this book because the ending saved it somewhat. I think this book would have gotten 5 stars from me if it would have been a 350 page book. No reason the story couldn't have been told in that amount of pages. All in all a terrific concept, terrifying.

The first 40% of the book dragged for me. I get that he had to set the scene and all but it could have been about 100 pages shorter. It also wasn't what I expected it to be until the last maybe 20 pages. I wanted those last 20 pages throughout the entire book. Some twists and turns along the way keep me entertained throughout and overall I enjoyed the second half of the book! It may have saved my rating from plummeting. 

Started off sooo strong. Slowed down some in the middle (as most of Kings work does for me) then once Holly was introduced into this one I was HOOKED. I love her character and can't wait to read his new novel based on her! It went a way different direction than I was expecting but overall such a great read, I enjoyed throughout! 

The last 20% of the book was fantastic. I feel the build up all made sense, it was written very well. But when he told Alice he was adopted and how old he was when he was adopted and her reaction, I 1000% knew she was his sister. I didn't know until it was revealed that his mother was who she was. So that was a little unexpected twist. I think this book represents trauma well. Obviously in the most extreme form but I believe these types of scenarios DO happen a lot more often than the world likes to admit. Ray “Rebel” was just a hurt little boy and Claudine was just a traumatized women who hated her younger self for what her trauma did to her. It's all and all so sad. Would highly recommend this one! Now I have to watch “Chains” to see the inspiration.

I really expected to hate this book. Even tho I had people telling me it was controversial and they still loved it, something about the premise made me uneasy and expect the worst. BUT the opposite happened. I literally could not put this book down the last 2 days. I'm not a fast reader but I read over 150 pages both days because I needed to know what happened to Wavy. I found myself rooting for the convict and hating the righteous aunt by the end of the book. You have to keep an open mind while reading this one, but once you do, true love conquers all.