Meh, I wanted to love this book. The plot sounds great and I had really high hopes for it, however it just completely fell short of the mark for me. Amy's daughter Ruby-May died in an accident one year ago which the family blames primarily on Ruby-May's grandfather. Around the time of the anniversary the family decide to go on holiday together to try and repair their wounds, however it's not always that simple!
I found the writing style became quite stilted around the middle of the book. Sentences became quite short, and there was a lot of telling. I really started to notice this because there wasn't much else going on. In saying this, I did still really want to get to the end and find out what happened, but this meant I ending up skim reading parts which I was finding clunky to read. For me this was a real shame as I did start off enjoying the book.
There was a twist at the end, but this still didn't save it for me! I hadn't grown to like any of the characters and I was finding it all a little hard to believe. Also, some of the sub-plots-cum-red-herrings were explained rather too quickly for my liking; this rather reduced the shock factor.
Overall it just wasn't for me, 2.5 stars.
Thanks to Readers First for a free copy of this book in exchange for a review.
I found the writing style became quite stilted around the middle of the book. Sentences became quite short, and there was a lot of telling. I really started to notice this because there wasn't much else going on. In saying this, I did still really want to get to the end and find out what happened, but this meant I ending up skim reading parts which I was finding clunky to read. For me this was a real shame as I did start off enjoying the book.
There was a twist at the end, but this still didn't save it for me! I hadn't grown to like any of the characters and I was finding it all a little hard to believe. Also, some of the sub-plots-cum-red-herrings were explained rather too quickly for my liking; this rather reduced the shock factor.
Overall it just wasn't for me, 2.5 stars.
Thanks to Readers First for a free copy of this book in exchange for a review.