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The Leaving
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Underwhelming
This one was very consistent for the most part. It was a solid 3 stars throughout and I knew that the ending could shift it either way. Unfortunately the ending was such a disappointment. It was far to predictable and everything slotted into place far too conveniently that some questions remained. The characters never really questioned what they were being told despite having bad memories they always went with the first thing that came to their mind. And similarly, the characters who didn’t suffer the memory loss because they were not taken, also accepted whatever the 5 with terrible memories said. I’m pretty sure if someone who couldn’t remember the last 11 years of their life waltzed in a told me ABC I would be a bit more skeptical than these people.
This was also fairly slow pacing for a thriller, even the end reveal just kind of unravelled at a snails pace. I like thrillers that have a little for traction.
It also screamed YA. Don’t get me wrong I love YA but I have never had much luck with YA thrillers I don’t know what it is about them but I never seem fully satisfied with them. The characters typically are quite one dimensional and you always have a weird romance as a plot line that really doesn’t add much of anything to the book. Which unfortunately this book also was guilty of.
What I did enjoy about this one was the atmosphere. I think it did allow you to allude to all different conspiracies of what happened to the 6 missing kids and where they had been. It was even rumoured aliens which honestly I wouldn’t have complained about. The actual reveal was just so underwhelming for me.
This one was very consistent for the most part. It was a solid 3 stars throughout and I knew that the ending could shift it either way. Unfortunately the ending was such a disappointment. It was far to predictable and everything slotted into place far too conveniently that some questions remained. The characters never really questioned what they were being told despite having bad memories they always went with the first thing that came to their mind. And similarly, the characters who didn’t suffer the memory loss because they were not taken, also accepted whatever the 5 with terrible memories said. I’m pretty sure if someone who couldn’t remember the last 11 years of their life waltzed in a told me ABC I would be a bit more skeptical than these people.
This was also fairly slow pacing for a thriller, even the end reveal just kind of unravelled at a snails pace. I like thrillers that have a little for traction.
It also screamed YA. Don’t get me wrong I love YA but I have never had much luck with YA thrillers I don’t know what it is about them but I never seem fully satisfied with them. The characters typically are quite one dimensional and you always have a weird romance as a plot line that really doesn’t add much of anything to the book. Which unfortunately this book also was guilty of.
What I did enjoy about this one was the atmosphere. I think it did allow you to allude to all different conspiracies of what happened to the 6 missing kids and where they had been. It was even rumoured aliens which honestly I wouldn’t have complained about. The actual reveal was just so underwhelming for me.
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