Stretches the limits of incredulity too far

I was so looking forward to this book. The idea was great. Something like a literary version of Ripleys game. But …. (Warning: Spoiler alert)… for a man to be run over, shot, stabbed and tasered and still manage to chase the protagonist was ridiculous. As was the mothers character Jules and the annoying pov of the “Space dawg” who kept “talking” throughout. Really irritating!

That being said there is no doubt this author has a great imagination and can most certainly write well but something was lacking in the final version. The story just did not gel. It felt like the author was trying too hard, like “What’s the most ridiculous thing that can happen in the next chapter to keep the listener hooked?” Some of the plot twists were laughable.

I’d still read other work by this author, but for me this particular book was a thumbs down.

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Absolutely incredible!

This is the best audible book I have ever listened to!! Edge of your seat suspense with plot twists you never see coming! Such an original and brilliant story! I loved every minute and didn’t want it to end!

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Gripping

Believable twists and turns keep you hoping that Emma will win through. so much more than a thriller. Beautiful depth.

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It has great moments and bad moments

At first I really struggled to get through this book, but that was mostly because I usually read in bed before going to sleep and I just couldn’t read this before sleeping, it scared me too much!!!
So safe to say I really enjoyed the first part of the book. However like most other reviewers I found the cat and mouse chase in the house went on for too long. Literal hours in the audiobook are spent on it and eventually I found it too dull to be scary and got through the book faster, eventually I even got so bored I increased the speed to x2 just to finish the book.
I felt the book ended well too. There was some twists which were predictable but well written none the less and glad everything was closed up with a nice tidy bow. And the phrase “I’ll meet you there” will never sound the same to me again. It will catch my heart string from now on.
I think the only other thing I disliked was the animal cruelty, real and potential. At one point in the book I was ready to stop the audiobook and delete it from my library. So if you are a massive animal lover and don’t like the idea of harm coming to your pets take this as a trigger warning. I guess it’s a compliment for the writing that I got such a strong reaction but for me it pulled me out of the story and with audiobooks I couldn’t just scan ahead to make sure everything turned out well. If I couldn’t have maybe I would have enjoyed the book a little more.
So overall it gets a 3 from me. It wasn’t bad, wasn’t great. I’m glad I read it but I’ll never read it again.

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Brilliant

Was a very different prospective, with many twists turns and surprises. Loved this book from start to finish. Wouldn't dare give it a one star rating. Lol

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Twisty thriller

Chilling thriller, with a unique plot. Told in multiple POV’s to give the story more depth to its characters.

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Tense, clever, good strong characters

Brilliant and tense storyline. Best book I've listened to in ages. I'm now going to buy the book to read as I found it fascinating to listen to. so many books don't have in depth characters. This book does. Highly recommend

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Fun thriller

After having watched and listened to No Exit I had some reasonably high hopes for this one and this book delivered. The action, suspense, twists and turns were great fun and I was in it from the start. The reveals and the twists weren't the most surprising ever but boy were they satisfying.
Lately I've been struggling to get sucked into a book but this did the trick, I wanted more, always wanted to keep going and kept coming back to it. I totally recommend and would watch the movie if it were ever made! Go for it, it's highly enjoyable!!

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Dragged on and on and on…

This book was so long and drawn out, I only finished it because I thought it might be vindicated at the end but it didn’t matter what happened, it just kept going on and on and on. It’s like the characters were totally invincible just to fill the pages.

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dare i

what a fantastic story , it kept me guessing for the 3 days it took to listen to it.

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