The line which managed to catch my attention and prod me to really go and pick this one up was :
'Ive been following her for the past few days.I know where she buys her groceries,where she has her dry cleaning done,where she works.I dont know the color of her eyes or what they look like when they're scared,but I will.'.....So I was ready with a bag of chips for this creep-fest.
Here goes the gist of the story:
Mia Dennet teaches art at an alternative High School in the city.She lives away from her high profile parents (a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife).One night, Mia enters a bar to meet her on-again,off-again boy friend.At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand.But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.
When Colin decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota instead of delivering her to his employers,Mia's mother Eve and Detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them.But no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.
My Views:
Why does everyone start comparing every new thriller with a female protagonist to 'Gone Girl'?
Let me begin by telling the deluded ones that this is NOT Gone Girl.
This book is not quite there but I also think we need to get past the Gone Girl hangover.When I pick up a thriller ,I like reading it at a stretch.I dont like to lose the pace and some stories dont allow me to.In this case I didnt want to lose momentum.
This story is narrated through the eyes of Mia's mother,her captor (Colin/Owen) and the detective handling the case.The story shuffles between what happens before and after the abduction.It is a non-linear narrative but it isnt too hard to follow.However,I found myself not getting involved in the plot.I was just a by-stander and continued to remain there till the end.Besides, Detective Gabes as well as Colin sounded so similar in the beginning.I like the characters voices to be distinctly different when multiple characters narrate the story,however here it was evident that the same person has written the lines for both of them.(If you know what I mean)All the characters seemed to have regrets and were looking for a way to atonement.They seemed uni-dimensional.
I couldnt empathize with the main characters , except for Colin's mother.The story however was a bit different because no sooner than we are told about Mia's disappearance,we are also soon informed that she has been found and comes back home.What we dont know is why or how she was captured and she doesnt know it either because she suffers from selective amnesia and has no recollection of anything that has happened to her.What follows is what really happend to her and why.
At this point I was desperately trying to do some guess-work to figure out how it would all end.What I couldnt understand was how Mia falls in love with Colin. My mind screamed-' Stockholm syndrome'.She really begins to see similarities between the two of them.So of course Colin has to be the 'good little bad guy' and has a past which leads him to be who he is and he is not that cold-blooded after all.From there it went a bit down-hill and got to the point of being predictable.However there is a twist at the end but it seemed to be thrown by-the-way and didnt manage to create the desired impact.
On the positive side--It is fast paced and an easy read.I cannot say I could entirely figure out the story.
But my search for the perfect 'Thriller' continues.
I rate it a 3 out of 5.
Let me begin by telling the deluded ones that this is NOT Gone Girl.
This book is not quite there but I also think we need to get past the Gone Girl hangover.When I pick up a thriller ,I like reading it at a stretch.I dont like to lose the pace and some stories dont allow me to.In this case I didnt want to lose momentum.
This story is narrated through the eyes of Mia's mother,her captor (Colin/Owen) and the detective handling the case.The story shuffles between what happens before and after the abduction.It is a non-linear narrative but it isnt too hard to follow.However,I found myself not getting involved in the plot.I was just a by-stander and continued to remain there till the end.Besides, Detective Gabes as well as Colin sounded so similar in the beginning.I like the characters voices to be distinctly different when multiple characters narrate the story,however here it was evident that the same person has written the lines for both of them.(If you know what I mean)All the characters seemed to have regrets and were looking for a way to atonement.They seemed uni-dimensional.
I couldnt empathize with the main characters , except for Colin's mother.The story however was a bit different because no sooner than we are told about Mia's disappearance,we are also soon informed that she has been found and comes back home.What we dont know is why or how she was captured and she doesnt know it either because she suffers from selective amnesia and has no recollection of anything that has happened to her.What follows is what really happend to her and why.
At this point I was desperately trying to do some guess-work to figure out how it would all end.What I couldnt understand was how Mia falls in love with Colin. My mind screamed-' Stockholm syndrome'.She really begins to see similarities between the two of them.So of course Colin has to be the 'good little bad guy' and has a past which leads him to be who he is and he is not that cold-blooded after all.From there it went a bit down-hill and got to the point of being predictable.However there is a twist at the end but it seemed to be thrown by-the-way and didnt manage to create the desired impact.
On the positive side--It is fast paced and an easy read.I cannot say I could entirely figure out the story.
But my search for the perfect 'Thriller' continues.
I rate it a 3 out of 5.
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