Happy Monday my bookworms! I’ll be the first to admit that my reading game has taken a back seat these last few weeks. Can I blame it on the fact that I still have a book-hangover from Commonwealth, and no book I’ve read since has even come close to it? I’ve been struggling to get through the last few books I’ve picked up. Especially these three books, which I beg you to stay clear of…
OVERRATED READS | VOLUME NO. 5
The River at Night by Erica Ferencik.
This is about four girlfriends who decided to go white water rafting as their annual girls trip. A lot of things go terribly, terribly wrong. I thought this book had a ton of potential. Annual girls trip? That’s totally relatable to me. But it fell flat on it’s face. I was so bored reading it, though it was claimed to be ‘mega suspenseful’ which is quite the joke. The author threw in the most absurd ‘obstacles’ for the four woman, terrible, terrible, terrible. I couldn’t wait for it to be over.
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan.
A mother and her son go for a walk in the park on a regular Sunday afternoon. Somehow, the 8 year old son gets kidnapped. The chapters switch from the mother to the lead detective. Which could have been interesting, but the story seemed to drag on with details that didn’t matter, and felt quite pointless. I might be alone on this one, because it’s received some great reviews. But I don’t understand how or why. It was such a slow read for me. The plot twist didn’t come until the very, very end, and it made absolutely no sense. There were a lot of gaps in the story, and the author tied up the end of the book in like 3 pages after the ‘twist’ was revealed. It left me sorely disappointed.
The Fall Guy by James Lasdun.
Matthew spends the summer with his very wealthy and successful cousin, Charlie, and Charlie’s wife Chloe in their summer home in upstate New York. Matthew catches Chloe sneaking off with some random townie, is she having an affair? Matthew is unsure whether he should tell Charlie about his wife’s actions and…. that’s where I had to stop.
The book was SO dull and tedious. The entire narration of this book is with Matthew, inside his head. Which sounded really neat from the description. But it just drones on and on and on. At page 101 I realized I couldn’t do it anymore. I have never given up on a book that quickly, but there’s no way I could force myself to finish. Save your money. Terrible reviews all around. In fact, Kayla and I were supposed to review it for the Blogger Book Club, but we made the executive decision to change it. You’re welcome.
Any overrated books you’ve read recently that you’d like to add to this list?