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Where You End by Abbott Kahler
3.0
This book was interestingly descriptive in ways I didn’t need it to be. Since I read an arc, and it is subject to change, I will not quote it directly. However, I will say that the beginning was a turn off from me, and I did struggle with that. This did slightly change as the book went one, but almost to the point it felt like different writing.
I love a good thriller, and mainly stick to thrillers and the occasionally horror. Psychological thrillers are my favorite, so I thought that this would be a fantastic read. That wasn’t the case. I found the pacing to be incredibly slow. Nothing really happens, and nothing is really thrilling. I guess at this point I expect more from thrillers after having read so many. This read to me more like a literary fiction, and I think that had it been labeled as such I would have enjoyed it more.
I did enjoy the past and present chapters, yet Kat’s “now” chapters felt a little off, not sure if that was intentional, while Jude’s chapters were where the story happened. I never did connect with the characters in a meaningful way, so I really didn’t care what happened to them. As a reader I need to find something to connect with in order to enjoy the book, it doesn’t have to be big, but it needs to be there, and this book didn’t do it for me.
I think that this book would have been better as a shorter succinct novella with a lot of the middle left out. I also feel that this might have helped the pacing. While it wouldn’t have fixed all the issues I had with this book, it would have at least made it slightly more enjoyable.
I do love the cover and that is what drew me into this book.
While this one was a miss for me, I do appreciate the publisher for sharing an e-arc copy with me.
I love a good thriller, and mainly stick to thrillers and the occasionally horror. Psychological thrillers are my favorite, so I thought that this would be a fantastic read. That wasn’t the case. I found the pacing to be incredibly slow. Nothing really happens, and nothing is really thrilling. I guess at this point I expect more from thrillers after having read so many. This read to me more like a literary fiction, and I think that had it been labeled as such I would have enjoyed it more.
I did enjoy the past and present chapters, yet Kat’s “now” chapters felt a little off, not sure if that was intentional, while Jude’s chapters were where the story happened. I never did connect with the characters in a meaningful way, so I really didn’t care what happened to them. As a reader I need to find something to connect with in order to enjoy the book, it doesn’t have to be big, but it needs to be there, and this book didn’t do it for me.
I think that this book would have been better as a shorter succinct novella with a lot of the middle left out. I also feel that this might have helped the pacing. While it wouldn’t have fixed all the issues I had with this book, it would have at least made it slightly more enjoyable.
I do love the cover and that is what drew me into this book.
While this one was a miss for me, I do appreciate the publisher for sharing an e-arc copy with me.