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Jul 05, 2018velveetahead rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I thought this was a really interesting concept and the book appeared to be all the rage last year. When I finally got around to reading it, I'm left wondering what was all the fuss? There seemed to be a decent outline of a story, but it was mostly filler and didn't add up to a lot of substance. Even though there were clues of where it was going in the end, the final twist still made me roll my eyes. While reading it, I wanted to know more about how Quincy was coping or not coping. There are hints that her mother wanted her to act normal and get over it, but that isn't delved into very much. I wish that had been explored more. She appears to have some rage issues related to her attack, but that is mostly hinted at for plot purposes (and red herrings) rather than as character development. What we are left with is so much baking. She has a blog about baking and she bakes as a way to control what is happening to her. I got it, but there were so many descriptions about her baking. Then Sam shows up and Quincy shows her how to bake, and then they are both baking or Sam is baking. It was too much. Also, Quincy's long-time boyfriend Jeff was really underwritten. I never knew if anything he was saying or doing matched up to what his character would do since I had no idea what his character's motivations were. Beyond the first third of the book that is all set-up (including so much of the baking mentioned previously), the rest of it flew by. I wanted to know what happened. I knew at some point Quincy would remember what happened to her or find out what really happened on the night of her attack. I liked some of the red herrings about Sam and Quincy. Could I really trust them? What secrets were they hiding? It was enough to keep me reading. It also helped that the chapters were short. Overall, I didn't become invested in any character in the book. At times, different characters were in danger, but I never felt like I would be sad if anything bad happened to any of them. This would make a perfect beach read thriller. It's mostly plot with no character development and it makes for a quick read.