Comments on: Right Up Until the End: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Wed, 04 Jan 2017 03:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lauren https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/#comment-223357 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 17:26:55 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4353#comment-223357 In reply to Catherine.

Once I got going it all started coming back to me. 🙂 And it was maddening because it was a premise with some novelty to it, as you noted. Then to just blow it up was irksome. And they just made the protag seem like an idiot with no real emotion or conscience and though they tried to tie things in with that weird flashback, it just didn’t work. All that being said, however, I was fairly well entertained until that reveal.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/#comment-223187 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 04:39:37 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4353#comment-223187 In reply to Rory.

That’s what bothered me the most about The Night Sister- I loved the motel aspect. It was the very ending that bothered me. And you’re right- great names. Piper, especially.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/#comment-223186 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 04:38:11 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4353#comment-223186 In reply to Lauren.

I LOVE your rant! I was OK with most of Hand but you make good points. I lost it when the killer was revealed- it was so random and fast, it felt as if they threw a dart and said, “Oh, OK, let’s go with this.” And then I was angry.

]]> By: Rory https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/#comment-222973 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:33:40 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4353#comment-222973 I had a similar reaction to The Night Sister as you did, but overall I liked it better. I think The Winter People worked a lot better and I enjoyed it much more. I thought The Night Sister (hate the cover, for what it’s worth) worked the decrepit motel angle well and I did find it suspenseful, but overall…it was just okay. One weird high point that I should note, I really enjoyed the character names in this one – Piper, Margot, Louisa, Levi – all names I enjoy.

]]> By: Lauren https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/#comment-222958 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 15:43:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4353#comment-222958 Ugh. I’m so with you on Hand. That book had me enthralled out of the gate, but the further I read, the more it lost me. The reveal felt like a rabbit out of a hat, but I think we both had issues long before then. I should go reread my review to remind myself but I can’t even. I do remember thinking “How is this woman studying profiling and can’t even see the connection between the people being killed?” Drove me batshit. And settle in, because it’s all coming back to me. So. Her supposedly beloved fiance was just killed but she’s out looking for sex AND all angsty over the lawyer and whether or not he’s into her? Really? Frankly, I think between the way she dealt with that and the state of her dogs emotionally, she was the sociopath. Obviously I’m going a bit overboard there, but I felt the authors tried to infuse her with all of this caring and emotion that was not evidenced by her actions, either with regard to Bennett or, more problematically, her dogs, who were still alive. Again, ugh. So disappointing. Ok, I’mma stop ranting now. Luckily for you I haven’t read the other book. 🙂

]]> By: Sarah's Book Shelves https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/09/right-up-until-the-end-mini-reviews/#comment-222587 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:46:54 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4353#comment-222587 Ha! It’s back to that old journey or the ending question!! At least you enjoyed some of the journey with these.

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