[Warning: Spoilers] There’s a surprise that comes midway through the book. How did you react to it?
If the surprise is why they were all there I was very shocked and for a bit I was thinking I no longer even liked the book. But I did read to the end.
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The surprise midway through the book absolutely ruined the book for me. I thought it was a writer’s “Hail Mary”” pass…. some made up stuff to create enough text to finish the book. I read the whole book because I agreed to for this book club.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who didn’t like this. I thought immediately of the movies, The Others and The Sixth Sense. I loved those movies; however, I didn’t think it fit well in this book.
I’m so interested by other’s responses! I suspected something was up, but I thought Joe was dead. I actually liked the twist as it explained a number of things that had been bothering me. I was actually surprised by how much it made sense to me
I guess I’ve touched upon my response to the surprise. I’m still deciding!! Lol
I felt like it made sense but I wasn’t happy with it. I had been thinking something was up, like what is bringing these four people together besides losing a family member?? My thought was that they were all in coma or hanging onto life by a thread. That’s how I wish the story went. I was so sad they were all already dead, I wanted them to live! Especially Callum and Mischa!
My reaction to the revelation in the middle of the book changed my entire thoughts about the book. Up to that point I thought the book was moving slowly without any real purpose. But once the reason they were together was revealed everything took on new meaning for me and I thoroughly enjoyed the last half of the book.
I was surprised when the twist came but I was not shocked. I had suspicions that something was up. There was too much coincidence for there not to be some sort of twist. I liked the direction the story took at this point.
I suspecting something similar was going to happen, but I was still shocked! It definitely kept me invested in finishing the book.
I suspected early on , but the writer did a great job changing my mind.
Then wham…more of the story line started to make more sense. I think it actually made the story more “believable”!
I really like a book that has a twist or a shocking reveal as part of the story and this one definitely delivered! In the back of my mind, I kept wondering what it was that brought them all together, but I didn’t see that one coming!