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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Review: My Sister's Bones

Title My Sister's Bones
By Nuala Ellwood
Genre Adult suspense
Format ebook
Rating ⭐️⭐️

Synopsis
Kate never wanted to return to her hometown. The place holds nothing but bad memories but when her mother dies she has to return to her old home, her alcoholic sister and the memories. On the first night of her stay in her old home she hears a horrible scream and sees a little boy in the neighbors yard but the neighbor claims to have no children. Is Kate losing her mind or is something much more sinister going on?

First Sentence
"Would you like me to repeat the question?"

These books are really gaining in popularity: Suspenseful mysteries with an unreliable narrator. I couldn't resist this one and it was available on Overdrive so I dove right in.

I was going through a bit of a non reading mood and I couldn't tell if it was that or if the beginning was really that slow because I had a hard time getting into it. There were tons of typos too and I was under the impression this was published by a traditional publisher but it felt more self published and messy.

Still, I started to get into it about half way through and while I saw one big twist coming, I didn't see the other. I like when these books catch me by surprise.

While I didn't find this one as great as I wanted to, I found it entertaining enough but I doubt I'll be checking anything else out by this author.

10 comments:

  1. All those typos would drive me crazy. :)

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  2. Bummer! I get easily distracted when there are a lot of grammatical errors in a book, especially finished copies. One or two is expected, perfection is hard and people make mistakes, but when they happen over and over again...ugh. Sorry this one didn't work out for you! Yay for not knowing about one twist, right?

    Lindsi @ Do You Dog-ear?

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    1. Yeah, I probably wouldn’t even notice one or two but it was bad.

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  3. Yep, I'll get distracted by those typos, too. Not sure if I want to read this one although the premise sounds intriguing.

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  4. Hm, I don't remember there being typos in my copy. I agree this one wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but it definitely kept me guessing. Overall, I liked it.

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    1. I had the ebook format. Maybe that had something to do with it. It got better at the end I just wasn’t impressed overall.

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  5. Well that sounds like it was disappointing. I guess I read so many eARCs, I can read right through typos, but if the I am not enjoying the story or find a thriller not thrilling, that's a real problem. Hope your next read is better.

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    1. Yeah, they typos were annoying but overall the story didn’t work for me.

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