My Rating: 3 hearts
Thoughts on the Novel: Michelle Painchaud’s Pretending to be Erica
captured my interest because I love stories involving cons. Sadly, while I
enjoyed reading the book, I do have to say there was nothing particularly
memorable about it. You don’t have to be a genius to predict that the main
character, Violet, will end up feeling conflicted about her situation and who
she will ultimately side with.
Pretending to be Erica was released in July 2015 by Viking Books for
Young Readers.
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From Back Cover: When she wakes up with a
concussion in the bed of a moving pickup truck, she realizes she has
been entered into a contest she can’t afford to lose. At a
remote, rotting cabin deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Ruth’s blindfold
comes off and she comes face-to-face with her captor. A man who
believes his mission is to punish bad girls like Ruth. A man who has
done this six times before. The other girls were never heard from
again, but Ruth won’t go down easy. She escapes into the wilderness,
but her hunter is close at her heels. That’s when the real battle
begins. That’s when Ruth must decides just how far she’ll go in order to
survive. Back home, they called her Ruthless. They had no idea just how right they were.
My Rating: 2.5 hearts
Thoughts on the Novel: Ruthless by Carolyn Lee Adams started off
great as the main character, Ruth, woke up concussed and bound in a truck,
unsure of what had happened to her. The tension increases once she realizes
that she has been abducted by a serial killer. However, the further I delved
into Ruthless, the more bored I became with it due to its repetitive plot. The
bad guy finds Ruth, she escapes, rinse and repeat. Neither
the bad guy nor Ruth seemed very competent in their roles, although I did like
Ruth’s determination to survive.
Ruthless was released by Simon Pulse in July 2015.
In exchange for an honest review, this book was received from the publisher (Simon & Schuster Canada).
Well shoot Z! I had high hopes for Ruthless, but the repetition sounds like it would get really tedious. I'm glad Ruth was so determined to get out alive though:)
ReplyDeleteOh bummer! I thought Pretending to Erica had a lot more depth to it. I also read some great reviews for Ruthless too. I also get very bored with the rinse and repeat plot points too. I had both of these in my tbr. Now I'm wondering if I could remove them completely. Hmmm...hope your next reads are much better, Z!
ReplyDeleteRuthless is new to me but I think Pretending to be Erica is on my TBR. I know what you mean when a read isn't memorable, that's no fun :/
ReplyDeleteNever heard of these books before but Ruthless sounds interesting but too bad it's repetitive. I'd easily become bored with it too.
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