Review: Characters larger than life.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
Mel is sometimes Melanie, her younger self takes over and it happens in the moment, suddenly like an alter taking over in someone with multiple personalities. There is also another girl who was 'born on the combine' during a time when she was being abused by her step father, Peter. The inciting incident seems to be Peter attacking her again when she is older. Although at the time, many things are happening around Melanie to do with her "bestie with benefits" Winnie and other characters who are influencing Melanie, so the changes that bring about her psychotic break where she meets the Man-Rabbit are many. The story is woven quite well around numerous characters and it does justice to the literary as well as the thriller genre. I was turning the pages for the good part of an evening and finished it the next night.Marilyn Dahl as an author has brought some genres together here and quite successfully. I have to tell you, the plot is complex, multi-layered, and yet easy to follow. I normally find that only a character or two play major roles but everyone who comes into Melanie and Winnie's lives are larger than life and they all feel like major characters. I loved the dialogue especially-very real. Check this one out.