Review: Totally bizarre... a really weird book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2012
-------SPOILER AERT ---- This review contains spoilers----This is the most bizarre book I've ever read. It started off as a Chick-lit with me really relating to and liking Belinda for who she was; and appreciating how different she was from her spontaneous, carefree older sister. However, the storyline grew convoluted; in the first few chapters, I was confused about the timeline because the book jumped from one time-period to another:  the beginning chapter when Kate went missing and then the next chapter skipped back to the time when Belinda and Kate were together at the wedding.On a positive note, I have to admit, the book was certainly a page turner and kept me in suspense wondering what had happened to Kate, but the more I read, the weirder I found the book. Belinda started changing from a likable girl to someone amoral without a conscience; and I kept flipping the pages to come up with clues to where Kate had gone. By the time I found out that Belinda had a condition which made her act the way she did, I had formed distaste for her and the story line.I felt the conclusion of the book was totally misplaced and inappropriate. If Belinda had a condition that kept her mind away from reality, why was her sister Kate, enabling her? And hadn't Ben suffered enough? By the end of the book, all I could do was pity for him trying to be so understanding with both sisters. For me it's a love-hate relationship with the book, and I find it difficult to rate it, so I'll end up giving it 3 stars because I found the book to be really strange!