Review: Rushed and Unrealistic - Possible Spoilers
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
I don't even know where to start with this book. Somehow I managed to finish the book, even though I skimmed.Bree is in an abusive relationship. The book starts with her having a plate broken over her head, and the police find her boyfriend on top of her choking her. She was unconscious and in the hospital. So, there is problem 1. He would have been charged with attempted murder. I don't think they would have needed to wait to see if she wanted to press domestic abuse charges. They would have only been waiting to see if she woke up so they'd know what to charge him with.My other problem was with Sophie. How can a friend go from helping you get out of an abusive relationship to blaming you for the abuse? She seemed to have had a huge change for like no reason.My biggest problem of the entire book was the relationship with Josh.There was NO build-up at all between the two of them. This was unrealistic to me, because Bree was fresh out of an abusive relationship, and yet she was willing to trust this guy she met for maybe an hour? There was one mention of counseling, but you would think she'd need so much more. There needed to be build-up for this relationship, how Josh got her to trust him. Sorry, but helping someone move in isn't going to get me to do the things Bree did. And the ending stuff with Josh? Sorry, I would have walked given what I'd been through.The story was just way too rushed. Bree got over the abuse way too quickly. I'm all for moving forward, but this happened in a matter of months? And the relationship with Josh took place in hours? Bree comes off as being emotionless. She's an empty shell of a person, because if something that traumatic happened to me, I know I wouldn't be so willing to trust and forgive. None. This was beyond a fairy tale.The only good thing about the book, in my opinion, is the "You can get help for domestic abuse" blurb at the back of the book.