Review: sorry, i just didnt get it!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
so don't shoot the messenger here, but just couldn't wrap my head around this! I loved the craziness of this book...the on the edge psychotic characters that take disturbing to a new level, but something was just a bit off for me in the end.Kate is basically a nobody, living an uneventful and invisible life until some wacked out man shows up at her door with flowers. Enter complete psychopath and begin Kate's journey of complete and utter hell. This girl is kidnapped, drugged, tortured, beaten, raped, forcibly involved in murder and just mentally abused at the hand of this lunatic who has basically been a black cloud in her shitty life since the age of 16. Everyting about Jack is beyond messed up and at no point is there ever a sliver of humanity in this man. As for Kate, this girl has nothing but bad luck and the poorest of outcomes yet she never stops fighting, never gives up and never gives in. This is my favorite part of this book. Kate was a pillar of strength and intelligence to the very end, bravo for a kick ass female.Ok, so here is my gripe...I was so entrenched in the madness, the fight to survive, the need for justice that I was not looking for any type of romance in this book. I was a bit taken aback by Kate's connection to Nathan, (Jack's step brother). I struggled with Nathan most of the book...he was bitter, dull and just off to me. I honestly didn't feel like he was Kate's hero, nope, this girl saved herself. Nathan just gave her a ride and treated her gently. So, that being said, how is he scribbling " I heart U" on her hand after like a few days on the road???? How is Kate even wanting to be in the company of any man...let alone have any type of intimate feelings.Gripe #2...well being that Jack is the sickest of individuals, come on...beat his ass, torture him...this ass gets the upper hand at every turn. Isn't Nathan an tough, bad boy ex cop? Kinda a wimp if you ask me! Also, who slept with who...whose baby was it...I got a bit confused for a hot minute. Jack lied so much that I got caught up. What a complete cluster at the end there!Ok, I am done with my gripes! who knows maybe Im just being picky. Overall, I loved the story and the craziness of it. I was so absorbed up until the last 1/4 of the book. Somehow it just fizzled out for me. I wanted to stay in the moment with the characters, but they seemed to just wrap up too neatly. I think the budding romance bothered me and I couldn't get past that!