Review: Four Hours I'll Never Get Back
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
**SPOILER ALERT** I had a lot of problems with this book. Here's why:1. Major communication fail on Sarah's part. Epic. Adam tries. Oh God, how he tries. She just whines (for many, many pages) about how she can't give reasons for anything but bottom line, "it's better this way." Oh, OK. Sooo, better than talking to the man you've had a relationship with for 18 months is: turning down his marriage proposal, refusing to discuss said refusal, telling said ex-BF you still love him (while drunk) but you can't be together any more and no, he's not entitled to an explanation. This thread runs throughout the book so I hope you like it. And the coup de grace, telling him she's pregnant but she's terminating the pregnancy. Naturally, also not open to discussion. It's all part of the Big Secret that Rules Her Life.2. Sarah's angst? Not appealing. I get that she has a Big Secret. But to base an entire book on it?3. The diaries. If you're hoping the Big Secret will be revealed through them, it's not. All you're gonna get is the background on a teenage romance. At least the flavor of it rings true.4. The Big Secret was a bit of a letdown. Strictly my opinion, but I expected more. I don't know, her stepdad raping her for years and ultimately getting her pregnant? Something to account for all the ANGER in those diaries. Not to mention her refusal to see her family and being unable to get past it. Because, face it, people have lived through worse than that and moved on with their lives, certainly after FIFTEEN YEARS. Sarah is someone who's every major decision is ruled by this one event.5. Sarah goes crazy when Adam confesses that he's read her diaries. Yes, they're private, that's the nature of diaries. But she's given him NOTHING. I would have read them, too.What did I like? Adam was a well-written character. The friends were believable. I liked Claire but she was barely in it. A future story with Jenny and Nate? And the editing was mostly good.