Review: Started off interesting...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
THE HIDING PLACE GIRL started off with the unique and somewhat comical voice of ten year old Renae, narrating. I wasn't bothered, at first by the incessant telling and lack if showing, until page after page turned into chapter after chapter of often boring details of each year of Renae's life.When I reached part two, I thought finally, finally something is going to happen. Wrong.  I continued reading, hoping for a payoff, I admit to skipping some pages, trying to find the interesting part.Whenever I see so a number of 5 star ratings for a book recently released, I wonder if these are friends and family of the writer.I think this writer has potential. Much of the beginning of the book truly captured the perspective of a bright, curious ten year old. If she had better bets readers to tell her when the book drags, she could potentially write a great book.