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Liked It “Amelia was lucky enough to be adopted at the age of four. Her whole life she had phantom pains and blackouts. Then her life becomes a nightmare when everyone she loves starts to die. Amelia's therapist, Karen, and her Uncle George are doing everything they can to find out what's going on. Is...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Amelia was lucky enough to be adopted at the age of four. Her whole life she had phantom pains and blackouts. Then her life becomes a nightmare when everyone she loves starts to die. Amelia's therapist, Karen, and her Uncle George are doing everything they can to find out what's going on. Is Amelia in danger or is she involved? ”
rowanthea wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“While the author did a decent job of keeping his story suspenseful (especially at the end), he revealed way too much too early on for the "surprise plot-twist" to be much of a surprise at all. That mis-step combined with a plot that was prone to gaping holes and obvious contrivances made this book just an ok read for me. Right now I'm on the fence about whether to give another of his books a try.”
Readingrat wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Terrific! Now a fan of O’Brien!
GinRobi wrote this review Wednesday, December 31 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Amelia Faraday, adopted daughter of Jenna and Mark Faraday, has suffered all her life with phantom pains, blackouts, and now, weird dreams that seem incredibly real. She’d seen her brother, Collin, murdered, and feared she murdered him. She saw her parents and her aunt, Ina, murdered while they were up at the Faraday’s cabin, exactly as it happened, and is terrified she’s the murderer. But her therapist, Karen Carlisle, can’t believe her sweet, beautiful, smart client did those things. There has to be a reason, and Karen is determined to find out what and why.
Along with Amelia’s uncle, George McMillan, they start digging into Amelia’s past; the Faradays had adopted her when she was four. What happened to her might explain what’s happening today, but neither can believe what they discover.
While I was hooked right from the start, the one line on page 16: “When the screaming stops, that’s usually when he’s almost done.” gave me the shivers and I had a hard time putting the book down after that.
While the plot seems predictable, it’s how the author brought the story to its conclusion that’s worth the read. His characters, especially Amelia and her sister Annabelle, may be mirror images in looks, but their personalities are so unbelievably different. Amelia is sweet, cares about her family and friends, and is tortured when thinking she murdered her family. Annabelle is cold to the core, and that’s do mainly because of her father and what he was, what he did, and what Annabelle went through.
And just when you think Annabelle’s plan to kill everyone Amelia loves and cares for so that she has no one but Annabelle to turn to, Karen and George did as much digging as they could, and figured out what’s going on, while it almost a hair too late.
Tense, suspenseful, this is one story you can’t put down or breeze through. It will take all of your attention, and that’s how I like ‘em.”
“ Eleven years ago twelve women vanished without a trace and their whereabouts are still a mystery. Amelia Faraday suffers from blackouts, so when she has a vision of something terrible happening to her adopted parents and her aunt she can’t help but feel that she may somehow be responsible for their deaths and the deaths of others. It seems like the deaths of her parents and her aunt was a murder–suicide case but that all changes when Amelia sees herself killing everyone in exactly the same way they were found. Amelia’s therapist, Karen Carlisle does not believe that Amelia could be capable of murder. As time passes, Amelia’s behavior starts getting more and more bizarre, Karen and Amelia’s uncle decide to investigate Amelia’s past and what they find is more than they bargained for. Could Amelia be a cold-blooded killer or a pawn in a deadly game? I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Even though I figured out the true identity of the killer about 3/4 of the way I was not disappointed by how it ended. This book is highly recommended ”
Cheryl wrote this review Saturday, February 16 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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