Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Spoiler: Amber is not in a coma and any hospital would know that because she would be hooked up to an EEG machine. She is in a medically-induced paralytic state. So that's a lie. Her husband is not lying to her and he does love her. So that's a lie. She does lie, and that's the cheapest trick (next to using sudden magic) a writer can use. I read this all the way through in one sitting just because the book was so expensive I was determined to be able to review it knowing all there is to know about it. None of the characters are interesting; you just don't care what happens to them (if they're who the author says they are and if they're real characters in the first place). Once you realize Amber is paralytic and that she has a pushy medically-trained ex-boyfriend, you know who who put her into that state. And as soon as you hear she has cognitive problems, you know the rest of the story is up for grabs -- the author couldn't be bothered to write a tightly-woven plot so she just leaves it up to you to decide what's real. I taught line-of-action writing for twenty years, and if a student had brought this abomination to me, I would have told him/her to start over. This is just so bad I don't understand why anyone but a fellow ex-comp teacher would bother to read it. Save your money! If you want to read an emotionally-charged psychodrama with a cognitively-challenged female protagonist, read The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. At least it's entertaining.