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I can’t believe I finished it
This book. It’s full of errors - grammar, word choice, spelling, quote tags, punctuation…but that pales to the sheer ridiculousness of the story itself. The author has no clear idea of how WITSEC works, because apparently everyone in the local police force is guarding her and the FBI is in charge of her case. IRL, the program is run by the US Marshals and it only works if NO ONE ELSE KNOWS. That includes the police.
There are just so many problems with the plot, the characters (Mary Sue and her 7 psychos), their reactions to things. Things that should have an explosive reaction are just “meh” and things that should be “meh” are met with explosive over-reactions. One of the “heroes” s3Xually ASSAULTS the FMC and he basically gets slapped like a puppy, even though they k!ll people for doing the same thing to other people.
There’s also too much going on. What’s the point of the “best friend?” She adds nothing to the book. You could cut her out and lose nothing. The mean girl is really OTT, and it makes zero sense.
A lot of things don’t make sense.
How does a town of 500 have such a large police force? How does it have a college? How do the 7 make their money? Where is Lukas’s dad? How are they a secret when literally everyone knows who they are? And on and on it goes.
The last four chapters really jumped the shark though. I mean, the chapter with her dad confronting them all? Unrealistic. Then when the FMC hears the argument later between her dad and Lukas and then goes out the window, when she just told someone she thought she was in danger? TSTL. I mean, come on.
I struggled to finish this book, but I won’t be reading the next.
October 2021 · Books · verified purchase