Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I fought my way through 75% of the book to find the story. The entire time I'm wavering on giving up and really hoping that to continue on means I am rewarded with some kind of dramatic psychological suspense thriller suspense. Finally, 80% of the way through this thing I got some juicy meat. However it does not make up for the fact that I had gotten into the boat with Greta (main character here) and after we pushed off to shore and float around for HOURS I find we have gone nowhere. Greta is terribly abused and damaged in life but nothing the author writes makes me feel empathetic in any way. In fact I wanted to reach through the book and give her a right hard kick in the backside. The whole darn premise is based on the fact that this dim wit can't figure out that in an emergency you call 911. Nope, there would be no book here if that happened. And the anxiety I feel as I watch her bumble around was as nauseating as she seems to be the ENTIRE time. The book goes over and over how she FEELS. Vomiting, nausea, confusion, fright, tired and more and more confusion. Chapter and verse of how tense her body feels and how wobbly her legs are. Chapters of it, right through to the bitter end. No less than a dozen times does the author use the phrase "out of the corner of my eye I see something". And she probably had a good 2 dozen shadows or shadowy figures. Her editor did her a great disservice by letting her repeat herself over and over. Foreshadowing is done not with a paint brush but with an axe (all pun intended if you go through with it and read the book). Our damsel in distress Greta meets someone for the first time, she is terrified and she proclaims" It occurs to me that these eyes have seen some terrible things". You're traumatized and terrified and yet somehow you manage to find a way to do some soul searching with a 5 second look at someone face. If the last part of the book had not at least gotten to passable suspense I would have smashed my Kindle into the wall for choosing this one. Why did I read this book? It escapes me. Sort of off topic but slightly relevant: I want to mention that I read one other review that raved 4 Stars and Exclaimed THRILLING. Don't believe it. #1 of said review claims Greta and other main character are married. Not only is this not true but it is PIVOTAL and crucial part of the plot. #2 claim is that Greta goes home and contacts police. Again totally not true, never happened and would have changed the entire story. and finally they sum up with a quote to add some authenticity, mind you the last sentence from the book. I'm calling bull.