17 February
πΈ π °ππ ² ππ ΄π π Έπ ΄π πΈ Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2
TITLE: GOOD HALF GONE
AUTHOR: TARRYN FISHER
GENRE: SUSPENSEFUL
PUBLICATION: MARCH 19TH, 2021
Synopsis
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wives
Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped—so why does no one believe her?
Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister’s fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold.
Now an adult, Iris wants one thing—proof. And if the police still won’t help, she’ll just have to find it her own way; by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal, and that the patients aren’t the only ones being observed…
Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped—so why does no one believe her?
Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister’s fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold.
Now an adult, Iris wants one thing—proof. And if the police still won’t help, she’ll just have to find it her own way; by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal, and that the patients aren’t the only ones being observed…
My Review
RATING 3.5 STARS
When I was offered an early copy of this I jumped at the chance. I had high expectations for this one because I've really enjoyed previous books in the past by this author, but sadly this one kind of missed the mark for me.
Fast paced/ish in the beginning, slow middle, picks up at about the last 20% or so when the suspenseful nail biting sit on the edge of your seat starts picking up in the story, but was over before it had begun.
The good half gone flits from past to present frequently sometimes too abruptly that I had to go back and see what time frame I was in..
At fifteen years old Iris and Piper (twins) went to the movies with a group of guys, the opening pages are of a 911 call placed by Piper who witnessed three men put her sister in a car in front of the theater and drive off assumed to be trafficked.
The police didn't believe her, they see it all the time, troubled teen mixed up with the wrong gang of guys, unstable upbringing, they brushed off her witness testimony and tried twisting it as a runaway story.
A decade later and still Iris never gave up, regularly she'd ring the police in charge of the case demanding updates, with very few leads but a few theories at the age of twenty four and raising an eight year old boy she's going to take matters into her own hands and bring justice for her twin.
With her sisters disappearance as her driving force she finished highschool, went onto college, got her bachelor's and was accepted into a masters programme where she'll intern at Shoal Island Hospital where the criminally insane are castrated, all her plans are falling into place. She believes the man responsible for her twins disappearance is a patient there who holds all the answers to her questions.
But things aren't all they appear to be on the Island and neither are the people.
As we reached the ending, I wanted to be shocked, I wanted to have the rug pulled out from under me, but I didn't, I'd kind of worked out the plot early on and knew where the author was going to lead us. So it wasn't a surprise what had happened.
Fast paced/ish in the beginning, slow middle, picks up at about the last 20% or so when the suspenseful nail biting sit on the edge of your seat starts picking up in the story, but was over before it had begun.
The good half gone flits from past to present frequently sometimes too abruptly that I had to go back and see what time frame I was in..
At fifteen years old Iris and Piper (twins) went to the movies with a group of guys, the opening pages are of a 911 call placed by Piper who witnessed three men put her sister in a car in front of the theater and drive off assumed to be trafficked.
The police didn't believe her, they see it all the time, troubled teen mixed up with the wrong gang of guys, unstable upbringing, they brushed off her witness testimony and tried twisting it as a runaway story.
A decade later and still Iris never gave up, regularly she'd ring the police in charge of the case demanding updates, with very few leads but a few theories at the age of twenty four and raising an eight year old boy she's going to take matters into her own hands and bring justice for her twin.
With her sisters disappearance as her driving force she finished highschool, went onto college, got her bachelor's and was accepted into a masters programme where she'll intern at Shoal Island Hospital where the criminally insane are castrated, all her plans are falling into place. She believes the man responsible for her twins disappearance is a patient there who holds all the answers to her questions.
But things aren't all they appear to be on the Island and neither are the people.
As we reached the ending, I wanted to be shocked, I wanted to have the rug pulled out from under me, but I didn't, I'd kind of worked out the plot early on and knew where the author was going to lead us. So it wasn't a surprise what had happened.
Awww sorry this wasn't better for you. Great honest review though xoxo
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