Author: Joy Fielding
Genre: Suspense, Standalone
Published: 2009
Personal Rating: 3.5/5
Yearly Count: 57
A life full of joys - a wonderful husband, friends, a dream job and money, it all comes to a screeching halt when Casey is hit by a car and falls into a coma. Once she begins to wake up, Casey realizes that her world is dark and she's incapable of any movement, but her hearing - it's sharp. As the days go by, Casey listens to the conversations of doctors, nurses, friends and family that were unaware. Eventually, Casey questions if the hit-and-run wasn't an accident after all.
Outside of a traumatic event, being the proverbial fly on the wall is something that many of us have had the desire to be at one time or another. In this case, it wasn't close to a wanted experience. The frustration level that Casey feels is what we might expect - a trapped feeling. I felt Casey's frustration and wouldn't wish that on anybody. It definitely makes you think about how you might handle the situation.
The plot was predictable, and I didn't care for the narrator's (audiobook) interpretation of some of the characters, but I still liked being the fly on the wall to Casey's story.
*Recommended By: Dar from Peeking Between the Pages
*Recommended By: Dar from Peeking Between the Pages
I loved this book. I read it though, so I didn't have a problem with the narrator. I agree that parts were predictible, but there was a good amount of suspense.
ReplyDeleteKristie ~ It was good, but some of the characters were dramatized and I don't like that. Others love it, but it's not for me. I think reading it would have made it a better book.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I missed this review Joy. I think this is the weakest of her books that I've read but it was ok. I still enjoyed it. I can't imagine being in a coma though, hearing everything and not being able to do a thing. I'd go crazy in my own mind. lol. I'm glad it was ok for you. I would have felt bad otherwise.
ReplyDeleteDar ~ I ended up thinking it was good. Since starting my blog I have rated three of her books a 3 or 3.5, so they all are pretty much the same quality to me. My memory of better works still lingers, though. That's why I keep picking them up. :)
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