Skye Thorn has given tarot card readings for years, and now her psychic visions are helping the police find the town’s missing golden girl. It’s no challenge—her readings have always been faked, but this time she has some insider knowledge.
The kidnapping was supposed to be easy—no one would get hurt and she’d get the money she needs to start a new life.
But a seemingly harmless prank has turned dark, and Skye realizes the people she’s involved with are willing to kill to get what they want and she must discover their true identity before it’s too late.
My Review:
The Hanging Girl has a beautiful cover, a promising title, an interesting premise, yet it turned out to be a disappointing read.
It is a quick, light read that will get you out of your reading slump. It is full of plot twists that you won’t see coming. It is a story that has great potential, but was executed terribly.
It is going to be a bit difficult for me to say why without spoiling anything, but I am going to try.
The chapters are told from the perspective of Skye, the tarot reader and also our MC; as well as, the person who gets kidnapped. The person who was kidnapped kept a diary that contraindicated all of the events that will be revealed through out the book. One might argue that the diary was written to confuse the investigators, which could be possible. However, the amount of fear that was radiating from the pages that were told from the perspective of the kidnapped person kind of contraindicates the future events.
A lot of of events were thrown in, without much storytelling to explain when and I why these event occurred. This doesn’t happen once; it can be seen many times through out the book.
Some of those events were plot twists that I never so coming, yet I wasn’t exactly seeking those revelations. There was no build up of suspense that lead to those revelations, making me feel Meh about them.
One more thing I am going to discuss is the ending. After Skye discovers who the person “the one who is willing to kill”and confronts them, they act as if the don’t care about the accusations , that the person who is kidnapped deserve their fate. However, they weren’t the true criminals.
The real criminal came clean to Skye at the end of the book, and Skye didn’t even try to tell the police. She didn’t even feel conflicted about the presented situation. She went on with her life like nothing happened, as if the Skye we see throughout the book is different from the Skye from the ending.
This was branded as a Mystery thriller. The mystery part was a buzz killer, and the thriller part was so bland.
The Hanging girl was such a disappointing read… It is really sad because the premise had a great potential.
I received an eARC in exchange with an honest review.
About the Author:
Eileen Cook spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer.
You can read more about Eileen, her books, and the things that strike her as funny at www.eileencook.com. Eileen lives in Vancouver with her husband and two dogs and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.
