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for What Doesn't Kill Her
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Peggy K. (San Diego, CA)
Killer Designs
Whether you have read Carla Norton's first Reeve Leclaire mystery or not, this book will keep you turning the pages and going back to read the first book.
This is a real thriller with an incredibly brave young woman still struggling to recover from her own touch of evil and an escaped psychotic she knows so well. Readers are drawn in by this frightening tale but it will also provide great insight into the mind of a true psychotic.
Readers from 17 and up who love mysteries and thrillers will find this a truly frightening and haunting tale. The terror that Reeve feels as she tries to save someone else from the man who tortured her will stay with you long after you finish the book. Book clubs can easily put together a number of questions about the characters especially regarding being kept in captivity for years.
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Arden A. (Longboat Key, FL)
A Good Beach Read
This is the second book by Carla Norman featuring Reeve LeClaire, who had been held captive by an unsavory character for four years. He was subsequently convicted and imprisoned, but when he escapes from the psychiatric facility in which he was held, she finds herself involved in hunting him down. Luckily, the author spares us the gory details of her captivity, but the scars are evident, both physically and mentally. The narrative toggles between the victim and the antagonist, and moves along quickly. It would be a good beach read.
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Melinda W. (Los Angeles, CA)
Fast Paced Action
This book was a very quick, easy, suspenseful, and fun read. The only regret I have is that I had not read the "prequel" or previous book about the same protagonist, by the same author ("The Edge of Normal"), so I knew there were things I was missing out on, such as an investigation in California that it is alluded to that the protagonist inserted was involved in; I also felt that this book, did not go into that much detail about the protagonist's years of captivity with her captor, and I thought that was maybe because it was discussed more in depth in the first book. So now, I have another book that I will go out and buy to get the full picture "The Edge of Normal." However, even without the full, or skimpy background provided, I did enjoy this book very much. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and also guessing what is in store in the future for our brave, bright, and heroic protagonist. A great, fast-paced, action-packed read!
Also, I thought the book was very relevant in many ways to several instances that have become known in our society in recent years (kidnappings and rescues of victims missing for years in the real world and their re-acclamation to society).
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Freya H. (Phoenix, AZ)
What Doesn't Kill Her
This was a good, fast read. The story line may not be entirely new, but it was presented in a manner which kept you turning the pages. May have to read this
author's previous novel, "The Edge of Normal", when I'm in the mood for another airplane-type book.
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Carol T. (Ankeny, IA)
Good read
A little slow at the beginning, and I had trouble believing a girl who was kidnapped and tortured for 4 years miraculously recovered enough to search for her own torturer, and the torturer was very 1-dimensional thru the entire book. However, as the book went on the protagonists became more 3-dimensional and more interesting. An easy read for a rainy afternoon.
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Madeline (Florida)
What Doesn't Kill Her
Since I enjoyed Norton's first Reeve LeClaire novel, The Edge of Normal, I was looking forward to this one. I didn't feel as connected to the characters or the story as I did previously but this is still a solid suspense novel that will keep you reading.
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Elisabeth W. (Durham, NC)
Would Classify as a "Beach Read"
The very short chapters make What Doesn't Kill Her a breeze to read. The story was fine; kept me reading though nothing outstanding. My issue was that there was no protagonist who had a fully developed character. It was hard to root or feel much for the victim, Reeve, because I felt I barely knew her. The victim's acumen for crime solving required significant willing suspension of disbelief. That said, this book is fine for an entertaining, easy, quick read.
