Dying For Christmas by Tammy CohenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Time taken to read - 3 days
Publisher - Black Swan
Pages - 393
Blurb from Goodreads
I am missing. Held captive by a blue-eyed stranger. To mark the twelve days of Christmas, he gives me a gift every day, each more horrible than the last. The twelfth day is getting closer. After that, there'll be no more Christmas cheer for me. No mince pies, no carols. No way out .
But I have a secret. No-one has guessed it. Will you?
My Review
Well this is a weird and creepy little tale. Jessica Gold is our main character, along with her captor and Kim the investigating officer of Jessica's disappearance. The story splits into two, the before, the immediate events prior to the kidnapping and that which follows after. When we are at the before with Jessica in captivity, it is claustrophobic in parts and the tension and fear is palpable. The after, I felt a little frustrating as I wanted things moving faster to get to what had transpired.
Jessica is hard to understand, you wonder why anyone would do as she does, however as the story evolves you get a better understanding of her character which helps try and see where she is coming from. Kim, the officer is a bit harder to understand, the whole situation with her family life and the drive for her job, when you see the cost in regards to her family I just didn't get at all.
The book captures you fairly early on and as much as parts frustrated me, I found it hard to put down. I have read Cohen before and will read her again, if you haven't read her yet this maybe isn't the one to start with, some love it, some hate it, I am in between as I did like however there were a few things that irked me so 3/5 for me this time.
The plot sounds intriguing. However, sometimes these stories of deranged people who kidnap and abuse others are a little too disturbing.
ReplyDeleteI do not know all the plot details, but I have seen folks wrecking their family life due to obsession with work.
Weird and creepy, I do like that sometimes
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple of hers and enjoyed them, and I've got one on the tbr, I couldn't decide if I fancied this one or not. Thanks for the honest review Lainy, seems like a bit of a mixed bag thins one.
ReplyDeleteI do like alternatives to Christmas mushiness so maybe I'll check this one out in December.
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