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A review by chuckstafer
Until I Find You by Rea Frey
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This novel was just not that spectacular to me. It had a pretty interesting premise: "legally blind mom discovers her baby isn't really her baby and begins a search to find him but one one believes her" Had all the makings for a pretty solid psychological thriller, but the execution just fell flat for me.
Too many mentions of the MCs breats and feeding her baby (I know she was a relatively new mother and that's part of raising kiddos, I have two of my own), but the times that this was mentioned didn't add any substance to the story at all. The main character was also just a touch too whiny and was constantly sobbing and unable to stand and other things like that due to her crying and it got old pretty quick. The other characters that came into and out of the story were all pretty flat as well. Her "love interest" felt a bit forced and the other mothers didn't contribute much to the story either. Crystal, the other protagonist of the story, was so vague that I didn't really care too much for her.
Combine all of that with a pretty uninteresting plot and equally uninteresting conclusion to the story, you got a pretty solid dud unfortunately.
Too many mentions of the MCs breats and feeding her baby (I know she was a relatively new mother and that's part of raising kiddos, I have two of my own), but the times that this was mentioned didn't add any substance to the story at all. The main character was also just a touch too whiny and was constantly sobbing and unable to stand and other things like that due to her crying and it got old pretty quick. The other characters that came into and out of the story were all pretty flat as well. Her "love interest" felt a bit forced and the other mothers didn't contribute much to the story either. Crystal, the other protagonist of the story, was so vague that I didn't really care too much for her.
Combine all of that with a pretty uninteresting plot and equally uninteresting conclusion to the story, you got a pretty solid dud unfortunately.