Reviews
To sum up: I enjoyed the book in the beginning, but I found the ending disappointing in its neatness. I’m not a big fan of stories that are wrapped up too completely. As the big revelations piled up towards the end, all of the characters seemed to lose any complexity they might have had. For the sake of full disclosure, I read this book through the Kindle First program. The story format jumps between the main characters, Lillian and Dave, taping an extended television interview and the actual events of a plane crash they survived together. This long reveal of the “truth” of their traumatic experience drew out the dramatic tension and kept me guessing. The author did a good job of teasing the secrets of the story without giving too much away. I appreciated how long she was able to keep that going. Unfortunately, once the twists came along, they turned out not to be all that shocking.The main character, Lilian, drew me in at first. I was interested in her internal moral struggle and coping methods in the face of her traumatic experience. By the end, sadly, I was bored with her. Most of the other characters were pretty flat throughout the story.