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Generic Thriller Fails to ... Thrill



Sound pretty generic? That's because there's nothing original about Hush, the newest thriller from Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief Kate White. The writing's dull, the plot's been done, and not one of White's characters would recognize a personality if it walked up and slapped them across the face. So colorless is this cast that I could hardly tell one player from another - forget actually caring about any of them. Our heroine is no exception. I really didn't give a darn whether she solved the murder, got stuffed into a freezer, or rotted in jail. She never, not once, felt human to me. Likewise, the plot didn't grab me, didn't make me care at all. The fact that I didn't abandon this book after the first chapter says something, I guess, because I did tear through it pretty fast. Still, if I hadn't agreed to review Hush for my friends at TLC Book Tours, I wouldn't have bothered sticking around for Chapter 2.
(Readalikes: Think Mary Higgins Clark, but with a lot more edge and none of the charm.)
Grade: D
If this were a movie, it would be rated: R for language, violence, and sexual content
To the FTC, with love: I received an ARC of Hush from the generous folks at Harper Collins. Thank you!
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Ooh, I'm sorry this wasn't as good as you'd hoped. I do appreciate you reading through to the end though. :)
ReplyDeleteAgree with this review wholeheartedly! This one I should have set aside, but I read to the end. Criticizing the entire way!
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