What is your opinion?
Some signposts...
"I was kind of approaching this one from two different angles. On the one hand I'm not massively into romance and find it difficult to relate. On the other I am into my thrillers so my review is largely geared towards that aspect. In one respect this is a very good story. It is well written for the most part and there are technically very few issues. Any issues with the writing that are there are not enough to jar you out of the story. The author builds up a certain amount of intensity and tension in the lead up to the reveal and the characters are very engaging. The plot itself, whilst intriguing and well presented, does tread on very familiar ground though which meant, whilst I had moments where I wasn't entirely sure where it was going, a lot of the twists and turns were relatively apparent before the reveals. In fact, the final reveal became relatively evident shortly before the end of the struggle between the two characters which, whilst not ruining the story, did make the ending feel like an unnecessary reveal. The problem with writing thrillers is that they can be very formulaic and if your reader is in anyway into their thrillers they will be on the look out for the twists and turns - it is what they expect from a thriller. This means as a writer, you need to work hard to make those twists so subtle that the reader never sees them coming - I think perhaps that your emphasis on the mental facility background gave yourself away an awful lot. Had this been subtler you may have sold it better. A good example of a story that uses a similar idea to great effect is Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King if you are interested. That being said, this is not a bad story by any stretch of the imagination and definitely worth a read."
Unexpected
"The story kept me guessing the whole time, sly and unexpected. I wanted to know more about the main character, particularly in the realm of physical description. I thought that she was an older lady, but I couldn't quite be sure. Also, I didn't quite understand the moral of the story. Was there one? All in all, though, I thought that it was a good story with a skilled author."
