Member Reviews
What's Sam's reality and what's Sam's fantasy? This might baffle you, as it did me, but it's interesting.
This book definitely held my interest, although I found I wasn't rushing to pick it up again like I do with many books. At times it was difficult to follow which story line was occurring at the time and the fact that she seemed to travel across dimensions was sometimes awkward. I was satisfied with the ending though, and enjoyed the growth of the characters along the way.
These types of books are my favorite. I guess its human nature is to want to know what life would be like if we made one decision different. Very unique. Thank you, NetGalley, for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review!
This is a very unique read, as it follows one woman's reality and also the life she dreams. At first I didn't think I would enjoy this, but I found it hard to put down once I got into it.
The narrative as told through first-person POV was melodramatic and a bit over the top. The text also delved into deep-POV, attempting to garner the reader's empathy and sympathy for the character. It seemed as though the protagonist was going to beat me over the head until I got 'it'. Adding to my frustration was the overuse of the stylistic element of sentence fragments. Although used to emphasize a point, when a sentence fragment is inserted at every other paragraph, the narrative begins to resemble a string of Facebook memes.
I DNF'd the book within the first couple of chapters, but in all fairness, my dislike was due to my personal style preferences.
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Tamar Ossowski for an ARC of Fractured in exchange for an honest review.
When my coworker asked me what I was reading, I said, “It’s this woman and it’s sort of like two versions of her life. It’s weird in that way I like books to be weird”. That was the best explanation I could come up with at the time. It really is that good kind of weird where you can’t predict what will happen next but it’s not so weird that you don’t believe it and can’t engage with the story. It’s rare for me to be totally caught up in a story, but I was totally sucked in by this book.
Netgalley has this in the literary fiction and women’s fiction genres but it has the feel of a psychological thriller. I don’t think I would call it a thriller but if you like psychological thrillers and women’s fiction then I think you would like this book.
I began reading this not knowing what the story line was about. At first I felt a bit lost but when things started to make sense to me I was hooked and I couldn't wait to immerse myself back into the story after a break.. I loved how this story came together in the end. Very enjoyable.
Fractured is a fantastic book with a interesting storyline. Well written and well developed characters. I would read more by this author.
What happens when you can’t tell reality from fantasy? Are you crazy, or is your “fantasy” just another version of reality? Sam wonders if she’s losing her mind when she sees herself beside a lake with a man she doesn’t believe she knows, but who still seems somehow familiar. She closes her eyes and opens them to another scene, another place, in an apartment in New York City with roommate Susan. An apartment she was supposed to be in the next day. Terrified, Sam, keeps her mouth shut and continues on as if everything is normal, but meanwhile she can’t forget the man she saw by the lake. Is she truly crazy? Is she seeing a different version of her own life, the one she was supposed to live? In the end, this is not a thriller, but an exploration into the choices we make, the repercussions they have and the desire for a chance to have a do over