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A review by jenbsbooks
Birds in Flight by Anni Taylor
3.0
While I was immersed in this (kindle copy included in KU, audio in AudiblePlus ... I went with the audio but did refer to the text a bit) I was enjoying it. I'm often second guessing everything in "thrillers" and anticipating twists. This kept me guessing, I wasn't sure where it was heading. It kept my interest and I think it was a 4* as I wrapped up. But then I started to think back on it, and some of the inconsistencies and how unlikely so many of the events were ... I think I had to drop the stars some. SPOILER that it was grandma all along, that she had snuck out of the hospital and killed Elsa ... really? That little Ellie managed to get away, get found by tweakers who took her far away and then left her at the one place that didn't have tv to notice the search for the missing child. How she was just "kept" by the family with no one questioning it ever. That the police sergeant had been compromised/blackmailed and was hiding things. The whole crazy commune background. That this murder mystery could be to quickly solved after 24 years with just the uncovering of a backpack to jumpstart things. And how much money did the girls have to just drop everything and go off on their Scooby-do adventures? Unlimited funds and amazing access and discoveries ... Usually I get this judgmental WHILE reading and it absolutely affects my view of the book. Here ... I was into it and liking it, until I actually stopped to think about things. So ... don't. Suspend disbelief and you'll likely enjoy it more ;)
I liked the title tie-in. There are a few different cover images, and I like them all.
Written in 1st person/present tense, POV of Lily Jorgenson. Starting in 1998 when Lily was 12 years old. In chapter 6, it jumps to the "present" ... 24 years later in the US (the first five chapters were in Australia). Much later, there are some "journal entries" from Elsa (the mother) pre-1998 (1st person, past tense). Just basic chronological chapters (64 of them) ... the few that had headers, that information isn't included in the Table of Contents (which would be helpful if looking for specific parts, rather than having to manually check each chapter (ie, chapter 40 is Elsa/Journal/1997).
As this has both American and Australian characters, both accents were used ... but there were times when there were odd (British? incorrect?) pronunciations from Lily (American) ... quietens, macrame was pronounced ma-com-ray.
No proFanity, some sex and domestic violence, and of course, a suspected murder/missing woman and child.
I liked the title tie-in. There are a few different cover images, and I like them all.
Written in 1st person/present tense, POV of Lily Jorgenson. Starting in 1998 when Lily was 12 years old. In chapter 6, it jumps to the "present" ... 24 years later in the US (the first five chapters were in Australia). Much later, there are some "journal entries" from Elsa (the mother) pre-1998 (1st person, past tense). Just basic chronological chapters (64 of them) ... the few that had headers, that information isn't included in the Table of Contents (which would be helpful if looking for specific parts, rather than having to manually check each chapter (ie, chapter 40 is Elsa/Journal/1997).
As this has both American and Australian characters, both accents were used ... but there were times when there were odd (British? incorrect?) pronunciations from Lily (American) ... quietens, macrame was pronounced ma-com-ray.
No proFanity, some sex and domestic violence, and of course, a suspected murder/missing woman and child.