I used to believe that if I found a book easy to read, then it was a sign of a good book. However, recently I've been considering the fact that it's easy to read due to a less than challenging plot.
Consequently I found this book incredibly predictable. While I did appreciate the use of two narratives running concurrently, I found that it spoilt a lot of scenes which could have been otherwise suspenseful. The book had already mentioned how Lee had nearly killed Cathy because she was always unable
to escape, so throughout the scenes while she thought she was going to make it to New York, it seemed obvious to me that Lee would appear at the last minute.
Just from reading the blurb on the back of the book I knew that Lee would come looking for her, and as Cathy faced her fears throughout the book I presumed he would be unsuccessful in the end. Even at the end when Cathy received the letter it was obvious it would lead to Naomi's body; otherwise why would the location of her death have been mentioned in the first "diary entry".
I'm not even going to mention her friends, and how none of them believed her. Sure, I get that he's supposed to be charming etc, but if my friend got a new partner, withdrew from their social life, seemed scared, and had visible marks of their body, I would definitely have had a far different reaction than these characters. I know that the author wrote this book under the premise of none of Cathy's friends believing her, but I think there were too many warning signs that could not have been overlooked!
I liked the idea of this book, and found the topic of OCD important, finding it to be an insight into how tough life can be for suffers of this. However, ultimately I just found the book far too predictable to rate it any higher.