Monday, March 9, 2015

ARC Review | Lacy Eye by Jessica Treadway ♥

Monday, March 09, 2015

  • Lacy Eye
  • Jessica Treadway
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  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; (March 10, 2015)
  • ISBN-13: 978-1455554072
  • Genre: Psychological Thriller
  • Pre-Order: Amazon | B & N
  • Source: Shelf Awareness Giveaway Prize via Grand Central Publishing.

  • Synopsis: A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter. Hanna and Joe send their awkward daughter Dawn off to college hoping that she will finally "come into her own." When she brings her new boyfriend, Rud, to her sister's wedding, her parents try to suppress their troubling impressions of him for Dawn's sake. Not long after, Hanna and Joe suffer a savage attack at home, resulting in Joe's death and Hanna's severe injury and memory loss. Rud is convicted of the crime, and the community speculates that Dawn may also have been involved. When Rud wins an appeal and Dawn returns to live in the family home, Hanna resolves to recall that traumatic night so she can testify in the retrial, exonerate her daughter, and keep her husband's murderer in jail. But as those memories resurface, Hanna faces the question of whether she knows her own daughter-and whether she ever did.

  • Lacy Eye is a psychological thriller about a mother and wife name Hannah, she is victim of violence and attempted murder. Her husband Joe had died in the incident. The suspected person is Rud, her daughter's Dawn's boyfriend. Unfortunately, Hannah has suffered a memory loss from a severe injury on her head. She cannot recall what happened that night.. Slowly, but surely the memories resurface and it questions everything Hannah has believed in.

  •  I like reading psychological thrillers so I was quite happy I won a copy of Lacy Eye in a giveaway. At first, I didn't want to read this novel late at night and fill my mind up with horrifying thoughts. I find crimes of passion like these more disturbing than actual psychopaths and serial killers crimes.. because these people are normal people and they committed something so horrifying. Atleast with psychos, you can state they're mad and case closed. When normal people commit crimes, it makes you question everything.. Lacy Eye has a unique concept, but it fairly common in reality. I have heard of teenagers who's boyfriends have attempted to kill their parents. I've read books from the teenager's perspective, so I liked the change and from the parent's perspective. Was Dawn involved? I tried not to guess on who's involved with the attempt murder in thrillers like these anymore because my guesses usually end up being wrong so I have given up on that. Although, in this case - I made a guess, and I was right on! 
  •  Hannah is a character I can understand, who would want to believe their daughter had the possibility of aiding her boyfriend to kill you off? That just sounds wrong on so many levels.. Hannah is a strong heroine, she's compassionate and a loving mother and wife.. She was a wife. Dawn is not suspected of anything, because she has an alibi and Hannah simply cannot remember what happened at that night. Dawn is one strange girl, she's always been awkward with no friends, she has been bullied throughout her school years. I understand the background information given on her, but I wasn't a huge fan of her. She seemed like she was .. off. Of course, all the signs pointed towards her involvement, blame it on the lonely and "weird" kid - but I was hesitant to believe she had anything to do with her boyfriend's Rud violent act. It's pretty sad to kill your parents.. Although, I did figure out if she was involved or not before halfway of the book so the ending became predictable. I did enjoy that ending though! There's barely any romance in this novel, there are glimpses here and there - but nothing too serious since this is the mother's POV.
  •  I loved the concept and the thrill feeling of Lacy Eye. This did remind me a bit of Gone Girl. It did lag quite a lot though, I did like reading the novel, but it was boring at some parts. The writing is not bad, however, it was fairly slow, thrillers should be fast paced otherwise it kills the thrill feeling off.. The novel is mainly all inner thoughts, did Dawn do it or did she not? It is told in flashbacks half of the time, which was great. The ending came a bit too late.. I was thinking, COME ON ALREADY! Simply, because I had already guessed what would happen next. Overall, it is a good read but fairly average - It wasn't a bad attempt at being thriller, I would rate Lacy Eye 3 butterflies.

P.S He reminds me of Rud here.

Recommended for fans of The Silent Sister, Criminal, and Gone Girl.

  • Shukran for reading this! Leave your blog links in the comments & I'll be sure to check them out & follow :) Stay in tuned pretty creatures.. 

    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.” —George R.R. Martin 
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26 comments:

  1. Wow, I've never read a book that's from the parent's perspective and where their kid attempts to kill them with her boyfriend. That sounds screwed up already just typing that. It's a really intriguing concept and something that I'm definitely keen to read. Thanks for putting this on my radar Benish. I'm really loving the thrillers lately!

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    1. The concept was pretty unique, I think it's one of the first novels I've read that have picked that approach. Hope you like this one though, waiting for your thoughts on it soon :)

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  2. Exactly, I find that more disturbing too, since I do like reading about sociopaths more so since the psychology side of it is pretty interesting, whereas like this one, it's normal people doing that. Ha, but see, you always have to have 'off' characters in books like these, whether they're there to throw you off, or there as a hint or are a part of it, they're always there. I wouldn't mind the slower pace I think, I do like faster paced ones, but it seems the slower paced ones have the more pay off (and usually blow my mind, feels more calculated that way)
    I'll still have to check it out, though it's not high on my list right now. :)

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    1. YAY, I'm glad you're with me on that<3 & Psychology is pretty interesting, I actually study it. When normal people commit crimes like these, it's just shocking.. Hope you end up liking this novel more than me though :)

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  3. I've recently read Gone Girl and loved every minute of it so now I'm all for books that have any similarities to it. It's a bummer that you could figure it out but the story sounds great enough for me to give it a chance.
    Lovely review. :)

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    1. I actually haven't read Gone Girl yet, because I think I might not like it lol thank you Veronika ♥

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  4. It is really hard to pull off a good thriller and this one sounds like it misses the mark just a bit. I think I will pass. Thanks for the throrough review.

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    1. YES, agree with you on that! A lot of thrillers become predictable, I've only read one that hasn't lol.

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  5. Slow writing often works for me, sounds interesting.

    /Avy

    http://mymotherfuckedmickjagger.blogspot.com

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    1. Then I do believe you might like this one more than me :) ♥

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  6. I love a good thriller so it is a shame that the thrilling aspect was stolen a little by the slow pace in the novel. I do like the sound of this one though, and it does sound chilling even if it was easy for you to predict xD

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    1. Yes, the overall concept and plot was interesting - I did like it for the most part.

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  7. I am not a big thriller fan, because of nightmares while watching a true crime story on tv.. shudders.. But I am glad to see that you enjoyed this one! Great review!

    Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace

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    1. Lol aww some thrillers can be good, but most are pretty predictable.

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  8. A psychological thrillers that reminds you of Gone Girl..ooh I have a weakness for these too Benish. While the slow pace took away some of the elements I am glad for the most part you enjoyed it

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  9. this is the first I heard about this book and author :) Lovely Review

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  10. Seriously? Did you expect me to finish your review when after seeing Somerhalder!!! hehehe. Sounds pretty good though.

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  11. Hmm, this does not sounds as very addictive read (which is a must when it comes to psychological thrillers). I think I will pass. Great review, Benish!

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    1. Yes, it was pretty slow -Thank you though Lucia ♥

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  12. This sounds good in theory, but I think it missed the mark a bit. I would have trouble with the parts that lagged. I'm glad you enjoyed it for the most part, and I think I'll add it to my list because you definitely have me curious about some aspects. Thank you for the insightful and wonderful review, Benish <3

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    1. Aw thank you for all the comments :) I liked the plot & concept of this novel, but if was a bit too slow for my taste.

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  13. This book sounds sooo... disturbing. But very intriguing though. I'm really curious now. Adding this to my TBR! Awesome review, Benish! xx

    Blessie @ Mischievous Reads

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    1. Thank you Blessie, hope you enjoy this one though :)

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