Review of Lost Then Found
Posted: 23 Sep 2021, 19:16
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Lost Then Found" by Jennifer Taylor.]
Lost Then Found by Jennifer Taylor begins on the day that Rick and Erin get home from their honeymoon. They’re newlyweds and happy to begin their life together, but tragedy strikes and deeply scars Rick forever. Skip ahead 15 years and the reader is introduced to Serena. She catches her fiancé in a compromising position and leaves before they discuss it. Angry and hurt, she strikes out on her own and has a difficult time, until she literally bumps into the answer to all her problems. Handsome and rich, Rick now owns his own successful company but is still alone; he is immediately struck by Serena’s resemblance to Erin. After offering her a job, they hit it off and begin to connect. Are they the answer to each other’s problems? And just how far is Rick willing to go to have it all?
The first chapter of this book was amazing. It started off introducing believable and realistic characters, and I was instantly drawn into the events of the book. Unfortunately, it went downhill quickly after that.
As the book continues, the dialogue never gains life – it feels flat and lifeless when the characters speak, which majorly detracts from any connection the reader might feel for them. There was also a great deal of plot-induced stupidity. I understand that sometimes a little of this needs to happen to move the story along, but the amount of it present in this work was frustrating and took away from the story. I also don’t want to include any spoilers, but Rick’s character was absolutely unbelievable – he went from damaged to a raging psychopath in the turn of a page; it didn’t make sense and felt forced and overly dramatic.
On a more technical note, I don’t believe that this work has been professionally edited. There were a great many errors throughout the book that lessened its readability. The author switched between first and third person randomly in a way that was confusing. Similarly, characters’ thoughts weren’t italicized or indicated in any other way, so it became a chore to differentiate between tense changes and a character’s inner thoughts.
Overall, I give Lost Then Found by Jennifer Taylor a 2 out of 4 stars rating. I really wanted to like this book, and I thought the plot was interesting and could have been an awesome thriller, but it fell short in many ways. If the book underwent a thorough editing and reworking, I might be willing to increase my rating, but there were too many technical issues that affected the readability of this book. This work would be suitable for people interested in modern day thrillers or works of suspense that deal with relationships. There are some sex scenes as well as scenes of physical and emotional abuse, so it might not be suitable for people triggered by those situations.
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Lost Then Found
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Lost Then Found by Jennifer Taylor begins on the day that Rick and Erin get home from their honeymoon. They’re newlyweds and happy to begin their life together, but tragedy strikes and deeply scars Rick forever. Skip ahead 15 years and the reader is introduced to Serena. She catches her fiancé in a compromising position and leaves before they discuss it. Angry and hurt, she strikes out on her own and has a difficult time, until she literally bumps into the answer to all her problems. Handsome and rich, Rick now owns his own successful company but is still alone; he is immediately struck by Serena’s resemblance to Erin. After offering her a job, they hit it off and begin to connect. Are they the answer to each other’s problems? And just how far is Rick willing to go to have it all?
The first chapter of this book was amazing. It started off introducing believable and realistic characters, and I was instantly drawn into the events of the book. Unfortunately, it went downhill quickly after that.
As the book continues, the dialogue never gains life – it feels flat and lifeless when the characters speak, which majorly detracts from any connection the reader might feel for them. There was also a great deal of plot-induced stupidity. I understand that sometimes a little of this needs to happen to move the story along, but the amount of it present in this work was frustrating and took away from the story. I also don’t want to include any spoilers, but Rick’s character was absolutely unbelievable – he went from damaged to a raging psychopath in the turn of a page; it didn’t make sense and felt forced and overly dramatic.
On a more technical note, I don’t believe that this work has been professionally edited. There were a great many errors throughout the book that lessened its readability. The author switched between first and third person randomly in a way that was confusing. Similarly, characters’ thoughts weren’t italicized or indicated in any other way, so it became a chore to differentiate between tense changes and a character’s inner thoughts.
Overall, I give Lost Then Found by Jennifer Taylor a 2 out of 4 stars rating. I really wanted to like this book, and I thought the plot was interesting and could have been an awesome thriller, but it fell short in many ways. If the book underwent a thorough editing and reworking, I might be willing to increase my rating, but there were too many technical issues that affected the readability of this book. This work would be suitable for people interested in modern day thrillers or works of suspense that deal with relationships. There are some sex scenes as well as scenes of physical and emotional abuse, so it might not be suitable for people triggered by those situations.
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Lost Then Found
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
