If you buy into the romance you will probably love this book. Noah Shaw is the guy every girl wants- he’s wealthy, has a British accent, is cocky and smart and gorgeous, and of course Mara’s the only girl for him. I wanted to know more about what was happening to Mara, but the romance with Noah Shaw started to take over the book. I had to consider Mara Dyer to be an unreliable narrator as I questioned what was real and what was not in this book. Because Mara Dyer has this high concept mystery, the reading experience is a little confusing as you’re trying to pieces together what the heck is happening. The mystery part of it was interesting to me, though I can’t say I completely bought the romantic side of the book. You don’t really get a lot of answers in the first part of the trilogy but flashbacks/dreams/visions provide some pieces of the puzzle. The plot of Mara Dyer centers on a big mystery, and the reader is left in the dark as much as the title character. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer came out in print two and a half years ago but is just now making its audiobook debut. I mean EThe narration of Noah was so off and distracting that I would actually recommend reading this one instead of listening to it. HOWEVER, she was downright CREEPY as a 17 year old British heartthrob. Sometimes her reading was rushed as though she was trying to just get all the words out, but for the most part, she was enjoyable. When the narrator was speaking for Mara, she was usually great. I did go ahead and purchase book 2, as I'm interested to see if this all comes together in the end. I suppose the preceding scene was suppose to be the ramp up to the end, but it was really anti-climatic and disappointing. When the Audible voice over said "You've reached the end of the book", I thought, "Surely it said the end of the part not the book, and I just need to download the next part!?!".
I'm all for a cliffhanger ending, but this book just ended.practically mid-sentence. Maybe it will wrap up nicely after the 3rd book, but the 1st book was all over the place. But then the plot seemed to really lose focus. Her story was interesting.living through a terrible ordeal that she cannot remember.
Mara is smart and funny, and I enjoyed getting to know her. There were things about it that I genuinely enjoyed. Just finished listening to book 1, and I'm really torn.
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