Maureen (Missy1019) reviewed on 12/28/2014 + 104 more book reviews

I really wanted to like this story as Genova's past books have been fascinating and interesting. I am hugely disappointed at how awful this story was. First off, if you read any of Genova's stories, you know that she writes about rare genetic conditions that her main characters struggle with and you actually feel you can relate to them. I am not sure if because this story the main character is a male cop with Huntington's Disease, it did not hold my interest me or allow me to feel any compassion for him; it was plain depressing. His behaviors were something he could not control and he had a 50/50 chance of passing it to his four grown children. The story felt like it is written for a movie with the choppiness from one chapter ending to the next of them finding out whether they had the disease.

**SPOILER ALERT***I felt lost as each child's fate was revealed but there were no details and you never hear about each person's feelings surrounding it. Instead, what really irritates me is the story centers around the youngest daughter who goes back and forth determining whether she should find out whether she has it, and just when I am working toward getting her to find out, you don't. I was really pissed at how the story ends, am I supposed to guess? ****

I feel robbed of my time in reading this when there are so many loose ends and unfinished feelings with this story. I would not recommend this book at all.

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