Mud Vein begins with an abduction. The main protagonist wakes
up to find herself stuck with her ex in a house right in the middle of nowhere and snow.
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Senna Richards, a bestselling author, and Isaac Asterholder,
a surgeon, are left in a house stocked with everything required for survival –
food, clothing, first aid, power, water, heater etc. They even find knives in
the kitchen, which they plan to use as a possible weapon in case the abductor
returns.
But why leave weapons and survival kits if the captor plans
to return?
How long can they survive with their stock of food?
What’s the
motive of this abduction?
What does the kidnapper want?
Is this some sort of
twisted game?
Saying anything more will be wandering into the spoiler zone, s I'll leave it here. Go read to find out yourself.
Rating: 2 stars
What I liked
- Writing: I fell in love with Tarryn Fisher’s writing. She’s an absolute delight. She’s gifted in stringing together beautiful words to form exotic sentences. I’m definitely up for her other books
What I did not like:
***Possible Spoilers Ahead***
- Senna: Somebody had to say this! Senna is messed up, big time! Yes, she’s gone through some tragic stuff, her mother abandoned her, she broke up with her boyfriend, she was sexually assaulted. But it still doesn’t justify the way she behaves with Isaac. She could have turned her life around, but she was adamant in destroying it. I simply couldn’t identify with Senna and had a hard time understanding her mind.
- Plot: I could not, for the life of me, understand what this story was about. Some weird kind of psychoanalysis? What was it about the carousel room? Why did Senna feel that there will be something below the table and ends up finding more stocks of food and medicine? What was the game? What did Senna need to remember so she can get to leave the house? All these questions are still unanswered even after finishing the book.
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