The Masked Truth
Kelley Armstrong
6.5 stars
YA/ Fiction / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Mental Illness - PTSD Schizophrenia - / Thriller
Easy Read
So you may have noticed I have been on a bit (maybe more than a bit) of a Kelley Armstrong binge, in the past two weeks I have gotten through The Darkest Powers Trilogy, the first 3 novels in the Cainsville series (expecting to be done the fourth in the next day or so) and now The Masked Truth.
I have separated this book into three sections for review, the first section is probably closer to half the novel with the second and third each being a quarter.
The first bit was captivating and I just couldn't put the book down, the topics raised are very difficult to discus -mental illness, PTSD, surviviors guilt, - pairing that struggle with the characters late teen years - when your not quite an adult but you a person in your own right, past the angsty childish phase* - the presentation is both factual and sensitive. Not over dramatized giving it a more realistic sense. So as we get to know and love these characters, the novel speeds ahead full of action, keeping you on the edge of your seat.
The second part was good but it lacked direction. There started to be a lot of repetition, it got to be a touch predictable and again just the purposeless way it flowed was just off-putting. In my opinion Armstrong gave us too much or too little in the information department, we needed to know nothing or everything, we got a strange grey zone between the two.
Third and last : I am really happy with the way that this novel ended for the characters but the way the plot ended and what it was driven by makes no sense. There are so many plot holes and huge jumps in logic. For a book that was set up to be very realistic in the beginning; having this kind of insert, asking you to suspend your disbelief extensively, punched holes not only in the finale of the novel but got me to go back and Really examine the first section again were I found flaws I had totally overlooked, because it was such good reading.
Overall its a good read, I am really glad I picked it up and I would recommend it because of the topics and the characters, regardless of a questionable storyline/plot layout. More good than bad but I do have to mention the downside unfortunately it can't be overlooked.
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