The Worst Thing I've Done not so bad, really
By Linda Amstutz on
The Worst Thing I've Done is not the worst thing I've read. It doesn't even come close. It's also not the best thing I've read. I loved the author's riveting Stones From the River,so I expected to love this story just as much. This book tells the story of Annie and Mason and Jake and Opal. A triangle, with a little girl in the center. There's a suicide and guilt and the intimate details of the lifelong friendship and a marriage, all the makings a story I am sure to love.
Since I love to hear everyone's side of the story, I enjoyed the alternating points of view from the different characters. But, somehow, even though everyone gets a chance to tell her, or his, own story, somehow I walked away feeling like I really didn't know any of the characters all that well. And I like to get to know characters intimately.
And I would've preferred a little twist in the ending.
Still, I thought it was a pretty good read. I kept turning pages - waiting to see what was the Worst Thing Annie ever did. That alone, for a fan of reality tv, made the read interesting enough to keep going.
