A vision of
death. A public meltdown.
When Rose,
gifted—or cursed—with the sight, sees a vision of her own bloody death, what’s a
girl to do? Have a humiliating meltdown at work, of course. Up until then, she
has always been the freak that usually had visions of overflowed toilets and
ear infections; she has never foreseen death, especially her own.
All her
life, Rose has had someone controlling her, especially with an overbearing mama
and an overprotective sister. “No excuses were acceptable, not even illness.”
Her latest vision
along with her slave-driving mama evokes an epiphany: that she was frittering her
life away. So she makes a list of things she wants to do before she dies. 28
wishes (her list actually went to 29 with the last item being left blank.)
Just before
she can embark on her journey, she comes home and finds her mama dead on the
couch—the very couch she saw herself in her vision. It was supposed to be Rose
lying dead on the couch with a bashed skull. Not only must she contend with the
guilt over her mama’s death, but she is also accused of her murder.
This is the
story of a frightened, young woman’s search for independence while battling the
menacing glares of a lynch mob community and finding a killer. Story was
well-written and full of emotion, drama, and mystery. Story was a “Frankenstein”—an
unknown entity comprised of different parts.
1. psychic
visions (paranormal)
2. 28 wishes
to accomplish (women’s fiction)
3. murder
(mystery)
What genre
would this book fall into? Each segment is so out-of-place that it’s hard to
pinpoint what this story is truly about. At first, I was enjoying all these
elements that were oddly put this together, however, it got to feeling much too
scattered and the pace was rather slow.
This story
had potential of being a really good read, but it just didn’t make it there.
My rating: 3 stars
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