BLIND FAITH

Blind Faith is supposed to be a romantic suspense thriller but whilst it might be seen as such to some, I found it thoroughly frustrating to read and had to force myself to finish it.

When Sarah Durandt husband and son are murdered, her whole life is turned upside down.  After she witnesses the execution of their killer, she is determined to find their bodies as the murderer has always refused to disclose where they are buried.  As she hunts to find their graves things turn out to be not what she initially thought and she struggles to believe what she is faced with.

Why did I find this a frustrating read?  There were too many coincides taking place and there were too many sub-plots. For example the teenagers who are in the book, one does not really know why they are there, as they do not add anything to the storyline.  Furthermore, at the start of the book it is clear that Sarah is still grieving for the loss of her family but that sense of desolation is soon forgotten, as she immediately becomes “Superwoman”.

One also does not get a deep sense of the characters.  They seem to be rather superficial with very little depth. This was a shame, as Blind Faith could have been a good thriller.  However, what was also exasperating and which kept on  disrupting the flow of the book was the fact that the author kept on telling us what was happening as opposed to showing us which would have allowed the reader to absorb the story.