The Courier by Holly Down
Seriously!!! I have never been so annoyed by an ending! Wish I had never wasted my time in reading it now. Do not get me wrong, it is a great story and plot throughout, but I like my endings a certain way and this just left it hanging!
We are introduced to Laurel who is a courier, she leads a very solitary life and has some serious issues as well as being an alcoholic. She becomes fixated on this exclusive area of houses that she delivers to, Paradise Found, bit of a ridiculous name. So, she starts to date a man that lives there and becomes convinced that her missing daughter Sophie is living in the area and that she has now finally found her.
The thing is, she has told so many different stories regarding Sophie and her husband Dominic that it is impossible to know what us true and what is not. I really enjoyed this book and devoured it in a few hours. You cannot help but be drawn to Laurel and I just wanted her to have some happiness, to get herself sober and come to terms with whatever happened to Sophie, then she could grieve properly.
So, we finally find out the truth and it is shocking and makes you feel sympathy for Laurel, but then it just becomes bizarre and what happens next is just ridiculous. The ending is crap and for that reason alone I would say that if you like your endings wrapped up or with a bit of mystery to them, then this is not the book for you. Why waste your time getting to know a character and feeling sympathy for her and bringing certain people in at the end, just to leave it there and do that to her!
It will have you gripped till the last page yes, but then you will be left thinking WTH and wish you had not bothered reading it.
Submitted by Stephanie
