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Just finished The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer.
If her name sounds familiar, she also wrote the Twilight series, which I read two in the series, and liked them a whole lot more than this book!
For the first three chapters I had no idea what was going on…the only thing I got was someone was coming after the main character (who is constantly changing her name) and she slept in the bathroom with a gas mask due to setting chemical traps all over her house. Finally she meets with an old employee who says he needs her help..or does he really, because she doesn’t trust anyone. I finally figured out that the main character (Alex) is a chemist that tortured people for the government. She knows a big secret (which I never figure out what) and now the government wants her killed. I read the first 200 pages in the first day…it was AMAZING!! And then the last 300 pages were horrible!!
After a great start, the love story starts and draaaaagggggssss on. Then we would have 10 pages of action and drrrraaaggggg again. Soooooo many details that it ruined the story. Then another 10 pages of semi-action and by the time we get to the big ending, we realize that this is a typical love story ending and I really wasn’t vested in any of the characters.
I would give the 528 page book 2 stars. I would give it one, but two because the first third of the book was great.
Read the Twilight series before this one.