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RACHMI 'S REVIEWS > CHARLIE, PRESUMED DEAD

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Charlie, Presumed Dead
by
Anne Heltzel (Goodreads Author)

Rachmi 's review
Apr 20, 2015


it was ok
bookshelves: bully-abuse-dysfunctional-family, ebook,
mental-illness-issue-disability, psychological, read-for-review-arc-netgalley,
mystery-suspense-thriller



ARC was provided by the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest
review.

Before I write my thoughts let me ask you a question: What will you do if a
stranger invites you to come to his/her apartment or gives you drink or asks you
to having fun with him/her?



When I read the blurb it screams mystery-thriller kind of story. That’s my sole
reason why I requested this book in the first place. And after first few
chapters, I was hoping I’ll get a psychological thriller, maybe not as thrilling
as Gone Girl or Delicate Monsters but enough to mess my mind. I got none of it,
except that I’m irritated with the characters. I think they are reckless,
careless, and naïve, if not stupid. Actually I don’t want to call them stupid
because it sounds too harsh. But I don’t find any suitable word at the moment.

I didn’t have problem with the way it’s written, sort of. I think it’s nice and
provide enough description I needed, though in a way there is also unnecessary
info that felt random. It’s told from the main characters, Aubrey and Lena and a
few from Charlie’s.

At first I got to tell easily who Lena is and which one is Aubrey but along the
way it felt like they change their personalities constantly. One chapter Lena is
a tough-fearless girl and next chapter she’s the opposite and vice versa. It
happens so many times I got lost of who is who and have to always reminded
myself who’s chapter I read at the time. It’s unpleasant. I know it’s
understandable if they aren’t like themselves in their situation but I don’t
think they can change their true personalities that easily.

As much as it’s an unpleasant feeling, I can still ignore it and reasoning that
they are under different situations so it’s understandable. It didn’t mean that
I began to enjoy the book, though. What I hoped a psychological thriller, I got
mostly boring slow-pace story. I have to really force myself to keep reading it
because I don’t like to not finish a book that I’ve started, especially an ARC.

However those weren’t the main things that I didn’t quite like. It’s the
characters, Lena and Aubrey, whom I have problem with.

Before Charlie’s funeral in Paris, Lena and Aubrey don’t know each other. They
don’t know that Charlie date both of them at the same time. They are stranger to
each other. But they don’t have problem to fly across the country, even
continent to search Charlie because Lena has a feeling that he’s still alive.
Now I honestly don’t know what I should call them, are they just naïve young
adult? Or do they that easily to trust each other? Or can they be just reckless,
if not stupid? The more they travel, from Paris to London, to Mumbai, India and
then Bangkok, Thailand they seem so easy to trust more strangers. Aubrey, being
the first time traveler to different continent doesn’t have any idea that it’s
dangerous business out there, traveling and spending time with someone whom she
barely know and meet someone that completely stranger to her. While Lena, being
a girl who has travel to many places in the world doesn’t seem have any idea
either.



It’s just so frustrating reading their stupidity moments. How without any second
thoughts they take a cup of tea from stranger (view spoiler)[Anand in Mumbai.
(hide spoiler)]. How easy they give their passport (view spoiler)[Dana in
Bangkok (hide spoiler)]. How eager they follow a random girl in the street of a
strange country to join her clubbing, (view spoiler)[Cha-cha in Bangkok (hide
spoiler)] and many other unbelievable moments for me.

I know that those things are needed for the story, because if they aren’t that
reckless-silly girls they won’t travel to India and Bangkok and how can they get
the answer of Charlie’s whereabouts? The thing is I don’t mind reading a story
with reckless characters, if they are needed for the story. But if they made me
feel stupid because of their stupidity, when I know what they do don’t make any
sense or they can do better than that, while they try hard to convince me that
their story is believable, then the answer is I don’t like at all.

If I have to choose, I prefer to read more Charlie’s POV because he’s more
entertaining to read and I want to know more about him. And he is the smart one
here.

So what is your answer to my question above? I love traveling but I know that I
won’t take a drink from someone I don’t know, doesn’t care whether they are from
my own country or from foreign country. You can call me paranoid or prudence or
even uptight. I don’t care. I’m just being precaution.

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READING PROGRESS

April 20, 2015 – Started Reading
April 20, 2015 – Shelved
April 20, 2015 –

25.0% "Argh...this Bombay-Mumbai thing is so annoying. Didn't the author know
that it calls Mumbai now, instead of Bombay? even if she wants to use Bombay
just stick with it! It looks like she cannot make-up her mind whether she want
to call it Bombay or Mumbai."
April 20, 2015 –

29.0% "So apparently it's intentional that Mumbai-Bombay thing. My apologize to
the author. I still think it's an inconsistency, though. Because the explanation
doesn't match with what Lena said in previous chapter."
April 21, 2015 – Shelved as: bully-abuse-dysfunctional-family
April 21, 2015 – Shelved as: ebook
April 21, 2015 – Shelved as: mental-illness-issue-disability
April 21, 2015 – Shelved as: psychological
April 21, 2015 – Shelved as: read-for-review-arc-netgalley
April 21, 2015 – Shelved as: mystery-suspense-thriller
April 21, 2015 – Finished Reading



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