The Chain
Registered by mattandmandy75 of Cockatoo, Victoria Australia on 4/2/2021
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3 journalers for this copy...
VICTIM. KIDNAPPER. CRIMINAL. YOU WILL BECOME EACH ONE. The morning starts like any other. Rachel Klein drops her daughter, Kylie, at the bus stop and heads into her day. But then a phone call changes everything. A woman has Kylie bound and gagged in her back seat, and the only way Rachel will ever see her again is if she pays a ransom - and kidnaps another child. The caller is a mother herself, whose son has also been abducted, and if Rachel doesn't do exactly as she's told, both children will die. Rachel is now part of a terrifying scheme - The Chain. The rules are simple: find the money, find your victim, and then commit a horrible act you'd have thought yourself incapable of just 24 hours ago. Rachel is an ordinary woman, but over the coming days she will be pushed beyond ordinary limits to save her daughter. What the anonymous masterminds behind The Chain know is that parents will do anything for their children. But what they don't know is that they may have met their match. Can Rachel be the one person to finally break The Chain?
Journal Entry 2 by mattandmandy75 at McDonald's Book Exchange Shelf in Nunawading, Victoria Australia on Monday, June 28, 2021
The Chain is an unending and ingenious scheme that turns victims into criminals — and is making someone else very rich in the process. The rules are simple, the moral challenges impossible; find the money fast, find your victim , and then commit a horrible act you’d have thought yourself incapable of just twenty-four hours ago.
Journal Entry 4 by AnonymousFriend at Wantirna South, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, October 26, 2021
It's an original premise for a psychological thriller, which is no easy feat these days, but its originality might be the flipside of its being so wildly implausible. The book started well and I thought there would be something to enjoy but the characters were unrealistic and the backgrounds boring. It was like the two parts were written by two different people. A disappointing finish to a decent beginning.
The engineer of the chain (and also the author in his afterword) says the idea came from the practice of "exchange kidnappings" in Mexico, where a family member of a kidnapped person volunteers themselves as a substitute, swapping out a kid for a sturdier adult, which is pretty considerate behaviour from someone who snatched your kid, and is certainly a more straightforward procedure than the chain.
The engineer of the chain (and also the author in his afterword) says the idea came from the practice of "exchange kidnappings" in Mexico, where a family member of a kidnapped person volunteers themselves as a substitute, swapping out a kid for a sturdier adult, which is pretty considerate behaviour from someone who snatched your kid, and is certainly a more straightforward procedure than the chain.
Journal Entry 5 by AnonymousFriend at Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Library in Surrey Hills, Victoria Australia on Friday, November 26, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (12/2/2021 UTC) at Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Library in Surrey Hills, Victoria Australia
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Release #289 for 2021 ...
Caught today at Surrey Hills.
Adrian McKinty has produced an action-packed read with a unique premise. It started out with great promise but just couldn't sustain it. Left me with a lot of unanswered questions...
Journal Entry 8 by marmee463 at Redgum Cafe in Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (2/22/2022 UTC) at Redgum Cafe in Templestowe, Victoria Australia
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