While I found many things about this book engrossing, I felt as if the storyline was scattered. They were just too many characters with too many issues. Then to find out that one of the characters helping the protagonist was not even human? Too much! ( )

The Girl Who Lived, my first read from author Christopher Greyson. A slow-starter over the first half of the book, but then it takes off like a jet from an aircraft carrier. Extremely well written, the characters are well-developed with an attention-grabbing storyline. I’m a character reader, I get into the characters. Who and what they are. Why they do the things they do. The things that make the reader get invested into the characters and thereby the story. I’ll be reading more from this author! (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018). ( )

Twisted Thriller!
Feels like a self-published book initially, but quickly pulls you into the twisty world of Faith Winters. After surviving a horrific night at the family cabin where four people were brutally murdered, she struggles with sanity and drugs to mask her guilt. Is she delusional or could multiple people really want her dead for witnessing too much? ( )

THE GIRL WHO LIVED
By:- CHRISTOPHER GREYSON
The girl who lived is more than just a thrilling suspenseful novel. It is a book of several emotions – Pain, Sadness, Anger, Revenge, and much more. Along with the character of the book, Faith Winters, even the reader can feel these emotions. The story goes with a girl Faith determined to find out the killer of her family. Her determination to find the killer brings along, the involvement of the reader. The adventures she goes through are interesting to read.
I liked this novel because the story was meaningful and not complex to understand. There was a strong opening that makes a connection with the reader from the very beginning resulting in much more involvement. The description too was perfect and powerful. One can easily visualize the whole situation which is truly amazing. Even the minute details were given perfectly.
There was nothing to not like about this novel. It had everything that makes a novel interesting – A strong opening, a powerful Description, A sense of originality, a basic story logic, and a satisfying and perfect ending.
I truly am amazed by this book and I loved it. Thus, it’s highly recommendable by me

Tanishkka ( )

It was an intriguing plot, but so poorly written! Kim and Faith were completely unbelievable female characters. Who honestly calls their sister "sis?" Or "Squirt?" Was this somehow set in 1957? Were they transported from a Little Rascals episode? The only description of Faith we really get is that she is "the silent type with a big heart." But we never see her act in a way that warrants this description; we're just supposed to accept that this is what she's like. And it seems completely at odds with her father's nickname for her of "Spitfire." Kim is nothing but a perfect cliche: a "rock star," "tall, blond, with the figure of a model- and, more importantly, clever, funny, and super-smart" and yet has no greater ambition than to be engaged to her boyfriend at age 17? I have absolutely no picture whatsoever of the mother- no idea what she even looks like. Greyson wrote these characters like he'd never actually met a woman in person in his entire life. I was really interested in this book because of the description of the plot, but the one-dimensional cardboard characters made it unbearable to read. And the dialogue? Painful! "He thought we could go back to being a happy family, but how could I, knowing that Thad and I had made something as perfect as Kim?" I nearly gagged reading that. Or how about, "...Faith picked up the scent of roses. She wasn't like most women; the smell made her stomach turn." Seriously?? Anytime an author makes a statement like that, it shows how little he actually knows about women and that he hasn't bothered to take the time to make his female character a fleshed-out, authentic personality. I'm so disappointed in this book. In a better writer's hands, it had potential but I nearly popped a contact lens out reading this because my eyes were rolling the whole time. ( )