Captured

By Neil Cross

Kenny Drummond is dying and before he dies, he wants to make amends to the people he believes he’s let down in his life. Kenny makes a list of these people, four in total. As he sets off on his personal bucket list, he finds that one of these people is missing; a little girl from his childhood who was always kind to him.  Kenny becomes obsessed with finding this girl and his quest leads to actions with consequences that no one could have foreseen.

This is a hard book to review. While it held my interest through most of the book, there was a lot of it that stretched credibility. Kenny starts out as an average man, no one with any major psychological problems, yet what he does in the course of the book is darkly disturbing. I believe the author was trying to illustrate how an average person can do truly evil things, yet he didn't quite pull it off. The metamorphosis of Kenny from an average man to one capable of evil deeds, is jerky at best. The reader is left wondering how Kenny got from point A to point B.  Kenny IS dying from a brain tumor, so perhaps the author felt this was explanation enough for Kenny’s actions. Yet Kenny’s daily behavior rarely seems to be affected by the tumor.  I just couldn’t connect the dots on this.

Captured isn't a bad book, but it isn't a great book either. It’s okay.

Borrow it from your library.

Scheduled for publication January 27^th.

Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.