Thriller
| RUN | Greg Olsen
The
resident teen wanted to know why I read YA books instead of 'normal
adult' books. Are they better? You bet they are!
RUN
features a protagonist named Rylee. I'll come to this in the next
review, under the heading 'coincidences'.
Rylee
has been on the run from since she can remember. Every now and then,
her paranoid mother (not really, in case someone is really out to get
you, are you still paranoid?) will uproot the whole family,
stepfather, stepbrother and all, and they will change their names and
city. Rylee has reached the grand old age of 16 or so, and wants to
have a normal life and normal friends, like schoolmate Caleb.
Who's
after them? Why can't normal law enforcement keep the villain at bay?
Rylee doesn't know, and nobody's telling.
Till
one day she reaches home to find her brother calling for her in
terror. Someone has killed her stepfather, and her mother is missing.
Rylee goes on the run, to save seven-year-old Hayden, and possibly
her mother, too. There are clues her mother has left for her, and there
are clues she finds out for herself. All the while avoiding being
caught for a murder she did not do. There are so many lies she has to
go through, and so many layers of lies, the book begins to
look fairly onion-shaped. There are evil villains, convoluted reasons
why people do the things they do, idols with feet of clay, unexpected
help, serial killers, crooked cops, even facebook. What more could a
young adult want?
I
loved the book, and would want to read more about Rylee (whose
'real' name we do find out at some stage) and her further adventures.
Here is one ninja you'd want on your side: fearless, dedicated,
intelligent, compassionate and a chameleon! Every girl's hero
fantasy, written in a pacy, no-nonsense first-person style that is so
very believable and true to the character.
Strongly
recommended!
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