I Just Couldn't Get Into It
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After her fiance, Patrick James, is attacked by a stalker, police officer Ashley Waters agrees to go into hiding in the small Amish town of Shipshewana, along with her friend, Margo, and dog, Chester. But there is danger on the way, and the stalker might have followed them...

I found Nowhere to Run slow to get going and difficult to get in to. It assumed that not only has the reader read Hiding in Plain Sight (the first book in the Place of Refuge series), but that I've read it recently and remember what happened.

Uh, no. I've probably read close to one hundred books since, and Hiding in Plain Sight was good, but it just wasn't that memorable (I would qualify that statement by saying that being memorable isn't always a good thing. I remember the best books I've read, but I'm equally likely to remember the worst).

Halfway through Nowhere to Run, I'd finally worked out who was who, but I was still finding it really hard to get interested in what was happening. Yes, Ashley's in Shipshewana. The stalker has attacked her boyfriend. She reconnects with some characters from the first book. The stalker is after her.... then I did something I almost never do: I stopped reading.

I stopped at the 75% mark, right in the middle of all the `will-they, won't-they' suspense. Because I don't know whether it's the book or whether it's me, but it just failed to grab my attention, to the point that I actually don't care what happens to any of the characters. The writing was good, but not good enough to make up for characters I had no interest in. Sorry, but I really can't recommend this one.

Thanks to Harvest House and Netgalley for providing a free ebook for review.
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I bought this book because our book club was reading it, but I couldn't get into it and didn't finish it.
2374816
I didn't finish it. It started out boring and I could never get into it
2936364
I just didn't care for the characters or the content of the book.  Just wasn't something that I could get into.
2738346
Sorry I just couldn't get into this.  Probably me but very slow moving.
2579572
Could not get into it....just a little too weird for me.
1038164
I had to put it down after a few chapters, it just did not capture my interest.
4552515
I just couldn't get into this book. I had high hopes, but in 50 pages and I was still really bored. I'll give it another try but I'm putting it off.
32969
I just couldn't get into the story. I'm dissappointed too because I can usually find something in any book to keep me reading. But not in this one. I'm sorry
1823578
I've been trying to read it and trying to read it but I just can't get into it. Its slow and you don't feel drawn to the characters, nor are u hanging on the end of yr seat to see what's next.
95646
I tried several times to get into this book, but the story just didn't grab me...
1133715
I really wanted to like this book, however, I just couldn't get into it. It was structured in a very interesting way but didn't grab me.
3217415
It was a good story but I just couldn't get into it. I won't talk about it but let you read it and decide for yourself.
2985049
I just wasn't able to 'get into' this book/storyline.  I think I'm just not the 'right' audience for this type of fiction?
4038088
I just never grabbed my attention.  I couldn't get passed the second chapter.  But I can't say it's bad, it's just not interesting to me.
3493249
I could not get into reading this book,.. Sorry, maby another time in my life I can settle down and read it.
1367226
Honestly I thought it was okay. I really couldn't get into it, and then next I knew I found myself skipping to the end. Just could not find myself interested in this story.