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Treasure Hunt
MeTV - Lose yourself in reality!
“A hundred grand and a chance to be on TV? Where do I sign?”
The last thing Beth and Samantha expected while shopping at the local mall was to be chosen as contestants for an up-and-coming reality game show, Treasure Hunt. For Samantha, it was a dream come true. For Beth, it was her worst nightmare. Reality TV? Seriously? Was there anything worse?
Convinced by Sam that it would be harmless fun, Beth agrees. But as the game progresses, she begins to realize that something isn’t right. There’s something about these men she doesn’t trust, especially the freakishly handsome one that makes her weak in the knees.
When she wakes up in the morning with no memory of how the night ended or how she got home her worst fears are confirmed.
This was no game.
But when she plans her revenge does she go to far?
And who is really behind the Treasure Hunt?
“A hundred grand and a chance to be on TV? Where do I sign?”
The last thing Beth and Samantha expected while shopping at the local mall was to be chosen as contestants for an up-and-coming reality game show, Treasure Hunt. For Samantha, it was a dream come true. For Beth, it was her worst nightmare. Reality TV? Seriously? Was there anything worse?
Convinced by Sam that it would be harmless fun, Beth agrees. But as the game progresses, she begins to realize that something isn’t right. There’s something about these men she doesn’t trust, especially the freakishly handsome one that makes her weak in the knees.
When she wakes up in the morning with no memory of how the night ended or how she got home her worst fears are confirmed.
This was no game.
But when she plans her revenge does she go to far?
And who is really behind the Treasure Hunt?
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2012
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November 13, 2012
I'm not sure who the target audience is for this book, but I'm not among them. Treasure Hunt is about a bunch of people who are supposedly smart and responsible doing lots of stupid, irresponsible things. Many of the events of this story would not have unfolded as they did if any of the characters had given the consequences of their actions any thought instead of always acting on impulse and taking another person's word for what had happened in the past without looking into it themselves. It just didn't seem believable to me that someone who does volunteer work to help others better themselves would so easily seek to destroy another person's life.
It just felt like the authors had this "great idea" for a story, but had to come up with all of these unbelievable excuses as to why the characters did what the authors wanted them to, just to fit the needs of the plot. In other words, this is a plot-driven story, not a character-driven one. The characters were forced to take actions that did not fit their characters, and so implausible excuses for why they did what they did were manufactured. When an author has to explain with a heavy hand the character's motivations for behaving a certain way, it's a sure sign the character is acting out of character.
The one thing that bothered me the most about the ending of Treasure Hunt was how Beth so desperately wanted Brian to check his cell phone, as though she had known he accidentally recorded something of importance. Maybe she was just desperately hoping that he had accidentally pushed the record button, but it just felt rather far-fetched. It would have been better if Brian had just happened to find that recording after he left Beth.
I was able to finish the whole story, and that's better than I was able to do for one self-published e-book I tried to read recently.
If you like plot-driven stories and don't mind if characters act out of character, there's a good chance you'll like Treasure Hunt. If you can accept all the unlikely motivations, then the story will provide you with plenty of situations that will keep you guessing. I just prefer stories with believable characters with motivations that fit the characters.
It just felt like the authors had this "great idea" for a story, but had to come up with all of these unbelievable excuses as to why the characters did what the authors wanted them to, just to fit the needs of the plot. In other words, this is a plot-driven story, not a character-driven one. The characters were forced to take actions that did not fit their characters, and so implausible excuses for why they did what they did were manufactured. When an author has to explain with a heavy hand the character's motivations for behaving a certain way, it's a sure sign the character is acting out of character.
The one thing that bothered me the most about the ending of Treasure Hunt was how Beth so desperately wanted Brian to check his cell phone, as though she had known he accidentally recorded something of importance. Maybe she was just desperately hoping that he had accidentally pushed the record button, but it just felt rather far-fetched. It would have been better if Brian had just happened to find that recording after he left Beth.
I was able to finish the whole story, and that's better than I was able to do for one self-published e-book I tried to read recently.
If you like plot-driven stories and don't mind if characters act out of character, there's a good chance you'll like Treasure Hunt. If you can accept all the unlikely motivations, then the story will provide you with plenty of situations that will keep you guessing. I just prefer stories with believable characters with motivations that fit the characters.
October 27, 2012
It was OK. Hard to follow at times.
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