Official Review: What Remains Unsaid by Audrey Kalman

[kandscreeley]

The exploration of the relationship between a mother and her son, under these tense circumstances, sounds pretty interesting. I feel curious to know what life events would lead to such a thing. Maybe the author will clean up the editing problems. Thanks for the great introduction to this book.

It wasn't exactly what I thought I was getting into, but it was intriguing nonetheless! Thanks for your comments.

[stacie k]

I like your description of the book as "a psychological excursion into the family unit." I agree that most families exhibit dysfunctionality to some degree. I hope that the one described here is the rare extreme with son pointing a gun at his mother to get her attention. The puzzling out of the characters sounds really interesting. Thanks for this excellent review!

[Georgia Lyonhyde]

This story sounds like it has huge potential and it reminds me a little of We Need to Talk About Kevin even though that was a book about a high school shooting. I am put off by the errors though so I will be keeping an eye out for future reviews to see if the book has been cleaned up. It sounds like it needs a major rewrite to fix the flaws which are quite bad. Personally I think you may have been too generous with your rating but fingers crossed I can find out for myself in the future.

[Alicia09]

This sounds like a painful fictional thriller to read, yet the amount of time the author takes to explain the motivations between the characters seems to make the story relate able. I do agree that the author could have improved their past and present tense when they were speaking about things that were supposed to only be happening now. Thanks for letting me know. If this book is available to review I'll definitely keep that in mind. Thanks!

[Julie Green]

I enjoy a good psychological thriller and I like the concept of this book. I hope the author can get the editing sorted out, as it sounds like it has potential. Thank you for the review.

[kdstrack]

Parenting is never easy. Sean's reaction does seem extreme, though. Could her parenting skills really have been that awful? Your review has left me with many unanswered questions. Great job!

[kandscreeley]

I like your description of the book as "a psychological excursion into the family unit." I agree that most families exhibit dysfunctionality to some degree. I hope that the one described here is the rare extreme with son pointing a gun at his mother to get her attention. The puzzling out of the characters sounds really interesting. Thanks for this excellent review!

Thanks for your kind words. It was an interesting novel. I likes looking into the characters' psyches.

[kandscreeley]

This story sounds like it has huge potential and it reminds me a little of We Need to Talk About Kevin even though that was a book about a high school shooting. I am put off by the errors though so I will be keeping an eye out for future reviews to see if the book has been cleaned up. It sounds like it needs a major rewrite to fix the flaws which are quite bad. Personally I think you may have been too generous with your rating but fingers crossed I can find out for myself in the future.

It's difficult to rate a book when literally the only thing wrong is the editing. The concept and execution was good. Still, I hope the author cleans it up.

[kandscreeley]

This sounds like a painful fictional thriller to read, yet the amount of time the author takes to explain the motivations between the characters seems to make the story relate able. I do agree that the author could have improved their past and present tense when they were speaking about things that were supposed to only be happening now. Thanks for letting me know. If this book is available to review I'll definitely keep that in mind. Thanks!

It was still enjoyable nonetheless. Thanks for commenting.

[kandscreeley]

I enjoy a good psychological thriller and I like the concept of this book. I hope the author can get the editing sorted out, as it sounds like it has potential. Thank you for the review.

It has a lot of potential and could be four stars with a good editor. Thanks for commenting.

[kandscreeley]

Parenting is never easy. Sean's reaction does seem extreme, though. Could her parenting skills really have been that awful? Your review has left me with many unanswered questions. Great job!

I think it was a combination of different things coming together. In real life, it's rarely ever one person's fault. Same way with this book. Thanks!

[Kajori Sheryl Paul]

This seems like a psychological thriller with a twist. The story of Sean, and his dysfunctional family really drew my interest.

Thank you for the great review.

[kandscreeley]

This seems like a psychological thriller with a twist. The story of Sean, and his dysfunctional family really drew my interest.

Thank you for the great review.

Thanks. It is a different take on the psychological thriller. Let me know if you decide to read it.

[Fozia-Bajwa]

I have read your review of the book What Remains Unsaid by Audrey Kalman. From all of the psychological thrillers you have chosen a wonderful topic of the book for the review. Family unit and its analysis is a core issue of the present age.

[LV2R]

Do you mean that the whole story was told while Sean held a gun to his mother's head? That sounds scary, and I wonder what happened in the end? I know you can't reveal the end without spoiling the book, but I am not sure I want to read it to find out.