Rock, Paper, Scissors

I read Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney for my newer book club with friends from church. The book description says, "Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget."

This was an interesting read. The story kept me reading to see what was going to happen, and it definitely had some crazy and shocking twists and turns as the book went on. For a lot of the book (at least the first half), I was kinda confused trying to figure out where the book was going and even what genre it was. (Is this book realistic or fantasy? Is it turning into a horror book or is the character just paranoid?) I also didn't love this type of book where the narrators are unreliable and you're not really sure who to trust. I did think the unexpected twists were fun to follow in the end, but I was also just left with a lot of questions about how things came together. It was fun to talk about at book club.

Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)