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Precious and Fragile Things

by Megan Hart

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"Gilly Soloman has been reduced to a mothering machine, taking care of everyone and everything except herself. But the machine has broken down. Burnt out by the endless days of crying children and menial tasks, and exhausted from always putting herself last, Gilly doesn't immediately consider the consequences when she's carjacked. With a knife to her throat, her first thought is that she'll finally get some rest. Someone can save her for a change. But salvation isn't so forthcoming. Stranded in a remote, snowbound cabin with this stranger, hours turn to days, days into weeks. As time forges a fragile bond between them, she learns her captor is not the lunatic she first believed, but a human being whose wasted life has been shaped by secrets and tragedy. Yet even as their connection begins to foster trust, Gilly must never forget he's still a man teetering on the edge. One who just might take her with him."--P. [4] of cover.… (more)
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This was honestly one of the weirdest books I have read in awhile. I picked up 'Precious and Fragile Things' expecting what I usually read by Megan Hart, hot and steamy. Instead I got a crazy guy and a slightly-off mother who are unwillingly stuck together in the middle of the PA mountains.

I literally spent the entire book waiting for the sexy, it is my fault, I should have read the jacket I guess, I am slightly relieved after finishing the book there was no sex, that would have made this book completely unreadable. Both Todd and Gilly are both characters I couldn't relate to and I didn't even really like them. That being said, I had to finish the book so I could find out what happens. The emotions in this book are well written but they were all just messed up. I found myself thinking "What the f***?" quite often.

That is really all I have to say. Maybe if I were a mother or someone with severe psychological trauma I could have understood this book better, but alas, I am neither. I just didn't like this one. If you read this your head will spin, which way however, is up to you. I commend Ms. Hart on a well written tale, this one was just not for me. ( )
  rosetyper9 | Nov 12, 2015 |
A woman who hates the life she made for herself gets all happy about abandoning her kids and husband when she is kidnapped. I was quickly turned off by Gilly's whining about her life. Not in the general "my husband is an unappreciative lout and my kids are whining brats" sort of way, but in a "I hate my life, how am I a stay at home mom with children, let me slice my wrists" sort of way. She seizes her chance when she is kidnapped. Todd, the kidnapper, gives her ample opportunity to escape. At one point he even leaves her in her car alone and she smiles and thinks about being free. Meanwhile, she knows nothing about this guy other than he is unhinged, and has absolutely no idea what he might do to her when they're alone, and yet that prospect still seems better than the life she chose? Oh, and she at least cared enough about her kids to get them away from him, but that involved literally shoving them out of a window in a stranger's driveway. Yet, again, she had no desire to get away from the man to at least make sure her kids were okay. I barely made it a few paragraphs into the third chapter. I hated her too much, and the premise was making me mad. I skimmed the end and let's just say that I am ridiculously happy I didn't waste the precious little non-law school time I have reading this mess. ( )
  OstensiblyA1 | Sep 20, 2013 |
didn't finish. boring.
  dawnlovesbooks | Jan 27, 2011 |
This review and others can be seen on my blog: http://bookworm-meags222.blogspot.com

Well I will admit when I first started reading this novel I didn’t think I was going to like it at all. I couldn’t relate to Gilly, the main character. I kept thinking no one in their right mind would choose to be abducted rather than be at home with her children and husband. In fact, I remember saying to my fiancé a few times: I can’t believe this woman!! I found her to be ridiculous and unbelievable. That being said, after getting over the first part of the novel and when we find the two characters in the cabin, things started to get a bit better. I found myself intrigued by Todd, the carjacker, and his life story. I also found it interesting that there seemed to be a friendship that formed between Todd and Gilly. I don’t want to give too much of the book away but I will say that by a quarter of the way through the book Hart grabbed my attention and I didn’t want to put the book down. Her idea for the book is original and definitely unlike anything I have read recently. Overall, I give this book 3.5 stars out of 5. ( )
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"Gilly Soloman has been reduced to a mothering machine, taking care of everyone and everything except herself. But the machine has broken down. Burnt out by the endless days of crying children and menial tasks, and exhausted from always putting herself last, Gilly doesn't immediately consider the consequences when she's carjacked. With a knife to her throat, her first thought is that she'll finally get some rest. Someone can save her for a change. But salvation isn't so forthcoming. Stranded in a remote, snowbound cabin with this stranger, hours turn to days, days into weeks. As time forges a fragile bond between them, she learns her captor is not the lunatic she first believed, but a human being whose wasted life has been shaped by secrets and tragedy. Yet even as their connection begins to foster trust, Gilly must never forget he's still a man teetering on the edge. One who just might take her with him."--P. [4] of cover.

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