Book Reviews of Black Out

This book is very entertaining and hard to put down from the first page. I have read beautiful lies and liked this author from the start, after reading this one I am even more impressed. This book does bounce back and forth between then and now and fantasies played out by the mind but it makes the ending so much better in doing so. This book emphasizes the power of the mind and reminds you that no one is innocent.

Throughout the book it is hard to figure out if the story is all a fantasy Annie's mind created to make itself whole again after events in her life were so tamatic that she is unable to accept them, or if the bizzar things happening to her are real. As a teen Ophlia, later known as Annie, moves to Florida with her mother who marries a mass murderer and rapist who is in prison. Marlowe, the murderer's son, becomes her instant stepbrother, lover and posessor. The story bounces back and forth between present and past memories and experiences. The story is very scarry and definitely a page turner. Annie is a very likeable character who you will want to come out whole in the end.

Very well written, will want to keep turning the pages on this one!

Annie died once as Ophelia and will have to die as Annie to protect her family and find the people who are searching for her.

Loved this...SO Much better than Beautiful Liar and I'm so glad I gave her another shot. My one caveat for those of you who prefer everything all wrapped up in a pretty bow in the end....you don't really get that with Unger (at least not in the two books I've read). Her endings seem to be a bit more true to real life...lots of stuff gets wrapped up, lots of questions are answered but some stuff you have to accept you'll never have the answer to. It works for her (and me) but might not work for some readers...

WOW! If you are looking for a thriller this is it! Twists and turns you can never guess what is coming next. Just when you think you know, you don't! I read this in one day. I could NOT put it down. It will keep you guessing until then end and then maybe still...

Great book. I read Beautiful lies and liked it so much I decided to try another book by Lisa Unger. I couldn't put the book Black Out down. At first kind of confusing because It goes back and forth in time, but this made the book interesting. All through the book I kept trying to figure out the ending. I love when there is a twist.

On the surface, Annie Powers's life in a wealthy Florida suburb with her husband, Gray, and her daughter, Victory, is happy and idyllic. But that all changes when Annie sensed that the demons of her previous life have resurfaced & to her horror, are now creeping up on her. Disturbing events, the appearance of a dark figure on the beach, the murder of her psychologist - trigger strange & confusing memories for Annie, who realizes she must quickly piece them together before her new life is taken away from her

I absolutely loved this book! I picked this up on a whim and have never been more rewarded with an impulse purchase. I couldn't put it down and yes, I lost sleep over it but totally worth it. I have read Unger's other books since but this one is my favorite. So many twists and turns you really feel like your in the driver's seat in this one.

Loved this book! It was better than Beautiful Lies. It will keep you turning pages well into the night. You just don't know who to trust or "who done it"....!

Excellent read. Full of suspense.