I reluctantly give "The Unimaginable" three stars. It gets three because it was written well enough to keep my interest and because it involves sailing. It only reluctantly gets three stars because the main character is far too much the stereotyped American female searching for herself and escaping an amorphous past (that is never really explained) and because the author fails to do enough research on various topics and issues (most notably sailing). Not a bad read for pulp fiction. I'm really bummed that I couldn't give this a higher rating. I expected to fall in love with this story. The description made it seem as though it'd be action-filled and an intense ride. Instead I got a diluted love story mixed in with a watered down version of terror. While I recognize that incidents like this do actually happen, the narrative of the main character didn't come across terrified or frightened enough. Is that weird? And honestly, I felt she was more worried about her life AFTER the threat ended than she was in just LIVING through it. Jessica read in a very juvenile manner, perhaps it's intentional considering where she came from? I just found it hard to commiserate with her most times. She was whiny about a man she barely knew, and I felt myself wanting to slap her when she all but begged him to be with her. Seriously, yuck. The best character of this book was Quinn, and was easily its saving grace. I wouldn't have been able to finish had it not been for him.With hints of foreshadowing and an easy to guess plot, The Unimaginable was far from that. It's mediocre and clear cut in direction.
What do You think about The Unimaginable (2014)?
I enjoyed reading this story although it was VERY predictable!
—gemmy_lou87
