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I listened to Baby Doll, a first novel by Hollie Overton. This is marketed as a thriller, but it isn't even close. It's about what happens after a young woman escapes the man who held her captive for eight years. She and the daughter he fathered return to her family (mother and twin sister) and ... adjust. That's about it. It's not about a hunt for the bad guy (who is known and arrested immediately), it's not about making the case against him stick, it's not about twists or surprises or authorial sleight-of-hand--it's not really about anything thriller-ish. It's about characters adjusting, and, unfortunately, none of the characters is particularly interesting or relatable.
Overton set up an interesting premise but then didn't seem to know what to do with it. Quite a disappointment.
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