Even worse events would have befallen Laura if not for the mysterious guardian angel who periodically appears with a bolt of lightning to miraculously rescue her. Ending: satisfying and complete.Laura Shane leads a troubled life: she is orphaned, nearly molested twice and loses one of her closest friends in a tragic accident, all before her 13th birthday. I was delighted to hear a character say “I’m a legend in my own scrapbook.” Genre: time travel suspense thriller. But the story was so good I was willing to look past it. The explanation given was not consistent since it did not apply to all situations. The strange man was able to do something a few times but not another time which bothered me.

Get a version with a different narrator (if ever available) otherwise read the physical book to eliminate that problem. It was terrible acting - the wrong tone and voice for girls. Second problem was the narrator (Christopher Lane) using an effeminate gay guy’s voice for young girls. I would have been ok with splitting the scenes into two parts each, to allow the two climaxes/resolutions to be told together, but no more than that. There was such great “natural” suspense and action, the author didn’t need to use this device. This happened a few times during the book. The effect was interruption, and I was angry at the author which took me out of the story.

The author split each of those scenes into about four parts and then went back and forth between the two showing pieces of each scene. For example, there’s a scene in 1977 and another in 1988. The author used the artificial device of interrupting scenes. There is suspense, danger, courage, clever things, and surprising things. This is one of the few books where I don’t want to say much about the story. A strange man appears at critical times in her life to save her from disaster. The main story is Laura’s life from birth to adulthood. At times it was a roller coaster ride, frightening, intense, and I didn’t want to stop reading until I got through the current crisis. I thought about it frequently afterwards.

Lightning by Dean Koontz